WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX


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The following is an A-Z list of riders who competed in the World Individual Finals between 1936-1994.

The World Speedway Championship then moved to a Grand Prix format in time for the 1995 season, where a statistical record of the full GP series can be found here. The complete World Championship Roll of Honour is available here.

KEY: VENUES - Amsterdam, Holland; Bradford, England; Gothenburg, Sweden; Katowice, Poland; Los Angeles, USA; Malmo, Sweden; Munich, Germany; Norden, Germany; Pocking, Germany; Vojens, Denmark; Wembley, England; Wroclaw, Poland.

NOTE: The totals underneath each rider's entry refer to the number of World Finals ridden in and the number of points amassed from those appearances.

COMPILED BY ROBERT BAMFORD


RIDERS - L



 
Year
Final
Points
Notes
LAMOREAUX, Wilbur (USA)
1937
Wembley
13+12 bonus
2nd place
 
1938
Wembley
13+7 bonus
3rd place
 
1939
Wembley
-+7 bonus
Did not ride - meeting cancelled
 
1949
Wembley
9
  
Total  
3
35
  
         
LANGTON, Eric (England)
1936
Wembley
13+13 bonus
2nd place
 
1937
Wembley
4+12 bonus
  
 
1938
Wembley
8+5 bonus
  
 
1939
Wembley
-+7 bonus
Did not ride - meeting cancelled
Total  
3
25
  
         
LARSEN, Josh (USA)
1994
Vojens
7
  
Total  
1
7
  
         
LARSSON, Leif (Sweden)
1961
Malmo
Reserve
Did not ride
 
1965
Wembley
5
  
 
1966
Gothenburg
3
  
Total  
2
8
  
         
LAWSON, Aub (Australia)
1939
Wembley
-+4 bonus
Did not ride - meeting cancelled
 
1949
Wembley
8
  
 
1950
Wembley
10
  
 
1951
Wembley
7
  
 
1953
Wembley
7
  
 
1954
Wembley
4
  
 
1957
Wembley
11
  
 
1958
Wembley
11
3rd place
 
1959
Wembley
11
  
 
1960
Wembley
4
  
Total  
9
73
  
         
LAWSON, Louis (England)
1949
Wembley
13
3rd place
 
1951
Wembley
10
  
Total  
2
23
  
         
LE BRETON, Ken (Australia)
1949
Wembley
4
  
Total  
1
4
  
         
LEE, Michael (England)
1977
Gothenburg
12
  
 
1978
Wembley
9
  
 
1979
Katowice
11
3rd place
 
1980
Gothenburg
14
1st place
 
1981
Wembley
5
  
 
1983
Norden
11
3rd place
Total  
6
62
** 1 x World Champion **
         
LEES, Ginger (England)
1936
Wembley
4+7 bonus
  
 
1937
Wembley
9+10 bonus
  
Total  
2
13
  
         
LEVERENZ, Bob (Australia)
1951
Wembley
7
  
Total  
1
7
  
         
LIGHTFOOT, Jim (England)
1963
Wembley
4
  
 
1964
Gothenburg
Reserve
Did not ride
Total  
1
4
  
         
LLOYD, Jeff (England)
1951
Wembley
6
  
 
1952
Wembley
7
  
 
1953
Wembley
8
  
Total  
3
21
  
         
LOFQVIST, Christer (Sweden)
1972
Wembley
11
  
 
1974
Gothenburg
8
  
Total  
2
19
  
         
LOFQVIST, Dennis (Sweden)
1990
Bradford
Reserve
Did not ride
Total  
0
0
  
         
LOMAS, Tony (England)
1971
Gothenburg
Reserve
Did not ride
Total  
0
0
  
         
LONG, Henry (South Africa)
1952
Wembley
7
  
Total  
1
7
  
         
LONGLEY, Bill (Australia)
1949
Wembley
8
  
Total  
1
8
  
         
LORAM, Mark (England)
1994
Vojens
9
  
Total  
1
9
  
         
LOUIS, Chris (England)
1993
Pocking
11
3rd place
 
1994
Vojens
6
  
Total  
2
17
  
         
LOUIS, John (England)
1972
Wembley
11
  
 
1974
Gothenburg
9
  
 
1975
Wembley
12
3rd place
 
1976
Katowice
9
  
Total  
4
41
  
         
LOVAAS, Dag (Norway)
1974
Gothenburg
6
  
         
Total  
1
6
  
         
LUCKHURST, Reg (England)
1965
Wembley
5
  
Total  
1
5