1971 Swedish speedway season

The 1971 Swedish speedway season was the 1971 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.[1][2]

1971 Swedish speedway season

Individual

Individual Championship

The 1971 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 2 October in Stockholm. Göte Nordin won the Swedish Championship for the second time.[3][4][5] The final ended in controversy because Anders Michanek refused to pariticpate in a re-run and was disqualified. Michanek and Göte Nordin both finished on 14 points and in the race off Michanek beat Nordin after the latter pulled out of the race, claiming that he saw a red light to stop the race. The match referee ordered a re-run but Michanek refused to take part claiming there was no red light. The incident resulted in violence between rival supporters and was headline news in Sweden.[6]

Pos.RiderClubTotal
1Göte NordinKaparna14+3
2Anders MichanekGetingarna14+2
3Leif EnecronaGetingarna12+3
4Hans HolmqvistVargarna12+2
5Lars JanssonGetingarna11
6Tommy JohanssonBysarna11
7Jan SimensenLejonen8
8Bengt JanssonKaparna8
9Christer LöfqvistBysarna7
10Bernt PerssonIndianerna6
11Sören SjöstenBysarna5
12Bengt LarssonÖrnarna4
13Sven-Inge SvenssonNjudungarna3
14Tommy JanssonSmederna3
15Lars-Åke AnderssonNjudungarna2
16Runo WedinVargarna0
17Ove FundinKaparnadns

Junior Championship
Main article: Swedish Junior Speedway Championship

Winner - Lars Inge Hultberg[7][8]

Team

Team Championship

Bysarna won division 1 and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the first time. The Bysarna team included Sören Sjösten, Tommy Johansson and Christer Löfqvist.[9][10]

Dackarna and Smederna won the second division east and west respectively, while Valsarna won the third division.[11][12]


See also

References
  1. "Swedish speedway season by season". Speedway.org. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  2. "Speedway riders, history and results". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 19 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 19 March 2023.
  6. "Reading speed star in row". Reading Evening Post. 4 October 1971. Retrieved 16 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Swedish Speedway Junior Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  8. "Individual Swedish Junior Championships". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  9. "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2015". Speedway History. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  10. "Swedish Bauhaus Elite League". Speedway Fan Site. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  11. "1971". Speedway.org. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  12. "Vargarna 1971". formula2.se. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
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