worldfinal60

World Final Appearances

1960 Wembley

Total

Score Chart

Ove Fundin
Ronnie Moore
Peter Craven
Peter Moore
Ron Johnston
Barry Briggs
Stefan Kwoczala
Josef Hofmeister
Ken McKinlay
Jack Young
Rune Sormander
Chum Taylor
Aub Lawson
Henyk Zyto
Marian Kaiser
Bryan Elliot
Bob Andrews (res)
Mieczyslaw Polukard (res)

Sweden
New Zealand
England
Australia
New Zealand
New Zealand
Poland
West Germany
Scotland
Australia
Sweden
Australia
Australia
Poland
Poland
England
England
Poland

14
14
14
12
10
9
8
6
6
6
5
5
4
4
1
0
2

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

11

13

15
16

3
3
3
2
3
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0

3
3
3
2
2
1
2
0
3
2
0
0
1
1
1
ef

2
3
3
3
2
1
3
2
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
ef

3
2
3
2
1
3
1
3
1
2
1
0
0
2
0
0

3
3
2
3
2
2
1
1
0
f
1
3
1
0
0
ns
2

(did not ride)

NB: Ron How (England) and Eric Williams (Wales) both qualified but were unable to ride. How was injured and Williams returned to New Zealand for family reasons. There places were taken by Taylor and Elliot.

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Heats

Time

Fundin, Taylor, Young, Kaiser
Craven, Briggs, Lawson, Hofmeister
R Moore, P Moore, Zyto, McKinlay
Johnston, Sormander, Kwoczala, Elliot
McKinlay, Johnston, Briggs, Taylor
Fundin, Kwoczala, Zyto, Hofmeister
Craven, P Moore, Kaiser, Elliot (ef)
R Moore, Young, Lawson, Sormander
P Moore, Hofmeister, Sormander, Taylor
R Moore, Fundin, Briggs, Elliot (ef)
Kwoczala, McKinlay, Lawson, Kaiser
Craven, Johnston, Young, Zyto
Craven, R Moore, Kwoczala,Taylor
Fundin, P Moore, Johnston, Lawson
Briggs, Zyto, Sormander, Kaiser
Hofmeister, Young, McKinlay, Elliot
Taylor, Andrews, Lawson, Zyto
Fundin, Craven, Sormander, McKinlay
R Moore, Johnston, Hofmeister, Kaiser
P Moore, Briggs, Kwoczala, Young (f)
Fundin beat R Moore and Craven in run-off to decide the first three places

69.6s
68.8s
69.6s
71.0s
70.4s
70.0s
69.6s
70.8s
71.4s
69.6s
71.4s
71.0s
69.4s
70.8s
70.6s
71.8s
70.8s
69.8s
70.8s
71.6s
70.6s

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TOTTENHAM & EDMONTON WEEKLY HERALD, Friday 16 September 1960

As the riders flash by ...

Waiting in the pits at Wembley Stadium tomorrow night while 16 top speedway riders thunder round the track in the final of the world championships, will be a young Edmonton man named Bob Andrews.

Bob, who lives in Shirley Grove and rides for Wimbledon, is first reserve. His chance will come if one of the competing riders, representing seven nations, should suffer the cruel blow of mechanical failure or injury.

SPORTS PARADE
- By -
PETER JAY

With no chance in the competition proper, the local boy - whose hard style of racing has endeared him to fans up and down the country - can upset the hopes of more fancied candidates.
The financial reward is worth having too. If he gets no rides at all, Bob will collect 12 10s, for just sitting in the pits. Starting money is 2 10s, a race, and if Bob should happen to win just one outing he will collect 15 for a little over a minute's work!

Bob, who recently married his childhood sweetheart from Chingford, very nearly reached the final as a competitor, bad luck in one of the qualifying meetings kept his total score a point or two lower than others more fortunate.