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 preliminary round

  • Riders progress to British semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
11 AprilRye House Stadium, HoddesdonMike FerreiraJamie LuckhurstAndrew Silver
17 AprilLong Eaton Stadium, Long EatonTrevor BanksDave PerksLouis Carr
18 AprilCleveland Park Stadium, MiddlesbroughSteve WilcockGeoff PuseyMike Spink
19 AprilEast of England Arena, PeterboroughCarl BlackbirdTim HuntKevin Hawkins
19 AprilPowderhall Stadium, EdinburghDavid BlackburnPaul ThorpBobby Beaton

Swedish qualification

  • Top 6 in each heat to Swedish final

Australian qualification

Date Event Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
3 Nov 84Northern Territory FinalTennant Creek SpeedwayDavid JacksonBrent KnottGlen Baxter
24 November 84Queensland FinalPioneer Park, AyrSteve RegelingStan BearSteve Koppe
1 Dec 84South Australian FinalRiverview Speedway, Murray BridgeMark FioraSteve BakerDarryl Branford
7 Dec 84Western Australian FinalClaremont Speedway, PerthMick McKenna
16 Dec 84New South Wales FinalMeeanee Speedway, NapierBilly SandersGary GuglielmiRudy Muts
23 Dec 84Victorian FinalOlympic Park, MilduraPhil CrumpRod HunterBill Barret

Second round

Continental preliminary round

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

British semi-finals

Pos.RiderPoints
1Kenny Carter14+3
2John Davis14+2
3Neil Collins12
4Phil Collins10
5Neil Evitts9
6Peter Collins9
7Tim Hunt9
8Andy Campbell8
9Mark Courtney7
10Sean Willmott7
11Peter Carr5
12Richard Knight5
13Louis Carr4
14Kevin Jolly3
15Carl Blackbird2
16 Kenny McKinna2
17Ian Sutcliffe (res)0
Pos.RiderPoints
1Andy Grahame14
2Kelvin Tatum13
3Simon Cross12
4Chris Morton12
5Andy Smith11
6Les Collins9
7Alan Grahame8
8Steve Bastable7
9Dave Jessup7
10Jamie Luckhurst6
11Melvyn Taylor5
12Mike Spink5
13Jeremy Doncaster5
14Bruce Cribb2
15David Backburn2
16Paul Woods2
17John Bostin0
18Nigel Leaver0

Third round

Continental quarter-finals

  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
1 May Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo Armando Castagna Grzegorz Dzikowski Valentino Furlanetto
1 May Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško Antonín Kasper Jr. Armando Dal Chiele Laszlo Bodi
1 May Hansa Stadium, Bremen Klaus Lausch Václav Verner Zdenek Schneiderwind
5 May Stadion Wiener Neustadt Zoltan Adorjan Sandor Tihanyi 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
(12) John Cook 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
(3) Sam Ermolenko 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 2
(8) Shawn Moran 12 2 2 3 3 2 12 3
4 (14) Lance King 11 3 3 1 2 2 11 4 3
5 (13) Rick Miller 11 2 3 3 2 1 11 5 2
6 (5) Bobby Schwartz 11 3 2 1 2 3 11 6 1
7 (15) Kelly Moran 11 1 2 2 3 3 11 7 F
8 (10) Alan Christian 7 1 2 2 1 1 7 8
9 (9) Brad Oxley 7 2 0 0 2 3 7 9
10 (6) Keith Larsen 5 1 1 3 0 F 5 10
11 (4) Mike Carusco 5 1 1 1 1 1 5 11
12 (1) Mike Faria 3 2 1 F X 0 3 12
13 (7) Keith Christo 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 13
14 (11) Jim Lawson 3 X 0 2 1 0 3 14
15 (2) Mike Dwyer 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 15
16 (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

