1985 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1985 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 40th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3]

Odsal Stadium, the new home of international speedway in England after the demise of the Wembley Stadium and White City Stadium tracks, was chosen by the FIM to host the 1985 Final on 31 August 1985; the first time that the final had been held in England at a venue other than Wembley.[4]

A crowd of around 30,000 attended the 1985 Final, which was won by defending champion Erik Gundersen from fellow Dane Hans Nielsen and surprise third placing Sam Ermolenko of the United States. All three riders finished the meeting on 13 points and were forced into a run-off to decide the podium placings. The only English rider in the field, 21-year-old Kelvin Tatum, finished 8th with 8 points in his first World Final. He won his first race, but later admitted that he let the occasion get to him which affected his riding.[5]

First round

British qualification

  • Riders progress to British semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
Preliminary Round
11 April Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon Mike Ferreira Jamie Luckhurst Andrew Silver
17 April Long Eaton Stadium, Long Eaton Trevor Banks Dave Perks Louis Carr
18 April Cleveland Park Stadium, Middlesbrough Steve Wilcock Geoff Pusey Mike Spink
19 April East of England Arena, Peterborough Carl Blackbird Tim Hunt Kevin Hawkins
19 April Powderhall Stadium, Edinburgh David Blackburn Bruce Cribb Paul Thorp
Quarter-Final
27 April King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn Carl Blackbird Melvyn Taylor Tim Hunt

Swedish qualification

  • Top 6 in each heat to Swedish final

Australian qualification

Date Event Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
3 Nov 84 Northern Territory Final Tennant Creek Speedway David Jackson Brent Knott Glen Baxter
24 November 84 Queensland Final Pioneer Park, Ayr Steve Regeling Stan Bear Steve Koppe
1 Dec 84 South Australian Final Riverview Speedway, Murray Bridge Mark Fiora Steve Baker Darryl Branford
7 Dec 84 Western Australian Final Claremont Speedway, Perth Mick McKenna
16 Dec 84 New South Wales Final Meeanee Speedway, Napier Billy Sanders Gary Guglielmi Rudy Muts
23 Dec 84 Victorian Final Olympic Park, Mildura Phil Crump Rod Hunter Bill Barret

Second round

Continental preliminary round

  • Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
21 April West Germany Rhein-Main Arena, Diedenbergen West Germany Klaus Lausch West Germany Hubert Diener Czechoslovakia Stanislav Urban
21 April Bulgaria Speedway Stadium, Targovishte Bulgaria Angel Jeftimov Soviet Union Igor Stolyarov Poland Grzegorz Dzikowski
21 April Poland KS Apator Stadium, Toruń Poland Leonard Raba Poland Wojciech Żabiałowicz Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper Jr.
21 April Hungary Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Soviet Union Viktor Kuznetsov Poland Wojciech Załuski Hungary József Petrikovics

British semi-finals

Pos. Rider Points
1 Kenny Carter 14+3
2 John Davis 14+2
3 Neil Collins 12
4 Phil Collins 10
5 Neil Evitts 9
6 Peter Collins 9
7 Tim Hunt 9
8 Andy Campbell 8
9 Mark Courtney 7
10 Sean Willmott 7
11 Peter Carr 5
12 Richard Knight 5
13 Louis Carr 4
14 Kevin Jolly 3
15 Carl Blackbird 2
16 Kenny McKinna 2
17 Ian Sutcliffe (res) 0
Pos. Rider Points
1 Andy Grahame 14
2 Kelvin Tatum 13
3 Simon Cross 12
4 Chris Morton 12
5 Andy Smith 11
6 Les Collins 9
7 Alan Grahame 8
8 Dave Jessup 7
9 Steve Bastable 7
10 Jamie Luckhurst 6
11 Melvyn Taylor 5
12 Mike Spink 5
13 Jeremy Doncaster 5
14 Bruce Cribb 2
15 David Backburn 2
16 Paul Woods 2
17 John Bostin 0
18 Nigel Leaver 0

