World motorcycle speedway competition
The 1990 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 45th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4]
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.[5]
Sweden's Per Jonsson won his only World Individual Championship to become the first Swedish World Champion since Anders Michanek in 1974 and became the first rider to win both the Under-21 and Senior World Championships having previously won the 1985 Under-21 World Championship. Jonsson defeated Shawn Moran from the United States 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 winning his first two rides.[6]
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.[7]
First round
British qualifiers
- Top 32 to British-Semi finals
Second round
New Zealand qualification
- First 16 to New Zealand final
Date | Championship | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
Jan | South Island Final | Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch | Mark Thorpe+[8] | Larry Ross | David Bargh |
?? | North Island Final | Meeanee Speedway, Napier | Craig Wilkie | Gary Allan | ?? |
- +Thorpe awarded title after Ross refused to ride in the race-off
Australian qualification
- Top 16 to Australian final
British semi-finals
Third round
Continental preliminary round
- Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals
Swedish qualification
- Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final
British final
- Top 10 to Commonwealth final
New Zealand final
Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch
- 3 February, top 2 to Commonwealth final
Pos. | Rider | Pts |
1 | Larry Ross | 14+3 |
2 | Mark Thorpe | 14+2 |
3 | Craig Wilkie | 14+1 |
4 | James Martin | 11 |
5 | Justin Monk | 10 |
6 | Michael Long | 9 |
7 | Stephen Rose | 8 |
8 | Darrin Wilson | 8 |
9 | Mark Jamieson | 8 |
10 | Max Brown | 5 |
11 | Philip Barakat | 4 |
12 | Kenny Webley | 3 |
13 | Alan Mason | 2 |
14 | Rhys Hamburger | 3 |
15 | Greg Fisher | 2 |
16 | Gary Marsh | 0 |
17 | Trevor Chapman | 0 |
18 | John Tuffley | 0 |
Australian final
Brisbane Exhibition Ground
- 13 January, top 3 (+1 other seeded) to Commonwealth final
Fourth round
Continental quarter-finals
- Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
Danish Final
- Top 6 to the Nordic final
Norway Final - Frogner Speedway, Oslo
- 15 Sep 1989, top 1 (+1 seeded) to Nordic final 1990
Pos. | Rider | Points | 1 | Arnt Førland | 12+3 | 2 | Lars Gunnestad | 12+2 | 3 | Robert Langeland | 12+1 | 4 | Ingvar Skogland | 12+0 | 5 | Per Jörgensen | 11 | 6 | Arne Svensen | 9 | 7 | Jan Arid Slatta | 9 | 8 | Atle Knutsen | 7 | 9 | Einar Kyllingstad | 6 | 10 | Tor Einar Hielm | 6 | 11 | Odd Pettersen | 5 | 12 | Stag Bergersen | 4 | 13 | Jorn Arve Ardal | 4 | 14 | Jorn Vidar Aasen | 4 | 15 | Kjell Oyvind Sola | 3 | 16 | Gjermund Aas | 2 | 17 | Rolf Netland (res) | 1 | | Finland Final Pos. | Rider | Total | 1 | Juha Moksunen | 14 | 2 | Olli Tyrvainen | 13+3 | 3 | Kai Niemi | 13+2 | 4 | Vesa Ylinen | 11+3 | 5 | Janne Moksunen | 11+2 | 6 | Ari Koponen | 10 | 7 | Jari Kortelainen | 8 | 8 | Seppo Keskinen | 7 | 9 | Tomi Havu | 7 | 10 | Aarre Soivuori | 7 | 11 | Roy Malminheimo | 7 | 12 | Petri Kokko | 5 | 13 | Pekka Eerikainen | 2 | 14 | Jarmo Makinen | 2 | 15 | Petri Nurmesniemi (res) | 1 | 16 | Mika Pellinen (res) | 1 | 17 | Janne Koivula (res) | 1 | 18 | Esa Reijo | 0 | 19 | Nicklas Finne | 0 | |
Swedish Final
Commonwealth Final
- Top 12 plus 1 reserve to the Overseas final
North American Final
- 2 June 1990
- Veterans Memorial Stadium, Long Beach
- Top 4 to the Overseas final plus 1 reserve
Fifth round
Continental semi-finals
Overseas Final
- Top 9 to the Intercontinental final
Nordic Final
- 9 June 1990
- Motorstadium, Linköping
- Top 7 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve
Sixth round
Intercontinental Final
- Top 11 plus 1 reserve to World final
Continental Final
Pos. | Rider | Heat Scores | Total |
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 Matoušek | (3,1,3,2,2) | 11 |
5 | Zdeněk Tesař | (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 Załuski | (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 | József 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 Krzystyniak | (0,0,1,0,0) | 1 |
World final
Classification
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. | Rider | Heat Scores | Total |
| Per Jonsson | (3,3,2,2,3) | 13+3 |
2 | Shawn Morana | (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 Matoušek | (1,R,0,2,2) | 5 |
13 | Zdeněk Tesař | (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 Tihanyi | did not ride | - |
Res | Dennis Löfqvist | did 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.
References
- ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ Loader, Tony (1991). Loader's International Speedway Annual 1991. Tony Loader. pp. 8–18. ISSN 1036-4404.
- ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ 1990 Individual Speedway World Championship
- ^ "Speedway". Newcastle Journal. 9 January 1990. Retrieved 11 February 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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