The 1982 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 37th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5]
The 1982 World Final was held in Los Angeles in the United States. This was the only time the Individual World Final was held outside of England or Europe before the advent of the Speedway Grand Prix series in 1995.
The 400 metres (440 yards) speedway track for the Final was laid out over the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum's existing athletics track. The event was held in front of a crowd of approximately 40,000 people, the largest ever motorcycle speedway attendance in the United States.
Heat 14 of the championship proved to be the most controversial race of the night, and one of the most controversial heats in the whole of speedway history. After a slow start which saw defending champion Bruce Penhall, and England's Kenny Carter in 3rd and 4th places behind 1976 World ChampionPeter Collins and Australian Phil Crump, both riders fought their way past Crump and into 2nd and 3rd behind Collins. Carter moved under Penhall into 2nd place at the end of the 2nd lap, and both riders proceeded to bump each other down the front straight with Carter emerging in front. Carter then went wide through turn 1 which allowed Penhall to come back underneath him. Carter then fell coming onto the back straight and went through the fence causing the race to be stopped. Norwegian referee Torrie Kittlesen then excluded Carter from the race for causing the stoppage. Carter protested claiming that Penhall had hit him in the corner causing him to come off his bike and walked back to the start line in an effort to stop the re-run going ahead without him. Officials and his manager Ivan Mauger were then forced to remove Carter from the track.
Although not shown in the television broadcast of the event, amateur video footage shot from the stands in turns 1 & 2 vindicated Kittlesen's decision. The footage showed that Penhall and Carter did not touch in the turn and that the Englishman had gone down on his own, though years later the debate still rages on about who was at fault.[6] In a television interview with American broadcaster Ken Squier soon after the heat, Kittlesen told that he excluded Carter as he believed the Englishman had fallen without help from Penhall. He also said that the rough riding such as seen from Penhall and Carter on the front straight was to be expected in a World Final. Phil Crump, who had the best view of the incident as he was directly behind the pair, allegedly agreed with the decision to exclude Carter.
Penhall went on to win the re-run from Collins and Crump. In a twist, the result in the re-run ultimately cost Collins' younger brother Les the World Championship in what was his first and only World Final appearance. Had Penhall finished second in Heat 14 behind Peter Collins, and with later results, he and Les Collins could have finished with 13 points each which would have seen the pair in a runoff for the championship. Les Collins had inflicted Penhall's only loss of the meeting when he out-rode the American in Heat 4 in what many believe was a major upset. Additionally, if Penhall had been excluded from Heat 14 and not Carter, Les Collins would have a small chance of winning the title as he had finished with a 2 point lead over third placed American Dennis Sigalos, however Carter would have had a good chance of winning a re-run Heat 14 which would give him a two point advantage over Les Collins before they met, so Carter would have been favourite. Had Penhall only finished on 11 points he would have had a runoff with fellow American Kelly Moran for third place.
In another controversial decision, two races later Kittlesen excluded Czechoslovakia's Václav Verner after a clash with West Germany's Georg Hack, the incident being similar to the Penhall / Carter incident. However, on this occasion it was the rider who stayed on his bike, Verner, who was excluded (though video evidence available to Kittlesen at the time clearly showed Verner's back wheel taking out Hack's front wheel).
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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
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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Television
During the meeting, scenes for an episode of the American television drama series CHiPs were filmed in the pits. One of the stars of CHiPs was World Champion Bruce Penhall who portrayed cadet–probationary officer Bruce Nelson. The episode centered on Nelson winning the World Final, with Penhall acting as Nelson in between races. Actual television coverage of the meeting was also used in the episode, with dubbed over commentary. The episode, which was episode 5 of season 6 ("Speedway Fever") aired in the USA on November 7, 1982, was Penhall's debut in the series.
Penhall later admitted that it felt strange having a bodyguard and having to do make up for shoots in between races, stating that he was nervous enough riding in the World Final in front of his home crowd without the pressure of a television acting debut.
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.
