OveFundinFan Posted September 25, 2023 Report Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted September 25, 2023 Report Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted September 25, 2023 Report Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted September 29, 2023 Report Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted November 19, 2023 Report Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted November 19, 2023 Report Share 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted November 20, 2023 Author Report Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas H Posted December 6, 2023 Report Share Posted December 6, 2023 .Göte Nordin, aged 88, passed away on November 21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted December 6, 2023 Report Share 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas H Posted December 6, 2023 Report Share Posted December 6, 2023 Nordin's death was announced on December 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split Posted December 6, 2023 Report Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted December 6, 2023 Report Share Posted December 6, 2023 Gote Nordin was truly World Class.R.I.P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted January 25 Author Report Share Posted January 25 Now sadly Rick France drops off the list and Anrzei Wyglenda makes the top 16. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted January 26 Report Share 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 (edited) Here is the updated list after the sad passing of Rick France... 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 - Gunnar Malmqvist - 25/12/1940 16 - Andrzej Wyglenda 04/05/194117 - John Louis - 14/06/194118 - Jim Airey - 19/08/194119 - Bengt Jansson - 09/01/194320 - Anders Michanek - 30/05/194321 - Trevor Hedge - 30/08/194322 - Terry Betts - 15/09/194323 - Howard Cole 29/12/194324 - Martin Ashby - 05/02/194425 - Jan Simensen - 26/07/194426 - Zygfryd Friedek - 19/10/194427 - Jerzy Trzeszkowski - 10/01/194528 - Eric Boocock - 02/02/194529 - John Boulger - 18/06/194530 - Hasse Holmqvist - 18/06/194531 - Jim McMillan - 03/12/194532 - Soren Karlsson - 23/10/194633 - Ole Olsen - 16/11/194634 - Ray Wilson - 12/03/194735 - Doug Wyer - 16/08/1947 36 - Grigori Khlinovsky - 11/11/4737 - Egon Muller - 26/11/194838 - Christoph Betzl - 13/02/194939 - Jiri Stancl - 18/11/194940 - Viktor Kuznetsov - 27/11/194941 - Georg Hack - 20/02/195042 - Marek Cieslak - 28/06/195043 - Alois Wiesbock - 31/07/195044 - Tommy Johansson - 21/10/1950 45 - Vladimir Gordeev - 30/11/195046 - John Titman - 26/01/195147 - Dag Lovaas - 25/02/1951 48 - Jan Verner - 03/03/195149 - Petr Ondrasik - 08/10/195150 - Phil Crump - 09/02/195251 - Henny Kroeze - 11/03/195252 - Valery Gordeev - 28/08/195253 - Dave Jessup - 07/03/195354 - Ales Dryml - 10/06/195355 - Scott Autrey - 09/07/195356 - Robert Slabon - 15/09/195357 - Peter Collins - 24/03/195458 - Larry Ross - 15/06/195459 - John Davis - 10/11/195460 - Finn Thomsen - 16/02/195561 - Mikhail Starostin - 24/02/195562 - Tommy Nilsson - 10/03/195563 - Jan Andersson - 07/05/1955 64 - Kai Niemi - 15/09/195565 - Jerzy Rembas - 18/04/195666 - Chris Morton - 22/07/195667 - Steve Bastable - 16/09/195668- Bruce Penhall - 10/05/195769 - Karl Maier - 24/08/195770 - Roman Jankowski - 05/10/195771 - Bo Petersen - 21/02/195872 - Les Collins - 24/05/195873 - Mitch Shirra - 27/09/195874 - Michael Lee - 11/12/195875 - John Cook - 18/12/1958 76 - Richard Knight - 26/05/195977 - Dennis Sigalos - 16/08/195978 - Erik Gundersen - 08/10/195979 - Hans Nielsen - 26/12/1959 80 - Olli Tyrvainen - 11/01/1960 81 - Phil Collins - 02/06/1960 82 - Sam Ermolenko - 23/11/1960 83 - Rick Miller - 12/01/1961 84 - Jeremy Doncaster - 16/06/1961 85 - Tommy Knudsen - 09/11/1961 86 - Zoltan Adorjan - 15/11/1961 87 - Shawn Moran - 19/11/1961 88 - Peter Ravn - 16/03/1962 89 - Zenon Kasprzak - 10/05/1962 90 - John Jorgensen - 18/07/1962 91 - Antal Kocso - 22/12/1962 92 - Sandor Tihanyi - 28/04/1963 93 - Lance King - 13/08/1963 94 - Armando Castagna - 22/09/1963 95 - Kelvin Tatum - 08/02/1964 96 - Marvyn Cox - 11/07/1964 97 - Zdenek Tesar - 30/07/1964 98 - Mikael Blixt - 08/08/1964 99 - Paul Thorp - 09/09/1964 100 - Tony Olsson - 13/03/1965 101 Gerd Riss - 17/03/1965 102 - Conny Ivarsson - 15/04/1965 103 - Simon Cross - 31/05/1965 104 - Bohumil Brhel - 10/06/1965 105 - Slawomir Drabik - 06/02/1966 106 - Per Jonsson - 21/03/1966 107 - Andy Smith - 25/05/1966 108 - Jan Staechmann - 05/06/1966 109 - Ronnie Correy - 08/11/1966 110 - Jimmy Nilsen - 16/11/1966 111 - Brian Karger - 09/02/1967 112 - Jan O. Pedersen - 27/07/1967 113 - Craig Boyce - 02/08/1967 114 - Troy Butler - 22/09/1967 115 - Piotr Swist - 20/06/1968 116 - Todd Wiltshire - 26/09/1968 117 - Gary Havelock - 04/11/1968 118 - Stefan Danno - 10/02/1969 119 - Martin Dugard - 18/05/1969 120 - Gert Handberg - 30/05/1969 121 - Chris Louis - 09/07/1969 122 - Billy Hamill - 23/05/1970 123 - Greg Hancock - 03/06/1970 124 - Henrik Gustafsson - 14/08/1970 125 - Tony Rickardsson - 17/08/1970 126 - Mark Loram - 12/01/1971 127 - Tomasz Gollob - 11/04/1971 128 - Leigh Adams - 28/04/1971 129 - Josh Larsen - 12/05/1972 130 - Joe Screen - 27/11/1972 131 - Jason Crump - 06/08/1975 Edited January 28 by chunky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frigbo Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 Sadly, Gordon Kennett needs to come off the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 On 1/26/2024 at 3:33 AM, frigbo said: Sadly, Gordon Kennett needs to come off the list. Sorry, don't know how I missed him. Thanks. Just scary to think of riders of his/my generation leaving us... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 (edited) On 1/29/2024 at 12:24 AM, chunky said: Just scary to think of riders of my generation leaving us. I only have to go down to Ray Wilson at number 34 to find a rider younger than I am - that's really scary! Edited February 2 by Split Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted February 2 Author Report Share Posted February 2 Split I am in an even worse shape than you, I gotta go to young Jim McMillan at #31. I can recall watching Jim's older brother, Bill, and seeing Jim starting out. Class bloke!! Wot about others of our generation e.g. Norbold, BL65 where would you rank!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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