1990 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1990 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 45th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4]

The final was held at the Odsal Stadium in Bradford, England. It would be the 28th and last time the world final would be held in England under the traditional single meeting format.[5]

Sweden's Per Jonsson won his only World Individual Championship to become the first Swedish World Champion since Anders Michanek in 1974 and became the first rider to win both the Under-21 and Senior World Championships having previously won the 1985 Under-21 World Championship. Jonsson defeated Shawn Moran from the United States in a run-off after both finished the meeting on 13 points. Moran was later stripped of his second place by the FIM for failing a drug test taken at the Overseas Final. After Moran's disqualification, the FIM did not upgrade the placings, thus records show no second place rider for the 1990 World Final. Australian youngster Todd Wiltshire, believed by many judges to be one who would be making up the numbers in his first World Final, finished third with 12 points after winning his first two rides.[6]

After having won each World Final since 1984, including five 1-2 finishes and taking all podium places in 1988, the 1990 World Final saw no Danish riders finishing on the podium for the first time since 1983. Defending champion Hans Nielsen, the only Dane in the field following an injury to Jan O. Pedersen which kept him from riding, finished in 4th place with 11 points.[7]

First round

British qualifiers
Main article: 1990 British Speedway Championship
  • Top 32 to British-Semi finals

Second round

New Zealand qualification
  • First 16 to New Zealand final
Date Championship Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
JanSouth Island FinalRuapuna Speedway, ChristchurchMark Thorpe+[8]Larry RossDavid Bargh
 ??North Island FinalMeeanee Speedway, NapierCraig WilkieGary Allan ??
  • +Thorpe awarded title after Ross refused to ride in the race-off

Australian qualification
  • Top 16 to Australian final
Date Championship Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
 ??Northern TerritoryNorthline Speedway, DarwinGlen Baxter ?? ??
 ??VictorianMyrtleford Speedway, MyrtlefordLeigh AdamsPhil Crump ??
 ??New South WalesNewcastle Motordrome, TomagoTodd WiltshireCraig BoyceStephen Davies
 ??South AustralianNorth Arm Speedway, GillmanScott NormanShane Parker ??
 ??QueenslandTownsville Speedway, TownsvilleTroy Butler ?? ??
 ??Western AustralianClaremont Speedway, PerthGlenn DoyleGlyn TaylorDavid Cheshire

British semi-finals
Main article: 1990 British Speedway Championship
  • Top 16 to British final

Third round

Continental preliminary round
  • Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
5 May Arena Częstochowa, Częstochowa Jacek Woźniak Tommy Dunker Jacek Rempała
6 May Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt Alois Bachhuber Lubomir Jedek Jan Schinagl
6 May Rivne Speedway Stadium, Rivne Igor Marko Piotr Świst Laszlo Bodi
6 May Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana Valentino Furlanetto Vladimir Kalina Maciej Jaworek

Swedish qualification
  • Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final

British final
Main article: 1990 British Speedway Championship
  • Top 10 to Commonwealth final

New Zealand final

Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch

  • 3 February, top 2 to Commonwealth final
Pos.RiderPts
1Larry Ross14+3
2Mark Thorpe14+2
3Craig Wilkie14+1
4James Martin11
5Justin Monk10
6Michael Long9
7Stephen Rose8
8Darrin Wilson8
9Mark Jamieson8
10Max Brown5
11Philip Barakat4
12Kenny Webley3
13Alan Mason2
14Rhys Hamburger3
15Greg Fisher2
16Gary Marsh0
17Trevor Chapman0
18John Tuffley0

Australian final

Brisbane Exhibition Ground

  • 13 January, top 3 (+1 other seeded) to Commonwealth final
Pos.RiderPts
1Glenn Doyle14+3
2Leigh Adams14+2
3Stephen Davies13
4Phil Crump12
5Shane Bowes10
6Mick Poole9
7Jamie Fagg8
8Glen Baxter7
9Steve Regeling6
10Steve Langdon5
11Shane Parker5
12Sean Willmott4
13Scott Norman4
14Troy Butler4
15Chris Watson2
16Glyn Taylor1
17Darren Winkler (res)1

Fourth round

Continental quarter-finals
  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
3 June Municipal Stadium, Rzeszów Ryszard Dołomisiewicz Jozsef Petrikovics Jan Krzystyniak
3 June Speedway Natschbach Loipersbach Antal Kocso Zdenek Tesar Heinrich Schatzer
3 June Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc Zoltan Hajdu Piotr Świst Rif Saitgareev
4 June Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg Zoltan Adorjan Sandor Tihanyi Klaus Lausch

