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1990 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1990 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 45th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4]

The final was held at the Odsal Stadium in Bradford, England. It would be the 28th and last time the world final would be held in England under the traditional single meeting format.[5]

Sweden's Per Jonsson won his only World Individual Championship[6] to become the first Swedish World Champion since Anders Michanek in 1974 and became the first rider to win both the Under-21 and Senior World Championships having previously won the 1985 Under-21 World Championship. Jonsson defeated Shawn Moran from the United States in a run-off after both finished the meeting on 13 points. Moran was later stripped of his second place by the FIM for failing a drug test taken at the Overseas Final. After Moran's disqualification, the FIM did not upgrade the placings, thus records show no second place rider for the 1990 World Final. Australian youngster Todd Wiltshire, believed by many judges to be one who would be making up the numbers in his first World Final, finished third with 12 points after winning his first two rides.[7]

After having won each World Final since 1984, including five 1-2 finishes and taking all podium places in 1988, the 1990 World Final saw no Danish riders finishing on the podium for the first time since 1983. Defending champion Hans Nielsen, the only Dane in the field following an injury to Jan O. Pedersen which kept him from riding, finished in 4th place with 11 points.[8]

First round

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British qualifiers

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Main article: 1990 British Speedway Championship
  • Top 32 to British-Semi finals

Second round

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New Zealand qualification

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  • First 16 to New Zealand final
Date Championship Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
Jan South Island Final Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch Mark Thorpe+[9] Larry Ross David Bargh
?? North Island Final Meeanee Speedway, Napier Craig Wilkie Gary Allan ??
  • +Thorpe awarded title after Ross refused to ride in the race-off

Australian qualification

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  • Top 16 to Australian final
Date Championship Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
?? Northern Territory Northline Speedway, Darwin Glen Baxter ?? ??
?? Victorian Myrtleford Speedway, Myrtleford Leigh Adams Phil Crump ??
?? New South Wales Newcastle Motordrome, Tomago Todd Wiltshire Craig Boyce Stephen Davies
?? South Australian North Arm Speedway, Gillman Scott Norman Shane Parker ??
?? Queensland Townsville Speedway, Townsville Troy Butler ?? ??
?? Western Australian Claremont Speedway, Perth Glenn Doyle Glyn Taylor David Cheshire

British semi-finals

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Main article: 1990 British Speedway Championship
  • Top 16 to British final

Third round

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Continental preliminary round

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  • Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
5 May Poland  Arena Częstochowa, Częstochowa Poland  Jacek Woźniak West Germany  Tommy Dunker Poland  Jacek Rempała
6 May West Germany  Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt West Germany  Alois Bachhuber Czechoslovakia  Lubomir Jedek Czechoslovakia  Jan Schinagl
6 May Soviet Union  Rivne Speedway Stadium, Rivne Soviet Union  Igor Marko Poland  Piotr Świst Hungary  Laszlo Bodi
6 May Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana Italy  Valentino Furlanetto Czechoslovakia  Vladimir Kalina Poland  Maciej Jaworek

Swedish qualification

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  • Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

British final

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Main article: 1990 British Speedway Championship
  • Top 10 to Commonwealth final

New Zealand final

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New Zealand  Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch

  • 3 February, top 2 to Commonwealth final
Pos. Rider Pts
1 Larry Ross 14+3
2 Mark Thorpe 14+2
3 Craig Wilkie 14+1
4 James Martin 11
5 Justin Monk 10
6 Michael Long 9
7 Stephen Rose 8
8 Darrin Wilson 8
9 Mark Jamieson 8
10 Max Brown 5
11 Philip Barakat 4
12 Kenny Webley 3
13 Alan Mason 2
14 Rhys Hamburger 3
15 Greg Fisher 2
16 Gary Marsh 0
17 Trevor Chapman 0
18 John Tuffley 0

Australian final

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Australia  Brisbane Exhibition Ground

