Speedway World Final 1973

[@billmcgarry5474]

I was at that meeting many years ago and I still have the programme. I believe it was the largest attendance ever at a speedway meeting 145,000, it was a great experience.

[@oneofmany1087]

only in my wildest Dreams. Good for you

[@tomaszmarkiewicz8102]

Piękne chwile Polskiego żużla. Szkoda że po J. Szczakielu 1973 na kolejny tytuł IMŚ trzeba było czekać aż do 2010 T. Golloba., a w 2019 B. Zmarzlik. Dziękuję za pokazanie tych wspaniałych Polskich zawodników P. Waloszek, Z. Plech, E. Jancarz, R Jankowski. Pozdrawiam 👍👍👍👍🙋‍♂️

[@alungoodier3627]

I was five when this took place. At the age of ten I was a real speedway statto . So watching this was fantastic to put pictures to the stats. All I’d seen before was just a picture of the rostrum. What a great and controversial meeting. Thanks. Keep the good work up.

[@1061andy]

amazing stuff watching this again after so many years - some crazy refereeing, fantastic crowd scenes, wonderful commentary from Dave Lanning - speedway at its 1970s best

[@1061andy]

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[@rockypup1968]

Andy Lockett good old Dave lanning , brilliant speedway commentator ! I miss those days of when speedway was in its hey day .

[@michaelrudge3927]

I agree.......Except Lanning seems to think that Ivan is from Great Britain.......well according to what he says at 15 minutes

[@fatapples3838]

Andy Lockett The racing was pretty poor though.... especially if you compare it to the GP riders and lines used nowadays..... except for Ivan.

[@jampoles]

@@michaelrudge3927 When Ivan Mauger started racing in NZ it was still a part of GB.

[@kgplay8066]

Te mistrzostwa świata z 1973 są znane nie tylko dzięki pierwszemu Polakowi, który wygrał mistrzostwo na żużlu. Są one również największymi zawodami żużlowymi w historii. Na trybunach siedziało 120 tysiecy osob, co jest niepokonanym rekordem jeśli chodzi o frekwencję na żużlu. Najbliżej do tego rekordu w dzisiejszych czasach jest Grand Prix na Narodowym, gdzie co roku na trybunach zbiera się 50 tysiecy osób.

[@johnbarry1965]

The voice of Speedway - Dave Lanning!!

[@terryneal8335]

Speedway was so much more competitive in those days.

[@dannywlm63]

Unbelievable really Unbelievable Ivan mauger has another world title as far as I am concerned

[@sailorman8668]

At 15:05, why does this muppet of a commentator say that Mauger is riding for Great Britain? Sorry you ignorant Pom, but the greatest speedway rider the world has ever known comes from NEW ZEALAND, you know that little country in the South Pacific to the east of Australia?

[@richardbibby9926]

RIP Ivan Mauger.....what a great speedway rider he was in his day.....shocked by the lack of discipline in that last race.....it should have been re run.

[@stanisawburdan786]

Why rerun? Where was the fault of Szczakiel?

[@sprgodalming3337]

@@stanisawburdan786 Unsatisfactory start.

[@wilo1955]

rubbish Ivan Mauger hit him

[@judywaits4u]

He was simply the best rider on the night.

[@stevelomas4119]

No, he was simply the best at rolling starts.

[@woodyjagla328]

,,,, true

[@woodyjagla328]

@@stevelomas4119 ,,,,, that's how was then

[@jswaggart01]

This was the weirdest yet somehow the best world final.

[@johnbarry1965]

I have always remembered Zenon Plech ?

[@michaelrudge3927]

That final race was so corrupt...The start marshall was bent......Didnt even have them under orders

[@rogerhatchett1666]

i,ve seen this so many times and still cannot understand how peter collins was awarded the win when he was last when the crash happened. if anything plech should have awarded the win

[@stanisawburdan786]

@@rogerhatchett1666 DDR referee was thinking for 30 minutes, every team was talking to him during these time. Russians were mad, Anglos were mad (because of decision to not re run was hurting their rider) so he decided to chose "Golden mean".

[@przemysawjanowski6181]

I splitted my sides hearing how the great Dave Lanning's pronouncing Polish and Russian names. FYI World Champion of 1973 name is [yezhy shchackyel]

[@michaelrudge3927]

Plus at 15 minutes he said that Ivan was British...........For Britain and Exeter we have Ivan Mauger....Er Nope....Anyone can pronounce Russian names Speak speak backwards...LOL.........Know what you mean tho.....Hard to get you tongue round

[@michaelrudge3927]

That last race was fiwed....Look at the start Marshall the tapes went up even before HE was ready.....Am i saying a phone call was made in the pits ???????Oh yes

[@deepoulton3819]

I was there

[@raymonddixon8139]

mauger the best

[@peterdyson9590]

9times out off 10 Ivan would have got past him ,the starts were unbelievable rolling . ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Palindromok]

It's somehow funny that British commentator even didn't know that this final was in Chorzów, not in Katowice :D

[@kevinhayre2910]

it says Katowice in big letters on the centre green

[@przemysawjanowski6181]

Stadion Śląski is in Chorzów, which lies in Katowice's agglomeration

[@TheSimonvalente]

He could never be accused of putting detail before sensationalism.

