1976 Danish speedway season

The 1976 Danish speedway season was the 1976 season of motorcycle speedway in Denmark.[1]

1976 Danish speedway season
Finn Thomsen (left) won the Danish World Championship round and Ole Olsen (right) won the Danish title for the 9th time.

Individual

Danish Final (world championship round)

One rider from the Danish final would progress to the Nordic Final as part of the 1976 Individual Speedway World Championship. The final was held on 25 April at Vojens, and was won by Finn Thomsen. Only one rider qualified for the Nordic final because Ole Olsen was already seeded through to the Nordic final.[2][3]

Final

Pos.RiderClubTotal
1Finn ThomsenArhus15
2Kurt BøghHolsted12+3
3Jan Rene HenningsenEsjberg12+2
4Leif Berlin RasmusenFredericia12+1
5Finn Rune JensenVojens11
6Gunnar SvendsenHolsted10
7Bent Nørregaard-JensenEsjberg10
8Mike LohmannFredriksborg8
9Kristian PræstbroEsjberg8
10Jens Erik KrauseArhus4
11Knud EllegaardEsjberg4
12Ernst BøghHolsted4
13Erling RasmussenFredericia3
14Godtfred AndreasenFredericia3
15Jorgen Walther JohansenFredriksborg2
16Kaj KristensenEsjberg2

Individual Championship

The 1976 Danish Individual Speedway Championship was the 1976 edition of the Danish Individual Speedway Championship.[4] The final was held at Vojens on 15 August. The title was won by Ole Olsen for the 9th time.[5][6]

Final

Pos.RiderClubTotal
1Ole OlsenVojens15
2Finn ThomsenArhus14
3Jens Erik Krause KjaerArhus13
4Mike LohmannFrederiksborg12
5Kurt BøghHolsted11
6Gunnar SvendsenHolsted9
7Finn Rune JensenVojens8
8Knud EllegaardEsbjerg7
9Preben RosenkildeVojens7
10Kaj KristiansenEsjberg6
11Erling RasmussenFredericia5
12Jorgen Walther JohansenFrederiksborg4
13Frank HansenBrovst3
14Leif Berlin RasmussenFredericia2
15Niels E. PedersenFredericia1
16Otto LarsenFredericia0

Key - Each heat has four riders, 3 points for a heat win, 2 for 2nd, 1 for third and 0 for last

Junior Championship

Hans Nielsen won the Junior Championship.[7][8]

Team

Danish Tournament

The 1976 Danish Tournament was won by Holsted Tigers, who became Danish champions for the first time.[9][10][11][12]

In 1976, the decision was made by the Hillerød club to move their teams to Slangerup. The teams were formerly suffixed by the name Hillerød but now used the name Frederiksborg.

Division 1 league table

Pos Team P Pts
1Holsted Tigers820
2Vikingerne Esbjerg817
3Piraterne Århus812
4Faestningsdrengene Fredericia88
5Kulsvierne Frederiksborg83

Division 2 Group 1

Pos Team P Pts
1Uldjyderne Herning821
2Ulvene Midtsjaellands820
3Klitrengene Esbjerg810
4Fynborne Odin Odense89
5Hvepsene Haderslev80

Division 2 Group 2

Pos Team P Pts
1Skansedrengene Fredericia822
2Falkene Silkeborg814
3Løverne Haderslev810
4Cimbrerne Aalborg89
5Jokerne Esbjerg85

Division 3 Group 1

Pos Team P Pts
1Laksene Randers821
2Ulveungerne Midtsjaellands818
3Fighters Vojens812
4Esserne Esbjerg87
5Smedene Aalborg82

Division 3 Group 2

Pos Team P Pts
1Skovtroldene Frederiksborg821
2Volddrengene Fredericia820
3Rodspaetterne Frederikshavn89
4Fangeldrengene Odin Odense88
5Ravnene Hanherred82

Division 3 Group 3

Pos Team P Pts
1Holsted Panthers819
2Pythonerne Århus812
3Ørnene Silkeborg811
4Lyngdrengene Herning89
5Cometerne Fjelsted89

Division 3 Group 4

Pos Team P Pts
1Leoparderne Fjelsted821
2Geopards Vojens820
3Brodrenene Fredericia811
4Girafdrengene Odense84
5Knaegtene Esbjerg84

Division 3 Group 5

Pos Team P Pts
1Hanerne Hanherred824
2Makrellerne Aabenraa815
3Drabanterne Frederiksborg812
4Klørerne Esbjerg88
5Hunters Vojens81

References
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