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

Australian Final

Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1Billy Sanders(3,3,3,3,3)15
2Phil Crump(X,3,2,2,3)11
3Stan Bear(2,2,2,2,3)11
4Mark Fiora(2,2,3,2,2)11
5Steve Regeling(1,3,0,3,3)10
6Allan Rivett(3,1,3,1,2)10
7Gary Guglielmi(3,3,X,2,X)8
8Rod Hunter(1,1,3,1,2)8
9Steve Koppe(3,2,1,X,1)7
10Ray Palmer(0,0,2,2,2)6
11David Jackson(1,2,2,0,1)6
12Steve Baker(2,0,1,1,0)4
13Rudy Muts(2,1,0,0,F)3
14Brent Nott(1,1,F,X,X)2
15Darryl Branfort(0,0,1,1,0)2
16Bill Barett(0,X,X,0,0)0
R1Craig Drennan(3,1)4
18Mal 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 (2) Kenny Carter 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 (12) John Davis 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 2
3 (8) Kelvin Tatum 12 3 1 3 2 3 12 3
4 (9) Phil Collins 11 1 3 2 3 2 11 4
5 (6) Chris Morton 9 1 2 3 2 1 9 5
6 (16) Neil Collins 9 1 2 2 3 1 9 6
7 (3) Andy Smith 7 2 1 0 2 2 7 7
8 (5) Les Collins 6 2 0 0 1 3 6 8 3
9 (13) Simon Cross 6 0 2 3 1 0 6 9 2
10 (14) Neil Evitts 6 3 0 1 0 2 6 10 1
11 (10) Peter Collins 5 2 1 1 E 1 5 11
12 (15) Tim Hunt 5 2 F 1 0 2 5 12
13 (11) Andy Grahame 4 0 3 0 0 1 4 13
14 (1) Dave Jessup 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 14
15 (7) Andy Campbell 4 0 2 0 2 0 4 15
16 (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.RiderTotal
1Einar Kyllingstad15
2Roy Otto14
3Dag Haaland11
4Ingvar Skogland11
5Erlend Skretting10
6Kjel Arvid Gimre10
7Per Leveng9
8Arnt Forland9
9Willi Tjessem7
10Robert Langaland7
11Gjermund Aas4
12Aasger Bjerga3
13Jan Slaatter3
14Kurt Ueland3
15Geir Aasland3
16Gunnar Tunaem1

Finland Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1Kai Niemi15
2Ari Koponen14
3Juha Moksunen11+3
4Pekka Hautamaki11+2
5Olli Tyrvainen10
6Markku Haapala9
7Henry Kivela9
8Hannu Lehtonen8
9Mikael Back6
10Seppo Keskinen6
11Heimo Kaikko6
12Aarre Soivuori4
13Roy Malminheimo3
14Aki Ala Riihimaki3
15Esa Mattila2
16Ismo Kivela2
17Ari Heinonen (res)1

Swedish Finals

Pos.RiderR1R2R3Total
1Tommy Nilsson12151340
2Jimmy Nilsen11131236
3Richard Hellsén12101335
4Per Jonsson8101533
5Erik Stenlund1410832
6Christer Rohlén710825
7Pierre Brannefors912223
8Lars Andersson95721
9Patrik Karlsson49619
10Hans Wahlström93416
11Börje Ring34815
12Bengt Jansson43714
13Jimmie Magnusson14813
14Anders Kling36413
15Ake Fridell82-10
16Tony Olsson5308
17Conny Ivarsson0044
18Jan Lundgren0111
19Alf Trofast-1-1
20Lars Mammarberg1--1

Danish Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1Hans Nielsen15
2Erik Gundersen13+3
3Preben Eriksen13+2
4Tommy Knudsen11
5Finn Rune Jensen10
6Jan O. Pedersen10
7John Jørgensen10
8Jens Rasmussen9
9Fleming Pedersen6
10John Eskilden6
11Bo Petersen6
12Sam Nikolajsen3
13Brian Jacobsen2
14Aksel Jepsen2
15Per Sorensen2
16Frank Andersen1
R1Helge Hansen1

Fourth round

Continental semi-finals

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Egon Müller13
2 Klaus Lausch12
3 Armando Castagna11
4 Lubomir Jedek10
5 Aleš Dryml Sr.10
6 Grzegorz Dzikowski10
7 Václav Verner10
8 Petr Vandírek9
9 Giorgio Zaramella7
10 Zenon Plech6
11 Stanislav Urban6
12 Michail Starostin4
13 Piotr Pyszny4
14 Valentino Furlanetto3
15 Zdeněk Schneiderwind3
16 Oleg Volokhov2
Pos.RiderPoints
1 Zoltán Adorján14
2 Viktor Kuznetsov12
3 Sandor Tihanyi11
4 Zoltan Hajdu11
5 Antonín Kasper Jr.10
6 Heinrich Schatzer9
7 Karl Maier9
8 Laszlo Bodi8
9 Andrzej Huszcza7
10 Armando Dal Chiele7
11 Ottaviano Righetto5
12 Petr Kucera3
13 Zdislaw Rutecki2
14 Henny Kroeze2
15 Rif Saitgareev2
16 Vladimir Trofimov1

