1985 Individual Speedway World Championship

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1985 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1985 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 40th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3]

Odsal Stadium, the new home of international speedway in England after the demise of the Wembley Stadium and White City Stadium tracks, was chosen by the FIM to host the 1985 Final on 31 August 1985; the first time that the final had been held in England at a venue other than Wembley.[4]

A crowd of around 30,000 attended the 1985 Final, which was won by defending champion Erik Gundersen from fellow Dane Hans Nielsen and surprise third placing Sam Ermolenko of the United States. All three riders finished the meeting on 13 points and were forced into a run-off to decide the podium placings. The only English rider in the field, 21-year-old Kelvin Tatum, finished 8th with 8 points in his first World Final. He won his first race, but later admitted that he let the occasion get to him which affected his riding.[5]

## First round

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### British preliminary round

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* Riders progress to British semi-finals

Date  | Venue  | Winner  | 2nd  | 3rd

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11 April | Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon | Mike Ferreira | Jamie Luckhurst | Andrew Silver
17 April | Long Eaton Stadium, Long Eaton | Trevor Banks | Dave Perks | Louis Carr
18 April | Cleveland Park Stadium, Middlesbrough | Steve Wilcock | Geoff Pusey | Mike Spink
19 April | East of England Arena, Peterborough | Carl Blackbird | Tim Hunt | Kevin Hawkins
19 April | Powderhall Stadium, Edinburgh | David Blackburn | Paul Thorp | Bobby Beaton

### Swedish qualification

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* Top 6 in each heat to Swedish final

| (4 May, Gubbängens IP
Stockholm)

Pos  | Rider  | Points
1 | Tommy Nilsson | 14
2 | Patrik Karlsson | 14
3 | Erik Stenlund | 12
4 | Lars Andersson | 12
5 | Jimmie Magnusson | 10
6 | Åke Fridell | 9
7 | Conny Ivarsson | 9
8 | Uno Johansson | 9
9 | Mikael Teurnberg | 6
10 | Kent Rickardsson | 5
11 | Kenneth Nyström | 5
12 | Roger Sundberg | 3
13 | Peder Messing | 3
14 | Anders Nilsson | 3
15 | Magnus Jonsson | 2
16 | Mikael Löfqvist | 1
| (4 May, Gamla Målilla Motorstadion
Målilla)

Pos  | Rider  | Points
1 | Per Jonsson | 14
2 | Anders Kling | 14
3 | Mikael Blixt | 12
4 | Bengt Jansson | 10
5 | Jan Lundgren | 9
6 | Hans Wahlström | 9
7 | Dennis Löfqvist | 8
8 | Lars Hammarberg | 8
9 | Kjell Nielsen | 7
10 | Alf Trofast | 6
11 | Tony Gudbrand | 6
12 | Roland Dannö | 4
13 | Jan Davidsson | 4
14 | Mikael Reinholdsson | 2
15 | Roger Gustavsson | 1
16 | Stefan Andersson | 0
| (5 May, Grevby Motorstadion
Mariestad)

Pos  | Rider  | Points
1 | Jimmy Nilsen | 15
2 | Per-Ove Gudmundsson | 12
3 | Richard Hellsén | 12
4 | Christer Rohlén | 11
5 | Börje Ring | 10
6 | Pierre Brannefors | 9
7 | Tony Olsson | 9
8 | Tommy Lindgren | 8
9 | Lillebror Johansson | 8
10 | Johan Zackrisson | 6
11 | Kent Björk | 6
12 | Johan Staaf | 6
13 | Mats Olsson | 3
14 | Mikael Messing | 3
15 | Kari Virta | 1
16 | Bo Arrhén | 1

### Australian qualification

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Date  | Event  | Venue  | Winner  | 2nd  | 3rd

