1986 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1986 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 41st edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Hans Nielsen finally won his first world title after finishing in second place during the two previous Championships.^[5] He lost his first ride to arch rival and defending champion Erik Gundersen but then won his next four rides to be crowned the champion. Fellow Dane Jan O. Pedersen took silver and England's Kelvin Tatum took the bronze while Gundersen faded into tenth place.^[6]

It was the fourth final to be held at the Silesian Stadium in Poland.^[7]

First round

British qualification

Riders progress to British semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
Preliminary Round
8 April	Milton Keynes Stadium, Milton Keynes	Malcolm Simmons	Barry Thomas	Andy Campbell
9 April	Wimbledon Stadium, London	Dave Jessup	Andrew Silver	Roger Johns
Quarter-Finals
13 April	Berrington Lough Stadium, Berwick	Paul Thorp	Rob Grant	Paul Stead
13 April	Boston Sports Stadium, Boston	Doug Wyer	Les Collins	Andy Hines
15 April	Wimborne Road, Poole	Steve Schofield	Neil Middleditch	Eric Monaghan
27 April	King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn	Andy Campbell	Steve Schofield	Les Collins

Second round

British semi-finals

11 May
Abbey Stadium, Swindon
Top 8 to British final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Alan Grahame	14
2	Phil Collins	10
3	Richard Knight	10
4	Kelvin Tatum	10
5	Malcolm Simmons	9
6	John Davis	9
7	Andrew Silver	9
8	Marvyn Cox	9
9	Peter Collins
10	Andy Smith
11	Neil Collins
12	Peter Carr
13	Sean Willmott
14	Steve Schofield
15	Martin Hagon

18 May
Odsal Stadium, Bradford
Top 8 to British final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Simon Wigg	14
2	Jeremy Doncaster	14
3	Neil Evitts	13
4	Chris Morton	11
5	Simon Cross	10
6	Paul Thorp	9
7	Kenny Carter	8
8	Carl Blackbird	8
9	Louis Carr	8
10	Les Collins	7
11	Andy Grahame	6
12	Kenny McKinna	5
13	Andy Campbell	3
14	Alan Mogridge	3
15	Andy Hines	1
16	Michael Lee	0

Swedish qualification

Top 8 in heat 1, top 7 in heat 2 to Swedish final

(1 May, Gislaved Motorbana, Gislaved)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Tommy Nilsson	15
2	Per Jonsson	`3
3	Patrik Karlsson	12
4	Conny Ivarsson	11
5	Dennis Löfqvist	10
6	Roland Dannö	10
7	Anders Kling	9
8	Tommy Lindgren	8
9	Patrik Åhlund	7
10	Mikael Löfqvist	5
11	Christer Jonsson	5
12	Jan Ericsson	4
13	Lars Hammarberg	3
14	Johan Zackrisson	3
15	Thomas Ek	3
16	Claes Ivarsson	2

(9 May, Kalvholmen Motorstadion, Karlstad)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Tony Olsson	14
2	Jimmy Nilsen	13+3
3	Mikael Blixt	13+2
4	Kenneth Nyström	12
5	Christer Rohlén	9
6	Mikael Teurnberg	9
7	Uno Johansson	8+3
8	Lillebror Johansson	8+2
9	Pierre Brannefors	6
10	Hans Wahlström	6
11	Lars Andersson	5
12	Per-Ove Gudmundsson	5
13	Johan Staaf	5
14	Börje Ring	5
15	Mikael Messing	2
16	Kent Rickardsson	1
17	Hans Hallén	0

Australian qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
Queensland Championship
Dec 1985	Pioneer Park, Ayr	John Titman	Troy Butler	Steve Regeling
New South Wales Championship
Dec 1985	Newcastle Motordrome, Tomago	Stephen Davies	Chris Watson	?
Northern Territory Championship
Dec 1985	Arunga Park Speedway	Brent Nott	David Jackson	?
Victorian Championship
Dec 1985	Olympic Park, Mildura	Phil Crump	John McNeil	?
South Australian Championship
Dec 1985	North Arm Speedway, Adelaide	Steve Baker	Mark Fiora	?
Western Australian Championship
Dec 1985	Claremont Speedway, Perth	Mick McKeon	Glyn Taylor	David Cheshire

