Vargarna 1959

 

Section 1

League Meetings

Section 2

Other Team Meetings

Section 3

Pairs & Cup

Section 4

Individual Meetings

Section 5

Tables

Section 6

British Speedway

 

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Section 1

League Meetings
Pos Date Type of Meeting Track Teams Notes
1 29.04 Division 1 Stockholm Monarkerna - Vargarna  
2 06.05 Division 1 Eskilstuna Vargarna - Dackarna  
3 13.05 Division 1 Stockhom Getingarna - Vargarna  
4 22.05 Division 1 Esklistuna Vargarna - Getingarna  
5 29.05 Division 1 Göteborg Kaparna - Vargarna  
6 05.06 Division 1 Norrköping Vargarna - Kaparna  
7 16.08 Division 1 Växjö Dackarna - Vargarna  
8 28.08 Division 1 Eskilstuna Vargarna - Monarkerna  

 

1

April 29
Att: 1312

Monarkerna - Vargarna

Hammarby IP, Stockholm
# Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
  MONARKERNA             54     VARGARNA             42
1 Olle Nygren 3 3 2 2 2   12   1 Joel Jansson 1 3 2 3 1 F 10
2 Birger Forsberg 0 1 1 1 -   3   2 Curt Eldh 2 F 3 1 0   6
3 Berndt Nilsson 3 1 1 1 3   9   3 Dan Forsberg 0 0 3 0 0   3
4 Curt Nyqvist 2 0 2 1 1   6   4 Stig Pramberg 1 1 0 0 0   2
5 Ulf Eriksson 3 3 X 2 3   11   5 Björn Knutsson 2 2 3 3 3 3 16
6 Göran Norlén 1 2 2 3 2   10   6 Bert Lindarw 0 1 0 2 2   5
7 Kjell Wårenius 2 0 1       3                    

 

2

May 6
Att: 1500

Vargarna - Dackarna

Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna
# Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
  VARGARNA             49     DACKARNA             47
1 Joel Jansson 2 2 3 2 2   11   1 Rune Sörmander 3 3 2 3 3 2 16
2 Sven-Gunnar Karlsteen 1 1 0 2 0   4   2 Evert Andersson 0 0 1 R -   1
3 Bo Gunnarsson 1 0 0 1 -   2   3 Sven Fahlén F 1 0 - -   1
4 Stig Pramberg 3 1 1 1 1   7   4 Torvald Karlsson 2 0 1 0 -   3
5 Björn Knutsson 3 3 3 3 3   15   5 Alf Johnsson 2 3 3 2 3   13
6 Bert Lindarw 1 2 1 1 3   8   6 Åke Andersson 0 1 2 2 1   6
7 Curt Eldh 2 F         2   7 Inge Gustafsson 3 2 0 2 0   7

Junior Heats
Rider Team Heat 1 Heat 2 Total
Leif Larsson Monarkerna 3 3 6
Bo Gunnarsson Vargarna 2 2 4
Bo Backman Smederna 1 0 1
Ingemar Johansson Vargarna 1 0 1

 

3

May 22
Att: 1500

Vargarna - Getingarna

Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna
# Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
  VARGARNA             56     GETINGARNA             39
1 Joel Jansson 3 3 3 3 3   15   1 Roland Krantz 2 2 2 2 0 1 9
2 Sven-Gunnar Karlsteén 0 3 1 1 0   5   2 Kurt-Ale Lundgren 1 2 0 R 1   4
3 Bert Lindarw 3 3 3 3 2   14   3 Bengt Eriksson 2 2 2 1 1   8
4 Curt Eldh 1 1 1 2 2   7   4 Benno Nordin 0 0 0 0 -   0
5 Björn Knutsson F 3 3 2 3   11   5 Rolf Bergström 2 0 0 0 -   2
6 Bo Gunnarsson F 1 1 1 0   3   6 Hans Hallberg 3 2 2 3 3 2 15
7 Jan Hjelmgren 0 1         1   7 Bertil Stridh 1 F         1

Junior Heats
Rider Team Heat 1 Heat 2 Total
Jan Hjelmgren Vargarna 3 3 6
Ingemar Johansson Vargarna 2 2 4
Lennart Lindell (175cc)   1 0 1
Bo Backman Smederna 0 1 1

