1974 Individual Speedway World Championship

Sweden's own Anders Michanek scored a 15-point maximum to claim his only Individual world title in front of a capacity crowd at the Ullevi stadium in Göteborg. Four time champion Ivan Mauger finished second on 11 points after winning a run-off with Swede Sören Sjösten who also scored 11. With the defending champion Jerzy Szczakiel not qualifying after finishing last in the 2nd Continental Semi-final, the only other World Champion in the field was Denmark's Ole Olsen who suffered a horror night, finishing second in his first ride before falling in his second and not being able to contest the rest of the meeting.[1]

1974 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1974 Individual Speedway World Championship.

British Qualification
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
1 April Scunthorpe Reg Luckhurst Russ Osborne Mike Hiftle
5 April Workington Alan Cowland Dave Gatenby Brian Clark
21 April Eastbourne Phil Herne Mike Sampson Mike Cake
22 April Crewe Carl Glover Mike Broadbanks Richard Greer
23 April Ellesmere Port Barry Crowson Richard May Ken Eyre
29 April Exeter Ivan Mauger Barry Briggs Phil Herne
30 April Leicester Terry Betts Malcolm Simmons Dave Jessup
1 May Poole Peter Collins Dave Jessup Eric Broadbelt
1 May Hull John Boulger Nigel Boocock Jim McMillan
2 May Sheffield Bob Valentine Bob Paulson Ray Wilson
2 May Oxford Bob Kilby Malcolm Simmons Eric Boocock
2 May Ipswich John Louis Nigel Boocock Billy Sanders
4 May Kings Lynn Malcolm Simmons Ivan Mauger Tony Davey
4 May Halifax Eric Boocock Kevin Holden Rick France
9 May Wimbledon Barry Briggs Neil Cameron Richard May
10 May Wolverhampton Billy Sanders Rick France George Hunter
10 May Newport Phil Crump Ray Wilson Geoff Mudge
10 May Hackney John Louis Barry Thomas Bob Kilby
11 May Cradley Heath Billy Sanders Bruce Cribb John Boulger
11 May Coventry Bob Valentine Nigel Boocock Gordon Kennett
11 May Belle Vue Chris Pusey Bob Kilby Barry Crowson
15 May Swindon John Louis Martin Ashby Eric Broadbelt
Semi-Finals
21 May Leicester John Louis Peter Collins Ray Wilson
30 May Sheffield Dave Jessup Ray Wilson Jim McMillan
Final
12 June Coventry Eric Boocock Terry Betts Dave Jessup

British Final
  • June 12, 1974
  • Coventry
  • First 10 to British-Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
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 21
(14) Eric Boocock 13 3 3 2 2 3 13 1
(11) Terry Betts 12 3 3 2 2 2 12 2
(8) Dave Jessup 11 3 1 3 1 3 11 3
4 (5) John Boulger 10 2 3 3 2 0 10 4
5 (13) Ivan Mauger 9 2 E 3 3 1 9 5
6 (1) Nigel Boocock 8 2 2 0 3 1 8 6
7 (7) Jim McMillan 8 1 2 1 1 3 8 7
8 (12) Peter Collins 8 0 3 2 0 3 8 8
9 (16) John Louis 8 0 0 3 3 2 8 9
10 (4) Ray Wilson 7 1 2 T 3 1 7 10
11 (6) Barry Briggs 6 0 1 1 2 2 6 11
12 (10) Billy Sanders 5 1 2 1 1 0 5 12
13 (15) Malcolm Simmons 5 1 E 1 1 2 5 13
14 (9) Ray Wilson 4 2 1 X F 1 4 14
15 (2) Bob Valentine 3 3 X F E - 3 15
16 (3) Martin Ashby 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 16
R1 (R1) Frank Smith 0 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Roger Hill 0 0 0 R2
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 21

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

Scandinavian Qualifications
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Qualifications
27 April Hillerod Nils Nilsen Preben Rosenkilde Bent Noregaard
1 May Visby Christer Löfqvist Bengt Jansson Tomas Pettersson
1 May Malilla Tommy Johansson Bo Wirebrand Christer Sjosten
1 May Gislaved Soren Sjosten Bernt Persson Terje Henriksson
28 May Stockholm Soren Sjosten Anders Michanek Christer Löfqvist
29 May Norrköping Anders Michanek Soren Sjosten Christer Löfqvist
30 May Göteborg Anders Michanek Bengt Jansson Tommy Jansson
Final
9 June Tampere Ole Olsen Dag Lovaas Matti Olin

Scandinavian Final
  • 9 June 1974
  • Tampere
  • First 6 to British-Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Ole Olsen15
2 Dag Lovaas14
3 Matti Olin11
4 Bent Noregaard10
5 Reidar Eide9
6 Kari Vuoristo9
7 Oyvind Berg8
8 Edgar Stangeland8
9 Preben Rosenkilde7
10 Jan Gravningen6
11 Ulf Lovaas6
12 Kaj Kristensen5
13 Pekka Paljakka4
14 Svein Lokken4
15 Kjell Gimre3
16 Nils Nilsen0
R1 ?. Eklund1

