1990 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1990 Individual Speedway World Championship. 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.

1990 Individual Speedway World Championship
Previous: 1989 Next: 1991

Sweden's Per Jonsson won his only World Individual Championship to become the first Swedish World Champion since Anders Michanek in 1974. Jonsson defeated American Shawn Moran 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 sensationally winning his first two rides.

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.[1]

Jonsson became the first rider to win both the Under-21 and Senior Individual World Championships having previously won the 1985 Under-21 World Championship (from 1977 until 1988 the World U/21 title was known as the European U/21 Championship, though the winners have generally been acknowledged as junior World Champions).

Overseas Series

New Zealand Qualification
  • First 2 from New Zealand final to Commonwealth final
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
South Island Final
?? Ruapuna Speedway Mark Thorpe David Bargh
North Island Final
?? Meeanee Speedway
Hawkes Bay Speedway		 Craig Wilkie Gary Allan??
New Zealand Final
?? Ruapuna Speedway Larry Ross Craig Wilkie Mark Thorpe

Australian Qualification
  • First 4 from Australian final to Commonwealth final
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Northern Territory Championship
?? Northline Speedway Glen Baxter????
Victorian Championship
?? Myrtleford Speedway Leigh Adams Phil Crump??
New South Wales Championship
?? Newcastle Motordrome Todd Wiltshire Craig Boyce Stephen Davies
South Australian Championship
?? North Arm Speedway Scott Norman Shane Parker??
Queensland Championship
?? Townsville Speedway Troy Butler????
Western Australian Championship
?? Claremont Speedway Glenn Doyle Glyn Taylor David Cheshire
Australian Championship Final
?? Brisbane Exhibition Ground Glenn Doyle Leigh Adams Stephen Davies

North American Final
Pos.RiderTotal
1 Shawn Moran18+3
2 Billy Hamill18+2
3 Rick Miller18+1
4 Greg Hancock18+0
5 Ronnie Correy16+3
6 Kelly Moran16+2
7 Bobby Schwartz14
8 Mike Faria12
9 Robert Pfetzing12
10 Lance King11
11 Steve Lucero8
12 Jim Sisemore8
13 Josh Larsen7
14 Brad Oxley5
15 Tony Bienert5
16 Charles Ermolenko3
17 Eddie Castro3
18 Sam Ermolenko2
19 John Kehoe1
20 Fred Legault0
Res Shawn McConnell3
Res Don Odom2

Nordic Final
  • June 9, 1990
  • Linköping, Motorstadium
  • First 7 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve
Pos.RiderTotal
1 Jan O. Pedersen14
2 Per Jonsson12
3 Henrik Gustafsson11+3
4 Conny Ivarsson11+2
5 Jimmy Nilsen11+1
6 Hans Nielsen11+0
7 Dennis Löfqvist9+3
8 Brian Karger9+2
9 Kai Niemi6
10 Bo Petersen6
11 Peter Nahlin5
12 Einar Kyllingstad5
13 Jens Henry Nielsen3
14 Olli Tyrväinen2
15 Arnt Førland2
16 Jan Pedersen2
Res Vesa Ylinen1

Commonwealth Final
Pos.RiderTotal
1 Kelvin Tatum14
2 Martin Dugard13
3 Simon Cross12
4 Jeremy Doncaster11
5 Richard Knight11
6 Todd Wiltshire*10
7 Gary Havelock8
8 Leigh Adams8
9 David Bargh*6
10 Simon Wigg6
11 Mark Loram6
12 Troy Butler5+3
13 John Davis5+2
14 Graham Jones3
15 Glenn Doyle3
16 Gary Allan*0

* Todd Wiltshire replaced Australian qualifier Stephen Davies. David Bargh and Gary Allan replaced New Zealand qualifiers Larry Ross and Craig Wilkie

Overseas Final
Pos.RiderTotal
1 Jeremy Doncaster15
2 Todd Wiltshire13
3 Shawn Moran10
4 Ronnie Correy*9
5 Martin Dugard9
6 Kelvin Tatum8
7 Rick Miller8
8 Simon Cross7
9 Troy Butler7
10 Richard Knight6+3
11 Gary Havelock6+2
12 Mark Loram6+1
13 Simon Wigg6+0
14 Leigh Adams5
15 Billy Hamill4
16 David Bargh1
Res Kelly Moran-
Res John Davis-

