1966 Swedish speedway season

The 1966 Swedish speedway season was the 1966 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.[1][2]

Individual

Individual Championship

The 1966 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 7 October in Stockholm. Ove Fundin won the Swedish Championship for the sixth time.[3][4]

The final ended with five riders tied on 12 points, Fundin won the race-off.[5]

Pos.RiderClubTotal
1Ove FundinKaparna12+x+3
2Sören SjöstenVargarna12+1+2
3Bengt JanssonGetingarna12+2+1
4Göte NordinGetingarna12+3+0
5Leif EnecronaGamarna12+0+x
6Leif LarssonGetingarna11
7Björn KnutsonVargarna10
8Hans Holmqvist (res)Taxarna7
9Per-Olof SödermanVargarna6
10Karl-Erik AnderssonKaparna6
11Bernt PerssonVargarna4
12Bengt SvenssonÖrnarna4
13Torbjörn HarryssonVargarna4
14Bo MagnussonKaparna3
15Gunnar MalmqvistNjudungarna2
16Åke AnderssonNjudungarna2
17Bengt BranneforsKaparna1

Junior Championship

Winner - Egon Stengarn[6][7]

Team

Team Championship

Getingarna continued their recent domination by winning division 1 again and being declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the fourth consecutive season. The Getingarna team contained Göte Nordin, Leif Larsson, Bengt Jansson and Arne Carlsson.[8][9]

The league consisted of 14 teams (down from 19) resulting in only three divisions. Njudungarna won the second division and Indianerna won the third division.[10][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 18 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "Swedish Bauhaus Elite League". Speedway Fan Site. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  10. ↑ "Vargarna 1966". formula2.se. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  11. ↑ "1966". Speedway.org. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
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