Third round

Continental preliminary round

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
Preliminary Round
11 May	Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg	Roman Matoušek	Heinz Huber	Erich Shafferer
11 May	Speedway Stadium, Targovishte	Valery Gordeev	Armando Dal Chiele	Ladislav Hradecky
11 May	Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana	Zenon Plech	Rinat Mardanshin	Zbignew Blazejczak
11 May	Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc	Petr Kucera	Gianni Famari	József Petrikovics

Australian Final

Top 4 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

New Zealand Final

25 January 1986
Gisborne Speedway, Gisborne
Top 3 to Commonwealth Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	David Bargh	14+3
2	Larry Ross	14+2
3	Mitch Shirra	12+3
4	Mike Fullerton	12+2
5	Kym Mauger	11
6	Chris Martin	9
7	Trevor Chapman	9
8	Craig Monk	7
9	Peter Nightingale	6
10	Spencer Timmo	5
11	Mike Hollows	5
12	Craig Blackett	4
13	Craig Wilkkie	4
14	Lee Chappell	3
15	Steve Brown	3
16	Jamie Martin	1

British Final

1 June 1986
Brandon Stadium, Coventry
Top 9 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21	22
	(13) Neil Evitts	14				3	3							2		3					3		14	1
	(2) Phil Collins	13	2					3				3				2				3			13	2
	(15) Jeremy Doncaster	10				0			3			2						2	3				10	3		3
4	(3) Marvyn Cox	10	1						1				3				3				2		10	4		2
5	(9) Chris Morton	10			2		2						2					3		1			10	5		1
6	(7) Malcolm Simmons	9		1					2					3	3					0			9	6
7	(10) Richard Knight	8			1			2						1			2		2				8	7	3
8	(1) Paul Thorp	8	3				1				3				T				1				8	8	2
9	(8) Kelvin Tatum	8		3						3			1			1			0				8	9	1
10	(16) Louis Carr	8				1				2	2						1			2			8	10	F
11	(14) Simon Wigg	7				2		E					0		2							3	7	11
12	(11) Andy Smith	5			3				0		0					F						2	5	12
13	(5) Andrew Silver	3		2			0					0					0					1	3	13
14	(6) Carl Blackbird	3		0				1			1							0			1		3	14
15	(4) Simon Cross	2	0							1				E				1				0	2	15
16	(12) John Davis	2			E					0		1			1						T		2	16
R1	(R1) Dave Clark	0													0								0	R1
TR	(TR) Mike Bacon	0																			0		0	TR
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21	22

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

Danish Final

8 May 1986
Hele Fyns Speedway Center, Fjelsted
Top 5 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
Tommy Knudsen seeded to Nordic Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	14
2	Erik Gundersen	13+3
3	Bo Petersen	13+2
4	Jan O. Pedersen	12
5	John Jørgensen	12
6	Sam Nikolajsen	7
7	Per Sørensen	7
8	John Eskildsen	7
9	Jens Rasmussen	7
10	Peter Glanz	5
11	Tommy Knudsen	5
12	Peter Ravn	5
13	Fleming Pedersen	4
14	Kurt Hansen	4
15	Preben Eriksen	3
16	Aksel Jepsen	0

Norwegian Final

Elgane Speedway, Varhaug
Top 1 (+1 seeded) to Nordic final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Ingvar Skogland	14
2	Robert Langeland	13
3	Arnt Førland	12
4	Per Magne Levang	11
5	Thor Gunnar Halvorsröd	9
6	Gjermund Aas	9

Finland Final

Varkaus Speedway Stadion, Varkaus
18 August 1985, top 2 (+1 seeded rider) to 1986 Nordic final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Ari Koponen	14
2	Juha Moksunen	13+3
3	Roy Malminheimo	13+2
4	Olli Tyrvainen	13+1
5	Pekka Hautamaki	12
6	Aki Ala Riihimaki	9
7	Janne Moksunen	8
8	Veijo Tuoriniemi	8
9	Ossi Henriksson	8
10	Heimo Kaikko	7
11	Esa Reijo	4
12	Aarre Soivuori	3
13	Marko Hyyrylainen	3
14	Mikael Back	2
15	Markku Haapala	2
16	Hannu Lehtonen	0

