1958 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 13th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

In the World final New Zealander Barry Briggs successfully defended his title and was unbeaten after five heat wins. Ove Fundin took the silver medal but there was an incident filled ride off for the bronze medal. Aub Lawson won that ride off after both Peter Craven and Ken McKinlay fell, Craven remounted to take fourth place.[7]

Nordic Final

  • 8 June 1958
  • Sweden Växjö
  • First 8 to European final
Pos. Rider Points
1 Sweden Rune Sörmander 15
2 Sweden Ove Fundin 12
3 Sweden Olle Nygren 12
4 Sweden Dan Forsberg 11
5 Sweden Göran Norlén 9
6 Sweden Per Olof Söderman 9
7 Norway Nils Paulsen 8
8 Sweden Birger Forsberg 7
9 Norway Aage Hansen 7
10 Sweden Bengt Eriksson 6
11 Denmark Arne Pander 5
12 Finland Timo Laine 4
13 Sweden Bernt Nilsson 4
14 Sweden Curt Nyqvist 3
15 Sweden Evert Andersson 2
16 Sweden Kjell Wårenius 2
17 Sweden Björn Knutsson 2
18 Norway Reidar Kristoffersen dnr

Continental Final

Pos. Rider Points
1 Sweden Joel Jansson 14
2 West Germany Josef Hofmeister 14
3 West Germany Josef Seidl 11
4 Czechoslovakia Luboš Tomíček Sr. 9
5 Poland Stanisław Tkocz 9
6 Poland Marian Kaiser 9
7 Poland Joachim Maj 8
8 Poland Edward Kupczyński 8
9 Poland Konstanty Pociejkewicz 8
10 Poland Janusz Suchecki 7
11 Poland Henryk Żyto 6
12 Poland Janusz Koscielak 3
13 Poland Stefan Kwoczała
14 Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Volf
15 Austria Karl Killmeyer
16 Austria Valentin Unterköfler
17 Austria Josef Bössner dnr

British/Commonwealth Round

semi final

  • 4 races at 4 venues
  • Barry Briggs seeded to World final
  • First 10 to World final + 1 reserve
Pos. Rider Total pts
1 Scotland Ken McKinlay 27 Qualified for World final
2 England Peter Craven 27 Qualified for World final
3 England Mike Broadbanks 25 Qualified for World final
4 England Ron How 24 Qualified for World final
5 Australia Peter Moore 24 Qualified for World final
6 England Ronnie Moore 23 Qualified for World final
7 Australia Aub Lawson 22 Qualified for World final
8 New Zealand Ron Johnston 22 Qualified for World final
9 England Gerry Hussey 22 Qualified for World final
10 Australia Jack Geran 22 Qualified for World final
11 England Brian Crutcher 22 Reserve for World final
12 Scotland Gordon McGregor 20
13 England George White 17
14 England Dick Bradley 15
15 England Billy Bales 14
16 Australia Neil Street 14
Pos. Rider Total pts
17 Australia Chum Taylor 13
18 Australia Jack Young 13
19 England Alf Hagon 13
20 England Jack Unstead 12
21 Australia Jack Biggs 11
22 New Zealand Bob Duckworth 8
23 England Harry Edwards 8
24 England Ronnie Genz 7
25 England Gerald Jackson 6
26 New Zealand Charlie New 6
27 England Arthur Forrest 5
28 England Eric Boothroyd 4
29 Australia Ray Cresp 3
30 England Phil Clarke 3
31 England Ron Mountford 1

European Final

  • 22 July 1958
  • Poland Warsaw
  • First 5 to World final plus 1 reserve[8]
Pos. Rider Total Notes
1 Sweden Ove Fundin 15 Qualified for World final
2 West Germany Josef Hofmeister 13 Qualified for World final
3 Sweden Rune Sörmander 12 Qualified for World final
4 Sweden Olle Nygren 11 Qualified for World final
5 Sweden Joel Jansson 10 Qualified for World final
6 Sweden Per Olof Söderman 9 Reserve for World final
7 Poland Marian Kaiser 9
8 Sweden Joseph Seidl 7
9 Poland Joachim Maj 6
10 Norway Nils Paulsen 6
11 Czechoslovakia Luboš Tomíček Sr. 5
12 Poland Stanisław Tkocz 4
13 Poland Edward Kupczyński 4
14 Sweden Dan Forsberg 3
15 Sweden Göran Norlén 2
16 Sweden Birger Forsberg 2

World final

Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1 New Zealand Barry Briggs (3,3,3,3,3) 15
2 Sweden Ove Fundin (3,3,2,3,2) 13
3 Australia Aub Lawson (1,3,3,1,3) 11+3
4 England Peter Craven (2,3,0,3,3) 11+2
5 Scotland Ken McKinlay (2,2,3,2,2) 11+1
6 New Zealand Ronnie Moore (3,2,0,1,3) 9
7 Sweden Olle Nygren (3,2,2,2,0) 9
8 New Zealand Ron Johnston (1,1,1,3,2) 8
9 England Gerry Hussey (2,0,2,2,1) 7
10 England Ron How (1,1,2,2,1) 7
11 Australia Peter Moore (0,1,3,1,0) 5
12 England Mike Broadbank (2,0,1,0,2) 5
13 Sweden Rune Sörmander (0,2,1,0,1) 4
14 Australia Jack Geran (0,1,1,0,1) 3
15 Germany Josef Hofmeister (1,0,0,1,0) 2
16 Sweden Joel Jansson (0,0,0,0,0) 0
R1 England Brian Crutcher did not ride -
R2 Sweden Per Olof Söderman did not ride -

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 New Zealand (4) Barry Briggs 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 Sweden (13) Ove Fundin 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 2
3 Australia (2) Aub Lawson 11+3 1 3 3 1 3 11 3
4 England (3) Peter Craven 11+2 2 3 e 3 3 11 4
5 Scotland (11) Ken McKinlay 11+0 2 2 3 2 2 11 5
6 New Zealand (10) Ronnie Moore 9 3 2 0 1 3 9 6
7 Sweden (5) Olle Nygren 9 3 2 2 2 e 9 7
8 New Zealand (7) Ron Johnston 8 1 1 1 3 2 8 8
9 England (6) Gerry Hussey 7 2 0 2 2 1 7 9
10 England (14) Ron How 7 1 1 2 2 1 7 10
11 Australia (9) Peter Moore 5 f 1 3 1 0 5 11
12 England (15) Mike Broadbank 5 2 0 1 0 2 5 12
13 Sweden (16) Rune Sörmander 4 0 2 1 0 1 4 13
14 Australia (8) Jack Geran 3 f 1 1 0 1 3 14
15 Germany (12) Josef Hofmeister 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 15
16 Sweden (1) Joel Jansson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
England (17) Brian Crutcher 0 0
Sweden (18) Per Olof Söderman 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

References

  1. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  2. ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  6. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  7. ^ "World Speedway, It's Briggs". Weekly Dispatch London. 21 September 1958. Retrieved 6 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "1958". Speedway.org. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  9. ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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