 

4

May 29
Att: -

Kaparna - Vargarna

Lindome, Gothenburg
# Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
  KAPARNA             60     VARGARNA             34
1 Ove Fundin 3 3 3 - -   9   1 Joel Jansson F 2 3 3 2 F 10
2 Bengt Fransson 2 2 0 1 2   7   2 Sven-Gunnar Karlsteén F 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Arne Carlsson 3 3 3 2 F   11   3 Bert Lindarw 0 2 1 0 R 0 3
4 Göran Carlsson 2 1 1 R 1   5   4 Curt Eldh 1 F - - -   1
5 Bengt Brannefors 2 3 2 1 3   11   5 Björn Knutsson 3 2 2 3 3 2 15
6 Olle Segerström 1 1 1 1 3   7   6 Bo Gunnarsson 0 0 1 1 -   2
7 Olle Andersson IV 3 3 2 2     10   7 Jan Hjelmgren 1 0 2       3

 

5

June 5
Att: 1000

Vargarna - Kaparna

Norrköpings Motorstadion
(Dagsbergsfältet)
# Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
  VARGARNA             41     KAPARNA             55
1 Joel Jansson 2 3 R 2 1   8   1 Ove Fundin 3 3 3 3 3   15
2 Sven-Gunnar Karlsteén 0 1 1 0 -   2   2 Bengt Fransson 0 - - - -   0
3 Bert Lindarw 2 1 3 1 2 2 11   3 Arne Carlsson 3 2 2 2 3   12
4 Bo Gunnarsson 0 0 0 0 -   0   4 Göran Carlsson 1 1 3 1 3   9
5 Björn Knutsson 3 3 2 3 3 2 16   5 Bengt Brannefors 1 2 1 0 2   6
6 Jan Hjelmgren 0 0 0 1 -   1   6 Olle Segerström 2 0 2 1 1   6
7 Stig Pramberg 3 R R       3   7 Olle Andersson IV 1 2 2 1 1   7

Junior Heats
Rider Team Heat 1 Heat 2 Total
Bo Gunnarsson Vargarna 3 3 6
Jan Hjelmgren Vargarna 2 2 4
Ingemar Johansson Vargarna 1 F 1
-   - - -

Junior Heats - 175cc
Pl Rider Team
1 Lennart Lindell Vargarna
2 Björn Andersson Vargarna
3 Nils Gustavsson  
4 Ingemar Ljung  
5 Bo Gustavsson  
6 Roland Skog  

 

6

August 16
Att: 2000

Dackarna - Vargarna

Växjö
# Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
  DACKARNA             49     VARGARNA             47
  Rune Sörmander 2 3 3 3 3 3 17     Joel Jansson 3 3 2 3 3   14
  Alf Jonsson 3 3 3 2 3   14     Per-Tage Svensson 2 3 2 2 2   11
  Allan Nilsson 3 1 2 2 0 3 11     Curt Eldh 1 2 1 2 2   8
  Inge Gustafsson 1 2 R 2     5     Bo Gunnarsson 2 0 2 1 0   5
  Åke Andersson 0 R R 1 1   2     Bert Lindarw R 1 1 1 1   4
  Torvald Karlsson F           0     Stig Pramberg 1 1 1 1 0   4
  Kurt Olsson 0 0 0 0 F   0     Jan Hjelmgren 1 0         1

 

7

August 28
Att: 1500

Vargarna - Monarkerna

Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna
# Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
  VARGARNA             52     MONARKERNA             44
1 Bo Gunnarsson 1 0 F 0 -   1   1 Olle Nygren R 3 3 3 3 3 15
2 Joel Jansson 3 3 3 3 2   14   2 Kjell Wårenius 2 2 1 0 1   6
3 Per-Tage Svensson 3 0 3 0 3   9   3 Berndt Nilsson 0 2 1 1 0 1 5
4 Bert Lindarw 2 2 1 3 -   8   4 Curt Nyqvist 1 0 2 1 -   4
5 Björn Knutsson 3 3 2 3 1   12   5 Ulf Ericsson 2 2 2 2 2 2 12
6 Curt Eldh 1 1 1 2 2   7   6 Leif Larsson 0 1 1 0 -   2
7 Stig Pramberg 1 0 0 0     1   7 Kjell Lutteman 0           0

