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1978 Speedway World Pairs Championship
The 1978 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the ninth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Chorzów, Poland. The championship was won by England who beat New Zealand after Run-Off (both 24 points). Bronze medal was won by Denmark (21 points). Semifinal 1 * Skien * June 11 Semifinal 2 * Debrecen * June 11 World final * Chorzów, Silesian Stadium * June 25 See also * 1978 Individual Speedway World Championship * 1978 Speedway World Team Cup * motorcycle speedway * 1978 in sports References 1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ... World Pairs {{motorcycle-speedway-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fédération Internationale De Motocyclisme
The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM; en, International Motorcycling Federation) is the global governing/sanctioning body of motorcycle racing. It represents 116 national motorcycle federations that are divided into six regional continental unions. There are seven motorcycle-racing disciplines that FIM covers, encompassing 82 world championships as well as hundreds of secondary championships: enduro, trial, circuit racing, motocross and supermoto, cross-country, e-bike, and track racing. FIM is also involved in many non-racing activities that promote the sport, its safety, and support relevant public policy. The FIM is also the first international sporting federation to publish an Environmental Code, in 1994. In 2007, a Commission for Women in Motorcycling was created by the FIM in order to promote the use of powered two-wheelers and the motorcycle sport among women. History The FIM was born from the ''Fédération Internationale des Clubs Motocyclistes'' (FI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Crump
Philip John Crump (born 9 February 1952) in Mildura, Victoria is a retired Australian Motorcycle speedway riderLawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. who attained 3rd place in the 1976 World Championship. He also won the 1976 Speedway World Team Cup with Australia in the same year. Career Australia Known universally as ''Crumpy'' or ''The Mildura Marvel'', Phil Crump started racing speedway in his late teens at his local Mildura track Olympic Park Speedway in 1970 and would go on to have a stellar career both in Australia and overseas. Phil Crump first won his first Australian Solo Championship in 1975 at the famous Sydney Showground Speedway. He would go on to win another three national championships in 1979 at his home track (Olympic Park), 1984, again at Olympic Park. He won his last championship in 1988 at the Riverview Speedway in Murray Bridge, South Australia. He would also finish second on five occasions (1976, 1977, 1980, 1981 and 1985) while he would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Wassermann
Hans Wassermann (born 1 September 1953) is a former international speedway rider from West Germany. Speedway career Wassermann won a bronze medal at the Speedway World Pairs Championship in the 1977 Speedway World Pairs Championship. He has also reached the final of the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship on three occasions in 1975, 1976 and 1977. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1977 to 1978, riding for Reading Racers. World Final appearances World Pairs Championship * 1977 - Manchester, Hyde Road (with Egon Müller) - 3rd - 18pts * 1978 - Chorzów, Silesian Stadium (with Georg Hack Georg Hack (born 20 February 1950) is a former international Motorcycle speedway, speedway rider from West Germany. Speedway career Hack reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1982 Individual Speedway World Championship rep ...) - 6th - 13pts References 1953 births Living people German speedway riders Reading Racers riders Peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Verner
Jan Verner (born 3 March 1951) is a former international speedway rider from the Czech Republic. Speedway career Verner reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1977 Individual Speedway World Championship. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1978-1982, riding for various clubs. World final appearances Individual World Championship * 1977 – Gothenburg, Ullevi – 15th – 1pt * 1978 - London, Wembley Stadium - 12th - 5pts World Pairs Championship * 1977 - Manchester, Hyde Road (with Jiří Štancl) - 4th - 17pts (6) * 1978 - Chorzów, Silesian Stadium (with Jiří Štancl) - 4th - 18pts * 1981 - Chorzów, Silesian Stadium (with Aleš Dryml Sr.) - 4th - 18pts World Team Cup * 1977 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Jiří Štancl / Václav Verner / Aleš Dryml) - 3rd - 23pts (5) * 1978 - Landshut, Ellermühle Stadium (with Jiří Štancl / Václav Verner / Aleš Dryml) - 4th - 16+2pts (5) World Longtrack Championship * 1976 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Štancl
Jiří Štancl (born 18 November 1949 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Czechoslovakia. Career Štancl reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on nine occasions between 1971 and 1984, finishing a career best 9th in 1982 Individual Speedway World Championship, 1982 in Los Angeles. He won the Czechoslovakian National Championship twelve times, has appeared in the Speedway World Team Cup, World Team Cup finals on seven occasions and in the Speedway World Pairs Championship finals seven times. Štancl won the famed Golden Helmet of Pardubice in 1974, 1976, 1978, 1981 and 1982. Family His son, George Štancl, George, is also a rider. World Final Appearances Individual World Championship * 1971 Individual Speedway World Championship, 1971 - Gothenburg, Ullevi - 13th - 3pts * 1976 Individual Speedway World Championship, 1976 - Chorzów, Silesian Stadium - 10th - 6pts * 1977 Individual Speedway World Championship, 1977 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Kennett
