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The 1965 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 20th edition of the official World Championship to determine the ... First 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve;
The Final was cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II. Championship suspended 1940-1948 due to World War II: 1949 details: London Wembley Stadium: Tommy Price (15 pts) Jack Parker (14 pts) Louis Lawson (13 pts) 1950 details: London Wembley Stadium: Freddie Williams (14 pts) Wally Green (13 pts) Graham Warren (12 pts) 1951 details: London ...
On August 9, 1975, Donohue drove the 917–30 to a world closed-course speed record at the Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. His average speed around the 2.66-mile (4.28 km) high-banked oval was 221.120 mph (355.858 km/h). Donohue held the record for 11 years, until it was broken by Rick Mears at Michigan International Speedway.
Earlier on, only Ole Olsen had won World titles, in 1971, 1975 and 1978, but a new generation was growing up, led by Erik Gundersen and Hans Nielsen who occupied the first two places at Gothenburg in 1984. There were two Danes on top of the table in each and every World final from 1984 to 1989 - a somewhat extraordinary record.
Briggs retired from British league racing in 1972 after an accident during Heat 5 of the World Final at Wembley Stadium with Swedish rider Bernt Persson. [9] As a result of the accident, Briggs lost the index finger of his left hand, [ 10 ] but returned in 1974, then announcing in 1975 that this would be his last season [ 11 ] but actually ...
1965 Speedway World Team Cup was the sixth edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The final took place at the Illerstadion in Kempten , West Germany.
At the inaugural Speedway World Championship Final at London's Empire (Wembley) Stadium in 1936, Wilkinson was undefeated to score a 15-point maximum. However, as the championship also counted bonus points from the Semi-finals, Bluey finished with a total of 25 points, one behind fellow Aussie Lionel Van Praag and Englishman Eric Langton .
The 49th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Monday, May 31, 1965.. The five-year-old "British Invasion" of Indy racing by rear engine cars (actually mid engine), which preceded the 1964 British Invasion by the Beatles, finally broke through as Team Lotus, Jim Clark and Colin Chapman triumphed in dominating fashion with the ...