1955 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1955 Individual Speedway World Championship was the tenth edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

In a very competitive World final Peter Craven of England finished one point ahead of three other riders who had to ride off for the silver medal. The defending champion Ronnie Moore won the ride off to claim silver from fellow countryman Barry Briggs and Welshman Eric Williams who both crashed leaving Moore an easy victory, Briggs took third place from Williams who missed out on a medal.[7]

Nordic Final
  • 8 June 1955
  • Trondheim
  • First 6 to European final
Pos.RiderPoints
1 Ove Fundin14
2 Henry Andersen14
3 Basse Hveem12
4 Ulf Ericsson10
5 Birger Forsberg10
6 Kjell Carlsson9
7 Sven Fahlén9
8 Joel Jansson8
9 Rune Claesson7
10 Bert Lindarw7
11 Olle Heyman6
12 Lars Pettersson5
13 Reidar Kristoffersen5
14 Göran Norlén3
15 Antti Pajari2
16 Kaukko Jousanen1

Continental Final
  • 13 June 1955
  • Abensberg
  • First 6 to European Final
Pos.RiderPoints
1 Fritz Dirtl15
2 Josef Kamper12
3 Georg Duneborn12
4 Josef Hofmeister11
5 Josef Seidl11
6 Per Olof Söderman10

Championship Round

Venues
7 events in Great Britain

Scores
First 12 to World final + 2 reserves

Pos.RiderTotal pts
1 Peter Craven29
2 Jack Young29
3 Barry Briggs28
4 Ron Johnston26
5 Ronnie Moore26
6 Arthur Wright26
7 Doug Davies26
8 Cyril Roger25
9 Arthur Forrest24
10 Aub Lawson24
11 Phil Clarke24
12 Brian Crutcher23
13 Eric Williams23
14 Billy Bales23
15 Gerry Hussey22
16 Ken McKinlay22
17 Freddie Williams21
18 Alf Hagon19
19 Ken Middleditch19
20 Ron Mountford18
21 Jack Geran18
22 Jack Biggs17
23 Alan Hunt17
24 Les McGillivary17
25 Peter Moore15
26 Ron How14
27 Harry Bastable14
28 Peter Clark14
Pos.RiderTotal pts
29 Tommy Price14
30 Fred Rogers14
31 Dick Bradley12
32 Bob Mark11
33 Ian Williams11
34 Split Waterman11
35 Bob Duckworth11
36 Tommy Miller10
37 Reg Reeves10
38 Allan Kidd10
39 Alan Smith9
40 Fred Brand9
41 Neil Street9
42 Guy Allot8
43 Junior Bainbridge8
44 Harry Edwards7
45 Gordon McGregor7
46 Bob Roger6
47 Charlie New6
48 Jimmy Gooch5
49 Bill Holden5
50 Eric French4
51 Ron Clarke3
52 John Fitzpatrick3
53 Ken Sharples1
54 Bob Sharp1
55 Eddie Rigg0
56 Jim Lightfoot0

European Final
  • 4 July 1955
  • Oslo
  • First 4 to World final[8]
Pos.RiderTotalNotes
1 Henry Andersen14Qualified for World final
2 Olle Nygren12Qualified for World final
3 Kjell Carlsson11Qualified for World final
4 Ove Fundin11Qualified for World final
5 Per Olof Söderman11
6 Basse Hveem10
7 Josef Kamper9
8 Ulf Ericsson8
9 Fritz Dirtl7
10 Birger Forsberg7
11 Georg Duneborn6
12 Alf Hagon5
13 Rune Sörmander4
14 Cyril Maidment3
15 Joseph Seidl2
16 Josef Hofmeister0
17 Reidar Kristoffersen0

World final
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Peter Craven(3,3,2,3,2)13
2 Ronnie Moore(3,1,3,2,3)12+3
3 Barry Briggs(3,2,3,2,2)12+2
4 Eric Williams(3,1,2,3,3)12+1
5 Brian Crutcher(2,2,3,Fx,3)10
6 Ove Fundin(2,1,1,3,3)10
7 Jack Young(1,3,1,3,2)10
8 Olle Nygren(0,3,2,2,2)9
9 Arthur Forrest(0,2,3,1,1)7
10 Arthur Wright(1,3,0,1,1)6
11 Billy Bales(2,0,1,2,1)6
12 Ron Johnston(1,1,2,1,1)6
13 Kjell Carlsson(0,2,0,1,0)3
14 Phil Clarke(2,0,0,0,0)2
15 Henry Andersen(1,0,1,0,0)2
16 Cyril Roger(0,0,0,0,Fx)0
R1 Gerry Husseydid not ride-
R2 Ken McKinlaydid not ride-
  • Note - Aub Lawson withdrew injured, Doug Davies withdrew with meningitis,

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 (8) Peter Craven 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 1
2 (2) Ronnie Moore 12+3 3 1 3 2 3 12 2
3 (14) Barry Briggs 12+2 3 2 3 2 2 12 3
4 (12) Eric Williams 12+1 3 1 2 3 3 12 4
5 (1) Brian Crutcher 10 2 2 3 - 3 4 5
6 (5) Ove Fundin 10 2 1 1 3 3 10 6
7 (9) Jack Young 10 1 3 1 3 2 10 7
8 (6) Olle Nygren 9 0 3 2 2 2 9 8
9 (4) Arthur Forrest 7 0 2 3 1 1 7 9
10 (3) Arthur Wright 6 1 3 0 1 1 6 10
11 (10) Billy Bales 6 2 0 1 2 1 6 11
12 (7) Ron Johnston 6 1 1 2 1 1 6 12
13 (11) Kjell Carlsson 3 0 2 0 1 0 3 13
14 (13) Phil Clarke 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 14
15 (16) Henry Andersen 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 15
16 (15) Cyril Roger 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 16
(17) Gerry Hussey 0 0
(18) Ken McKinlay 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

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
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