Gordon William Kennett (born 2 September 1953) is a former motorcycle speedway rider. In 1978 he won the World Pairs Championship with Malcolm Simmons. He also finished runner-up to Ole Olsen in the 1978 Speedway World Championship at Wembley. Gordon's career spanned twenty four years including spells with Oxford Rebels, and moved with them to form the White City RebelsLawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. and then a return to Eastbourne Eagles. With Oxford he was a member of the Midland Cup winning team (1975) in a dramatic competition that saw home and away draws with Swindon Robins requiring reruns and a home and away victory over Wolverhampton Wolves to secure the trophy. In 1977, he rode with the White City Rebels to top the British League Tables. Since retiring in 1995, he worked as a car mechanic and was not involved with speedway, although he would watch matches and support family members. Gordon lives in Brighton with his wife, Susan. Family Brothers D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Simmons
Malcolm Simmons (20 March 1946 – 25 May 2014) was a British speedway rider. Career Simmons was born in Tonbridge, Kent. After starting in second-half races at New Cross, he made his Provincial League debut at Hackney Hawks in 1963 aged seventeen but was unable to break into the Hackney team regularly so moved to the newly re-opened West Ham Hammers for the 1964 season.Rogers, Martin (1963) "Hackney Hawks Here to Stay?", ''Speedway Star'', 1 June 1963, p. 16 In 1965 Simmons won a British League and British League Knockout Cup double with West Ham. In 1968 he moved to the King's Lynn Stars and stayed there for the next seven seasons. He was consistently at the top of the Stars averages and scored over 2112 points for the club. Simmons signed for the Poole Pirates in 1975 from King's Lynn. In his first season for Poole in 31 league matches he achieved 16 maximum scores (15 full and 1 paid) and he became the first Poole rider to secure a 10-point average in the British League. Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debrecen
Debrecen ( , is Hungary's second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the largest Hungarian city in the 18th century and it is one of the Hungarian people's most important cultural centres.Antal Papp: Magyarország (Hungary), Panoráma, Budapest, 1982, , p. 860, pp. 463-477 Debrecen was also the capital city of Hungary during the revolution in 1848–1849. During the revolution, the dethronement of the Habsburg dynasty was declared in the Reformed Great Church. The city also served as the capital of Hungary by the end of World War II in 1944–1945. It is home of the University of Debrecen. Etymology The city is first documented in 1235, as ''Debrezun''. The name derives from the Turkic word , which means 'live' or 'move' and is also a male given name. Another theory says the name is of Slavic origin and means 'well-esteemed', from Slavic Dьbricinъ or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trond Helge Skretting
Trond Helge Skretting (born 11 March 1959) is a former speedway rider from Norway. Speedway career Skretting is a former champion of Norway, winning the Norwegian Championship in 1982. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway in 1979 and 1981, riding for Wolverhampton Wolves and Halifax Dukes The Halifax Dukes were a Speedway team which operated from 1949–1951 and again from 1965 until their closure in 1985 at The Shay Stadium in Halifax. The team were nicknamed the "Dukes" after the local Duke of Wellington's Regiment, whose tra ... respectively. References 1959 births Living people Norwegian speedway riders Halifax Dukes riders Norwegian expatriate speedway riders in England Wolverhampton Wolves riders {{Speedway-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audun Ove Olsen
Audun Ove Olsen (born 30 May 1951) is a former speedway rider from Norway. Speedway career Ove Olsen is a three times champion of Norway, winning the Norwegian Championship in 1977, 1979 and 1981. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway in 1976 and 1980, riding for Birmingham Brummies Birmingham Brummies are a British speedway team founded in 1928. They were inaugural members of the Southern League in 1929. The team have twice finished runner-up in the highest tier of British speedway, during the 1952 Speedway National Lea .... References 1951 births Living people Norwegian speedway riders Birmingham Brummies riders Norwegian expatriate speedway riders in England {{Norway-speedway-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudi Muts
Frederik Rudolph Muts (born 10 April 1956) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from the Netherlands. Career Muts came to prominence after reaching the final of the Speedway Under-21 World Championship in 1977. Muts made his British leagues debut in 1977, when he joined Wimbledon Dons for the 1977 British League season. In 1978, he continued to ride for Wimbledon and improved his average considerably. The following season in 1979, he spent another season with the London club during the 1979 British League season and became the champion of the Netherlands, when winning the national individual title. He had two more seasons with Wimbledon (1980 and 1981) but his average dropped off. He represented the Netherlands national team for six editions of the World Cup from 1977 to 1982. He also rode for the Netherlands in the Speedway World Pairs Championship The Speedway World Pairs Championship was an annual speedway (motorcycling) event held each year in different countries. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henny Kroeze
Henny Kroeze (born 11 March 1952) is a retired Dutch motorcycle racer who competed in speedway. Kroeze is a ten times Dutch speedway champion. He was also finalist in the Individual Speedway World Championship twice; in 1983 and 1987. Kroeze was the first Dutchmen to reach the final standing of this championship. He was also the first person to ever score the maximum 21 points during a team league match. Henny achieved this on 21 August 1976 when Halifax (the British club he was riding for at the time) beat Birmingham 51 – 27. Since his retirement from racing he has taken over ''Hell on Wheels'', a Wall of death The wall of death, motordrome, velodrome or well of death is a carnival sideshow featuring a silo- or barrel-shaped wooden cylinder, typically ranging from in diameter and made of wooden planks, inside which motorcyclists, or the drivers of mi ... carnival side show. References External links Official website Grasstrack GB Henny Kroeze {{DEFAULTSORT:Kroeze, H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
