Speedway Archive: 1970

1970

1969 - 1970 - 1971

Ivan Mauger became the first rider to win three consecutive World titles. He raced to a 15 point maximum at the Olympic Stadium Woroclav, Poland to clinch the title. Polands Pawel Waloszek was runner with his countryman Antoni Woryna in third place. On the way to the Final Mauger also clainmed the European Final title. The British Nordic Final was was by Sören Sjösten of Sweden. Hans-Jürgen Fritz won the Continental Final in Abensberg, Germany.

In the World Pairs New Zealand retained the title Ivan Mauger and Ronnie Moore were joined on the rostrum by Sweden and England.

On the 19th of September a Swedish team comprising of Ove Fundin, Bengt Jansson, Anders Michanek, and Sören Sjösten Sweden were crowned World Team Cup Champions.

In the British League Belle Vue were again champions with Wimbledon in second place. In the British League KO Cup Wimbledon defeated Belle Vue in the final.
Canterbury Crusaders won the second division with ipswich winning the KO Cup. In the regional competitions Coventry defeated Leicester in the final of the Midland Cup. The London Cup was staged as a mini league competition with Wimbledon winning. They also added the Metropolitan Gold Cup to the trophy cabinet.

The Lokeren Disaster
On the 14th of July a group of riders were involved in a fatal road accident in Belgium. The Minibus they were traveling in was involved in a collision with two other vehicles. Riders Peter Bradshaw, Martyn Piddock, Gary Everett and Malcolm Carmichael along team manager Phil Bishop and driver Henrikus Rommoes all lost their lives
Colin Pratt, Stan Stevens, Garry Hay and mechanic Roy Sullivan were all injured with Pratt's injuries ending his career.

Gary Everett	Martyn Piddock	Peter Bradshaw

Team Gallery
Programme Gallery
Speedway Star Cover Gallery
Speedway Post Cover Gallery

Books released in 1970
Alf Weedon's Speedway Spotlight No. 1 - Alf Weedon
Speedway 70 - Donald Allen
Speedway Star Parade 1970 - Paul Parish
The British Speedway Handbook – 1970 Edition - Dave Stevens
The Champions Book of Speedway No 1 - Richard Bott
The Speedway Annual No 2 - Peter Oakes, Peter Douglas

Roll of Honour
World Championship - Ivan Mauger
World Pairs - New Zealand Ivan Mauger & Ronnie Moore
World Team Cup - Sweden
European Final - Ivan Mauger
Continental Final - Hans-Jürgen Fritz
British Nordic Final - Sören Sjösten
British Final (West Ham) - Ivan Mauger
British Under 21 Championship (Swindon) - Barry Thomas
Laurels (Wimbledon) - Ray Wilson
British League Division One Riders Championship (Belle Vue) - Barry Briggs
British League Division Two Riders Championship (Hackney) - Dave Jessup
Northern Riders Championship (Sheffield) - Eric Boocock
Southern Riders Championship (Wimbledon) - Terry Betts
London Riders Championship (Hackney) Trevor Hedge
Midland Riders Championship (Coventry) Barry Briggs
Pride of the East (King's Lynn) Ole Olsen
East Midlands Open Championship (Leicester) Ray Wilson
Sussex Championship (Eastbourne) Richard May
Scottish Open (Glasgow) Ivan Mauger
Welsh Open (Newport) - Nigel Boocock
Dews Trophy (Halifax) Jim Airey
Yorkshire Open (sheffield) Jim Airey
Superama (Hackeny) Ronnie Moore
Brandonapolis (Coventry) Ole Olsen
Teesside Silver Helmet - Smith
Olympique (Wolverhampton) - Ole Olsen
Westernapolis (Exeter) - Eric Boocock
Blue Riband (Poole) - Barry Briggs