Intercontinental Round

Nordic-British Final
  • August 4, 1974
  • Fredericia
  • First 8 to European Final
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 21
(8) Ole Olsen 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
(5) Ivan Mauger 13 2 2 3 3 3 13 2
(16) John Louis 10 3 0 3 2 2 10 3
4 (2) Terry Betts 10 3 3 1 2 1 10 4
5 (12) Peter Collins 10 3 1 2 3 1 10 5
6 (9) Dave Jessup 10 2 E 2 3 3 10 6
7 (4) Scott Autrey 9 2 2 1 2 2 9 7
8 (7) Dag Lovaas 9 1 3 3 2 E 9 8
9 (1) John Boulger 8 1 3 1 E 3 8 9
10 (6) Jim McMillan 8 0 2 2 1 3 8 10
11 (13) Reidar Eide 7 1 1 2 1 2 7 11
12 (14) Bent Noregaard 6 2 1 1 1 1 6 12
13 (15) Nigel Boocock 2 0 1 0 E 1 2 13
14 (11) Matti Olin 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 14
15 (3) Eric Boocock 0 F - - - - 0 15
16 (10) Kari Vuoristo 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 16
R1 (R1) Ray Wilson 3 2 1 3 R1
R2 (R2) Oyvind Berg 0 0 0 0 R2
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 21

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

Continental Round
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Qualifying Round
1 May Bremen Jan Klokočka Egon Muller Henny Kroeze
5 May Lonigo???
Quarter-Finals
18 May Prague Mikhail Krasnov Viktor Trofimov Vladimir Zapleshny
19 May Lubljana Zenon Plech Edward Jancarz Henny Kroeze
19 May Krumbach Henryk Glucklich Jerzy Szczakiel Manfred Poschenrieder
19 May Debrecen Grigory Khlinovsky Andrzej Jurczynski Marek Cieślak
Semi-Finals
2 June Wrocław Edward Jancarz Vladimir Gordeev Mikhail Krasnov
2 June Norden Henryk Glucklich Mikhail Starostin Marek Cieślak
Continental Final
23 June Tolyatti Vladimir Gordeev Mikhail Starostin Zenon Plech
European Final
31 August Wembley Peter Collins Ole Olsen Ivan Mauger

Continental Final
  • June 23, 1974
  • Tolyatti
  • First 8 to European Final
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 21
(10) Vladimir Gordeev 12 3 3 1 3 2 12 1
(1) Mikhail Starostin 11 3 3 0 2 3 11 2
(4) Zenon Plech 11 F 3 3 3 2 11 3
4 (11) Mikhail Krasnov 10 2 3 2 3 0 10 4
5 (3) Anatoly Kuzmin 10 2 2 3 0 3 10 5
6 (7) Jan Mucha 9 2 1 E 3 3 9 6
7 (13) Edward Jancarz 9 3 X 2 2 2 9 7
8 (14) Grigory Khlinovsky 8 1 1 2 1 3 8 8
9 (5) Ryszard Fabiszewski 8 3 2 1 1 1 8 9
10 (15) Valery Gordeev 7 2 0 3 2 E 7 10
11 (6) Vladimir Zapleshny 6 1 0 3 1 1 6 11
12 (16) Marek Cieślak 5 0 1 1 2 1 5 12
13 (8) Henryk Glucklich 3 0 2 X 1 X 3 13
14 (9) Aleksandr Pavlov 3 0 1 0 E 2 3 14
15 (12) Bernard Jader 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 15
16 (2) Zbigniew Filipiak 2 E 2 0 0 0 2 16
R1 (R1) Josef Angemuller 0 0 R1
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 21

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

European Final
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 21
(15) Peter Collins 13 3 2 3 3 2 13 1 3
(2) Ole Olsen 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 2 2
(4) Ivan Mauger 13 2 3 3 2 3 13 3 1
4 (8) Vladimir Gordeev 11 2 2 3 1 3 11 4
5 (12) John Louis 10 3 0 1 3 3 10 5
6 (14) Zenon Plech 10 2 2 2 2 2 10 6
7 (11) Dave Jessup 8 E 3 3 2 0 8 7
8 (7) Dag Lovaas 7 3 1 0 E 3 7 8
9 (16) Grigory Khlinovsky 7 F 1 2 3 1 7 9
10 (5) Terry Betts 6 0 3 0 2 1 6 10
11 (13) Mikhail Krasnov 6 1 1 2 0 2 6 11
12 (10) Edward Jancarz 5 2 1 1 1 0 5 12
13 (6) Scott Autrey 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 13
14 (9) Mikhail Starostin 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 14
15 (3) Anatoly Kuzmin 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 15
16 (1) Jan Mucha 0 - - - - - 0 16
R1 (R1) Jim McMillan 2 1 0 1 2 R1
R2 (R2) John Boulger 3 2 1 3 R2
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 21

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

World Final
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 21
(10) Anders Michanek 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
(1) Ivan Mauger 11 2 2 3 2 2 11 2 3
(13) Sören Sjösten 11 3 3 1 1 3 11 3 2
4 (16) John Louis 9 1 3 0 2 3 9 4
5 (8) Bengt Jansson 9 2 1 3 3 R 9 5
6 (15) Peter Collins 9 2 2 2 2 1 9 6
7 (7) Tommy Johansson 8 3 0 0 3 2 8 7
8 (11) Zenon Plech 8 0 3 1 2 2 8 8
9 (4) Christer Löfqvist 8 3 2 2 1 R 8 9
10 (6) Grigory Khlinovsky 6 1 0 2 3 F 6 10
11 (12) Dag Lövaas 6 1 0 3 1 1 6 11
12 (5) Terry Betts 6 0 1 1 1 3 6 12
13 (14) Dave Jessup 5 0 2 2 0 1 5 13
14 (2) Mikhail Krasnov 3 1 1 R 0 1 3 14
15 (9) Ole Olsen 2 2 F - - - 2 15
16 (3) Vladimir Gordeev 0 0 F - - - 0 16
R1 (R1) Tommy Jansson 3 1 0 0 2 3 R1
R2 (R2) Edward Jancarz 1 1 0 0 1 R2
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 21

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
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References
  1. 1974 Individual Speedway World Championship
  2. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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