^"Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^"WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN0-7524-2402-5
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Qualification 2 1 British Final 3 Swedish Qualification 4 Australian Qualification 4 1 Australian Final 5 New Zealand Qualification 5 1 New Zealand Final 6 Intercontinental Round 6 1 Danish Final 6 2 American Final 6 3 Nordic Final 6 4 Overseas Final 6 5 Intercontinental Final 7 Continental Round 7 1 Continental Final 8 World Final 9 Television 10 ReferencesControversy EditHeat 14 of the championship proved to be the most controversial race of the night and one of the most controversial heats in the whole of speedway history After a slow start which saw defending champion Bruce Penhall and England s Kenny Carter in 3rd and 4th places behind 1976 World Champion Peter Collins and Australian Phil Crump both riders fought their way past Crump and into 2nd and 3rd behind Collins Carter moved under Penhall into 2nd place at the end of the 2nd lap and both riders proceeded to bump each other down the front straight with Carter emerging in front Carter then went wide through turn 1 which allowed Penhall to come back underneath him Carter then fell coming onto the back straight and went through the fence causing the race to be stopped Norwegian referee Torrie Kittlesen then excluded Carter from the race for causing the stoppage Carter protested claiming that Penhall had hit him in the corner causing him to come off his bike and walked back to the start line in an effort to stop the re run going ahead without him Officials and his manager Ivan Mauger were then forced to remove Carter from the track Although not shown in the television broadcast of the event amateur video footage shot from the stands in turns 1 amp 2 vindicated Kittlesen s decision The footage showed that Penhall and Carter did not touch in the turn and that the Englishman had gone down on his own though years later the debate still rages on about who was at fault 6 In a television interview with American broadcaster Ken Squier soon after the heat Kittlesen told that he excluded Carter as he believed the Englishman had fallen without help from Penhall He also said that the rough riding such as seen from Penhall and Carter on the front straight was to be expected in a World Final Phil Crump who had the best view of the incident as he was directly behind the pair allegedly agreed with the decision to exclude Carter Penhall went on to win the re run from Collins and Crump In a twist the result in the re run ultimately cost Collins younger brother Les the World Championship in what was his first and only World Final appearance Had Penhall finished second in Heat 14 behind Peter Collins and with later results he and Les Collins could have finished with 13 points each which would have seen the pair in a runoff for the championship Les Collins had inflicted Penhall s only loss of the meeting when he out rode the American in Heat 4 in what many believe was a major upset Additionally if Penhall had been excluded from Heat 14 and not Carter Les Collins would have a small chance of winning the title as he had finished with a 2 point lead over third placed American Dennis Sigalos however Carter would have had a good chance of winning a re run Heat 14 which would give him a two point advantage over Les Collins before they met so Carter would have been favourite Had Penhall only finished on 11 points he would have had a runoff with fellow American Kelly Moran for third place In another controversial decision two races later Kittlesen excluded Czechoslovakia s Vaclav Verner after a clash with West Germany s Georg Hack the incident being similar to the Penhall Carter incident However on this occasion it was the rider who stayed on his