WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX


Select a rider by surname initial

[A] - [B] - [C] - [D] - [E] - [F] - [G] - [H] - [I] - [J] - [K] - [L] - [M]
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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 - V



 
Year
Final
Points
Notes
VAN PRAAG, Lionel (Australia)
1936
Wembley
14+12 bonus
1st place
 
1937
Wembley
6+11 bonus
  
 
1938
Wembley
11+7 bonus
  
 
1939
Wembley
-+6 bonus
Did not ride - meeting cancelled
Total  
3
31
  
         
VANDIREK, Petr (Czech Republic)
1986
Katowice
1
Reserve - two rides only
Total  
1
1
  
         
VAREY, Frank (England)
1937
Wembley
3+8 bonus
  
 
1938
Wembley
0+4 bonus
  
 
1939
Wembley
-+4 bonus
Did not ride - meeting cancelled
Total  
2
3
  
         
VERNER, Jan (Czech Republic)
1977
Gothenburg
1
  
 
1978
Wembley
5
  
Total  
2
6
  
         
VERNER, Vaclav (Czech Republic)
1980
Gothenburg
Reserve
Did not ride
 
1982
Los Angeles
2
  
 
1984
Gothenburg
0
  
Total  
2
2
  
         
VOLF, Jaroslav (Czech Republic)
1964
Gothenburg
3
  
Total  
1
3