OveFundinFan 4,142 Posted September 25, 2023 Good to see Ove Fundin walking around the pits last Friday evening for round 4 of the SEC championship in Pardubice. Mind you, he’s just a youngster at 90 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norbold 7,114 Posted September 25, 2023 6 hours ago, BOBBATH said: This really depresses me - I might as well go hang myself right now!! Good job you never made a world final BOBBATH or we'd have to change the list again. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norbold 7,114 Posted September 25, 2023 5 hours ago, OveFundinFan said: Good to see Ove Fundin walking around the pits last Friday evening for round 4 of the SEC championship in Pardubice. Mind you, he’s just a youngster at 90 And on a bike too! 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fromafar 10,363 Posted September 29, 2023 On 9/25/2023 at 3:14 AM, OveFundinFan said: Good to see Ove Fundin walking around the pits last Friday evening for round 4 of the SEC championship in Pardubice. Mind you, he’s just a youngster at 90 What average would he come in on.surely get a reduction for the missing seasons.!!! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bavarian 767 Posted November 19, 2023 On 7/12/2023 at 6:34 PM, chunky said: Updated after the recent sad loss of Billy Bales, here is the COMPLETE list of surviving World Finalists. If you spot any mistakes, please don't hesitate to let me know. 01 - Arthur Payne - 28/08/23 02 - Chum Taylor - 04/04/27 03 - Ian Williams - 04/08/31 04 - Ove Fundin - 23/05/33 05 - Dan Forsberg - 25/03/34 06 - Josef Hofmeister - 17/06/34 07 - Brian Crutcher - 23/08/34 08 - Mike Broadbank - 25/09/34 09 - Barry Briggs - 30/12/3410 - Aage Hansen - 13/04/35 11 - Gote Nordin - 02/07/3512 - Bob Andrews - 27/10/1935 13 - Reg Luckhurst - 11/11/193514 - Sverre Harrfeldt - 23/11/1937 15 - Leif Larsson - 16/02/193816 - Bjorn Knutson - 27/04/38 17 - Rick France - 12/07/1938 18 - Gunnar Malmqvist - 25/12/1940 The #10 on the list, Aage Hansen of Norway has passed away this week on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. https://www.speedwaynorge.no/index.php/component/content/article/aage-hansen-er-dod?catid=10&Itemid=101 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,094 Posted November 19, 2023 23 minutes ago, Bavarian said: The #10 on the list, Aage Hansen of Norway has passed away this week on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. https://www.speedwaynorge.no/index.php/component/content/article/aage-hansen-er-dod?catid=10&Itemid=101 Oh, that's so sad to hear. I know he was still very active on Facebook, but I haven't been on there for a few days. Thanks for that... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BOBBATH 467 Posted November 20, 2023 Sorry to hear that, it's always sad to find another WF has passed. Rick France now moves up into the 16th spot and Gunnar Malmqvist becomes first reserve. I hope that's it for a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonas H 10 Posted December 6, 2023 .Göte Nordin, aged 88, passed away on November 21 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,094 Posted December 6, 2023 58 minutes ago, Jonas H said: .Göte Nordin, aged 88, passed away on November 21 So sad to hear that. How come we have only just found out? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonas H 10 Posted December 6, 2023 Nordin's death was announced on December 1. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Split 179 Posted December 6, 2023 So sad to hear that Gote Nordin is no longer with us. His name always seems to come up when we talk about the best riders never to win a World Final. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fromafar 10,363 Posted December 6, 2023 Gote Nordin was truly World Class.R.I.P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,094 Posted December 7, 2023 (edited) So, here is the current list, and hopegully there won't be any other changes this year. Must admit, it's nice to see four Dons at positions 9-12! Looking at World Champions, I found this very interesting! Looking at how many surviving World Champions (World Fnals) were born in each decade, we find: 1930's - 3 (10 titles) 1940's - 3 (5 titles) 1950's - 5 (11 titles) 1960's - 4 (4 titles) 1970's - 1 (1 title) 01 - Arthur Payne - 28/08/23 02 - Chum Taylor - 04/04/27 03 - Ian Williams - 04/08/31 04 - Ove Fundin - 23/05/33 05 - Dan Forsberg - 