Third round

Continental quarter-finals

  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
1 May Italy Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo Italy Armando Castagna Poland Grzegorz Dzikowski Italy Valentino Furlanetto
1 May Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper Jr. Italy Armando Dal Chiele Hungary Laszlo Bodi
1 May West Germany Hansa Stadium, Bremen West Germany Klaus Lausch Czechoslovakia Václav Verner Czechoslovakia Zdenek Schneiderwind
5 May Austria Stadion Wiener Neustadt Hungary Zoltan Adorjan Hungary Sandor Tihanyi Poland Andrzej Huszcza

American Final

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21
1 United States (12) John Cook 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 United States (3) Sam Ermolenko 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 2
3 United States (8) Shawn Moran 12 2 2 3 3 2 12 3
4 United States (14) Lance King 11 3 3 1 2 2 11 4 3
5 United States (13) Rick Miller 11 2 3 3 2 1 11 5 2
6 United States (5) Bobby Schwartz 11 3 2 1 2 3 11 6 1
7 United States (15) Kelly Moran 11 1 2 2 3 3 11 7 F
8 United States (10) Alan Christian 7 1 2 2 1 1 7 8
9 United States (9) Brad Oxley 7 2 0 0 2 3 7 9
10 United States (6) Keith Larsen 5 1 1 3 0 F 5 10
11 United States (4) Mike Carusco 5 1 1 1 1 1 5 11
12 United States (1) Mike Faria 3 2 1 F X 0 3 12
13 United States (7) Keith Christo 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 13
14 United States (11) Jim Lawson 3 X 0 2 1 0 3 14
15 United States (2) Mike Dwyer 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 15
16 United States (16) Gene Woods 1 0 X 1 0 0 1 16
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

New Zealand Final

  • New Zealand - No final, David Bargh seeded direct to Overseas final

Australian Final

Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1 Billy Sanders (3,3,3,3,3) 15
2 Phil Crump (X,3,2,2,3) 11
3 Stan Bear (2,2,2,2,3) 11
4 Mark Fiora (2,2,3,2,2) 11
5 Steve Regeling (1,3,0,3,3) 10
6 Alan Rivett (3,1,3,1,2) 10
7 Gary Guglielmi (3,3,X,2,X) 8
8 Rod Hunter (1,1,3,1,2) 8
9 Steve Koppe (3,2,1,X,1) 7
10 Ray Palmer (0,0,2,2,2) 6
11 David Jackson (1,2,2,0,1) 6
12 Steve Baker (2,0,1,1,0) 4
13 Rudy Muts (2,1,0,0,F) 3
14 Brent Nott (1,1,F,X,X) 2
15 Darryl Branfort (0,0,1,1,0) 2
16 Bill Barett (0,X,X,0,0) 0
R1 Craig Drennan (3,1) 4
18 Mal Bedkoper (1) 1

British Final

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21
1 England (2) Kenny Carter 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 England (12) John Davis 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 2
3 England (8) Kelvin Tatum 12 3 1 3 2 3 12 3
4 England (9) Phil Collins 11 1 3 2 3 2 11 4
5 England (6) Chris Morton 9 1 2 3 2 1 9 5
6 England (16) Neil Collins 9 1 2 2 3 1 9 6
7 England (3) Andy Smith 7 2 1 0 2 2 7 7
8 England (5) Les Collins 6 2 0 0 1 3 6 8 3
9 England (13) Simon Cross 6 0 2 3 1 0 6 9 2
10 England (14) Neil Evitts 6 3 0 1 0 2 6 10 1
11 England (10) Peter Collins 5 2 1 1 E 1 5 11
12 England (15) Tim Hunt 5 2 F 1 0 2 5 12
13 England (11) Andy Grahame 4 0 3 0 0 1 4 13
14 England (1) Dave Jessup 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 14
15 England (7) Andy Campbell 4 0 2 0 2 0 4 15
16 England (4) Alan Grahame 3 0 F 2 1 E 3 16
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Norwegian Final