Junior Heats
Rider Team Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3
Jan Hjelmgren Vargarna 3 - R
Rune Thörnqvist Vargarna - 3 R
Bo Backman Smederna - 2 2
Sture Lindblom Vargarna 2 X -
Ingemar Johansson Vargarna 1 1 -
Per-Lennart Eriksson Monarkerna - - 3

 

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Section 2

Other Team Meetings
Pos Date Type of Meeting Track Teams Notes
8 01.05 International Challenge Prague Czechoslovakia - Austria - Finland - Vargarna 600 m long track.
8 riders in heats.
Vargarna advertised
as Swedish National
Team.
9 24.05 International Challenge Oberhausen West Germany - Kaparna/Vargarna  
10 14.06 Challenge Gislaved Småland - Gothenburg - Stockholm - Norrköping  
11 ??.09 International Challenge      

 

8

May 1
Att: 192 000
Yes! It's no typo, 192 000!

Czechoslovakia - Austria - Finland - Vargarna

Strahov Stadion, Prague, Czechoslovakia
# Team 1 2 3 Total     Team 1 2 2 Total     Team 1 2 3 Total     Total 1 2 3 4 5 Total
  1. CZECHOSLOVAKIA       65     2. VARGARNA       54     3. AUSTRIA       38     4. FINLAND           Not known
1 Rickard Janicek 6 6 4 16   1 Björn Knutsson R 6 5 11   1 Josef Kamper 6 6 6 18   1 ?            
2 Jaroslav Machac 5 4 0 9   2 Bert Lindarw R 4 2 6   2 Josef Bössner 0 2 1 3   2 ?            
3 Lubos Tomicek 6 1 6 13   3 Curt Eldh 5 5 5 15   3 Franz Schenk 2 2 2 6   3 ?            
4 Jaroslav Volf 4 3 0 7   4 Sven Wiklund (G) 0 R R 0   4 Johann Hartl 0 1 1 2   4 ?            
5 Jaroslav Richter 6 5 4 15   5 Stig Pramberg 4 1 5 10   5 Otto Holubek 3 1 2 6   5 ?            
6 Miroslav Spinka 3 2 0 5   6 Joel Jansson 5 4 3 12   6 Josef Unterköfler 0 0 3 3   6 ?            

 

9

May 24
Att: ?

West Germany - Kaparna/Vargarna

Oberhausen, West Germany
# Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
  WEST GERMANY             55     KAPARNA / VARGARNA             53
1 Josef Kamper             10   1 Ove Fundin             17
2 Ferdinand Troner             9   2 Bengt Fransson             4
3 Josef Hoffmeister             13   3 Björn Knutsson             14
4 Alfred Aberl             10   4 Joel Jansson             3
5 Alois Frach             7   5 Olle Segerström             11
6 G. Poschilrieder             6   6 Bengt Brannefors             3
                    7 Olle Andersson IV             1

 

10

June 14
Att: 2800

Småland - Gothenburg - Stockholm - Norrköping

Gislaved
Team 1 2 3 4 5 T     1 2 3 4 5 T     1 2 3 4 5 T   Team 1 2 3 4 5 T
1. SMÅLAND           30   2. GOTHENBURG           25   3. STOCKHOLM           24   4. NORRKÖPING           17
Rune Sörmander 2 3 3 3   11   Ove Fundin 3 3 3 3   12   Olle Nygren 2 2 2 3   9   Curt Eldh 1 2 2 2   7
Alf Jonsson 3 3 3 2   11   Arne Carlsson 1 3 3 2   9   Ulf Ericsson 3 1 1 1   6   Bert Lindarw 2 1 1 R   4
Torvald Karlsson 3 2 2 1   7   Bengt Brannefors 1 1       2   Berndt Nilsson 0 0 2 3   5   Stig Pramberg 3 1 0 0   4
Inge Gustafsson 0 R       0   Olle Segerström 0 0 0 1   1   Göran Norlén 1 R       1   Per-Tage Svensson 0 0 0 2   2
Evert Andersson 1 0       1   Olle Andersson IV               Curt Nyqvist 2 1       3                

 