Swedish Finals

SWE Top 4 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
Jan Andersson seeded to Nordic Final
R1 (21 May, Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna)
R2 (22 May, Nässjö Motorstadion, Nässjö)
R3 (23 May, Sannaheds Motorstadion, Kumla)

Pos.	Rider	R1	R2	R3	Tota
1	Tommy Nilsson	14	13	12	39
2	Jimmy Nilsen	10	13	11	34
3	Mikael Blixt	8	14	9	31
4	Erik Stenlund	9	11	10	30
5	Kenneth Nyström	11	6	11	28
6	Conny Ivarsson	10	9	8	27
7	Per Jonsson	5	13	8	26
8	Tony Olsson	6	10	8	24
9	Roland Dannö	11	5	8	24
10	Dennis Löfqvist	10	6	5	21
11	Christer Rohlén	6	4	9	19
12	Mikael Teurnberg	6	3	6	15
13	Uno Johansson	5	6	3	14
14	Tommy Lindgren	7	2	5	14
15	Patrik Karlsson	1	4	6	11
16	Anders Kling	0	1	0	1

Fourth round

Continental quarter-finals

Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
24 May	Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz	Wojciech Żabiałowicz	Grzegorz Dzikowski	Rif Saitgareev
25 May	Markéta Stadium, Prague	Viktor Kuznetsov	Antonín Kasper, Jr.	Petr Vandirek
26 May	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam^[8]	Roman Matoušek	Roman Jankowski	Armando Castagna
29 May	Olching Speedwaybahn, Olching	Heinrich Schatzer	József Petrikovics	Mikhail Starostin

American Final

23 June 1986
Veterans Memorial Stadium, Long Beach
Top 5 + 1 reserve to the Overseas Final

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21	22
	(12) Shawn Moran	14			3					3		3			3						2		14	1
	(10) Lance King	13			1			3						3			3		3				13	2	3
	(11) Sam Ermolenko	13			2				2		3					3						3	13	3	2
4	(3) Bobby Schwartz	13	3						3				2				2				3		13	4	1
5	(4) Kelly Moran	11	2							2				2				3				2	11	5
6	(16) Rick Miller	9				2				1	2						1			3			9	6
7	(1) Alan Christian	8	1				3				1				1				2				8	7
8	(14) Keith Christo	8				1		2					3		2							0	8	8
9	(5) Mike Faria	7		2			2					2					0					1	7	9
10	(6) Steve Lucero	5		3				1			0							1			0		5	10
11	(15) John Cook	6				3			0			0						2	1				6	11
12	(7) Bobby Ott	3		0					1					0	0					2			3	12
13	(13) Robert Pfetzing	3				0	0							1		2					0		3	13
14	(2) Brad Oxley	2	0					0				1				1				0			2	14
15	(8) Shawn McConnell	2		1						0			1			0			0				2	15
16	(9) Ed Castro	2			0		1						0					0		1			2	16
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21	22

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

Commonwealth Final

8 June 1986
Hyde Road, Manchester
Top 11 to the Overseas Final plus 1 reserve

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(16) Jeremy Doncaster	14				3				2	3						3			3			14	1
	(15) Kelvin Tatum	12				2			3			3						1	3				12	2
	(5) Chris Morton	11		2			3					1					2					3	11	3
4	(4) Steve Baker	9	1							1				3				3				1	9	4
5	(13) Neil Evitts	9				1	1							1		3					3		9	5
6	(8) Richard Knight	9		3						0			2			2			2				9	6
7	(14) Larry Ross	8				0		0					3		3							2	8	7
8	(6) Phil Crump	8		1				3			X							2			2		8	8
9	(2) Marvyn Cox	8	3					1				2				1				1			8	9
10	(9) Paul Thorp	8			3		2						1					0		2			8	10
11	(1) Mitch Shirra	7	2				0				2				2				1				7	11
12	(12) David Bargh	6			1					3		F			1						1		6	12
13	(10) Phil Collins	5			2			2						0			1		0				5	13
14	(7) Malcolm Simmons	3		0					1					2	0					0			3	14
15	(11) Steve Regeling	3			0				2		1					E						0	3	15
16	(3) Alan Rivett	0	0						0				0				E				0		0	16
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