Danish Final
Main article: 1990 Danish speedway season
  • Top 6 to the Nordic final

Norway Final

  • Frogner Speedway, Oslo
  • 15 Sep 1989, top 1 (+1 seeded) to Nordic final 1990
Pos.RiderPoints
1Arnt Førland12+3
2Lars Gunnestad12+2
3Robert Langeland12+1
4Ingvar Skogland12+0
5Per Jörgensen11
6Arne Svensen9
7Jan Arid Slatta9
8Atle Knutsen7
9Einar Kyllingstad6
10Tor Einar Hielm6
11Odd Pettersen5
12Stag Bergersen4
13Jorn Arve Ardal4
14Jorn Vidar Aasen4
15Kjell Oyvind Sola3
16Gjermund Aas2
17Rolf Netland (res)1

Finland Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1Juha Moksunen14
2Olli Tyrvainen13+3
3Kai Niemi13+2
4Vesa Ylinen11+3
5Janne Moksunen11+2
6Ari Koponen10
7Jari Kortelainen8
8Seppo Keskinen7
9Tomi Havu7
10Aarre Soivuori7
11Roy Malminheimo7
12Petri Kokko5
13Pekka Eerikainen2
14Jarmo Makinen2
15Petri Nurmesniemi (res)1
16Mika Pellinen (res)1
17Janne Koivula (res)1
18Esa Reijo0
19Nicklas Finne0

Swedish Final
Pos.RiderScoresTotal
1Per Jonsson12+13+1338
2Jimmy Nilsen12+12+1034
3Dennis Löfqvist9+12+1334
4Conny Ivarsson3+9+1133
5Henka Gustafsson9+11+1333
6Peter Nahlin14+8+1032
7Niklas Karlsson8+9+825
8Tony Rickardsson6+5+1021
9Peter Karlsson8+6+620
10Erik Stenlund4+6+717
11Claes Ivarsson9+6+ns15
12Mikael Teurnberg4+4+715
13Mikael Ritterwall6+6+214 14
14Tony Olsson5+5+ns10
15Kenneth Lindby1+4+38
16Stefan Dannö0+2+46
17Christer Rohlén (res)ns+1+01

Commonwealth Final
  • Top 12 plus 1 reserve to the Overseas final
Main article: 1990 Commonwealth Final

North American Final
Pos.RiderTotal
1Shawn Moran18+3
2Billy Hamill18+2
3Rick Miller18+1
4Greg Hancock18+0
5Ronnie Correy16+3
6Kelly Moran16+2
7Bobby Schwartz14
8Mike Faria12
9Robert Pfetzing12
10Lance King11
11Steve Lucero8
12Jim Sisemore8
13Josh Larsen7
14Brad Oxley5
15Tony Bienert5
16Charles Ermolenko3
17Eddie Castro3
18Shawn McConnell (res)3
19Sam Ermolenko2
20Don Odom (res)2
21John Kehoe1
22Fred Legault0

Fifth round

Continental semi-finals
Pos.RiderPoints
1 Antonín Kasper Jr.14
2 Jan Krzystyniak13
3 Tomasz Gollob12+3
4 Zdeněk Tesař12+2
5 Antal Kocso9
6 József Petrikovics8
7 Wojciech Zaluski7+3
8 Heinrich Schatzer7+2
9 Igor Marko7+1
10 Lubomir Jedek6
11 Róbert Nagy6
12 Laszlo Bodi6
13 Ryszard Dolomisiewicz5
14 Vladimir Trofimov5
15 Walter Nebel2
16 Viktor Gajdym1
Pos.RiderPoints
1 Zoltán Adorján15
2 Klaus Lausch11+3
3 Armando Castagna11+2
4 Gerd Riss11+1
5 Sandor Tihanyi10
6 Roman Matoušek9
7 Bohumil Brhel9
8 Vladimir Kalina9
9 Petr Vandírek8
10 Andre Pollehn7
11 Rif Saitgareev7
12 Zoltan Hajdu6
13 Pavel Karnas3
14 Sandor Ujhelyi2
15 Robert Funk1
16 Zsolt Böszermenyi1

Overseas Final
  • Top 9 to the Intercontinental final
Main article: 1990 Overseas Final

