1990_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship

1990 Individual Speedway World Championship

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]

World final

1 September 1990
Odsal Stadium, Bradford^[9]

Classification

More information Placing, Rider ...

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

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* 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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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	??

Date	Championship	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
??	Northern Territory	Northline Speedway, Darwin	Glen Baxter	??	??
??	Victorian	Myrtleford Speedway, Myrtleford	Leigh Adams	Phil Crump	??
??	New South Wales	Newcastle Motordrome, Tomago	Todd Wiltshire	Craig Boyce	Stephen Davies
??	South Australian	North Arm Speedway, Gillman	Scott Norman	Shane Parker	??
??	Queensland	Townsville Speedway, Townsville	Troy Butler	??	??
??	Western Australian	Claremont Speedway, Perth	Glenn Doyle	Glyn Taylor	David Cheshire

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
5 May	Arena Częstochowa, Częstochowa	Jacek Woźniak	Tommy Dunker	Jacek Rempała
6 May	Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt	Alois Bachhuber	Lubomir Jedek	Jan Schinagl
6 May	Rivne Speedway Stadium, Rivne	Igor Marko	Piotr Świst	Laszlo Bodi
6 May	Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana	Valentino Furlanetto	Vladimir Kalina	Maciej Jaworek

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

Pos.	Rider	Pts
1	Glenn Doyle	14+3
2	Leigh Adams	14+2
3	Stephen Davies	13
4	Phil Crump	12
5	Shane Bowes	10
6	Mick Poole	9
7	Jamie Fagg	8
8	Glen Baxter	7
9	Steve Regeling	6
10	Steve Langdon	5
11	Shane Parker	5
12	Sean Willmott	4
13	Scott Norman	4
14	Troy Butler	4
15	Chris Watson	2
16	Glyn Taylor	1
17	Darren Winkler (res)	1

1990_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship

1990 Individual Speedway World Championship

First round

British qualifiers

Second round

New Zealand qualification

Australian qualification

British semi-finals

Third round

Continental preliminary round

Swedish qualification

British final

New Zealand final

Australian final

Fourth round

Continental quarter-finals

Danish Final

Norway Final

Finland Final

Swedish Final

Commonwealth Final

North American Final

Fifth round

Continental semi-finals

Overseas Final

Nordic Final

Sixth round

Intercontinental Final

Continental Final

World final

Classification

References

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Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
3 June	Municipal Stadium, Rzeszów	Ryszard Dołomisiewicz	Jozsef Petrikovics	Jan Krzystyniak
3 June	Speedway Natschbach Loipersbach	Antal Kocso	Zdenek Tesar	Heinrich Schatzer
3 June	Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc	Zoltan Hajdu	Piotr Świst	Rif Saitgareev
4 June	Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg	Zoltan Adorjan	Sandor Tihanyi	Klaus Lausch

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Per Jonsson	12+13+13	38
2	Jimmy Nilsen	12+12+10	34
3	Dennis Löfqvist	9+12+13	34
4	Conny Ivarsson	3+9+11	33
5	Henka Gustafsson	9+11+13	33
6	Peter Nahlin	14+8+10	32
7	Niklas Karlsson	8+9+8	25
8	Tony Rickardsson	6+5+10	21
9	Peter Karlsson	8+6+6	20
10	Erik Stenlund	4+6+7	17
11	Claes Ivarsson	9+6+ns	15
12	Mikael Teurnberg	4+4+7	15
13	Mikael Ritterwall	6+6+2	14 14
14	Tony Olsson	5+5+ns	10
15	Kenneth Lindby	1+4+3	8
16	Stefan Dannö	0+2+4	6
17	Christer Rohlén (res)	ns+1+0	1

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Shawn Moran	18+3
2	Billy Hamill	18+2
3	Rick Miller	18+1
4	Greg Hancock	18+0
5	Ronnie Correy	16+3
6	Kelly Moran	16+2
7	Bobby Schwartz	14
8	Mike Faria	12
9	Robert Pfetzing	12
10	Lance King	11
11	Steve Lucero	8
12	Jim Sisemore	8
13	Josh Larsen	7
14	Brad Oxley	5
15	Tony Bienert	5
16	Charles Ermolenko	3
17	Eddie Castro	3
18	Shawn McConnell (res)	3
19	Sam Ermolenko	2
20	Don Odom (res)	2
21	John Kehoe	1
22	Fred Legault	0

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Jan O. Pedersen	14
2	Per Jonsson	12
3	Henrik Gustafsson	11+3
4	Conny Ivarsson	11+2
5	Jimmy Nilsen	11+1
6	Hans Nielsen	11+0
7	Dennis Löfqvist	9+3
8	Brian Karger	9+2
9	Kai Niemi	6
10	Bo Petersen	6
11	Peter Nahlin	5
12	Einar Kyllingstad	5
13	Jens Henry Nielsen	3
14	Olli Tyrväinen	2
15	Arnt Førland	2
16	Jan Pedersen	2
17	Vesa Ylinen (res)	1

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

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	0					2				1				3				2			8	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 Matoušek	5		1			-					0					2					2	5	12
13	(10) Zdeněk Tesař	2			0			0						2			0		0				2	13
14	(7) Ronnie Correy	2		0					1					0	1					0			2	14
15	(14) Antonín 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 Löfqvist	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

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
	Per Jonsson	(3,3,2,2,3)	13+3
2	Shawn Moran^a	(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	-