1990 Individual Speedway World Championship


The 1990 Individual Speedway World Championship. The Final was held at the Odsal Stadium in Bradford, England. It would be the 28th and last time the World Final would be held in England under the traditional single meeting format.
Sweden's Per Jonsson won his only World Individual Championship to become the first Swedish World Champion since Anders Michanek in 1974. Jonsson defeated American Shawn Moran in [|a] run-off after both finished the meeting on 13 points. Moran was later stripped of his second place by the FIM for failing a drug test taken at the Overseas Final. After Moran's disqualification, the FIM did not upgrade the placings, thus records show no second place rider for the 1990 World Final. Australian youngster Todd Wiltshire, believed by many judges to be one who would be making up the numbers in his first World Final, finished third with 12 points after sensationally winning his first two rides.
After having won each World Final since 1984, including five 1-2 finishes and taking all podium places in 1988, the 1990 World Final saw no Danish riders finishing on the podium for the first time since 1983. Defending champion Hans Nielsen, the only Dane in the field following an injury to Jan O. Pedersen which kept him from riding, finished in 4th place with 11 points.
Jonsson became the first rider to win both the Under-21 and Senior Individual World Championships having previously won the 1985 Under-21 World Championship.

Overseas Series

New Zealand Qualification

Pos.RiderTotal
1 Shawn Moran18+3
2 Billy Hamill18+2
3 Rick Miller18+1
4 Greg Hancock18+0
5 Ronnie Correy16+3
6 Kelly Moran16+2
7 Bobby Schwartz14
8 Mike Faria12
9 Robert Pfetzing12
10 Lance King11
11 Steve Lucero8
12 Jim Sisemore8
13 Josh Larsen7
14 Brad Oxley5
15 Tony Bienert5
16 Charles Ermolenko3
17 Eddie Castro3
18 Sam Ermolenko2
19 John Kehoe1
20 Fred Legault0
Res Shawn McConnell3
Res Don Odom2

Nordic Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1 Jan O. Pedersen14
2 Per Jonsson12
3 Henrik Gustafsson11+3
4 Conny Ivarsson11+2
5 Jimmy Nilsen11+1
6 Hans Nielsen11+0
7 Dennis Löfqvist9+3
8 Brian Karger9+2
9 Kai Niemi6
10 Bo Petersen6
11 Peter Nahlin5
12 Einar Kyllingstad5
13 Jens Henry Nielsen3
14 Olli Tyrväinen2
15 Arnt Førland2
16 Jan Pedersen2
Res Vesa Ylinen1

Commonwealth Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1 Kelvin Tatum14
2 Martin Dugard13
3 Simon Cross12
4 Jeremy Doncaster11
5 Richard Knight11
6 Todd Wiltshire*10
7 Gary Havelock8
8 Leigh Adams8
9 David Bargh*6
10 Simon Wigg6
11 Mark Loram6
12 Troy Butler5+3
13 John Davis5+2
14 Graham Jones3
15 Glenn Doyle3
16 Gary Allan*0

* Todd Wiltshire replaced Australian qualifier Stephen Davies. David Bargh and Gary Allan replaced New Zealand qualifiers Larry Ross and Craig Wilkie

Overseas Final

Pos.RiderTotal
1 Jeremy Doncaster15
2 Todd Wiltshire13
3 Shawn Moran10
4 Ronnie Correy*9
5 Martin Dugard9
6 Kelvin Tatum8
7 Rick Miller8
8 Simon Cross7
9 Troy Butler7
10 Richard Knight6+3
11 Gary Havelock6+2
12 Mark Loram6+1
13 Simon Wigg6+0
14 Leigh Adams5
15 Billy Hamill4
16 David Bargh1
Res Kelly Moran-
Res John Davis-

* Ronnie Correy replaced Greg Hancock

Intercontinental Final

Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Shawn Moran14
2 Per Jonsson12
3 Hans Nielsen11+3
4 Jan O. Pedersen11+2
5 Rick Miller10
6 Kelvin Tatum9
7 Ronnie Correy8
9 Martin Dugard7
10 Jimmy Nilsen7
11 Todd Wiltshire6
12 Henrik Gustafsson5
13 Dennis Löfqvist4
14 Troy Butler3
15 Conny Ivarsson2
16 Jeremy Doncaster2
Res Brian Kargerdid not ride-
Res Gary Havelockdid not ride-

* Richard Knight replaced injured qualifier Simon Cross

Continental Final

Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Gerd Riss13
2 Zoltán Adorján12+3
3 Armando Castagna12+2
4 Roman Matousek11
5 Zdenek Tesar10+3
6 Antonín Kasper, Jr.10+2
7 Sándor Tihanyi9
8 Wojciech Zaluski7
9 Antal Kocso7
10 Klaus Lausch6
11 Bohumil Brhel5
12 Vladimir Kalina5
13 Joszef Petrikovics5
14 Tomasz Gollob4
15 Heinrich Schatzer3
16 Jan Krzystaniak1

World final

Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
Per Jonsson13+3
2 Shawn Morana 13+2
Todd Wiltshire12
4 Hans Nielsen11
5 Jimmy Nilsen10
6 Henrik Gustafsson*9
7 Kelvin Tatum9
8 Armando Castagna8
9 Rick Miller8
10 Richard Knight7
11 Martin Dugard6
12 Roman Matousek5
13 Zdenek Tesar2
14 Ronnie Correy2
15 Zoltán Adorján2
16 Antonín Kasper, Jr.*2
Res Sándor Tihanyidid not ride-
Res Dennis Löfqvistdid not ride-

* Henrik Gustafsson and Antonín Kasper, Jr. replaced injured qualifiers Jan O. Pedersen and Gerd Riss
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