bike Verner who was excluded though video evidence available to Kittlesen at the time clearly showed Verner s back wheel taking out Hack s front wheel British Qualification EditDate Venue Winner Runner up 3rd placePreliminary Round13 April Weymouth Simon Wigg Ian Clark Dave Perks25 April Rye House Bob Garrad Nigel Flatman Steve Naylor25 April Boston Colin Cook Mark Courtney Rob Hollingworth27 April Crayford Steve Wilcock Mike Ferreira Barry Thomas29 April Oxford Derek Harrison Tim Hunt Neil CollinsQuarter Final7 May Peterborough Simon Wigg Mark Courtney Mike FerreiraSemi Finals14 May Hackney Les Collins John Louis Dave Jessup14 May Birmingham Alan Grahame Kenny Carter Andy GrahameFinal2 June Coventry Andy Grahame Alan Grahame Kenny Carter resultBritish Final Edit June 2 1982 Coventry Brandon Stadium First 8 to Overseas Final plus 1 reservePlacing 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 Andy Grahame 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 9 Alan Grahame 13 3 2 2 3 3 13 2 14 Kenny Carter 12 2 3 3 2 2 12 34 12 Phil Collins 11 2 3 2 1 3 11 45 16 Chris Morton 10 3 1 3 2 1 10 56 5 Peter Collins 10 2 3 3 1 1 10 67 4 Les Collins 9 0 2 2 2 3 9 78 10 Dave Jessup 8 E 2 0 3 3 8 89 2 Michael Lee 7 3 1 1 2 0 7 910 1 Paul Woods 6 2 1 1 0 2 6 1011 6 Mike Ferreira 6 1 0 2 1 2 6 1112 13 John Davis 5 0 0 1 3 1 5 1213 15 Simon Wigg 4 1 2 0 0 1 4 1314 11 Malcolm Holloway 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 1415 3 Kevin Jolly 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1516 8 John Louis 0 0 0 0 E E 0 16R1 R1 Gordon Kennett 0 0 R1R2 R2 Melvyn Taylor 0 0 R2Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21m 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 outsideSwedish Qualification EditDate Venue Winner Runner up 3rd placeSemi Finals7 May Motala Lillebror Johansson Lennart Bengtsson Anders Michanek9 May Gislaved Richard Hellsen Hans Danielsson Tommy NilssonFinal25 May Malilla Richard Hellsen Lennart Bengtsson Uno Johansson26 May Stockholm Richard Hellsen Tommy Nilsson Bjorn Andersson27 May Mariestad Tommy Nilsson Lillebror Johansson Uno JohanssonAustralian Qualification EditDate Venue Winner Runner up 3rd placeQueensland Final28 November 81 Ayr Steve Koppe Merv Janke John TitmanSouthern Zone Final2 January Melbourne Phil Crump Danny Kennedy Terry TullochNorthern Zone Final3 January Rockhampton Gary Guglielmi Billy Sanders John TitmanAustralian Final13 Marth Brisbane Billy Sanders Phil Crump Gary GuglielmiAustralian Final Edit March 13 1982 BrisbanePos Rider Heat Scores Total1 Billy Sanders 3 3 3 3 3 152 Phil Crump 3 3 3 3 2 143 Gary Guglielmi 1 3 3 3 1 114 Steve Regeling 2 2 1 3 3 115 John Titman 3 2 2 2 2 116 Ron Schleib 1 3 2 1 3 107 Phil Herne 2 2 3 2 1 108 Neil Coddington 3 1 2 0 2 89 Glyn Taylor 2 1 1 2 X 610 Peter Byrne 1 0 0 0 3 411 Les Sawyers 2 X 0 2 0 412 Mark Johns 0 1 0 1 2 413 Graeme Robertson 0 2 0 1 1 414 David Foot 1 1 1 0 1 415 Steve Baker 0 0 2 0 0 216 Peter Carswell 0 0 1 1 0 2R1 Mark StevensR2 Gary FinglasNew Zealand Qualification EditDate Venue Winner Runner up 3rd placeSouth Island Final16 January Christchurch Larry Ross Roger Wright Alan MasonNorth Island Final24 January Kihikihi Mitch Shirra David Bargh John GoodallNew Zealand Final27 February Christchurch Larry Ross Ivan Mauger Mitch ShirraNew Zealand Final Edit 27 February 1982 ChristchurchPos Rider Heat Scores Total1 Larry Ross 152 Ivan Mauger 143 Mitch Shirra 134 David Bargh 125 Alan Mason 116 Roger Wright 107 Max Brown 98 Greame Stapleton 89 Kevin Browne 610 Trevor Chapman 511 Graham Taylor 412 Greg Joynt 413 Gavin Rhodes 414 Lance Begbie 215 Steve Hann 116 Vayne Brown 0R1 Philip McClintock 2R2 Craig Blacket 0Intercontinental Round EditDate Venue Winner Runner up 3rd placeDanish Final11 May Fredericia Erik Gundersen Bo Petersen