Pos. Rider Total
1 Einar Kyllingstad 15
2 Roy Otto 14
3 Dag Haaland 11
4 Ingvar Skogland 11
5 Erlend Skretting 10
6 Kjel Arvid Gimre 10
7 Per Leveng 9
8 Arnt Forland 9
9 Willi Tjessem 7
10 Robert Langaland 7
11 Gjermund Aas 4
12 Aasger Bjerga 3
13 Jan Slaatter 3
14 Kurt Ueland 3
15 Geir Aasland 3
16 Gunnar Tunaem 1

Finland Final

Pos. Rider Total
1 Kai Niemi 15
2 Ari Koponen 14
3 Juha Moksunen 11+3
4 Pekka Hautamaki 11+2
5 Olli Tyrvainen 10
6 Markku Haapala 9
7 Henry Kivela 9
8 Hannu Lehtonen 8
9 Mikael Back 6
10 Seppo Keskinen 6
11 Heimo Kaikko 6
12 Aarre Soivuori 4
13 Roy Malminheimo 3
14 Aki Ala Riihimaki 3
15 Esa Mattila 2
16 Ismo Kivela 2
17 Ari Heinonen (res) 1

Swedish Finals

Pos. Rider R1 R2 R3 Total
1 Tommy Nilsson 12 15 13 40
2 Jimmy Nilsen 11 13 12 36
3 Richard Hellsén 12 10 13 35
4 Per Jonsson 8 10 15 33
5 Erik Stenlund 14 10 8 32
6 Christer Rohlén 7 10 8 25
7 Pierre Brannefors 9 12 2 23
8 Lars Andersson 9 5 7 21
9 Patrik Karlsson 4 9 6 19
10 Hans Wahlström 9 3 4 16
11 Börje Ring 3 4 8 15
12 Bengt Jansson 4 3 7 14
13 Jimmie Magnusson 1 4 8 13
14 Anders Kling 3 6 4 13
15 Ake Fridell 8 2 - 10
16 Tony Olsson 5 3 0 8
17 Conny Ivarsson 0 0 4 4
18 Jan Lundgren 0 1 1 1
19 Alf Trofast - 1 - 1
20 Lars Mammarberg 1 - - 1

Danish Final

Pos. Rider Total
1 Hans Nielsen 15
2 Erik Gundersen 13+3
3 Preben Eriksen 13+2
4 Tommy Knudsen 11
5 Finn Rune Jensen 10
6 Jan O. Pedersen 10
7 John Jørgensen 10
8 Jens Rasmussen 9
9 Fleming Pedersen 6
10 John Eskildsen 6
11 Bo Petersen 6
12 Sam Nikolajsen 3
13 Brian Jacobsen 2
14 Aksel Jepsen 2
15 Per Sorensen 2
16 Frank Andersen 1
R1 Helge Hansen 1

Fourth round

Continental semi-finals

Pos. Rider Points
1 West Germany Egon Müller 13
2 West Germany Klaus Lausch 12
3 Italy Armando Castagna 11
4 Czechoslovakia Lubomir Jedek 10
5 Czechoslovakia Aleš Dryml Sr. 10
6 Poland Grzegorz Dzikowski 10
7 Czechoslovakia Václav Verner 10
8 Czechoslovakia Petr Vandírek 9
9 Italy Giorgio Zaramella 7
10 Poland Zenon Plech 6
11 Czechoslovakia Stanislav Urban 6
12 Soviet Union Michail Starostin 4
13 Poland Piotr Pyszny 4
14 Italy Valentino Furlanetto 3
15 Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Schneiderwind 3
16 Soviet Union Oleg Volokhov 2
Pos. Rider Points
1 Hungary Zoltán Adorján 14
2 Soviet Union Viktor Kuznetsov 12
3 Hungary Sandor Tihanyi 11
4 Hungary Zoltan Hajdu 11
5 Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper Jr. 10
6 Austria Heinrich Schatzer 9
7 West Germany Karl Maier 9
8 Hungary Laszlo Bodi 8
9 Poland Andrzej Huszcza 7
10 Italy Armando Dal Chiele 7
11 Italy Ottaviano Righetto 5
12 Czechoslovakia Petr Kucera 3
13 Poland Zdislaw Rutecki 2
14 Netherlands Henny Kroeze 2
15 Soviet Union Rif Saitgareev 2
16 Soviet Union Vladimir Trofimov 1

