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 was 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[6] 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 disqualified by the FIM for failing a drug test taken at the Overseas Final. After Moran's disqualification, the FIM did not adjust the rankings, leaving the second-place position vacant in official records 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.[7]

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 Danish rider in the field after Jan O. Pedersen was sidelined due to injury, finished fourth with 11 points.[8]

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
Jan South Island Final Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch Mark Thorpe+[9] Larry Ross David Bargh
?? North Island Final Meeanee Speedway, Napier Craig Wilkie Gary 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 Territory Northline Speedway, Darwin Glen Baxter ?? ??
?? Victorian Myrtleford Speedway, Myrtleford Leigh Adams Phil Crump ??
?? New South Wales Newcastle Motordrome, Tomago Todd Wiltshire Craig Boyce Stephen Davies
?? South Australian North Arm Speedway, Gillman Scott Norman Shane Parker ??
?? Queensland Townsville Speedway, Townsville Troy Butler ?? ??
?? Western Australian Claremont Speedway, Perth Glenn Doyle Glyn Taylor David 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. Rider Pts
1 Larry Ross 14+3
2 Mark Thorpe 14+2
3 Craig Wilkie 14+1
4 James Martin 11
5 Justin Monk 10
6 Michael Long 9
7 Stephen Rose 8
8 Darrin Wilson 8
9 Mark Jamieson 8
10 Max Brown 5
11 Philip Barakat 4
12 Kenny Webley 3
13 Alan Mason 2
14 Rhys Hamburger 3
15 Greg Fisher 2
16 Gary Marsh 0
17 Trevor Chapman 0
18 John Tuffley 0

Australian final

Brisbane Exhibition Ground

  • 13 January, top 3 (+1 other seeded) to Commonwealth final
Pos. Rider Pts
1 Glenn Doyle 14+3
2 Leigh Adams 14+2
3 Stephen Davies 13
4 Phil Crump 12
5 Shane Bowes 10
6 Mick Poole 9
7 Jamie Fagg 8
8 Glen Baxter 7
9 Steve Regeling 6
10 Steve Langdon 5
11 Shane Parker 5
12 Sean Willmott 4
13 Scott Norman 4
14 Troy Butler 4
15 Chris Watson 2
16 Glyn Taylor 1
17 Darren 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. Rider Points
1 Arnt Førland 12+3
2 Lars Gunnestad 12+2
3 Robert Langeland 12+1
4 Ingvar Skogland 12+0
5 Per Jörgensen 11
6 Arne Svensen 9
7 Jan Arid Slatta 9
8 Atle Knutsen 7
9 Einar Kyllingstad 6
10 Tor Einar Hielm 6
11 Odd Pettersen 5
12 Stag Bergersen 4
13 Jorn Arve Ardal 4
14 Jorn Vidar Aasen 4
15 Kjell Oyvind Sola 3
16 Gjermund Aas 2
17 Rolf Netland (res) 1

Finland Final

Pos. Rider Total
1 Juha Moksunen 14
2 Olli Tyrvainen 13+3
3 Kai Niemi 13+2
4 Vesa Ylinen 11+3
5 Janne Moksunen 11+2
6 Ari Koponen 10
7 Jari Kortelainen 8
8 Seppo Keskinen 7
9 Tomi Havu 7
10 Aarre Soivuori 7
11 Roy Malminheimo 7
12 Petri Kokko 5
13 Pekka Eerikainen 2
14 Jarmo Makinen 2
15 Petri Nurmesniemi (res) 1
16 Mika Pellinen (res) 1
17 Janne Koivula (res) 1
18 Esa Reijo 0
19 Nicklas Finne 0

Swedish Final

Pos. Rider Scores Total
1 Per Jonsson 12+13+13 38
2 Jimmy Nilsen 12+12+10 34
3 Dennis Löfqvist 9+12+13 34
4 Conny Ivarsson 3+9+11 33
5 Henka Gustafsson 9+11+13 33
6 Peter Nahlin 14+8+10 32
7 Niklas Karlsson 8+9+8 25
8 Tony Rickardsson 6+5+10 21
9 Peter Karlsson 8+6+6 20
10 Erik Stenlund 4+6+7 17
11 Claes Ivarsson 9+6+ns 15
12 Mikael Teurnberg 4+4+7 15
13 Mikael Ritterwall 6+6+2 14 14
14 Tony Olsson 5+5+ns 10
15 Kenneth Lindby 1+4+3 8
16 Stefan Dannö 0+2+4 6
17 Christer Rohlén (res) ns+1+0 1

Commonwealth Final

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

North American Final

Pos. Rider Total
1 Shawn Moran 18+3
2 Billy Hamill 18+2
3 Rick Miller 18+1
4 Greg Hancock 18+0
5 Ronnie Correy 16+3
6 Kelly Moran 16+2
7 Bobby Schwartz 14
8 Mike Faria 12
9 Robert Pfetzing 12
10 Lance King 11
11 Steve Lucero 8
12 Jim Sisemore 8
13 Josh Larsen 7
14 Brad Oxley 5
15 Tony Bienert 5
16 Charles Ermolenko 3
17 Eddie Castro 3
18 Shawn McConnell (res) 3
19 Sam Ermolenko 2
20 Don Odom (res) 2
21 John Kehoe 1
22 Fred Legault 0

Fifth round

Continental semi-finals

Pos. Rider Points
1 Antonín Kasper Jr. 14
2 Jan Krzystyniak 13
3 Tomasz Gollob 12+3
4 Zdeněk Tesař 12+2
5 Antal Kocso 9
6 József Petrikovics 8
7 Wojciech Zaluski 7+3
8 Heinrich Schatzer 7+2
9 Igor Marko 7+1
10 Lubomir Jedek 6
11 Róbert Nagy 6
12 Laszlo Bodi 6
13 Ryszard Dolomisiewicz 5
14 Vladimir Trofimov 5
15 Walter Nebel 2
16 Viktor Gajdym 1
Pos. Rider Points
1 Zoltán Adorján 15
2 Klaus Lausch 11+3
3 Armando Castagna 11+2
4 Gerd Riss 11+1
5 Sandor Tihanyi 10
6 Roman Matoušek 9
7 Bohumil Brhel 9
8 Vladimir Kalina 9
9 Petr Vandírek 8
10 Andre Pollehn 7
11 Rif Saitgareev 7
12 Zoltan Hajdu 6
13 Pavel Karnas 3
14 Sandor Ujhelyi 2
15 Robert Funk 1
16 Zsolt Böszermenyi 1

Overseas Final

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

Nordic Final

Pos. Rider Total
1 Jan O. Pedersen 14
2 Per Jonsson 12
3 Henrik Gustafsson 11+3
4 Conny Ivarsson 11+2
5 Jimmy Nilsen 11+1
6 Hans Nielsen 11+0
7 Dennis Löfqvist 9+3
8 Brian Karger 9+2
9 Kai Niemi 6
10 Bo Petersen 6
11 Peter Nahlin 5
12 Einar Kyllingstad 5
13 Jens Henry Nielsen 3
14 Olli Tyrväinen 2
15 Arnt Førland 2
16 Jan Pedersen 2
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. Rider Heat Scores Total
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. Rider Heat Scores Total
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 Tihanyi did not ride -
Res Dennis Löfqvist did 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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