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Miloslav Verner
Miloslav Verner (1938–2018) was a speedway rider from the Czech Republic. Speedway career Verner won the bronze medal in the 1971 Czechoslovakian Individual Speedway Championship. He also reached the final of the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship in 1970. He was also part of the Czechoslovakian team that reached the final of the 1970 Speedway World Team Cup. World Final appearances World Team Cup * 1970 - London, Wembley Stadium (with Zdeněk Majstr / Jiří Štancl / Václav Verner / Jan Holub) - 4th - 3pts (0) World Longtrack Championship * 1970 - Scheeßel (13th) 6pts Family His cousins Jan Verner and Václav Verner Václav Verner (1949-2018) was an international speedway rider. Speedway career He was the individual champion of Czechoslovakia, after winning the Czechoslovakian Championship in 1971, finished runner-up five time (1970, 1976, 1977, 1978, 198 ... were also international speedway riders. References 1948 births 2018 deaths Czec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Individual Long Track European Championship
The 1970 Individual Long Track European Championship was the 14th edition of the Individual Long Track World Championship, Long Track European Championship. The final was held on 30 August 1970 in Scheeßel, West Germany. The title was won by Jon Ødegaard of Norway. It was the last time it would be known as the European Championship because as from 1971 it was opened to riders of all nations and became the World Long Track Championship. Venues *Qualifying round 1 - Straubing, 1 May, 1970 *Final - Scheeßel - 30 August 1970 Final Classification References 1970 in West German motorsport, Motor 1970 in track racing, Motor International sports competitions hosted by West Germany {{Motorcycle-speedway-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship
This is the complete list of Individual Long Track World Championship medalists from 1971. Also included are the medalists from 1957 to 1970 when the championship was known as the European Individual Long Track Championship. Medalists European Long Track Championship (*) Shows position was gained after a run-off. World Long Track Championship Grand Prix Series (since 1997) Riders There have been 369 competitors from 22 countries. Records * Most Appearances in Final: Gerd Riss 25. * Most Overall Points: Theo Pijper 1340. * Most One Day Finals: Egon Müller 20. * Most One Day Points: Karl Maier 329. * Most Grand-Prix Series Appearances: Theo Pijper 23. * Most Grand-Prix Appearances: Theo Pijper 98. * Most Grand-Prix Points: Theo Pijper 1340. * Most Grand-Prix Podiums Mathieu Trésarrieu 34. * Most Grand-Prix Wins Gerd Riss & Joonas Kylmäkorpi 16 See also * Motorcycle speedway * Team Long Track World Championship The FIM Team Long Track World Championship, known offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Republic Individual Speedway Championship ...
The Czech Republic Individual Speedway Championship is a Motorcycle speedway championship held each year to determine the Czech Republic national champion. History It was first staged in 1949, and was known as the Czechoslovakia Individual Speedway Championship until 1992, when the country then divided into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Jiří Štancl is the most successful rider having won the title 12 times, including ten years in a row from 1972 to 1981. Winners See also * Sport in the Czech Republic References {{International speedway Czech Republic Grand Prix Grand Prix ( , meaning ''Grand Prize''; plural Grands Prix), is a name sometimes used for competitions or sport events, alluding to the winner receiving a prize, trophy or honour Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to: Arts and entertainment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Speedway World Team Cup
The 1970 Speedway World Team Cup was the 11th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. The final took place at Wembley Stadium in London. The title was won by Sweden for the sixth time. Qualification British Round Great Britain seeded to Final (Commonwealth riders eligible for British team) Scandinavian Round * June 14 * Västervik * Att: 1,450 * Sweden to Final Continental Quarterfinal * June 21 * Crikvenica * Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia to Continental Semifinal Continental Quarterfinal * June 21 * Ruhpolding * East Germany and Hungary to Continental Semifinal Tournament Continental Semifinal * July 5 * Gustrow * Att: 12,000 :Draw 1. → B * East Germany and Czechoslovakia to Continental Final Continental Final * July 26 * Slaný * Att: 7,000 * Czechoslovakia and Poland to Final World Final * September 19 * London, Wembley Stadium * Att: 35,000 See also * 1970 Individual Speedway World Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speedway World Team Cup