  • 13 January, top 3 (+1 other seeded) to Commonwealth final
Pos. Rider Pts
1 Glenn Doyle 14+3
2 Leigh Adams 14+2
3 Stephen Davies 13
4 Phil Crump 12
5 Shane Bowes 10
6 Mick Poole 9
7 Jamie Fagg 8
8 Glen Baxter 7
9 Steve Regeling 6
10 Steve Langdon 5
11 Shane Parker 5
12 Sean Willmott 4
13 Scott Norman 4
14 Troy Butler 4
15 Chris Watson 2
16 Glyn Taylor 1
17 Darren Winkler (res) 1

Fourth round

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Continental quarter-finals

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  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
3 June Poland  Municipal Stadium, Rzeszów Poland  Ryszard Dołomisiewicz Hungary  Jozsef Petrikovics Poland  Jan Krzystyniak
3 June Austria  Speedway Natschbach Loipersbach Hungary  Antal Kocso Czechoslovakia  Zdenek Tesar Austria  Heinrich Schatzer
3 June Hungary  Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Hungary  Zoltan Hajdu Poland  Piotr Świst Soviet Union  Rif Saitgareev
4 June West Germany  Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg Hungary  Zoltan Adorjan Hungary  Sandor Tihanyi West Germany  Klaus Lausch

Danish Final

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Main article: 1990 Danish speedway season
  • Top 6 to the Nordic final

Norway Final

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Arnt Førland 12+3
2 Lars Gunnestad 12+2
3 Robert Langeland 12+1
4 Ingvar Skogland 12+0
5 Per Jörgensen 11
6 Arne Svensen 9
7 Jan Arid Slatta 9
8 Atle Knutsen 7
9 Einar Kyllingstad 6
10 Tor Einar Hielm 6
11 Odd Pettersen 5
12 Stag Bergersen 4
13 Jorn Arve Ardal 4
14 Jorn Vidar Aasen 4
15 Kjell Oyvind Sola 3
16 Gjermund Aas 2
17 Rolf Netland (res) 1

Finland Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Juha Moksunen 14
2 Olli Tyrvainen 13+3
3 Kai Niemi 13+2
4 Vesa Ylinen 11+3
5 Janne Moksunen 11+2
6 Ari Koponen 10
7 Jari Kortelainen 8
8 Seppo Keskinen 7
9 Tomi Havu 7
10 Aarre Soivuori 7
11 Roy Malminheimo 7
12 Petri Kokko 5
13 Pekka Eerikainen 2
14 Jarmo Makinen 2
15 Petri Nurmesniemi (res) 1
16 Mika Pellinen (res) 1
17 Janne Koivula (res) 1
18 Esa Reijo 0
19 Nicklas Finne 0

Swedish Final

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Pos. Rider Scores Total
1 Per Jonsson 12+13+13 38
2 Jimmy Nilsen 12+12+10 34
3 Dennis Löfqvist 9+12+13 34
4 Conny Ivarsson 3+9+11 33
5 Henka Gustafsson 9+11+13 33
6 Peter Nahlin 14+8+10 32
7 Niklas Karlsson 8+9+8 25
8 Tony Rickardsson 6+5+10 21
9 Peter Karlsson 8+6+6 20
10 Erik Stenlund 4+6+7 17
11 Claes Ivarsson 9+6+ns 15
12 Mikael Teurnberg 4+4+7 15
13 Mikael Ritterwall 6+6+2 14 14
14 Tony Olsson 5+5+ns 10
15 Kenneth Lindby 1+4+3 8
16 Stefan Dannö 0+2+4 6
17 Christer Rohlén (res) ns+1+0 1

Commonwealth Final

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  • Top 12 plus 1 reserve to the Overseas final
Main article: 1990 Commonwealth Final

North American Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Shawn Moran 18+3
2 Billy Hamill 18+2
3 Rick Miller 18+1
4 Greg Hancock 18+0
5 Ronnie Correy 16+3
6 Kelly Moran 16+2
7 Bobby Schwartz 14
8 Mike Faria 12
9 Robert Pfetzing 12
10 Lance King 11
11 Steve Lucero 8
12 Jim Sisemore 8
13 Josh Larsen 7
14 Brad Oxley 5
15 Tony Bienert 5
16 Charles Ermolenko 3
17 Eddie Castro 3
18 Shawn McConnell (res) 3
19 Sam Ermolenko 2
20 Don Odom (res) 2
21 John Kehoe 1
22 Fred Legault 0