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3 Nov 84 | Northern Territory Final | Tennant Creek Speedway | David Jackson | Brent Knott | Glen Baxter
24 November 84 | Queensland Final | Pioneer Park, Ayr | Steve Regeling | Stan Bear | Steve Koppe
1 Dec 84 | South Australian Final | Riverview Speedway, Murray Bridge | Mark Fiora | Steve Baker | Darryl Branford
7 Dec 84 | Western Australian Final | Claremont Speedway, Perth | Mick McKenna |  |
16 Dec 84 | New South Wales Final | Meeanee Speedway, Napier | Billy Sanders | Gary Guglielmi | Rudy Muts
23 Dec 84 | Victorian Final | Olympic Park, Mildura | Phil Crump | Rod Hunter | Bill Barret

## Second round

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### Continental preliminary round

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* Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals

Date  | Venue  | Winner  | 2nd  | 3rd

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21 April |  Rhein-Main Arena, Diedenbergen |  Klaus Lausch |  Hubert Diener |  Stanislav Urban
21 April |  Speedway Stadium, Targovishte |  Angel Jeftimov |  Igor Stolyarov |  Grzegorz Dzikowski
21 April |  KS Apator Stadium, Toruń |  Leonard Raba |  Wojciech Żabiałowicz |  Antonín Kasper Jr.
21 April |  Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc |  Viktor Kuznetsov |  Wojciech Załuski |  József Petrikovics

### British semi-finals

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* 19 May
* The Shay, Halifax
* Top 8 to British final

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1 | Kenny Carter | 14+3
2 | John Davis | 14+2
3 | Neil Collins | 12
4 | Phil Collins | 10
5 | Neil Evitts | 9
6 | Peter Collins | 9
7 | Tim Hunt | 9
8 | Andy Campbell | 8
9 | Mark Courtney | 7
10 | Sean Willmott | 7
11 | Peter Carr | 5
12 | Richard Knight | 5
13 | Louis Carr | 4
14 | Kevin Jolly | 3
15 | Carl Blackbird | 2
16 | Kenny McKinna | 2
17 | Ian Sutcliffe (res) | 0

* 22 May
* Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley
* Top 8 to British final

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1 | Andy Grahame | 14
2 | Kelvin Tatum | 13
3 | Simon Cross | 12
4 | Chris Morton | 12
5 | Andy Smith | 11
6 | Les Collins | 9
7 | Alan Grahame | 8
8 | Steve Bastable | 7
9 | Dave Jessup | 7
10 | Jamie Luckhurst | 6
11 | Melvyn Taylor | 5
12 | Mike Spink | 5
13 | Jeremy Doncaster | 5
14 | Bruce Cribb | 2
15 | David Backburn | 2
16 | Paul Woods | 2
17 | John Bostin | 0
18 | Nigel Leaver | 0

## Third round

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### Continental quarter-finals

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* Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date  | Venue  | Winner  | 2nd  | 3rd

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1 May |  Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo |  Armando Castagna |  Grzegorz Dzikowski |  Valentino Furlanetto
1 May |  Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško |  Antonín Kasper Jr. |  Armando Dal Chiele |  Laszlo Bodi
1 May |  Hansa Stadium, Bremen |  Klaus Lausch |  Václav Verner |  Zdenek Schneiderwind
5 May |  Stadion Wiener Neustadt |  Zoltan Adorjan |  Sandor Tihanyi |  Andrzej Huszcza

### American Final

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* 8 June 1985
* Veterans Memorial Stadium, Long Beach
* First 5 to 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

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|  (12) John Cook | 15  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 15  | 1 |
|  (3) Sam Ermolenko | 13  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 13  | 2 |
|  (8) Shawn Moran | 12  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 12  | 3 |
4  |  (14) Lance King | 11  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 11  | 4 | 3
5  |  (13) Rick Miller | 11  |  |  |  | 2  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 11  | 5 | 2
6  |  (5) Bobby Schwartz | 11  |  | 3  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 11  | 6 | 1
7  |  (15) Kelly Moran | 11  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 3  |  |  |  | 11  | 7 | F
8  |  (10) Alan Christian | 7  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 7  | 8 |
9  |  (9) Brad Oxley | 7  |  |  | 2  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 3  |  |  | 7  | 9 |
10  |  (6) Keith Larsen | 5  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | F  |  | 5  | 10 |
11  |  (4) Mike Carusco | 5  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  | 5  | 11 |
12  |  (1) Mike Faria | 3  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | F  |  |  |  | X  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 3  | 12 |
13  |  (7) Keith Christo | 3  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 3  | 13 |
14  |  (11) Jim Lawson | 3  |  |  | X  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 3  | 14 |
15  |  (2) Mike Dwyer | 2  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  | 15 |
16  |  (16) Gene Woods | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | X  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  | 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

