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1978 World Championship British Qualifying Round (16)

1978 World Championship British Qualifying Round 19 May 1978
World Championship
Wolverhampton , United Kingdom
World Final / Intercontinental Qualifying Rounds / Continental Qualifying Rounds / British Qualifying Rounds
The British World Qualifying Rounds also incorporated the Volkswagen Daily Mirror Grand Prix. The non British riders did not accumulate points for the British Qualifying World Championship Rounds
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T GP
1. Ari Koponen  Finland 1 1 1 1 - - 4
2. Frank Smith  Great Britain 0 1 0 FX - - 1
3. Geoff Bouchard  Great Britain 2 2 3 FX - - 8 2
4. Dave Morton  Great Britain 3 3 2 XT - - 11 3rd 8
5. Ivan Mauger  New Zealand 3 3 1 2 - - 11 7
6. Alan Wikinson  Great Britain FX 2 3 2 - - 10 5
7. Knud Ellegaard  Denmark 1 0 1 2 - - 5
8. Ian Cartwright  Great Britain 2 0 1 3 - - 8 1
9. Jim McMillan  Great Britain 1 2 2 3 - - 11 6
10. Gordon Kennett  Great Britain 2 3 3 3 - - 14 1st 10
11. Brian Woodward  Great Britain 0 1 0 2 - - 3
12. Hans Nielsen  Denmark 3 1 3 3 - - 12 2nd 9
13. Carl Glover  Great Britain 0 0 EF EF - - 0
14. Steve Lomas  Great Britain 1 0 0 0 - - 2
15. Bobby Beaton  Great Britain 3 3 2 0 - - 9 4
16. Mitch Shirra  New Zealand 2 2 2 1 - - 9 3
17. Stephen Barr Great Britain 1 - - - - - 1
18. Mark Stokes Great Britain - - - - - - 0
Heat by Heat
Heat 01 Morton, Bouchard, Koponen, Smith, 64.8
Heat 02 Mauger, Cartwright, Ellegaard, Wilkinson (FX), 65.3
Heat 03 Nielsen, Kennett, McMillan, Woodward, 65.0
Heat 04 Beaton, Shirra, Lomas, Glover, 66.4
Heat 05 Mauger, McMillan, Koponen, Glover, 65.2
Heat 06 Kennett, Wilkinson, Smith, Lomas, 64.4
Heat 07 Beaton, Bouchard, Woodward, Ellegaard, 65.4
Heat 08 Morton, Shirra, Nielsen, Cartwright, 65.2
Heat 09 Wilkinson, Shirra, Koponen, Woodward, 65.8
Heat 10 Nielsen, Beaton, Mauger, Smith, 64.7
Heat 11 Bouchard, McMillan, Cartwright, Lomas, 65.6
Heat 12 Kennett, Morton, Ellegaard, Glover (R), 64.4
Heat 13 Nielsen, Ellegaard, Koponen, Lomas, 66.5
Heat 14 Cartwright, Woodward, Glover (R), Smith (FX), 67.0
Heat 15 Kennett, Mauger, Shirra, Bouchard (FX), 64.3
Heat 16 McMillan, Wilkinson, Barr, Beaton, Morton (TX), 65.9
Heat 17 Kennett, Cartwright, Beaton, Koponen, 64.7
Heat 18 McMillan, Shirra, Ellegaard, Barr, 65.9
Heat 19 Wilkinson, Nielsen, Bouchard, Stokes, 65.8
Heat 20 Morton, Mauger, Lomas, Woodward, 65.4