Anders Michanek during the 1975 Intercontinental Final

The 1975 Intercontinental Final was the inaugural Intercontinental Final, introduced for Motorcycle speedway riders as part of the qualification for the 1975 Speedway World Championship.[1][2]

Four time World Champion Ivan Mauger became the first Intercontinental Final winner, defeating reigning World Champion Anders Michanek by two points at the Ullevi Stadium in Göteborg. Another Swede Bernt Persson defeated Ole Olsen in a runoff for third place. Later in the year Olsen would go on to win his second World title at London's Wembley Stadium.[3]

1975 Intercontinental Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1New Zealand Ivan Mauger14
2Sweden Anders Michanek12
3Sweden Bernt Persson11+3
4Denmark Ole Olsen11+2
5United States Scott Autrey9
6Sweden Tommy Jansson9
7Norway Reidar Eide8+3
8Australia Phil Crump8+2
9Sweden Tommy Johansson8+1
10Norway Dag Lovaas7
11Australia John Boulger4
12Australia Billy Sanders4
13Sweden Bengt Jansson4
14Sweden Hasse Holmqvist4
15United States Steven Gresham3
16Sweden Jan Andersson (Res)2
17New Zealand Barry Briggs1
18Sweden Kenneth Selmonsson (Res)0

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 (2) Ivan Mauger 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
2 Sweden (11) Anders Michanek 12 2 3 3 1 3 12 2
3 Sweden (13) Bernt Persson 11+3 3 3 0 2 3 11 3
4 Denmark (1) Ole Olsen 11+2 3 1 2 2 3 11 4
5 United States (6) Scott Autrey 9 3 2 1 2 1 9 5
6 Sweden (9) Tommy Jansson 9 3 2 2 1 1 9 6
7 Norway (14) Reidar Eide 8+3 2 1 3 0 2 8 7
8 Australia (3) Phil Crump 8+2 1 2 1 2 2 8 8
9 Sweden (7) Tommy Johansson 8+1 1 0 2 3 2 8 9
10 Norway (4) Dag Lovaas 7 0 3 1 3 0 7 10
11 Australia (12) John Boulger 4 1 0 2 1 0 4 11
12 Australia (8) Billy Sanders 4 0 2 0 0 2 4 12
13 Sweden (16) Bengt Jansson 4 0 1 0 3 0 4 13
14 Sweden (5) Hasse Holmqvist 4 2 0 1 0 1 4 14
15 United States (10) Steven Gresham 3 0 0 3 0 F 3 15
16 New Zealand (15) Barry Briggs 1 1 - - - - 1 16
Sweden (17) Kenneth Selmonsson 0 0
Sweden (18) Jan Andersson 2 1 0 0 1 2
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. "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  2. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 22. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  3. "Intercontinental Final". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.

See also

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