1961 Swedish speedway season

The 1961 Swedish speedway season was the 1961 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.[1][2]

Individual

Individual Championship

The 1961 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 22 September in Stockholm. Björn Knutson won the Swedish Championship.[3][4][5]

Pos.RiderClubTotal
1Björn KnutsonVargarna15
2Leif LarssonMonarkerna13
3Rune SörmanderDackarna12
4Ove FundinKaparna11
5Per-Tage SvenssonVargarna10
6Evert AnderssonDackarna10
7Bernt NilssonMonarkerna8
8Hans HallbergGetingarna8
9Curt EldhVargarna7
10Arne CarlssonKaparna7
11Sören SjöstenVargarna6
12Joel JanssonVargarna5
13Bengt BranneforsKaparna3
14Åke AnderssonDackarna2
15Inge GustavssonDackarna2
16Göran NorlénMonarkerna1
17Thorvald KarlssonDackarna0

Swedish Junior Championship

Winner - Willihard Thomsson[6][7]

Team

Team Championship

Vargarna won division 1 and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the sixth time.[8][9]

The Vargarna team contained Björn Knutson, Joel Jansson, Sören Sjösten and Per-Tage Svensson.[10]

With 14 teams lining up for the 1961 season the second division was split into a north and south competition. Folkare won the second division north and Kaparna B won the second division south. Älgarna changed their name to Gävle.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Swedish speedway season by season". Speedway.org. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "Speedway riders, history and results". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 85. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  4. ↑ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  5. ↑ "Swedish Individual Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "Swedish Speedway Junior Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Individual Swedish Junior Championships". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2015". Speedway History. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "Swedish Bauhaus Elite League". Speedway Fan Site. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  10. ↑ "Vargarna 1961". formula2.se. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  11. ↑ "1961". Speedway.org. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
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