Fifth round

Continental semi-finals

8 June
Ellermühle Stadium, Landshut
Top 8 to Continental final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Viktor Kuznetsov	13
2	Georg Hack	12+3
3	Michail Starostin	12+2
4	Antonín Kasper Jr.	12+1
5	Karl Maier	11
6	Heinrich Schatzer	10
7	Petr Vandírek	9
8	Klaus Lausch	8+3
9	Zoltán Adorján	8+2
10	Pavel Karnas	6
11	Vladimir Trofimov	6
12	Sandor Tihanyi	5
13	Zenon Plech	4
14	Andrzej Huszcza	3
15	Zbigniew Blazejczak	1
16	József Petrikovics	0

8 June
Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo
Top 8 to Continental final

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Armando Castagna	12
2	Stanislav Urban	10+3
3	Roman Matoušek	10+2
4	Valerij Gordeev	10+1
5	Wojciech Zabialowicz	10+0
6	Ryszard Dolomisiewicz	9
7	Maciej Jaworek	9
8	Nikolaj Manev	8
9	Lubomir Jedek	7
10	Francesco Biginato	7
11	Zdeněk Schneiderwind	7
12	Rif Saitgareev
13	Ryszard Franczyszyn
14	Roman Jankowski
15	Paolo Salvatelli
16	Grzegorz Dzikowski

Nordic Final

4 July 1986
Kumla Motorstadion, Kumla
Top 7 to Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	14
2	Jimmy Nilsen	13
3	Jan O. Pedersen	11
4	Erik Gundersen	10
5	Jan Andersson	10
6	Tommy Knudsen	10
7	Tommy Nilsson	9
8	Bo Petersen	9
9	Kai Niemi	9
10	John Jørgensen	8
11	Erik Stenlund	6
12	Einar Kyllingstad	3
13	Ari Koponen	3
14	Mikael Blixt	2
15	Juha Moksunen	2
16	Ingvar Skogland	0
Res	Kenneth Nyström	1

Overseas Final

19 June 1986
Brandon Stadium, Coventry
Top 9 to Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(7) Sam Ermolenko	14		3					3					3	3					2			14	1
	(4) Jeremy Doncaster	12	3							3				1				2				3	12	2
	(14) Neil Evitts	11				3		2					3		2							1	11	3
4	(1) Marvyn Cox	10	1				3				3				1				2				10	4
5	(2) Chris Morton	10	2					3				2				2				1			10	5
6	(8) Mitch Shirra	9		0						2			1			3			3				9	6
7	(12) Kelvin Tatum	9			2					1		3			X						3		9	7
8	(15) Kelly Moran	8				2			2			1						3	0				8	8
9	(5) Steve Baker	7		2			2					0					3					0	7	9
10	(13) Paul Thorp	6				1	1							2		1					1		6	10
11	(10) Phil Crump	5			3			1						0			F		1				5	11
12	(11) Bobby Schwartz	5			1				0		2					0						2	5	12
13	(3) Larry Ross	5	0						1				2				E				2		5	13
14	(6) Malcolm Simmons	2		1				0			1							0			0		2	14
15	(9) Lance King	1			0		0						0					1		0			1	15
16	(16) Shawn Moran	0				F				-	-						-			-			0	16
R1	(R1) Rick Miller	5								0							2			3			5	R1
R2	(R2) Steve Regeling	0									F												0	R2
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

Sixth round

Continental Final

20 July 1986
Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt
Top 4 to World Final plus 1 reserve
Ryszard Dołomisiewicz seeded to World Final

