1958 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 13th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

In the World final New Zealander Barry Briggs successfully defended his title and was unbeaten after five heat wins. Ove Fundin took the silver medal but their was an incident filled ride off for the bronze medal. Aub Lawson won that ride off after both Peter Craven and Ken McKinlay fell, Craven remounted to take fourth place.[7]

Nordic Final
  • 8 June 1958
  • Växjö
  • First 8 to European final
Pos.RiderPoints
1 Rune Sörmander15
2 Ove Fundin12
3 Olle Nygren12
4 Dan Forsberg11
5 Göran Norlén9
6 Per Olof Söderman9
7 Nils Paulsen8
8 Birger Forsberg7
9 Aage Hansen7
10 Bengt Eriksson6
11 Arne Pander5
12 Timo Laine4
13 Bernt Nilsson4
14 Curt Nyqvist3
15 Evert Andersson2
16 Kjell Wårenius2
17 Björn Knutsson2
18 Reidar Kristoffersendnr

Continental Final
Pos.RiderPoints
1 Joel Jansson14
2 Josef Hofmeister14
3 Josef Seidl11
4 Luboš Tomíček Sr.9
5 Stanisław Tkocz9
6 Marian Kaiser9
7 Joachim Maj8
8 Edward Kupczyński8
9 Konstanty Pociejkewicz8
10 Janusz Suchecki7
11 Henryk Żyto6
12 Janusz Koscielak3
13 Stefan Kwoczała
14 Jaroslav Volf
15 Karl Killmeyer
16 Valentin Unterköfler
17 Josef Bössnerdnr

British/Commonwealth Round

semi final
  • 4 races at 4 venues
  • Barry Briggs seeded to World final
  • First 10 to World final + 1 reserve
Pos.RiderTotal pts
1 Ken McKinlay27Qualified for World final
2 Peter Craven27Qualified for World final
3 Mike Broadbanks25Qualified for World final
4 Ron How24Qualified for World final
5 Peter Moore24Qualified for World final
6 Ronnie Moore23Qualified for World final
7 Aub Lawson22Qualified for World final
8 Ron Johnston22Qualified for World final
9 Gerry Hussey22Qualified for World final
10 Jack Geran22Qualified for World final
11 Brian Crutcher22Reserve for World final
12 Gordon McGregor20
13 George White17
14 Dick Bradley15
15 Billy Bales14
16 Neil Street14
Pos.RiderTotal pts
17 Chum Taylor13
18 Jack Young13
19 Alf Hagon13
20 Jack Unstead12
21 Jack Biggs11
22 Bob Duckworth8
23 Harry Edwards8
24 Ronnie Genz7
25 Gerald Jackson6
26 Charlie New6
27 Arthur Forrest5
28 Eric Boothroyd4
29 Ray Cresp3
30 Phil Clarke3
31 Ron Mountford1

European Final
  • 22 July 1958
  • Warsaw
  • First 5 to World final plus 1 reserve[8]
Pos.RiderTotalNotes
1 Ove Fundin15Qualified for World final
2 Josef Hofmeister13Qualified for World final
3 Rune Sörmander12Qualified for World final
4 Olle Nygren11Qualified for World final
5 Joel Jansson10Qualified for World final
6 Per Olof Söderman9Reserve for World final
7 Marian Kaiser9
8 Joseph Seidl7
9 Joachim Maj6
10 Nils Paulsen6
11 Luboš Tomíček Sr.5
12 Stanisław Tkocz4
13 Edward Kupczyński4
14 Dan Forsberg3
15 Göran Norlén2
16 Birger Forsberg2

World final
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Barry Briggs(3,3,3,3,3)15
2 Ove Fundin(3,3,2,3,2)13
3 Aub Lawson(1,3,3,1,3)11+3
4 Peter Craven(2,3,0,3,3)11+2
5 Ken McKinlay(2,2,3,2,2)11+1
6 Ronnie Moore(3,2,0,1,3)9
7 Olle Nygren(3,2,2,2,0)9
8 Ron Johnston(1,1,1,3,2)8
9 Gerry Hussey(2,0,2,2,1)7
10 Ron How(1,1,2,2,1)7
11 Peter Moore(0,1,3,1,0)5
12 Mike Broadbank(2,0,1,0,2)5
13 Rune Sörmander(0,2,1,0,1)4
14 Jack Geran(0,1,1,0,1)3
15 Josef Hofmeister(1,0,0,1,0)2
16 Joel Jansson(0,0,0,0,0)0
R1 Brian Crutcherdid not ride-
R2 Per Olof Södermandid not ride-

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 (4) Barry Briggs 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 (13) Ove Fundin 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 2
3 (2) Aub Lawson 11+3 1 3 3 1 3 11 3
4 (3) Peter Craven 11+2 2 3 e 3 3 11 4
5 (11) Ken McKinlay 11+0 2 2 3 2 2 11 5
6 (10) Ronnie Moore 9 3 2 0 1 3 9 6
7 (5) Olle Nygren 9 3 2 2 2 e 9 7
8 (7) Ron Johnston 8 1 1 1 3 2 8 8
9 (6) Gerry Hussey 7 2 0 2 2 1 7 9
10 (14) Ron How 7 1 1 2 2 1 7 10
11 (9) Peter Moore 5 f 1 3 1 0 5 11
12 (15) Mike Broadbank 5 2 0 1 0 2 5 12
13 (16) Rune Sörmander 4 0 2 1 0 1 4 13
14 (8) Jack Geran 3 f 1 1 0 1 3 14
15 (12) Josef Hofmeister 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 15
16 (1) Joel Jansson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
(17) Brian Crutcher 0 0
(18) Per Olof Söderman 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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