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1957 Individual Speedway World Championship

12th edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship

Summary

12th edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship

The 1957 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 12th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.

The event was sponsored by the Sunday Dispatch and the attendance was 51,000. New Zealander Barry Briggs won the title after a ride off against defending champion Ove Fundin after the pair tied on 14 points after five rides each. In the ride off Fundin took the lead before Briggs forced his way to the front and with a lap to go Fundin lost control and crashed into the safety fence. Briggs duly won the £500 first prize with Fundin bruised but collecting £200. Peter Craven won the bronze and £100 after another ride off for third place.

Qualifying

Qualification started in 1956 and featured an extra round.

Stage 1

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Finnish qualification

  • 7 October 1956
  • FIN Turku Hippodrome, Turku
  • Top 8 to Nordic qualification 1957
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Swedish qualification

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  • 12 May 1957
  • SWE Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda
  • Top 6 to Nordic qualification
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Stage 2

Nordic qualification

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  • 26 May 1957
  • FIN Kärpänen speedway track, Lahti
  • Top 8 to Nordic final
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Continental round

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  • 26 May 1958
  • POL Army Stadium, Warsaw
  • Top 7 to Continental final
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Stage 3

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Continental Final

  • 23 June 1957
  • AUT Stadion Wien, Vienna
  • First 8 to European Final
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British & Commonwealth qualifying

  • Top 32 qualify for British & Commonwealth semi-final.
DateVenueWinner
13 JulyBrandon StadiumRon Johnston
13 JulyThe Firs StadiumBrian Crutcher
13 JulyRayleigh Weir StadiumKen McKinlay
13 JulyAbbey StadiumIan Williams
15 JulyWimbledon StadiumPeter Craven
16 JulyBanister Court StadiumBrian Crutcher
18 JulyFoxhall StadiumCyril Roger
18 JulyOxford StadiumJack Geran
19 JulyLeicester StadiumKen McKinlay

Stage 4

British/Commonwealth semi-final

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  • 24 August 1958
  • ENG Brandon Stadium, Coventry
  • First 5 to World final plus 1 reserve
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European Final

  • 7 July 1957
  • SWE Växjö Motorstadion, Växjö
  • Ove Fundin seeded to World final
  • First 5 to World final plus 1 reserve
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  • Note: Olle Nygren injured and replaced by Dan Forsberg in final

World final

  • 21 September 1957
  • ENG Wembley Stadium, London
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Classification

References

References

  1. Oakes, Peter. (1981). "1981 Speedway Yearbook". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
  2. "World Championship 1936-1994".
  3. "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994".
  4. "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK".
  5. "Speedway riders, history and results".
  6. "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX".
  7. (9 June 1957). "Wembley have new track for final".
  8. (22 September 1957). "Speedway ace crashes in Final battle". Weekly Dispatch London.
  9. "1957 World Championship".
  10. "1957 World Championship".
  11. (28 April 1957). "Speedway world title has an extra round".
  12. (1 July 1957). "Hunters beaten". Leicester Evening Mail.
  13. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN. 0-7524-2402-5
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