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The Commonwealth Final was a Motorcycle speedway Final sanctioned by the FIM as a qualifying round for the Speedway World Championship between 1979 and 1994.[1]

Introduced to the World Championship in 1979, it served as a qualifying round for Commonwealth riders, primarily those from Australia, England and New Zealand.

The Commonwealth Final was not run from 1981-1985, during which time riders who qualified through their national championship were through to the Overseas Final. It returned to the World Championship calendar in 1986 and lasted until 1994, the last year of the traditional single meeting World Championship Final before the advent of the Speedway Grand Prix World championship series in 1995.

Editions

All 11 Commonwealth Finals were held in England. Kelvin Tatum was the most successful Commonwealth Finalist, winning four finals (1987, 1988, 1990 and 1992). Reigning Australian Champion Leigh Adams was the only non-English winner when he took out the 1993 Final.

Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place
1979 United Kingdom London
White City Stadium
England Michael Lee Australia Billy Sanders England Dave Jessup
Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place
1980 United Kingdom London
Wimbledon Stadium
England Dave Jessup England John Louis New Zealand Ivan Mauger
1981 not held
1982 not held
1983 not held
1984 not held
1985 not held
1986 United Kingdom Manchester
Belle Vue Stadium
England Jeremy Doncaster England Kelvin Tatum England Chris Morton
1987 United Kingdom Manchester
Belle Vue Stadium
England Kelvin Tatum England Simon Cross England Marvyn Cox
1988 United Kingdom King's Lynn
Norfolk Arena
England Kelvin Tatum New Zealand Mitch Shirra England Simon Wigg
1989 United Kingdom Manchester
Belle Vue Stadium
England Simon Wigg New Zealand Mitch Shirra England Neil Collins
Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place
1990 United Kingdom Manchester
Belle Vue Stadium
United Kingdom Kelvin Tatum United Kingdom Martin Dugard United Kingdom Simon Cross
1991 United Kingdom King's Lynn
Norfolk Arena
United Kingdom Jeremy Doncaster Australia Leigh Adams United Kingdom Joe Screen
1992 United Kingdom King's Lynn
Norfolk Arena
United Kingdom Kelvin Tatum New Zealand Mark Thorpe United Kingdom Gary Havelock
1993 United Kingdom King's Lynn
Norfolk Arena
Australia Leigh Adams United Kingdom Andy Smith United Kingdom Martin Dugard
1994 United Kingdom King's Lynn
Norfolk Arena
United Kingdom Mark Loram United Kingdom Martin Dugard United Kingdom Joe Screen

See also

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