25/03/34 06 - Josef Hofmeister - 17/06/34 07 - Brian Crutcher - 23/08/34 08 - Mike Broadbank - 25/09/34 09 - Barry Briggs - 30/12/3410 - Bob Andrews - 27/10/1935 11 - Reg Luckhurst - 11/11/193512 - Sverre Harrfeldt - 23/11/1937 13 - Leif Larsson - 16/02/193814 - Bjorn Knutson - 27/04/38 15 - Rick France - 12/07/1938 16 - Gunnar Malmqvist - 25/12/1940 17 - Andrzej Wyglenda 04/05/194118 - John Louis - 14/06/194119 - Jim Airey - 19/08/194120 - Bengt Jansson - 09/01/194321 - Anders Michanek - 30/05/194322 - Trevor Hedge - 30/08/194323 - Terry Betts - 15/09/194324 - Howard Cole 29/12/194325 - Martin Ashby - 05/02/194426 - Jan Simensen - 26/07/194427 - Zygfryd Friedek - 19/10/194428 - Jerzy Trzeszkowski - 10/01/194529 - Eric Boocock - 02/02/194530 - John Boulger - 18/06/194531 - Hasse Holmqvist - 18/06/194532 - Jim McMillan - 03/12/194533 - Soren Karlsson - 23/10/194634 - Ole Olsen - 16/11/194635 - Ray Wilson - 12/03/194736 - Doug Wyer - 16/08/1947 37 - Grigori Khlinovsky - 11/11/4738 - Egon Muller - 26/11/194839 - Christoph Betzl - 13/02/194940- Jiri Stancl - 18/11/194941 - Viktor Kuznetsov - 27/11/194942 - Georg Hack - 20/02/195043 - Marek Cieslak - 28/06/195044 - Alois Wiesbock - 31/07/195045 - Tommy Johansson - 21/10/1950 46 - Vladimir Gordeev - 30/11/195047 - John Titman - 26/01/195148 - Dag Lovaas - 25/02/1951 49 - Jan Verner - 03/03/195150 - Petr Ondrasik - 08/10/195151 - Phil Crump - 09/02/195252 - Henny Kroeze - 11/03/195253 - Valery Gordeev - 28/08/195254 - Dave Jessup - 07/03/195355 - Ales Dryml - 10/06/195356 - Scott Autrey - 09/07/195357 - Gordon Kennett - 02/09/195358 - Robert Slabon - 15/09/195359 - Peter Collins - 24/03/195460 - Larry Ross - 15/06/195461 - John Davis - 10/11/195462 - Finn Thomsen - 16/02/195563 - Mikhail Starostin - 24/02/195564 - Tommy Nilsson - 10/03/195565 - Jan Andersson - 07/05/1955 66 - Kai Niemi - 15/09/195567 - Jerzy Rembas - 18/04/195668 - Chris Morton - 22/07/195669 - Steve Bastable - 16/09/195670 - Bruce Penhall - 10/05/195771 - Karl Maier - 24/08/195772 - Roman Jankowski - 05/10/195773 - Bo Petersen - 21/02/195874 - Les Collins - 24/05/195875 - Mitch Shirra - 27/09/195876 - Michael Lee - 11/12/195877 - John Cook - 18/12/1958 78 - Richard Knight - 26/05/195979 - Dennis Sigalos - 16/08/195980 - Erik Gundersen - 08/10/195981 - Hans Nielsen - 26/12/1959 82 - Olli Tyrvainen - 11/01/1960 83 - Phil Collins - 02/06/1960 84 - Sam Ermolenko - 23/11/1960 85 - Rick Miller - 12/01/1961 86 - Jeremy Doncaster - 16/06/1961 87 - Tommy Knudsen - 09/11/1961 88 - Zoltan Adorjan - 15/11/1961 89 - Shawn Moran - 19/11/1961 90 - Peter Ravn - 16/03/1962 91 - Zenon Kasprzak - 10/05/1962 92 - John Jorgensen - 18/07/1962 93 - Antal Kocso - 22/12/1962 94 - Sandor Tihanyi - 28/04/1963 95 - Lance King - 13/08/1963 96 - Armando Castagna - 22/09/1963 97 - Kelvin Tatum - 08/02/1964 98 - Marvyn Cox - 11/07/1964 99 - Zdenek Tesar - 30/07/1964 100 - Mikael Blixt - 08/08/1964 101 - Paul Thorp - 09/09/1964 102 - Tony Olsson - 13/03/1965 103 - Gerd Riss - 17/03/1965 104 - Conny Ivarsson - 15/04/1965 105 - Simon Cross - 31/05/1965 106 - Bohumil Brhel - 10/06/1965 107 - Slawomir Drabik - 06/02/1966 108 - Per Jonsson - 21/03/1966 109 - Andy Smith - 25/05/1966 110 - Jan Staechmann - 05/06/1966 111 - Ronnie Correy - 08/11/1966 112 - Jimmy Nilsen - 16/11/1966 113 - Brian Karger - 09/02/1967 114 - Jan O. Pedersen - 27/07/1967 115 - Craig Boyce - 02/08/1967 116 - Troy Butler - 22/09/1967 117 - Piotr Swist - 20/06/1968 118 - Todd Wiltshire - 26/09/1968 119 - Gary Havelock - 04/11/1968 120 - Stefan Danno - 10/02/1969 121 - Martin Dugard - 18/05/1969 122 - Gert Handberg - 30/05/1969 123 - Chris Louis - 09/07/1969 124- Billy Hamill - 23/05/1970 125 - Greg Hancock - 03/06/1970 126 - Henrik Gustafsson - 14/08/1970 127 - Tony Rickardsson - 17/08/1970 128 - Mark Loram - 12/01/1971 129 - Tomasz Gollob - 11/04/1971 130 - Leigh Adams - 28/04/1971 131 - Josh Larsen - 12/05/1972 132 - Joe Screen - 27/11/1972 133 - Jason Crump - 06/08/1975 Edited December 7, 2023 by chunky Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BOBBATH 467 Posted January 25 Now sadly Rick France drops off the list and Anrzei Wyglenda makes the top 16. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,094 Posted January 26 1 hour ago, BOBBATH said: Now sadly Rick France drops off the list and Anrzei Wyglenda makes the top 16. And I will be updating the list shortly... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