Overseas Final

  • 14 July 1985
  • England Odsal Stadium, Bradford
  • First 10 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve
  • David Bargh seeded direct to Overseas Final by the New Zealand Auto Cycle Union
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21
1 United States (3) Shawn Moran 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 3
2 England (2) Kenny Carter 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 2 2
3 United States (4) Lance King 12 0 3 3 3 3 12 3
4 England (1) Andy Smith 11 1 2 3 2 3 11 4
5 England (7) John Davis 11 2 2 2 3 2 11 5
6 England (6) Kelvin Tatum 10 3 0 2 2 3 10 6
7 United States (14) John Cook 8 3 1 2 0 2 8 7
8 Australia (8) Phil Crump 8 1 2 1 2 2 8 8
9 United States (10) Sam Ermolenko 7 3 2 0 1 1 7 9
10 England (13) Phil Collins 6 1 3 1 1 0 6 10 3
11 England (12) Chris Morton 6 2 0 2 1 1 6 11 2
12 England (15) Neil Collins 5 2 1 1 1 0 5 12
13 Australia (16) Stan Bear 5 F 1 1 2 1 5 13
14 New Zealand (11) David Bargh 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 14
15 United States (9) Rick Miller 1 0 1 0 E 0 1 15
16 England (5) Les Collins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Nordic Final

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21
1 Denmark (3) Tommy Knudsen 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 Sweden (14) Jan Andersson 12 2 2 2 3 3 12 2
3 Denmark (15) Erik Gundersen 11 3 0 3 2 3 11 3
4 Denmark (10) Hans Nielsen 10 E 3 3 2 2 10 4
5 Finland (1) Kai Niemi 10 2 3 3 1 1 10 5
6 Denmark (11) Jan O. Pedersen 10 2 2 2 2 2 10 6
7 Denmark (12) John Jørgensen 8 3 1 2 0 2 8 7 3
8 Sweden (4) Tommy Nilsson 8 1 3 E 3 1 8 8 2
9 Denmark (8) Preben Eriksen 7 2 2 E 3 0 7 9
10 Sweden (7) Richard Hellsen 7 1 1 1 2 2 7 10
11 Sweden (13) Per Jonsson 6 1 2 2 0 1 6 11
12 Norway (2) Einar Kyllingstad 5 0 0 1 1 3 5 12
13 Denmark (5) Finn Rune Jensen 5 3 1 0 1 0 5 13
14 Finland (6) Ari Koponen 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 14
15 Sweden (9) Erik Stenlund 2 X 0 1 0 1 2 15
16 Finland (16) Olli Tyrväinen 0 0 0 0 E 0 0 16
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Fifth round