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21	22
	(7) Viktor Kuznetsov	13		3					2					3	3					2			13	1		3
	(15) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	13				3			3			1						3	3				13	2		2
	(12) Armando Castagna	12			3					3		3			1						2		12	3
4	(2) Karl Maier	11	1					3				2				2				3			11	4	3
5	(11) Petr Vandirek	11			2				1		2					3						3	11	5	2
6	(6) Ryszard Dołomisiewicz	8		2				2			1							0			3		8	6
7	(5) Stanislav Urban	7		1			3					0					3					0	7	7
8	(8) Roman Matoušek	7		X						2			3			X			2				7	8
9	(9) Valery Gordeev	7			1		1						2					2		1			7	9
10	(3) Nikolai Manev	6	2						E				1				2				1		6	10
11	(13) Wojciech Żabiałowicz	6				2	2							1		1					0		6	11
12	(16) Klaus Lausch	5				0				1	3						1			0			5	12
13	(4) Mikhail Starostin	5	0							E				2				1				2	5	13
14	(14) Georg Hack	4				1		E					0		2							1	4	14
15	(1) Heinrich Schatzer	3	3				F				-				-				-				3	15
16	(10) Maciej Jaworek	1			0			1						0			0		0				1	16
R1	(R1) Zoltan Adorjan	0									0												0	R1
R2	(R2) Lubomir Jedek	1													0				1				1	R2
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21	22

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

Intercontinental Final

20 July 1986
Odsal Stadium, Bradford
Top 11 to World Final plus 1 reserve

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(9) Erik Gundersen	15			3		3						3					3		3			15	1
	(14) Hans Nielsen	14				3		3					2		3							3	14	2
	(4) Tommy Knudsen	12	2							3				3				2				2	12	3
4	(5) Neil Evitts	11		3			1					3					3					1	11	4
5	(1) Kelvin Tatum	8	3				0				2				0				3				8	5
6	(2) Sam Ermolenko	8	1					1				2				3				1			8	6
7	(8) Jimmy Nilsen	8		2						2			1			2			1				8	7
8	(3) Mitch Shirra	7	0						3				0				2				2		7	8
9	(13) Chris Morton	7				0	2							1		1					3		7	9
10	(6) Jan O. Pedersen	7		0				2			3							1			1		7	10
11	(15) Marvyn Cox	6				1			2			1						0	2				6	11	3
12	(7) Jan Andersson	6		1					0					2	1					2			6	12	2
13	(12) Paul Thorp	4			1					1		E			2						0		4	13
14	(16) Jeremy Doncaster	3				2				0	0						1			0			3	14
15	(10) Steve Baker	2			2			X						0			0		0				2	15
16	(11) Tommy Nilsson	1			0				1		0					0						0	1	16
R1	(R1) Phil Crump	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) John Jørgensen	0																					0	R2
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

World Final

30 August 1986
Silesian Stadium, Chorzów

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(5) Hans Nielsen	14		2			3					3					3					3	14	1
	(11) Jan O. Pedersen	13			3				3		2					3						2	13	2
	(12) Kelvin Tatum	12			2					2		2			3						3		12	3
4	(1) Jimmy Nilsen	11	3				1				3				2				2				11	4
5	(10) Tommy Knudsen	10			1			3						3			X		3				10	5
6	(13) Viktor Kuznetsov	10				3	2							2		2					1		10	6
7	(6) Sam Ermolenko	9		1				2			1							3			2		9	7
8	(4) Neil Evitts	8	2							3				1				1				1	8	8
9	(16) Chris Morton	8				2				1	0						2			3			8	9
10	(8) Erik Gundersen	7		3						0			3			1			E				7	10
11	(15) Ryszard Dołomisiewicz	6				1			2			0						2	1				6	11
12	(14) Marvyn Cox	3				0		1					2		0							0	3	12
13	(2) Karl Maier	3	0					0				1				0				2			3	13
14	(3) Armando Castagna	2	1						1				0				F				-		2	14
15	(9) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	2			0		0						1					0		1			2	15
16	(7) Mitch Shirra	1		0					0					0	1					0			1	16
R1	(R1) Jan Andersson	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Petr Vandirek	1															1				0		1	R2
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

References

↑ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
↑ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
↑ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
↑ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
↑ "Nielsen conquers the world at last". Manchester Evening News. 1 September 1986. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Great Dane". Sunday Mirror. 31 August 1986. Retrieved 10 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
↑ "Bank Holiday Bonanza". Reading Evening Post. 24 May 1986. Retrieved 9 February 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[1] "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[2] "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[3] "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[4] "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[5] "Nielsen conquers the world at last". Manchester Evening News. 1 September 1986. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[6] "Great Dane". Sunday Mirror. 31 August 1986. Retrieved 10 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[7] "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[8] "Bank Holiday Bonanza". Reading Evening Post. 24 May 1986. Retrieved 9 February 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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