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
- First 2 from New Zealand final to Commonwealth final
Australian Qualification
- First 4 from Australian final to Commonwealth final
North American Final
- June 2, 1990
- Long Beach, Veterans Memorial Stadium
- First 4 to the Overseas Final plus 1 reserve
Pos. | Rider | Total |
1 | Shawn Moran | 18+3 |
2 | Billy Hamill | 18+2 |
3 | Rick Miller | 18+1 |
4 | Greg Hancock | 18+0 |
5 | Ronnie Correy | 16+3 |
6 | Kelly Moran | 16+2 |
7 | Bobby Schwartz | 14 |
8 | Mike Faria | 12 |
9 | Robert Pfetzing | 12 |
10 | Lance King | 11 |
11 | Steve Lucero | 8 |
12 | Jim Sisemore | 8 |
13 | Josh Larsen | 7 |
14 | Brad Oxley | 5 |
15 | Tony Bienert | 5 |
16 | Charles Ermolenko | 3 |
17 | Eddie Castro | 3 |
18 | Sam Ermolenko | 2 |
19 | John Kehoe | 1 |
20 | Fred Legault | 0 |
Res | Shawn McConnell | 3 |
Res | Don Odom | 2 |
Nordic Final
- June 9, 1990
- Linköping, Motorstadium
- First 7 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve
Pos. | Rider | Total |
1 | Jan O. Pedersen | 14 |
2 | Per Jonsson | 12 |
3 | Henrik Gustafsson | 11+3 |
4 | Conny Ivarsson | 11+2 |
5 | Jimmy Nilsen | 11+1 |
6 | Hans Nielsen | 11+0 |
7 | Dennis Löfqvist | 9+3 |
8 | Brian Karger | 9+2 |
9 | Kai Niemi | 6 |
10 | Bo Petersen | 6 |
11 | Peter Nahlin | 5 |
12 | Einar Kyllingstad | 5 |
13 | Jens Henry Nielsen | 3 |
14 | Olli Tyrväinen | 2 |
15 | Arnt Førland | 2 |
16 | Jan Pedersen | 2 |
Res | Vesa Ylinen | 1 |
Commonwealth Final
- June 10, 1990
- Manchester, Belle Vue Stadium
- First 12 to the Overseas Final plus 1 reserve
Pos. | Rider | Total |
1 | Kelvin Tatum | 14 |
2 | Martin Dugard | 13 |
3 | Simon Cross | 12 |
4 | Jeremy Doncaster | 11 |
5 | Richard Knight | 11 |
6 | Todd Wiltshire* | 10 |
7 | Gary Havelock | 8 |
8 | Leigh Adams | 8 |
9 | David Bargh* | 6 |
10 | Simon Wigg | 6 |
11 | Mark Loram | 6 |
12 | Troy Butler | 5+3 |
13 | John Davis | 5+2 |
14 | Graham Jones | 3 |
15 | Glenn Doyle | 3 |
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
- June 24, 1990
- Coventry, Brandon Stadium
- First 9 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve
Pos. | Rider | Total |
1 | Jeremy Doncaster | 15 |
2 | Todd Wiltshire | 13 |
3 | Shawn Moran | 10 |
4 | Ronnie Correy* | 9 |
5 | Martin Dugard | 9 |
6 | Kelvin Tatum | 8 |
7 | Rick Miller | 8 |
8 | Simon Cross | 7 |
9 | Troy Butler | 7 |
10 | Richard Knight | 6+3 |
11 | Gary Havelock | 6+2 |
12 | Mark Loram | 6+1 |
13 | Simon Wigg | 6+0 |
14 | Leigh Adams | 5 |
15 | Billy Hamill | 4 |
16 | David Bargh | 1 |
Res | Kelly Moran | - |
Res | John Davis | - |
* Ronnie Correy replaced Greg Hancock
Intercontinental Final
- August 12, 1990
- Fjelsted, Hele Fyns Speedway Center
- First 11 to the World Final plus 1 reserve
Pos. | Rider | Heat Scores | Total |
1 | Shawn Moran | 14 | |
2 | Per Jonsson | 12 | |
3 | Hans Nielsen | 11+3 | |
4 | Jan O. Pedersen | 11+2 | |
5 | Rick Miller | 10 | |
6 | Kelvin Tatum | 9 | |
7 | Ronnie Correy | 8 | |
9 | Martin Dugard | 7 | |
10 | Jimmy Nilsen | 7 | |
11 | Todd Wiltshire | 6 | |
12 | Henrik Gustafsson | 5 | |
13 | Dennis Löfqvist | 4 | |
14 | Troy Butler | 3 | |
15 | Conny Ivarsson | 2 | |
16 | Jeremy Doncaster | 2 | |
Res | Brian Karger | did not ride | - |
Res | Gary Havelock | did not ride | - |
* Richard Knight replaced injured qualifier Simon Cross
Continental Final
- August 12, 1990
- Norden, Motodrom Halbemond
- First 5 to the World Final plus 1 reserve
Pos. | Rider | Heat Scores | Total |
1 | Gerd Riss | 13 | |
2 | Zoltán Adorján | 12+3 | |
3 | Armando Castagna | 12+2 | |
4 | Roman Matousek | 11 | |
5 | Zdenek Tesar | 10+3 | |
6 | Antonín Kasper, Jr. | 10+2 | |
7 | Sándor Tihanyi | 9 | |
8 | Wojciech Zaluski | 7 | |
9 | Antal Kocso | 7 | |
10 | Klaus Lausch | 6 | |
11 | Bohumil Brhel | 5 | |
12 | Vladimir Kalina | 5 | |
13 | Joszef Petrikovics | 5 | |
14 | Tomasz Gollob | 4 | |
15 | Heinrich Schatzer | 3 | |
16 | Jan Krzystaniak | 1 |
World final
- September 1, 1990
- Bradford, Odsal Stadium
Classification
Pos. | Rider | Heat Scores | Total |
Per Jonsson | 13+3 | ||
2 | Shawn Morana | 13+2 | |
Todd Wiltshire | 12 | ||
4 | Hans Nielsen | 11 | |
5 | Jimmy Nilsen | 10 | |
6 | Henrik Gustafsson* | 9 | |
7 | Kelvin Tatum | 9 | |
8 | Armando Castagna | 8 | |
9 | Rick Miller | 8 | |
10 | Richard Knight | 7 | |
11 | Martin Dugard | 6 | |
12 | Roman Matousek | 5 | |
13 | Zdenek Tesar | 2 | |
14 | Ronnie Correy | 2 | |
15 | Zoltán Adorján | 2 | |
16 | Antonín Kasper, Jr.* | 2 | |
Res | Sándor Tihanyi | did not ride | - |
Res | Dennis Löfqvist | did not ride | - |
* Henrik Gustafsson and Antonín Kasper, Jr. replaced injured qualifiers Jan O. Pedersen and Gerd Riss
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