[@chinabob30]

it was in Katowice, I was there by the sart line even the Poles could not undersand Szczakiel riding like he was on something ? Ivan has carb problems

[@stevetench8984]

Remember it well .... it stank then and it still stinks now.

[@woodyjagla328]

,,,,, it wasn't Mauger's day

[@user-xt7un8zp3e]

Szczakiel was the best rider that day, not just on starts but all around, i think only Olsen was able to hold him to second place. Some of you see only Mauger as the should be winner but what he did is committed a foul by trying to bring both riders down hoping for a rerun, and deservedly ended his day.

[@mickheritage7166]

It was appalling i remember it well even though i was only 12 i can remember thinking this is corrupt . The start Marshall was bent , he would up the tapes as Szczakiel approached the tapes giving him the jump on other riders , The referee decisions stunk As Dave Lanning said in summing up the 1973 world speedway championship, they re-wrote the rule book to get their boy on the rostrum

[@ianhale65]

WOW to see such BLATANT cheating was alive and kicking in the 70's Speaks volumes but regardless entertaining! You couldn't make this up if you tired lol

[@nervo6321]

Rolling starts are just laughable....but this was a World final.....shameful refereeing....

[@woodyjagla328]

,,,,, that's how it was done in those days - Mauger was the best from rolling starts but not that day ,,,,,

[@mtl-ss1538]

@@woodyjagla328 Kiwi ace ;- Ivan Mauger - OBE & MBE. World Champion: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1979 - R/Up 1971, 1973, 1974 New Zealand Sportsperson of the Year (Halberg Award) 1977 and 1979. Long Track World Champion 1971, 1972, 1976 R/Up 1974, 1975 World Pairs Champion 1969, 1970 R/Up 1971, 1972, 1978, 1981 Speedway World Team Cup Champion 1968, 1971, 1972, 1979 European Champion 1966, 1970, 1971, 1975 British Champion 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972 www.nzonscreen.com/title/circuits-of-gold-1987. 9 times World Speedway Champion got a gold-plated Jawa 500 bike, which was done for him by two American fans after winning his third consecutive title. New Zealand Champion 1974, 1981 New Zealand Long Track Champion 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986. World long track speed record. His bike reached 144.666km/h 1986 Auckland NZ New Zealand South Island Champion 1977, 1981, 1983 Australasian Champion 1977, 1981 Australasian Grand Prix winner 1970, 1971, 1972 Sunday Times King of Claremont winner 1973, 1980, 1981, 1983 British-Nordic Champion 1968, 1971 British League Riders Champion 1971, 1973 Embassy Internationale Winner 1970, 1971, 1972 Northern Riders Champion 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1980 Provincial League Riders Champion 1963, 1964 Lubos Tomicek Memorial Trophy Winner 1971, 1972, 1973, 1979 Silver Sash Match Race Champion 1968, 1969 Golden Helmet Match Race Champion 1970 Scottish Open Champion 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 Scotianapolis Winner 1969, 1970 Welsh Open Champion 1964, 1973 Westernapolis Winner 1968, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975 Leningrad Cup (USSR) Winner 1969 Lokeren Memorial Trophy Winner 1970 Golden Key of Bremen 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 Australian Long Track Champion 1962 Victorian State Champion (Australia) 1962, 1963 Queensland State Champion (Australia) 1962 Western Australian State Champion 1973 Yorkshire Television Trophy 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980 Lada Indoor International 1979 British Long Track Champion 1980 World Champion of Champions Match Race Series 1989 South Australian 150 Jubilee Trophy 1986 www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/ivan-mauger-speedway-champs-collection-to-be-auctioned-by-bonhams-20170915-gyihwt.htm

[@woodyjagla328]

@@mtl-ss1538 ,,,,, what are you trying to say ?

[@MrGroucho1933]

Mauger mentored Olsen at Belle Vue in 1967, Dave Lanning? don't think so,try Newcastle Diamonds instead.

[@wilo1955]

lol true

[@MrGroucho1933]

blatantley fixed.

[@peterchappe828]

Probably the poorest ever world champion in Sweedway?

[@rogerhatchett1666]

yeah has to be, he scored 0pts in the wtc 2 weeks later,

[@bosssuggs1]

That is massively unfair, he won the World Pairs with a maximum and beat Mauger TWICE in this meeting. In fact over their careers Mauger won 7 heats and Szackiel won 6. As for the World Team final Szackiel crashed heavily in practice being hurled over the handlebars headfirst into the track and suffering a severely gashed leg and ruptured artery when the handlebars pierced his thigh. AND also had to ride bikes he had never even sat on before that had been built by Briggs because his own machinery was lost in transit to Wembley. Mauger was always fulsome in his praise of the Pole and said he was massively underrated and wrongly criticised.

[@tonysimmons2274]

@@bosssuggs1 Jerzy deserves respect, he was and always will be world speedway champion, he earned his points and the title fair and square.

[@woodyjagla328]

@@bosssuggs1 ,,,,, true

[@woodyjagla328]

@@tonysimmons2274 ,,,,, Szczakiel was very humble person.

[@johnturner1073]

Lanning was hugely overrated as a speedway commentator. In fact, the sport has never had a good one. Tatum is abysmal.

[@TheSimonvalente]

Yeah, he was a bit rubbish wasn't he.