Fifth round

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Continental semi-finals

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Czechoslovakia  Antonín Kasper Jr. 14
2 Poland  Jan Krzystyniak 13
3 Poland  Tomasz Gollob 12+3
4 Czechoslovakia  Zdeněk Tesař 12+2
5 Hungary  Antal Kocso 9
6 Hungary  József Petrikovics 8
7 Poland  Wojciech Zaluski 7+3
8 Austria  Heinrich Schatzer 7+2
9 Soviet Union  Igor Marko 7+1
10 Czechoslovakia  Lubomir Jedek 6
11 Hungary  Róbert Nagy 6
12 Hungary  Laszlo Bodi 6
13 Poland  Ryszard Dolomisiewicz 5
14 Soviet Union  Vladimir Trofimov 5
15 Austria  Walter Nebel 2
16 Soviet Union  Viktor Gajdym 1
Pos. Rider Points
1 Hungary  Zoltán Adorján 15
2 West Germany  Klaus Lausch 11+3
3 Italy  Armando Castagna 11+2
4 West Germany  Gerd Riss 11+1
5 Hungary  Sandor Tihanyi 10
6 Czechoslovakia  Roman Matoušek 9
7 Czechoslovakia  Bohumil Brhel 9
8 Czechoslovakia  Vladimir Kalina 9
9 Czechoslovakia  Petr Vandírek 8
10 West Germany  Andre Pollehn 7
11 Soviet Union  Rif Saitgareev 7
12 Hungary  Zoltan Hajdu 6
13 Czechoslovakia  Pavel Karnas 3
14 Hungary  Sandor Ujhelyi 2
15 Austria  Robert Funk 1
16 Hungary  Zsolt Böszermenyi 1

Overseas Final

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  • Top 9 to the Intercontinental final
Main article: 1990 Overseas Final

Nordic Final

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Pos. Rider Total
1 Denmark  Jan O. Pedersen 14
2 Sweden  Per Jonsson 12
3 Sweden  Henrik Gustafsson 11+3
4 Sweden  Conny Ivarsson 11+2
5 Sweden  Jimmy Nilsen 11+1
6 Denmark  Hans Nielsen 11+0
7 Sweden  Dennis Löfqvist 9+3
8 Denmark  Brian Karger 9+2
9 Finland  Kai Niemi 6
10 Denmark  Bo Petersen 6
11 Sweden  Peter Nahlin 5
12 Norway  Einar Kyllingstad 5
13 Denmark  Jens Henry Nielsen 3
14 Finland  Olli Tyrväinen 2
15 Norway  Arnt Førland 2
16 Denmark  Jan Pedersen 2
17 Finland  Vesa Ylinen (res) 1

Sixth round

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Intercontinental Final

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  • Top 11 plus 1 reserve to World final
Main article: 1990 Intercontinental Final

Continental Final

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Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1 West Germany  Gerd Riss (3,2,2,3,3) 13
2 Hungary  Zoltán Adorján (2,3,1,3,3) 12+3
3 Italy  Armando Castagna (3,3,x,3,3) 12+2
4 Czechoslovakia  Roman Matoušek (3,1,3,2,2) 11
5 Czechoslovakia  Zdeněk Tesař (3,0,2,3,2) 10+3
6 Czechoslovakia  Antonín Kasper Jr. (1,3,3,2,1) 10+2
7 Hungary  Sándor Tihanyi (0,3,2,2,2) 9
8 Poland  Wojciech Załuski (2,1,F,1,3) 7
9 Hungary  Antal Kocso (2,2,2,0,1) 7
10 West Germany  Klaus Lausch (2,1,3,R,ns) 6
11 Czechoslovakia  Bohumil Brhel (1,2,EF,2,0) 5
12 Czechoslovakia  Vladimir Kalina (1,1,1,0,2) 5
13 Hungary  József Petrikovics (0,2,1,1,1) 5
14 Poland  Tomasz Gollob (0,0,3,1,0) 4
15 Austria  Heinrich Schatzer (1,0,0,1,1) 3
16 Poland  Jan Krzystyniak (0,0,1,0,0) 1