The Speedway World Team Cup was an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The competition started in 1960 and was replaced with the Speedway World Cup in 2001. Format From 1960 until 1985 each team consisted of four riders and a reserve. A final meeting was held after qualifying rounds, the winner being decided on total points scored in that final meeting. In 1986, the teams that qualified for the 'final' raced three meetings, the winner of each meeting being awarded three points, second place awarded two points, and third place awarded a point. The total points gained over the three meetings determined the champion. In 1987, the three meeting system was used again, but this time the aggregate points scored by the individual riders were added together to determine the champion. 1988 saw the championship revert to the original format. In 1994 the World Pairs Championship was merged with the World Team Cup and this system was used until 1999 when it once gain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motorcycle Speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only one gear and have no brakes. Racing takes place on a flat oval track usually consisting of dirt, loosely packed shale, or crushed rock (mostly used in Australia and New Zealand). Competitors use this surface to slide their machines sideways, powersliding or broadsiding into the bends. On the straight sections of the track, the motorcycles reach speeds of up to . There are now both domestic and international competitions in a number of countries, including the Speedway World Cup, whilst the highest overall scoring individual in the Speedway Grand Prix events is pronounced the world champion. Speedway is popular in Central and Northern Europe and to a lesser extent in Australia and North America. A variant of track racing, speedway is adm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wembley Stadium (1923)
The original Wembley Stadium (; originally known as the Empire Stadium) was a stadium in Wembley, London, best known for hosting important football matches. It stood on the same site now occupied by its successor. Wembley hosted the FA Cup final annually, the first in 1923, which was the stadium's inaugural event, the League Cup final annually, five European Cup finals, the 1966 World Cup Final, and the final of Euro 1996. Brazilian footballer Pelé once said of the stadium: "Wembley is the cathedral of football. It is the capital of football and it is the heart of football", in recognition of its status as the world's best-known football stadium. The stadium also hosted many other sports events, including the 1948 Summer Olympics, rugby league's Challenge Cup final, and the 1992 and 1995 Rugby League World Cup Finals. It was also the venue for numerous music events, including the 1985 Live Aid charity concert. In what was the first major WWF (now WWE) pay-per-view ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zdeněk Majstr
Zdeněk Majstr (born 11 February 1948) was a speedway rider from the Czech Republic. Speedway career Majstr partnered Jan Holub I to the World Pairs final at the 1969 Speedway World Pairs Championship. He was also part of the Czechoslovakian team that reached the final of the 1970 Speedway World Team Cup. World Final appearances World Pairs Championship * 1969 - Stockholm (with Jan Holub I) - 5th - 12pts (4) World Team Cup * 1970 - London, Wembley Stadium (with Jan Holub I / Jiří Štancl / Miloslav Verner / Václav Verner) - 4th World Longtrack Championship * 1973 - Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ... (13th) 3pts References 1948 births Living people Czech speedway riders {{Speedway-stub ... [...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] |
Václav Verner
Václav Verner (1949-2018) was an international speedway rider. Speedway career He was the individual champion of Czechoslovakia, after winning the Czechoslovakian Championship in 1971, finished runner-up five time (1970, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980) and third twice (1975, 1981). He rode in the top tier of British Speedway for Exeter Falcons and Poole Pirates. World Final Appearances Individual World Championship * 1980 - Göteborg, Ullevi - Reserve - did not ride * 1982 - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - 15th - 2pts * 1984 - Göteborg, Ullevi - 16th - 0pts World Pairs Championship * 1970 - Malmö, Malmö Stadion (with Jiří Štancl) - 5th - 11pts (5) * 1971 - Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium (with Pavel Mareš) - 4th - 17pts (9) World Team Cup * 1970 - London, Wembley Stadium (with Zdeněk Majstr / Jiří Štancl / Miloslav Verner / Jan Holub) - 4th - 3pts (3) * 1977 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Jiří Štancl / Jan Verner / Aleš Dryml) - 3rd - 23pts (5) * 1978 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Holub I
Jan Holub I (1942 – 2018) was a speedway rider from the Czech Republic. Speedway career Holub was a two times champion of the Czechoslovakia, winning the 1968 and 1969 Czechoslovakian Individual Speedway Championship. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for Exeter Falcons from 1969 until 1970. World Final appearances World Pairs Championship * 1969 - Stockholm (with Zdeněk Majstr) - 5th - 12pts (8) * 1972 - Borås (with Jiří Štancl) - 6th - 12pts (5) * 1974 – Manchester, Hyde Road (with Jan Hadek) – 7th – 6pts (3) World Team Cup * 1968 - London, Wembley Stadium (with Antonín Kasper Sr. / Luboš Tomíček Sr. / Jaroslav Volf) - 4th - 7pts * 1970 - London, Wembley Stadium (with Zdeněk Majstr / Jiří Štancl / Miloslav Verner / Václav Verner Václav Verner (1949-2018) was an international speedway rider. Speedway career He was the individual champion of Czechoslovakia, after winning the Czechoslovakian Championship in 1971, finishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