Continental Final

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21
1 West Germany (15) Egon Muller 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
2 Italy (11) Armando Castagna 13 3 2 3 3 2 13 2
3 Hungary (14) Zoltan Adorjan 12 3 2 3 1 3 12 3
4 Soviet Union (10) Viktor Kuznetsov 11 0 3 3 3 2 11 4 3
5 West Germany (12) Karl Maier 11 2 2 2 3 2 11 5 2
6 Poland (3) Grzegorz Dzikowski 11 3 1 2 2 3 11 6 1
7 Czechoslovakia (8) Antonín Kasper Jr. 10 3 3 1 2 1 10 7
8 Czechoslovakia (1) Petr Vandirek 8 2 2 2 2 0 8 8
9 Hungary (9) Sandor Tihanyi 7 1 3 0 2 1 7 9
10 Czechoslovakia (5) Aleš Dryml Sr. 6 2 1 1 1 1 6 10
11 West Germany (16) Klaus Lausch 5 X 1 1 0 3 5 11
12 Czechoslovakia (7) Lubomír Jedek 5 1 E 2 0 2 5 12
13 Austria (13) Heinrich Schatzer 3 1 X 1 1 0 3 13
14 Czechoslovakia (6) Václav Verner 2 0 1 0 1 X 2 14
15 Hungary (4) Zoltan Hajdu 1 1 X 0 0 X 1 15
16 Hungary (2) Laszlo Bodi 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 Poland (R1) Andrzej Huszcza 1 1 1 R1
R2 Italy (R2) Giorgio Zaramella 0 0 0 R2
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Intercontinental Final

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21
1 United States (2) Shawn Moran 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
2 United States (11) Lance King 12 3 2 2 2 3 12 2 3
3 Denmark (9) Hans Nielsen 12 1 2 3 3 3 12 3 2
4 Sweden (1) Jan Andersson 11 2 3 1 3 2 11 4
5 Finland (12) Kai Niemi 10 2 3 0 2 3 10 5
6 Denmark (15) Tommy Knudsen 9 3 F 1 2 3 9 6
7 United States (5) Sam Ermolenko 9 3 1 2 2 1 9 7
8 England (3) Kelvin Tatum 8 0 3 2 1 2 8 8
9 United States (7) John Cook 8 2 1 3 1 1 8 9
10 Denmark (16) Erik Gundersen 7 0 1 3 3 0 7 10
11 Denmark (4) Jan O. Pedersen 6 1 2 1 0 2 6 11
12 England (13) Phil Collins 5 1 0 2 1 1 5 12
13 England (10) John Davis 3 0 2 0 0 1 3 13
14 England (14) Kenny Carter 2 2 F - - - 2 14
15 Australia (8) Phil Crump 2 1 0 1 0 F 2 15
16 England (6) Andy Smith 2 F 1 0 1 0 2 16
R1 Denmark (R1) John Jørgensen 0 0 0 0 R1
R2 England (R2) Chris Morton 0 0 0 R2
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

World Final

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21
1 Denmark (14) Erik Gundersen 13 1 3 3 3 3 13 1 3
2 Denmark (15) Hans Nielsen 13 3 3 3 1 3 13 2 2
3 United States (13) Sam Ermolenko 13 2 3 3 2 3 13 3 1
4 Finland (8) Kai Niemi 10 2 3 2 3 0 10 4
5 United States (5) Shawn Moran 10 3 1 1 3 2 10 5
6 Denmark (9) Tommy Knudsen 10 2 2 1 2 3 10 6
7 United States (6) John Cook 9 0 2 3 3 1 9 7
8 England (1) Kelvin Tatum 8 3 0 1 2 2 8 8
9 Denmark (10) Jan O. Pedersen 7 3 1 1 1 1 7 9
10 Sweden (12) Jan Andersson 7 1 1 2 1 2 7 10
11 United States (11) Lance King 6 0 2 2 1 1 6 11
12 West Germany (3) Egon Muller 5 2 1 E 2 0 5 12
13 Italy (4) Armando Castagna 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 13
14 Hungary (16) Zoltan Adorjan 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 14
15 Soviet Union (2) Viktor Kuznetsov 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 15
16 West Germany (7) Karl Maier 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16
R1 Poland (R1) Grzegorz Dzikowski 0 0 R1
R2 England (R2) Phil Collins 0 0 R2
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

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