World final

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Classification

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Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos
1 Sweden  (9) Per Jonsson 13+3 3 3 2 2 3 13 1
2 United States  (15) Shawn Moran 13+2 1 3 3 3 3 13 2
3 Australia  (6) Todd Wiltshire 12 3 3 2 1 3 12 3
4 Denmark  (1) Hans Nielsen 11 3 1 3 2 2 11 4
5 Sweden  (12) Jimmy Nilsen 10 2 1 2 3 2 10 5
6 Sweden  (13) Henrik Gustafsson 9 3 2 3 0 1 9 6
7 England  (16) Kelvin Tatum 9 2 3 0 3 1 9 7
8 Italy  (2) Armando Castagna 8 0 2 1 3 2 8 8
9 United States  (8) Rick Miller 8 2 2 3 1 - 8 9
10 England  (11) Richard Knight 7 1 2 1 2 1 7 10
11 England  (4) Martin Dugard 6 2 0 1 0 3 6 11
12 Czechoslovakia  (5) Roman Matoušek 5 1 - 0 2 2 5 12
13 Czechoslovakia  (10) Zdeněk Tesař 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 13
14 United States  (7) Ronnie Correy 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 14
15 Czechoslovakia  (14) Antonín Kasper Jr. 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 15
16 Hungary  (3) Zoltán Adorján 2 1 - 0 1 0 2 16
Hungary  (17) Sándor Tihanyi 0 0
Sweden  (18) Dennis Löfqvist 0 0
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside
Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1  Sweden  Per Jonsson (3,3,2,2,3) 13+3
2 United States  Shawn Morana (1,3,3,3,3) 13+2
3  Australia  Todd Wiltshire (3,3,2,1,3) 12
4 Denmark  Hans Nielsen (3,1,3,2,2) 11
5 Sweden  Jimmy Nilsen (2,1,2,3,2) 10
6 Sweden  Henrik Gustafsson* (3,2,3,0,1) 9
7 England  Kelvin Tatum (2,3,0,3,1) 9
8 Italy  Armando Castagna (F,2,1,3,2) 8
9 United States  Rick Miller (2,2,3,1,x) 8
10 England  Richard Knight (1,2,1,2,1) 7
11 England  Martin Dugard (2,0,1,0,3) 6
12 Czechoslovakia  Roman Matoušek (1,R,0,2,2) 5
13 Czechoslovakia  Zdeněk Tesař (0,0,2,0,R) 2
14 United States  Ronnie Correy (1,0,x,1,0) 2
15 Hungary  Zoltán Adorján (1,R,0,1,0) 2
16 Czechoslovakia  Antonín Kasper Jr.* (0,1,1,0,0) 2
Res Hungary  Sándor Tihanyi did not ride -
Res Sweden  Dennis Löfqvist did not ride -

* Henrik Gustafsson and Antonín Kasper Jr. replaced injured qualifiers Jan O. Pedersen and Gerd Riss

Notes:
a. Shawn Moran scored 13 points and lost the run-off to Per Jonsson. However, Moran had failed a random drug and alcohol test taken three months earlier at the Overseas Final, and was subsequently disqualified from second place. The FIM did not upgrade the standings and the official records show no second place rider.

References

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  1. ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  4. ^ Loader, Tony (1991). Loader's International Speedway Annual 1991. Tony Loader. pp. 8–18. ISSN 1036-4404.
  5. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Speedway". Western Daily Press. 3 September 1990. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  8. ^ 1990 Individual Speedway World Championship
  9. ^ "Speedway". Newcastle Journal. 9 January 1990. Retrieved 11 February 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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