Hans NielsenAmerican Final12 June Long Beach Dennis Sigalos Shawn Moran Kelly MoranNordic Final4 July Fjelsted Hans Nielsen Erik Gundersen Bo PetersenOverseas Final4 July White City Dave Jessup Kenny Carter Bruce PenhallIntercontinental Final23 July Vetlanda Les Collins Kenny Carter Dennis SigalosDanish Final Edit May 11 1982 Fredericia First 6 to Nordic finalPos Rider Total1 Erik Gundersen 13 32 Bo Petersen 13 23 Hans Nielsen 13 14 Ole Olsen 115 Preben Eriksen 106 Tommy Knudsen 107 Finn Thomsen 98 Bent Rasmussen 89 Jens Rasmussen 710 Alf Busk 711 Finn Rune Jensen 512 Helge R Hansen 413 Jens Henry Nielsen 414 John Eskildsen 315 Hans Albert Klinge 316 Rene Chistiansen 0American Final Edit June 12 1982 Long Beach First 3 to Overseas final plus 1 reservePos Rider Heat Scores Total1 Dennis Sigalos 3 3 3 3 3 152 Shawn Moran 2 2 3 3 3 13 33 Kelly Moran 3 2 2 3 3 13 24 Scott Autrey 3 3 3 2 2 13 15 John Cook 1 3 1 3 2 106 Mike Faria 2 1 2 2 3 107 Bobby Schwartz 3 3 1 X 1 88 Mike Curosco 0 2 3 1 1 79 Brad Oxley 2 1 0 1 2 610 Alan Christian 2 F 2 1 0 511 Gene Woods 1 0 2 E 1 412 Mike Bast X 2 1 0 0 313 Steve Lucero 1 0 0 2 0 314 Dave Sims 0 E 1 0 1 215 Steve Gresham 1 1 0 216 Paul Orlandi 0 1 F 1R1 Keith Christo 2 2 4R2 John Sandona 0 1 0 1Nordic Final Edit July 4 1982 Fjelsted First 6 to Intercontinental final 1 reservePos Rider Total1 Hans Nielsen 12 32 Erik Gundersen 12 23 Bo Petersen 11 34 Kai Niemi 11 25 Ole Olsen 11 16 Jan Andersson 10 37 Tommy Knudsen 10 28 Richard Hellsen 10 19 Preben Eriksen 10 010 Lillebror Johansson 611 Bjorn Andersson 512 Ari Koponen 513 Tommy Nilsson 314 Pekka Hautamaeki 215 Dag Haaland 116 Roy Otto 1Overseas Final Edit July 4 1982 London White City Stadium First 10 to Intercontinental final plus 1 reservePlacing 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 2 Dave Jessup 13 2 3 3 3 2 13 1 16 Kenny Carter 12 1 2 3 3 3 12 2 12 Bruce Penhall 11 3 3 2 3 0 11 34 10 Larry Ross 10 2 1 3 1 3 10 45 8 Andy Grahame 8 1 1 2 3 1 8 56 13 Kelly Moran 8 2 1 1 2 2 8 67 3 Dennis Sigalos 8 0 3 0 2 3 8 78 14 Phil Crump 8 0 2 3 0 3 8 89 5 Les Collins 7 3 2 1 0 1 7 9 310 1 Peter Collins 7 3 0 0 2 2 7 10 211 6 Shawn Moran 7 2 0 1 3 1 7 11 112 9 Alan Grahame 6 1 3 1 0 1 6 1213 11 Ivan Mauger 6 0 2 2 0 2 6 1314 15 Billy Sanders 5 3 1 0 1 0 5 1415 4 Chris Morton 5 1 0 2 2 0 5 1516 7 Phil Collins 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 16R1 R1 Michael Lee 0 0 R1R2 R2 Scott Autrey 0 0 R2R3 R3 Gary Guglielmi 0 0 R3R4 R4 Mitch Shirra 0 0 R4Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21m 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 outsideIntercontinental Final Edit July 23 1982 Vetlanda First 11 to World final plus 1 reservePlacing 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 Les Collins 12 3 2 3 3 1 12 1 3 Kenny Carter 11 2 3 2 2 2 11 2 8 Dennis Sigalos 10 2 3 3 2 0 10 3 34 1 Hans Nielsen 10 3 1 2 2 2 10 4 25 13 Kelly Moran 9 3 3 0 3 0 9 56 10 Bruce Penhall 9 3 3 1 1 1 9 67 16 Dave Jessup 8 2 0 3 3 0 8 78 9 Kai Niemi 7 0 2 0 3 2 7 89 12 Phil Crump 7 1 1 3 1 1 7 910 2 Jan Andersson 7 1 1 1 1 3 7 1011 11 Peter Collins 6 2 1 0 0 3 6 11 312 6 Andy Grahame 6 0 0 1 2 3 6 12 213 4 Bo Petersen 6 0 2 2 0 2 6 13 114 15 Larry Ross 5 1 0 0 1 3 5 1415 14 Ole Olsen 4 0 2 1 0 1 4 1516 5 Erik Gundersen 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 16R1 R1 Tommy Knudsen 0 0 R1R2 R2 Shawn Moran 0 0 R2Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21m 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 outsideContinental Round EditDate Venue Winner Runner up 3rd placePreliminary Round24 April Amsterdam Alfred Siekierka Vaclav Verner Petr Kucera25 April Pardubice Petr Ondrasik Viktor Kuznetsov Milan Spinka25 April Targovishte Roman Jankowski Mikhail Starostin Jan Verner26 April Osijek Josef Aigner Valery Gordeev