11

September
Att: -

Norsk Motor Klub - Vargarna

Daelenengen, Oslo
# Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
  NORSK MOTOR KLUB             48     VARGARNA             48
  Aage Hansen 3 3 3 3 3 3 18     Curt Eldh             15
  etc                   etc              

 

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Section 3

Pairs & Cup
Pos Date Type of Meeting Track Teams Notes
12 03.10 International Best Pairs Eskilstuna Vargarna - Australia - England - Kaparna - Dackarna - Monarkerna  

 

12

October 3
Att: -

International Best Pairs

Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna
Team 1 2 3 4 5 T   Team 1 2 3 4 5 T   Team 1 2 3 4 5 T   Team 1 2 3 4 5 T   Team 1 2 3 4 5 T   Team 1 2 3 4 5 T
1. VARGARNA           20   2. AUSTRALIA           17   3. ENGLAND           16   4. KAPARNA           14   5. DACKARNA           13   6. MONARKERNA           9
Björn Knutsson 3 3 2 3 3 14   Ronnie Moore 2 3 3 3 3 15   Peter Craven 3 3 R 3 2   11 Ove Fundin 2 2 2 3 2 11   Rune Sörmander 1 3 3 2 3 12   Ulf Ericsson 2 2 2 2 1 9
Joel Jansson 2 1 1 0 2 6   Aub Lawson 0 1 1 1 0 3   Ken McKinlay 0 1 2 1 1   5 Olle Segerström 1 0 0 1 1 3   Evert Andersson 0 1 R 0 0 1   Berndt Nilsson 0 0 F 0 0 0

 

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Section 4

Individual Meetings
Pos Date Type of Meeting Track Notes
13 29.08 Swedish Individual Junior Championship Final Avesta  
14 25.09 Swedish Individual Championship Final Gothenburg  
15 09.10 International Norrköping  

 

13

August 29
Att: 1000

Swedish Individual Junior Championship Final

Avesta
Pos # Rider Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total
1   Sören Sjösten Folkare 3 3 3 3 3 15
2   Leif Larsson Monarkerna 2 3 3 3 3 13
3   Göran Pettersson Kaparna 3 3 3 3 F 12
4   Agnar Stenlund Folkare R 3 3 2 2 10
5   Bo Håkansson Örnarna 3 F 2 2 2 9
6   Benno Nordin Getingarna F 2 1 2 3 8
7   Kjell Svensson Monarkerna 1 2 2 1 2 7
8   Per-Lennart Eriksson Monarkerna 2 1 R 1 3 7
9   Bo Gunnarsson Vargarna 3 0 2 1 1 7
10   Lennart Bävehed Filbyterna 1 0 1 3 1 6
11   Williard Thomsson Folkare 2 3 F 1 0 6
12   Bo Magnusson Kaparna 2 1 2 0 0 5
13   Harry Larsson Filbyterna 0 1 1 2 1 5
14   Kjell Billing Örnarna 1 1 0 0 2 4
15   Rolf Bergström Getingarna 1 2 R 0 0 3
16   Agne Carlsson Västra MK 0 0 0 0 1 1

 

14

September 25
Att: 11159

Swedish Individual Championship Final

Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg
Pos # Rider Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total
1 14 Rune Sörmander Dackarna 3 3 3 3 3 15
2 11 Ove Fundin Kaparna 3 3 3 3 2 14
3 3 Olle Nygren Monarkerna 3 2 2 3 3 13
4 16 Evert Andersson Dackarna 2 2 2 2 3 11
5 12 Arne Carlsson Kaparna 2 1 3 2 2 10
6 1 Allan Nilsson Dackarna 2 E 1 1 3 7
7 10 Per-Tage Svensson Vargarna 1 2 3 0 1 7
8 7 Ulf Ericsson Monarkerna 3 1 1 0 2 7
9 6 Göran Carlsson Kaparna 2 1 0 3 1 7
10 13 Kjell Wårenius Monarkerna 1 3 2 E X 6
11 4 Hans Hallberg Getingarna 0 3 0 X 1 4
12 15 Stig Pramberg Vargarna 0 0 2 2 0 4
13 8 Olle Segerström Kaparna 1 0 0 1 2 4
14 1 Alf Jonsson Dackarna E 1 0 0 2 4
15 2 Åke Andersson Dackarna 1 0 0 2 0 3
16 9 Sören Sjösten Folkare X X 1 0 1 2
                   
