1966 Swedish speedway season

The 1966 Swedish speedway season was the 1966 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.[1][2]

1966 Swedish speedway season

Individual

Individual Championship

The 1966 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 7 October in Stockholm. Ove Fundin won the Swedish Championship for the sixth time.[3][4]

The final ended with five riders tied on 12 points, Fundin won the race-off.[5]

Pos.RiderClubTotal
1Ove FundinKaparna12+x+3
2Sören SjöstenVargarna12+1+2
3Bengt JanssonGetingarna12+2+1
4Göte NordinGetingarna12+3+0
5Leif EnecronaGamarna12+0+x
6Leif LarssonGetingarna11
7Björn KnutssonVargarna10
8Hans Holmqvist (res)Taxarna7
9Per-Olof SödermanVargarna6
10Karl-Erik AnderssonKaparna6
11Bernt PerssonVargarna4
12Bengt SvenssonÖrnarna4
13Torbjörn HarryssonVargarna4
14Bo MagnussonKaparna3
15Gunnar MalmqvistNjudungarna2
16Åke AnderssonNjudungarna2
17Bengt BranneforsKaparna1

Junior Championship
Main article: Swedish Junior Speedway Championship

Winner - Egon Stengarn[6][7]

Team

Team Championship

Getingarna continued their recent domination by winning division 1 again and being declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the fourth consecutive season. The Getingarna team contained Göte Nordin, Leif Larsson, Bengt Jansson and Arne Carlsson.[8][9]

The league consisted of 14 teams (down from 19) resulting in only three divisions. Njudungarna won the second division and Indianerna won the third division.[10][11]

See also

References
  1. "Swedish speedway season by season". Speedway.org. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  2. "Speedway riders, history and results". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  3. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 85. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  4. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  5. "Swedish Individual Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  6. "Swedish Speedway Junior Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  7. "Individual Swedish Junior Championships". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  8. "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2015". Speedway History. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  9. "Swedish Bauhaus Elite League". Speedway Fan Site. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  10. "Vargarna 1966". formula2.se. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  11. "1966". Speedway.org. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
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