* Ronnie Correy replaced Greg Hancock

Intercontinental Final
  • August 12, 1990
  • Fjelsted, Hele Fyns Speedway Center
  • First 11 to the World Final plus 1 reserve
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Shawn Moran(3,2,3,3,3)14
2 Per Jonsson(3,3,1,2,3)12
3 Hans Nielsen(2,3,3,2,1)11+3
4 Jan O. Pedersen(3,1,1,3,3)11+2
5 Rick Miller(3,1,3,1,2)10
6 Kelvin Tatum(2,R,3,2,2)9
7 Ronnie Correy(R,2,3,2,29
8 Richard Knight*(1,2,2,0,3)8
9 Martin Dugard(1,3,0,3,0)7
10 Jimmy Nilsen(2,2,2,1,0)7
11 Todd Wiltshire(2,0,2,0,2)6
12 Henrik Gustafsson(R,1,0,3,1)5
13 Dennis Löfqvist(1,0,1,1,1)4
14 Troy Butler(R,2,1,0,F)3
15 Conny Ivarsson(1,0,0,0,1)2
16 Jeremy Doncaster(0,1,0,1,0)2
Res Brian Kargerdid not ride-
Res Gary Havelockdid not ride-

* Richard Knight replaced injured qualifier Simon Cross

Continental Final
  • August 12, 1990
  • Norden, Motodrom Halbemond
  • First 5 to the World Final plus 1 reserve
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Gerd Riss(3,2,2,3,3)13
2 Zoltán Adorján(2,3,1,3,3)12+3
3 Armando Castagna(3,3,x,3,3)12+2
4 Roman Matousek(3,1,3,2,2)11
5 Zdenek Tesar(3,0,2,3,2)10+3
6 Antonín Kasper, Jr.(1,3,3,2,1)10+2
7 Sándor Tihanyi(0,3,2,2,2)9
8 Wojciech Zaluski(2,1,F,1,3)7
9 Antal Kocso(2,2,2,0,1)7
10 Klaus Lausch(2,1,3,R,ns)6
11 Bohumil Brhel(1,2,EF,2,0)5
12 Vladimir Kalina(1,1,1,0,2)5
13 Joszef Petrikovics(0,2,1,1,1)5
14 Tomasz Gollob(0,0,3,1,0)4
15 Heinrich Schatzer(1,0,0,1,1)3
16 Jan Krzystaniak(0,0,1,0,0)1

World final

Classification
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 (9) Per Jonsson 13+3 3 3 2 2 3 13 1
2 (15) Shawn Moran 13+2 1 3 3 3 3 13 2
3 (6) Todd Wiltshire 12 3 3 2 1 3 12 3
4 (1) Hans Nielsen 11 3 1 3 2 2 11 4
5 (12) Jimmy Nilsen 10 2 1 2 3 2 10 5
6 (13) Henrik Gustafsson 9 3 2 3 0 1 9 6
7 (16) Kelvin Tatum 9 2 3 0 3 1 9 7
8 (2) Armando Castagna 8 - 2 1 3 2 4 8
9 (8) Rick Miller 8 2 2 3 1 - 8 9
10 (11) Richard Knight 7 1 2 1 2 1 7 10
11 (4) Martin Dugard 6 2 0 1 0 3 6 11
12 (5) Roman Matousek 5 1 - 0 2 2 5 12
13 (10) Zdenek Tesar 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 13
14 (7) Ronnie Correy 2 0 1 - 1 0 0 14
15 (14) Antonin Kasper JR. 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 15
16 (3) Zoltán Adorján 2 1 - 0 1 0 2 16
(17) Sándor Tihanyi 0 0
(18) Dennis Löfquist 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.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
Per Jonsson(3,3,2,2,3)13+3
2 Shawn Morana (failed drugs test)(1,3,3,3,3)13+2
Todd Wiltshire(3,3,2,1,3)12
4 Hans Nielsen(3,1,3,2,2)11
5 Jimmy Nilsen(2,1,2,3,2)10
6 Henrik Gustafsson*(3,2,3,0,1)9
7 Kelvin Tatum(2,3,0,3,1)9
8 Armando Castagna(F,2,1,3,2)8
9 Rick Miller(2,2,3,1,x)8
10 Richard Knight(1,2,1,2,1)7
11 Martin Dugard(2,0,1,0,3)6
12 Roman Matousek(1,R,0,2,2)5
13 Zdenek Tesar(0,0,2,0,R)2
14 Ronnie Correy(1,0,x,1,0)2
15 Zoltán Adorján(1,R,0,1,0)2
16 Antonín Kasper, Jr.*(0,1,1,0,0)2
Res Sándor Tihanyidid not ride-
Res Dennis Löfqvistdid 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.
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References
  1. 1990 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
Books
  • Loader, Tony (1991). Loader's International Speedway Annual 1991. Tony Loader. pp. 8–18. ISSN 1036-4404.
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