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### New Zealand Final

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* \- No final, David Bargh seeded direct to Overseas final

### Australian Final

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* 5 January 1985
* Pioneer Park, Ayr
* First 2 to Overseas final

Pos. | Rider | Heat Scores | Total

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1 | Billy Sanders | (3,3,3,3,3) | 15
2 | Phil Crump | (X,3,2,2,3) | 11
3 | Stan Bear | (2,2,2,2,3) | 11
4 | Mark Fiora | (2,2,3,2,2) | 11
5 | Steve Regeling | (1,3,0,3,3) | 10
6 | Allan Rivett | (3,1,3,1,2) | 10
7 | Gary Guglielmi | (3,3,X,2,X) | 8
8 | Rod Hunter | (1,1,3,1,2) | 8
9 | Steve Koppe | (3,2,1,X,1) | 7
10 | Ray Palmer | (0,0,2,2,2) | 6
11 | David Jackson | (1,2,2,0,1) | 6
12 | Steve Baker | (2,0,1,1,0) | 4
13 | Rudy Muts | (2,1,0,0,F) | 3
14 | Brent Nott | (1,1,F,X,X) | 2
15 | Darryl Branfort | (0,0,1,1,0) | 2
16 | Bill Barett | (0,X,X,0,0) | 0
R1 | Craig Drennan | (3,1) | 4
18 | Mal Bedkoper | (1) | 1

### British Final

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* 6 June 1985
* Brandon Stadium, Coventry
* First 7 to 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

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1  |  (2) Kenny Carter | 15  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 15  | 1 |
2  |  (12) John Davis | 14  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 14  | 2 |
3  |  (8) Kelvin Tatum | 12  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 12  | 3 |
4  |  (9) Phil Collins | 11  |  |  | 1  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 2  |  |  | 11  | 4 |
5  |  (6) Chris Morton | 9  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  | 9  | 5 |
6  |  (16) Neil Collins | 9  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 9  | 6 |
7  |  (3) Andy Smith | 7  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 7  | 7 |
8  |  (5) Les Collins | 6  |  | 2  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 6  | 8 | 3
9  |  (13) Simon Cross | 6  |  |  |  | 0  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 6  | 9 | 2
10  |  (14) Neil Evitts | 6  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 6  | 10 | 1
11  |  (10) Peter Collins | 5  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | E  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 5  | 11 |
12  |  (15) Tim Hunt | 5  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | F  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 2  |  |  |  | 5  | 12 |
13  |  (11) Andy Grahame | 4  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 4  | 13 |
14  |  (1) Dave Jessup | 4  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 4  | 14 |
15  |  (7) Andy Campbell | 4  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 4  | 15 |
16  |  (4) Alan Grahame | 3  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | F  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | E  | 3  | 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

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### Norwegian Final

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* 1 May 1985
* Elgane Speedway, Varhaug
* Top 1 to Nordic final

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1 | Einar Kyllingstad | 15
2 | Roy Otto | 14
3 | Dag Haaland | 11
4 | Ingvar Skogland | 11
5 | Erlend Skretting | 10
6 | Kjel Arvid Gimre | 10
7 | Per Leveng | 9
8 | Arnt Forland | 9
9 | Willi Tjessem | 7
10 | Robert Langaland | 7
11 | Gjermund Aas | 4
12 | Aasger Bjerga | 3
13 | Jan Slaatter | 3
14 | Kurt Ueland | 3
15 | Geir Aasland | 3
16 | Gunnar Tunaem | 1

### Finland Final

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* Eteläpuisto, Tampere
* 12 August 1984, top 2 (+1 seeded rider) to 1985 Nordic final