Nordic Final
Pos.RiderTotal
1 Jan O. Pedersen14
2 Per Jonsson12
3 Henrik Gustafsson11+3
4 Conny Ivarsson11+2
5 Jimmy Nilsen11+1
6 Hans Nielsen11+0
7 Dennis Löfqvist9+3
8 Brian Karger9+2
9 Kai Niemi6
10 Bo Petersen6
11 Peter Nahlin5
12 Einar Kyllingstad5
13 Jens Henry Nielsen3
14 Olli Tyrväinen2
15 Arnt Førland2
16 Jan Pedersen2
17 Vesa Ylinen (res)1

Sixth round

Intercontinental Final
  • Top 11 plus 1 reserve to World final
Main article: 1990 Intercontinental Final

Continental Final
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Gerd Riss(3,2,2,3,3)13
2 Zoltán Adorján(2,3,1,3,3)12+3
3 Armando Castagna(3,3,x,3,3)12+2
4 Roman Matoušek(3,1,3,2,2)11
5 Zdeněk Tesař(3,0,2,3,2)10+3
6 Antonín Kasper Jr.(1,3,3,2,1)10+2
7 Sándor Tihanyi(0,3,2,2,2)9
8 Wojciech Załuski(2,1,F,1,3)7
9 Antal Kocso(2,2,2,0,1)7
10 Klaus Lausch(2,1,3,R,ns)6
11 Bohumil Brhel(1,2,EF,2,0)5
12 Vladimir Kalina(1,1,1,0,2)5
13 József Petrikovics(0,2,1,1,1)5
14 Tomasz Gollob(0,0,3,1,0)4
15 Heinrich Schatzer(1,0,0,1,1)3
16 Jan Krzystyniak(0,0,1,0,0)1

World final

Classification
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
1 (9) Per Jonsson 13+3 3 3 2 2 3 13 1
2 (15) Shawn Moran 13+2 1 3 3 3 3 13 2
3 (6) Todd Wiltshire 12 3 3 2 1 3 12 3
4 (1) Hans Nielsen 11 3 1 3 2 2 11 4
5 (12) Jimmy Nilsen 10 2 1 2 3 2 10 5
6 (13) Henrik Gustafsson 9 3 2 3 0 1 9 6
7 (16) Kelvin Tatum 9 2 3 0 3 1 9 7
8 (2) Armando Castagna 8 0 2 1 3 2 8 8
9 (8) Rick Miller 8 2 2 3 1 - 8 9
10 (11) Richard Knight 7 1 2 1 2 1 7 10
11 (4) Martin Dugard 6 2 0 1 0 3 6 11
12 (5) Roman Matoušek 5 1 - 0 2 2 5 12
13 (10) Zdeněk Tesař 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 13
14 (7) Ronnie Correy 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 14
15 (14) Antonín Kasper Jr. 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 15
16 (3) Zoltán Adorján 2 1 - 0 1 0 2 16
(17) Sándor Tihanyi 0 0
(18) Dennis Löfqvist 0 0
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

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
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
Per Jonsson(3,3,2,2,3)13+3
2 Shawn Morana(1,3,3,3,3)13+2
Todd Wiltshire(3,3,2,1,3)12
4 Hans Nielsen(3,1,3,2,2)11
5 Jimmy Nilsen(2,1,2,3,2)10
6 Henrik Gustafsson*(3,2,3,0,1)9
7 Kelvin Tatum(2,3,0,3,1)9
8 Armando Castagna(F,2,1,3,2)8
9 Rick Miller(2,2,3,1,x)8
10 Richard Knight(1,2,1,2,1)7
11 Martin Dugard(2,0,1,0,3)6
12 Roman Matoušek(1,R,0,2,2)5
13 Zdeněk Tesař(0,0,2,0,R)2
14 Ronnie Correy(1,0,x,1,0)2
15 Zoltán Adorján(1,R,0,1,0)2
16 Antonín Kasper Jr.*(0,1,1,0,0)2
Res Sándor Tihanyidid not ride-
Res Dennis Löfqvistdid not ride-

* Henrik Gustafsson and Antonín Kasper Jr. replaced injured qualifiers Jan O. Pedersen and Gerd Riss

Notes:
a. Shawn Moran scored 13 points and lost the run-off to Per Jonsson. However, Moran had failed a random drug and alcohol test taken three months earlier at the Overseas Final, and was subsequently disqualified from second place. The FIM did not upgrade the standings and the official records show no second place rider.

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