Overseas Final

  • 14 July 1985
  • 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
(3) Shawn Moran 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 3
(2) Kenny Carter 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 2 2
(4) Lance King 12 0 3 3 3 3 12 3
4 (1) Andy Smith 11 1 2 3 2 3 11 4
5 (7) John Davis 11 2 2 2 3 2 11 5
6 (6) Kelvin Tatum 10 3 0 2 2 3 10 6
7 (14) John Cook 8 3 1 2 0 2 8 7
8 (8) Phil Crump 8 1 2 1 2 2 8 8
9 (10) Sam Ermolenko 7 3 2 0 1 1 7 9
10 (13) Phil Collins 6 1 3 1 1 0 6 10 3
11 (12) Chris Morton 6 2 0 2 1 1 6 11 2
12 (15) Neil Collins 5 2 1 1 1 0 5 12
13 (16) Stan Bear 5 F 1 1 2 1 5 13
14 (11) David Bargh 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 14
15 (9) Rick Miller 1 0 1 0 E 0 1 15
16 (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
(3) Tommy Knudsen 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
(14) Jan Andersson 12 2 2 2 3 3 12 2
(15) Erik Gundersen 11 3 0 3 2 3 11 3
4 (10) Hans Nielsen 10 E 3 3 2 2 10 4
5 (1) Kai Niemi 10 2 3 3 1 1 10 5
6 (11) Jan O. Pedersen 10 2 2 2 2 2 10 6
7 (12) John Jørgensen 8 3 1 2 0 2 8 7 3
8 (4) Tommy Nilsson 8 1 3 E 3 1 8 8 2
9 (8) Preben Eriksen 7 2 2 E 3 0 7 9
10 (7) Richard Hellsen 7 1 1 1 2 2 7 10
11 (13) Per Jonsson 6 1 2 2 0 1 6 11
12 (2) Einar Kyllingstad 5 0 0 1 1 3 5 12
13 (5) Finn Rune Jensen 5 3 1 0 1 0 5 13
14 (6) Ari Koponen 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 14
15 (9) Erik Stenlund 2 X 0 1 0 1 2 15
16 (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
(15) Egon Muller 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
(11) Armando Castagna 13 3 2 3 3 2 13 2
(14) Zoltan Adorjan 12 3 2 3 1 3 12 3
4 (10) Viktor Kuznetsov 11 0 3 3 3 2 11 4 3
5 (12) Karl Maier 11 2 2 2 3 2 11 5 2
6 (3) Grzegorz Dzikowski 11 3 1 2 2 3 11 6 1
7 (8) Antonín Kasper Jr. 10 3 3 1 2 1 10 7
8 (1) Petr Vandirek 8 2 2 2 2 0 8 8
9 (9) Sandor Tihanyi 7 1 3 0 2 1 7 9
10 (5) Aleš Dryml Sr. 6 2 1 1 1 1 6 10
11 (16) Klaus Lausch 5 X 1 1 0 3 5 11
12 (7) Lubomír Jedek 5 1 E 2 0 2 5 12
13 (13) Heinrich Schatzer 3 1 X 1 1 0 3 13
14 (6) Václav Verner 2 0 1 0 1 X 2 14
15 (4) Zoltan Hajdu 1 1 X 0 0 X 1 15
16 (2) Laszlo Bodi 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 (R1) Andrzej Huszcza 1 1 1 R1
R2 (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
(2) Shawn Moran 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
(11) Lance King 12 3 2 2 2 3 12 2 3
(9) Hans Nielsen 12 1 2 3 3 3 12 3 2
4 (1) Jan Andersson 11 2 3 1 3 2 11 4
5 (12) Kai Niemi 10 2 3 0 2 3 10 5
6 (15) Tommy Knudsen 9 3 F 1 2 3 9 6
7 (5) Sam Ermolenko 9 3 1 2 2 1 9 7
8 (3) Kelvin Tatum 8 0 3 2 1 2 8 8
9 (7) John Cook 8 2 1 3 1 1 8 9
10 (16) Erik Gundersen 7 0 1 3 3 0 7 10
11 (4) Jan O. Pedersen 6 1 2 1 0 2 6 11
12 (13) Phil Collins 5 1 0 2 1 1 5 12
13 (10) John Davis 3 0 2 0 0 1 3 13
14 (14) Kenny Carter 2 2 F - - - 2 14
15 (8) Phil Crump 2 1 0 1 0 F 2 15
16 (6) Andy Smith 2 F 1 0 1 0 2 16
R1 (R1) John Jørgensen 0 0 0 0 R1
R2 (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
(14) Erik Gundersen 13 1 3 3 3 3 13 1 3
(15) Hans Nielsen 13 3 3 3 1 3 13 2 2
(13) Sam Ermolenko 13 2 3 3 2 3 13 3 1
4 (8) Kai Niemi 10 2 3 2 3 0 10 4
5 (5) Shawn Moran 10 3 1 1 3 2 10 5
6 (9) Tommy Knudsen 10 2 2 1 2 3 10 6
7 (6) John Cook 9 0 2 3 3 1 9 7
8 (1) Kelvin Tatum 8 3 0 1 2 2 8 8
9 (10) Jan O. Pedersen 7 3 1 1 1 1 7 9
10 (12) Jan Andersson 7 1 1 2 1 2 7 10
11 (11) Lance King 6 0 2 2 1 1 6 11
12 (3) Egon Muller 5 2 1 E 2 0 5 12
13 (4) Armando Castagna 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 13
14 (16) Zoltan Adorjan 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 14
15 (2) Viktor Kuznetsov 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 15
16 (7) Karl Maier 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16
R1 (R1) Grzegorz Dzikowski 0 0 R1
R2 (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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