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1 | Kai Niemi | 15
2 | Ari Koponen | 14
3 | Juha Moksunen | 11+3
4 | Pekka Hautamaki | 11+2
5 | Olli Tyrvainen | 10
6 | Markku Haapala | 9
7 | Henry Kivela | 9
8 | Hannu Lehtonen | 8
9 | Mikael Back | 6
10 | Seppo Keskinen | 6
11 | Heimo Kaikko | 6
12 | Aarre Soivuori | 4
13 | Roy Malminheimo | 3
14 | Aki Ala Riihimaki | 3
15 | Esa Mattila | 2
16 | Ismo Kivela | 2
17 | Ari Heinonen (res) | 1

### Swedish Finals

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* Top 5 to Nordic final
* R1 (20 May, Örebro Motorstadion, Örebro)
* R2 (21 May, Gislaved Motorbana, Gislaved)
* R3 (22 May, Linköping Motorstadion, Linköping)

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1 | Tommy Nilsson | 12 | 15 | 13 | 40
2 | Jimmy Nilsen | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36
3 | Richard Hellsén | 12 | 10 | 13 | 35
4 | Per Jonsson | 8 | 10 | 15 | 33
5 | Erik Stenlund | 14 | 10 | 8 | 32
6 | Christer Rohlén | 7 | 10 | 8 | 25
7 | Pierre Brannefors | 9 | 12 | 2 | 23
8 | Lars Andersson | 9 | 5 | 7 | 21
9 | Patrik Karlsson | 4 | 9 | 6 | 19
10 | Hans Wahlström | 9 | 3 | 4 | 16
11 | Börje Ring | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15
12 | Bengt Jansson | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14
13 | Jimmie Magnusson | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13
14 | Anders Kling | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13
15 | Ake Fridell | 8 | 2 | - | 10
16 | Tony Olsson | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8
17 | Conny Ivarsson | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4
18 | Jan Lundgren | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1
19 | Alf Trofast | - | 1 | - | 1
20 | Lars Mammarberg | 1 | - | - | 1

### Danish Final

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* 5 May 1985
* Brovst Speedway Center, Brovst
* First 7 to Nordic final

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1 | Hans Nielsen | 15
2 | Erik Gundersen | 13+3
3 | Preben Eriksen | 13+2
4 | Tommy Knudsen | 11
5 | Finn Rune Jensen | 10
6 | Jan O. Pedersen | 10
7 | John Jørgensen | 10
8 | Jens Rasmussen | 9
9 | Fleming Pedersen | 6
10 | John Eskilden | 6
11 | Bo Petersen | 6
12 | Sam Nikolajsen | 3
13 | Brian Jacobsen | 2
14 | Aksel Jepsen | 2
15 | Per Sorensen | 2
16 | Frank Andersen | 1
R1 | Helge Hansen | 1

## Fourth round

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### Continental semi-finals

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* 9 June
* Speedway Žarnovica, Žarnovica
* Top 8 to Continental final

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1 |  Egon Müller | 13
2 |  Klaus Lausch | 12
3 |  Armando Castagna | 11
4 |  Lubomir Jedek | 10
5 |  Aleš Dryml Sr. | 10
6 |  Grzegorz Dzikowski | 10
7 |  Václav Verner | 10
8 |  Petr Vandírek | 9
9 |  Giorgio Zaramella | 7
10 |  Zenon Plech | 6
11 |  Stanislav Urban | 6
12 |  Michail Starostin | 4
13 |  Piotr Pyszny | 4
14 |  Valentino Furlanetto | 3
15 |  Zdeněk Schneiderwind | 3
16 |  Oleg Volokhov | 2

* 9 June
* Hajdú Volán Stadion, Debrecen
* Top 8 to Continental final

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1 |  Zoltán Adorján | 14
2 |  Viktor Kuznetsov | 12
3 |  Sandor Tihanyi | 11
4 |  Zoltan Hajdu | 11
5 |  Antonín Kasper Jr. | 10
6 |  Heinrich Schatzer | 9
7 |  Karl Maier | 9
8 |  Laszlo Bodi | 8
9 |  Andrzej Huszcza | 7
10 |  Armando Dal Chiele | 7
11 |  Ottaviano Righetto | 5
12 |  Petr Kucera | 3
13 |  Zdislaw Rutecki | 2
14 |  Henny Kroeze | 2
15 |  Rif Saitgareev | 2
16 |  Vladimir Trofimov | 1