Nikolaj ManevQuarter Finals9 May Wiener Neustadt Karl Maier Josef Aigner Valery Gordeev9 May Norden Egon Muller Georg Hack Zenon Plech9 May Diedenbergen Henny Kroeze Leonard Raba Vaclav Verner9 May Debrecen Ales Dryml Sr Mikhail Starostin Zoltan HajduSemi Finals13 July Abensberg Viktor Kuznetsov Marek Kepa Rif Saitgareev13 July Lonigo Vladimir Gordeev Francesco Biginato Jiri StanclFinal25 July Leszno Jiri Stancl Edward Jancarz Vaclav VernerContinental Final Edit July 25 1982 Leszno First 5 to World final plus 1 reservePlacing 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 1 Jiri Stancl 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1 10 Edward Jancarz 11 2 3 3 1 2 11 2 3 5 Vaclav Verner 11 3 1 3 2 2 11 3 24 16 Georg Hack 10 1 2 1 3 3 10 45 13 Mikhail Starostin 9 2 0 2 2 3 9 5 36 2 Emil Sova 9 1 2 1 3 2 9 6 27 15 Henny Kroeze 8 3 0 2 3 0 8 78 9 Ales Dryml Sr 8 1 2 3 2 X 8 89 7 Valery Gordeev 7 2 3 0 2 X 7 910 11 Viktor Kuznetsov 7 0 1 2 1 3 7 1011 4 Jiri Dominik 7 2 3 1 1 E 7 1112 12 Marek Kepa 6 3 0 0 1 2 6 1213 8 Leonard Raba 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 1314 3 Francesco Biginato 3 0 2 0 0 1 3 1415 14 Rif Saitgareev 3 0 0 2 0 1 3 1516 6 Gianni Famari 1 0 1 0 E 0 1 16R1 R1 Christian Brandt 0 0 R1R2 R2 Roman Jankowski 0 0 R2R3 R3 Wojciech Zabialowicz 0 0 R3Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21m 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 outsideWorld Final EditAugust 28 1982 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 7 Referee Torrie Kittlesen Attendance 40 000 approx Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos1 13 Bruce Penhall 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 12 15 Les Collins 13 3 3 1 3 3 13 23 4 Dennis Sigalos 12 3 2 2 2 3 12 34 1 Kelly Moran 11 2 1 3 3 2 11 45 8 Kenny Carter 10 3 3 3 Fx 1 10 56 10 Dave Jessup 8 3 2 0 3 0 8 67 16 Hans Nielsen 8 1 0 2 2 3 8 78 5 Jan Andersson 8 1 2 2 1 2 8 89 12 Jiri Stancl 7 0 1 3 1 2 7 910 7 Edward Jancarz 7 2 2 1 2 0 7 1011 9 Georg Hack 6 2 0 2 1 1 6 1112 14 Kai Niemi 5 0 3 1 0 1 5 1213 2 Peter Collins 5 1 0 0 2 2 5 1314 11 Phil Crump 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 1415 6 Vaclav Verner 2 0 1 0 x 1 2 1516 3 Mikhail Starostin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 17 Emil Sova 0 0 18 Andy Grahame 0 0Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Posm 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 outsideTelevision EditDuring the meeting scenes for an episode of the American television drama series CHiPs were filmed in the pits One of the stars of CHiPs was World Champion Bruce Penhall who portrayed cadet probationary officer Bruce Nelson The episode centered on Nelson winning the World Final with Penhall acting as Nelson in between races Actual television coverage of the meeting was also used in the episode with dubbed over commentary The episode which was episode 5 of season 6 Speedway Fever aired in the USA on November 7 1982 was Penhall s debut in the series Penhall later admitted that it felt strange having a bodyguard and having to do make up for shoots in between races stating that he was nervous enough riding in the World Final in front of his home crowd without the pressure of a television acting debut References Edit 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 Speedway riders history and results wwosbackup Retrieved 10 July 2021 WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL RIDER INDEX British Speedway Retrieved 10 July 2021 1982 World Final Heat 14 Bamford R amp Shailes G 2002 A History of the World Speedway Championship Stroud Tempus Publishing ISBN 0 7524 2402 5 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1982 Individual Speedway World Championship amp oldid 1149355666, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