Res.   Joel Jansson Vargarna       1 0 1

 

15

October 9
Att: 3700

International

Norrköpings Motorstadion
(Dagsbergsfältet)
Pos # Rider Team 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1 3 Rune Sörmander Dackarna 3 3 3 3 3   15
2 16 Björn Knutsson Vargarna 3 3 2 2 3   13
3 11 Peter Craven England 2 2 3 3 2   12
4= 5 Ulf Ericsson Monarkerna 3 3 3 1 F   10
4= 12 Ken McKinlay Scotland 3 2 2 3 0   10
4= 14 Olle Nygren Monarkerna 2 3 2 2 1   10
7 4 Ove Fundin Kaparna R 1 3 2 3   9
8= 8 Åke Andersson Dackarna 2 0 1 1 3   7
8= 13 Bengt Brannefors Kaparna 0 2 1 2 2   7
8= 6 Aub Lawson Australia 1 1 1 3 1   7
11 2 Olle Segerström Kaparna 2 2 1 F 0   5
12= 7 Per-Tage Svensson Vargarna 0 0 2 0 2   4
12= 1 Sören Sjösten Folkare 1 0 1 2     4
12= 15 Alf Jonsson Dackarna 1 1 0 1 1   4
15 18 Jan Hjelmgren Vargarna 1 0 R       1
16= 17 Bo Gunnarsson Vargarna 0 0 0 0     0
16= 9 Bert Lindarw Vargarna R 0 0 - -   0
DNS 10 Joel Jansson Vargarna             -

 

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Section 5

Tables
16 Swedish League Division 1 Championship Table

 

16

Swedish League Championship Table
1 Dackarna 8 7 0 1 447 - 290 14
2 Kaparna 8 5 0 3 342 - 298 10
3 Monarkerna 8 4 0 4 408 - 352 8
4 Vargarna 8 3 1 4 367 - 394 7
5 Getingarna 8 0 1 7 215 - 445 1

Getingarna - Kaparna WO for Kaparna

 

17

Calculated Match Average
Top Ten + Vargarna Riders
Pos Rider Team Meetings Heats Points P/H CMA
1 Rune Sörmander Dackarna 8 41 118 2.88 14.75
2 Björn Knutsson Vargarna 7 38 94 2.47 13.43
3 Ove Fundin Kaparna 7 33 86 2.61 12.29
4 Joel Jansson Vargarna 8 42 97 2.31 12.14
5 Olle Nygren Monarkerna 7 37 81 2.19 11.57
6 Alf Jonsson Dackarna 8 38 92 2.42 11.50
7 Arne Carlsson Kaparna 5 26 52 2.00 10.40
8 Berndt Nilsson Monarkerna 8 41 83 2.02 10.38
9= Per-Tage Svensson Vargarna 2 10 20 2.00 10.00
9= Göran Norlén Monarkerna 2 10 20 2.00 10.00
9= Ulf Ericsson Monarkerna 8 40 80 2.00 10.00
               
14 Bert Lindarw Vargarna 8 41 63 1.54 7.88
28 Curt Eldh Vargarna 6 24 31 1.29 5.17
32 Stig Pramberg Vargarna 5 22 17 0.77 3.40
33 Sven-Gunnar Karlsteen Vargarna 5 24 16 0.67 3.20
36 Bo Gunnarsson Vargarna 7 31 18 0.58 2.37
42 Jan Hjelmgren Vargarna 5 15 8 0.53 1.60
- Dan Forsberg Vargarna 1 5 3 0.60 3.00

 

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Section 6

British Speedway
18 British National League Championship Table
19 Vargarna Riders In British League

 

18

British National League Championship Table
1 Wimbledon 16 13 0 3   26
2 Leicester 16 8 1 7   17
3 Coventry 16 8 1 7   17
4 Norwich 16 8 0 8   16
5 Southampton 16 8 0 8   16
6 Poole 16 8 0 8   16
7 Oxford 16 7 0 9   14
8 Swindon 16 6 0 10   12
9 Belle Vue 16 5 0 11   10

 

19

Vargarna Riders In British League
Rider Team CMA
Björn Knutsson Bristol Bulldogs / Southampton Saints 10.16

 

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