### Overseas Final

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* 14 July 1985
* Odsal Stadium, Bradford
* First 10 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve
* David Bargh seeded direct to Overseas Final by the New Zealand Auto Cycle Union

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|  (3) Shawn Moran | 14  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 14  | 1 | 3
|  (2) Kenny Carter | 14  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 14  | 2 | 2
|  (4) Lance King | 12  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  | 12  | 3 |
4  |  (1) Andy Smith | 11  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 11  | 4 |
5  |  (7) John Davis | 11  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 11  | 5 |
6  |  (6) Kelvin Tatum | 10  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  | 10  | 6 |
7  |  (14) John Cook | 8  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 8  | 7 |
8  |  (8) Phil Crump | 8  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 8  | 8 |
9  |  (10) Sam Ermolenko | 7  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 7  | 9 |
10  |  (13) Phil Collins | 6  |  |  |  | 1  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 6  | 10 | 3
11  |  (12) Chris Morton | 6  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 6  | 11 | 2
12  |  (15) Neil Collins | 5  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 0  |  |  |  | 5  | 12 |
13  |  (16) Stan Bear | 5  |  |  |  | F  |  |  |  | 1  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 5  | 13 |
14  |  (11) David Bargh | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 2  | 14 |
15  |  (9) Rick Miller | 1  |  |  | 0  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | E  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  | 15 |
16  |  (5) Les Collins | 0  |  | 0  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 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

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### Nordic Final

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* 9 June 1985
* Fjelsted Speedway Stadium, Harndrup
* First 6 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

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|  (3) Tommy Knudsen | 15  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 15  | 1 |
|  (14) Jan Andersson | 12  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 12  | 2 |
|  (15) Erik Gundersen | 11  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 3  |  |  |  | 11  | 3 |
4  |  (10) Hans Nielsen | 10  |  |  | E  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 2  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 10  | 4 |
5  |  (1) Kai Niemi | 10  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 10  | 5 |
6  |  (11) Jan O. Pedersen | 10  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 10  | 6 |
7  |  (12) John Jørgensen | 8  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 2  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 8  | 7 | 3
8  |  (4) Tommy Nilsson | 8  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | E  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 1  | 8  | 8 | 2
9  |  (8) Preben Eriksen | 7  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | E  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 7  | 9 |
10  |  (7) Richard Hellsen | 7  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 7  | 10 |
11  |  (13) Per Jonsson | 6  |  |  |  | 1  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 6  | 11 |
12  |  (2) Einar Kyllingstad | 5  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 5  | 12 |
13  |  (5) Finn Rune Jensen | 5  |  | 3  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 5  | 13 |
14  |  (6) Ari Koponen | 3  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  | 3  | 14 |
15  |  (9) Erik Stenlund | 2  |  |  | X  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  | 15 |
16  |  (16) Olli Tyrväinen | 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

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### Continental Final

[edit]

* 21 July 1985
* Rottalstadion, Pocking
* First 5 plus one reserve to the 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

