1990 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1990 Individual Speedway World Championship. 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.

Sweden's Per Jonsson won his only World Individual Championship to become the first Swedish World Champion since Anders Michanek in 1974. Jonsson defeated American Shawn Moran 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 sensationally winning his first two rides.

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.^[1]

Jonsson became the first rider to win both the Under-21 and Senior Individual World Championships having previously won the 1985 Under-21 World Championship (from 1977 until 1988 the World U/21 title was known as the European U/21 Championship, though the winners have generally been acknowledged as junior World Champions).

Overseas Series

New Zealand Qualification

• First 2 from New Zealand final to Commonwealth final

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
South Island Final
??	Ruapuna Speedway	Mark Thorpe	David Bargh
North Island Final
??	Meeanee Speedway Hawkes Bay Speedway	Craig Wilkie	Gary Allan	??
New Zealand Final
??	Ruapuna Speedway	Larry Ross	Craig Wilkie	Mark Thorpe

Australian Qualification

• First 4 from Australian final to Commonwealth final

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Northern Territory Championship
??	Northline Speedway	Glen Baxter	??	??
Victorian Championship
??	Myrtleford Speedway	Leigh Adams	Phil Crump	??
New South Wales Championship
??	Newcastle Motordrome	Todd Wiltshire	Craig Boyce	Stephen Davies
South Australian Championship
??	North Arm Speedway	Scott Norman	Shane Parker	??
Queensland Championship
??	Townsville Speedway	Troy Butler	??	??
Western Australian Championship
??	Claremont Speedway	Glenn Doyle	Glyn Taylor	David Cheshire
Australian Championship Final
??	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Glenn Doyle	Leigh Adams	Stephen Davies

North American Final

• June 2, 1990
• Long Beach, Veterans Memorial Stadium
• First 4 to the Overseas Final plus 1 reserve

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	Sam Ermolenko	2
19	John Kehoe	1
20	Fred Legault	0
Res	Shawn McConnell	3
Res	Don Odom	2

Nordic Final

• June 9, 1990
• Linköping, Motorstadium
• First 7 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve

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
Res	Vesa Ylinen	1

Commonwealth Final

• June 10, 1990
• Manchester, Belle Vue Stadium
• First 12 to the Overseas Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Kelvin Tatum	14
2	Martin Dugard	13
3	Simon Cross	12
4	Jeremy Doncaster	11
5	Richard Knight	11
6	Todd Wiltshire*	10
7	Gary Havelock	8
8	Leigh Adams	8
9	David Bargh*	6
10	Simon Wigg	6
11	Mark Loram	6
12	Troy Butler	5+3
13	John Davis	5+2
14	Graham Jones	3
15	Glenn Doyle	3
16	Gary Allan*	0

* Todd Wiltshire replaced Australian qualifier Stephen Davies. David Bargh and Gary Allan replaced New Zealand qualifiers Larry Ross and Craig Wilkie

Overseas Final

• June 24, 1990
• Coventry, Brandon Stadium
• First 9 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Jeremy Doncaster	15
2	Todd Wiltshire	13
3	Shawn Moran	10
4	Ronnie Correy*	9
5	Martin Dugard	9
6	Kelvin Tatum	8
7	Rick Miller	8
8	Simon Cross	7
9	Troy Butler	7
10	Richard Knight	6+3
11	Gary Havelock	6+2
12	Mark Loram	6+1
13	Simon Wigg	6+0
14	Leigh Adams	5
15	Billy Hamill	4
16	David Bargh	1
Res	Kelly Moran	-
Res	John Davis	-

* Ronnie Correy replaced Greg Hancock

Intercontinental Final

• August 12, 1990
• Fjelsted, Hele Fyns Speedway Center
• First 11 to the World Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Shawn Moran	(3,2,3,3,3)	14
2	Per Jonsson	(3,3,1,2,3)	12
3	Hans Nielsen	(2,3,3,2,1)	11+3
4	Jan O. Pedersen	(3,1,1,3,3)	11+2
5	Rick Miller	(3,1,3,1,2)	10
6	Kelvin Tatum	(2,R,3,2,2)	9
7	Ronnie Correy	(R,2,3,2,2	9
8	Richard Knight*	(1,2,2,0,3)	8
9	Martin Dugard	(1,3,0,3,0)	7
10	Jimmy Nilsen	(2,2,2,1,0)	7
11	Todd Wiltshire	(2,0,2,0,2)	6
12	Henrik Gustafsson	(R,1,0,3,1)	5
13	Dennis Löfqvist	(1,0,1,1,1)	4
14	Troy Butler	(R,2,1,0,F)	3
15	Conny Ivarsson	(1,0,0,0,1)	2
16	Jeremy Doncaster	(0,1,0,1,0)	2
Res	Brian Karger	did not ride	-
Res	Gary Havelock	did not ride	-

* Richard Knight replaced injured qualifier Simon Cross

Continental Final

• August 12, 1990
• Norden, Motodrom Halbemond
• First 5 to the World Final plus 1 reserve

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 Matousek	(3,1,3,2,2)	11
5	Zdenek Tesar	(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 Zaluski	(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	Joszef 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 Krzystaniak	(0,0,1,0,0)	1

World final

• September 1, 1990
• Bradford, Odsal Stadium ^[2]

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
	Per Jonsson	(3,3,2,2,3)	13+3
2	Shawn Morana (failed drugs test)	(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)	7
10	Richard Knight	(1,2,1,2,1)	7
11	Martin Dugard	(2,0,1,0,3)	6
12	Roman Matousek	(1,R,0,2,2)	5
13	Zdenek Tesar	(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.*	(0,0,1,1,0)	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

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.

References

Books

• Loader, Tony (1991). Loader's International Speedway Annual 1991. Tony Loader. pp. 8–18. ISSN 1036-4404. 

External links

• The event at SVT's open archive (Swedish)

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