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|  (15) Egon Muller | 14  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 3  |  |  |  | 14  | 1 |
|  (11) Armando Castagna | 13  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 13  | 2 |
|  (14) Zoltan Adorjan | 12  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 12  | 3 |
4  |  (10) Viktor Kuznetsov | 11  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 3  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 11  | 4 | 3
5  |  (12) Karl Maier | 11  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 11  | 5 | 2
6  |  (3) Grzegorz Dzikowski | 11  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 11  | 6 | 1
7  |  (8) Antonín Kasper Jr. | 10  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 10  | 7 |
8  |  (1) Petr Vandirek | 8  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 8  | 8 |
9  |  (9) Sandor Tihanyi | 7  |  |  | 1  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 1  |  |  | 7  | 9 |
10  |  (5) Aleš Dryml Sr. | 6  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 6  | 10 |
11  |  (16) Klaus Lausch | 5  |  |  |  | X  |  |  |  | 1  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 5  | 11 |
12  |  (7) Lubomír Jedek | 5  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | E  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 5  | 12 |
13  |  (13) Heinrich Schatzer | 3  |  |  |  | 1  | X  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 3  | 13 |
14  |  (6) Václav Verner | 2  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | X  |  | 2  | 14 |
15  |  (4) Zoltan Hajdu | 1  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | X  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | X  | 1  | 15 |
16  |  (2) Laszlo Bodi | 0  | X  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 0  | 16 |
R1  |  (R1) Andrzej Huszcza | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 1  | R1
R2  |  (R2) Giorgio Zaramella | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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

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### Intercontinental Final

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* 3 August 1985
* Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda
* First 11 plus one reserve to the 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

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|  (2) Shawn Moran | 14  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 14  | 1 |
|  (11) Lance King | 12  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 12  | 2 | 3
|  (9) Hans Nielsen | 12  |  |  | 1  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  | 12  | 3 | 2
4  |  (1) Jan Andersson | 11  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 11  | 4 |
5  |  (12) Kai Niemi | 10  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 0  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 10  | 5 |
6  |  (15) Tommy Knudsen | 9  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | F  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 3  |  |  |  | 9  | 6 |
7  |  (5) Sam Ermolenko | 9  |  | 3  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 9  | 7 |
8  |  (3) Kelvin Tatum | 8  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 8  | 8 |
9  |  (7) John Cook | 8  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 8  | 9 |
10  |  (16) Erik Gundersen | 7  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 7  | 10 |
11  |  (4) Jan O. Pedersen | 6  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  | 6  | 11 |
12  |  (13) Phil Collins | 5  |  |  |  | 1  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 5  | 12 |
13  |  (10) John Davis | 3  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 0  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 3  | 13 |
14  |  (14) Kenny Carter | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  | F  |  |  |  |  | \-  |  | \-  |  |  |  |  |  |  | \-  | 2  | 14 |
15  |  (8) Phil Crump | 2  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  | F  |  |  |  | 2  | 15 |
16  |  (6) Andy Smith | 2  |  | F  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  | 2  | 16 |
R1  |  (R1) John Jørgensen | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 0  | R1
R2  |  (R2) Chris Morton | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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

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## World Final

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* 31 August 1985
* Bradford, Odsal Stadium[6]
* Referee: () Torrie Kittlesen

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

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|  (14) Erik Gundersen | 13  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 13  | 1 | 3
|  (15) Hans Nielsen | 13  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 3  |  |  |  | 13  | 2 | 2
|  (13) Sam Ermolenko | 13  |  |  |  | 2  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 13  | 3 | 1
4  |  (8) Kai Niemi | 10  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 10  | 4 |
5  |  (5) Shawn Moran | 10  |  | 3  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 10  | 5 |
6  |  (9) Tommy Knudsen | 10  |  |  | 2  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 3  |  |  | 10  | 6 |
7  |  (6) John Cook | 9  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 1  |  | 9  | 7 |
8  |  (1) Kelvin Tatum | 8  | 3  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 8  | 8 |
9  |  (10) Jan O. Pedersen | 7  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 1  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 7  | 9 |
10  |  (12) Jan Andersson | 7  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 7  | 10 |
11  |  (11) Lance King | 6  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 6  | 11 |
12  |  (3) Egon Muller | 5  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | E  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 5  | 12 |
13  |  (4) Armando Castagna | 4  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  | 4  | 13 |
14  |  (16) Zoltan Adorjan | 2  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  | 14 |
15  |  (2) Viktor Kuznetsov | 2  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  | 15 |
16  |  (7) Karl Maier | 1  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  | 16 |
R1  |  (R1) Grzegorz Dzikowski | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | R1
R2  |  (R2) Phil Collins | 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

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## References

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1. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
2. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
3. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
4. ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
5. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
6. ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

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