Vargarna 1962

 

 

Section 1

League Meetings

Section 2

Other Team Meetings

Section 3

Pairs & Cup

Section 4

Individual Meetings

Section 5

Tables

Section 6

British Speedway

 

Legend

F Fell
R Retired (engine failure or whatever)
X Excluded
(G) Guest rider
NS Non-Starter
QNS Qualified Non-Starter

 





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Section 1

League Meetings

Pos Date Type of Meeting Track Teams Notes
1 04.05 Swedish Speedwayseries, Group 1 Norrköping Vargarna - Dackarna  
2 06.05 Swedish Speedwayseries, Group 1 Målilla Dackarna - Vargarna  
3 10.05 Swedish Speedwayseries, Group 1 Norrköping Vargarna - Kaparna  
4 30.05 Swedish Speedwayseries, Group 1 Stockholm Monarkerna - Vargarna  
5 05.06 Swedish Speedwayseries, Group 1 Gothenburg Kaparna - Vargarna  
6 15.08 Swedish Speedwayseries, Group 1 Norrköping Vargarna - Monarkerna  

 

1

May 4
Att: -

Vargarna - Dackarna
Speedwayseries Group 1

Norrköpings Motorstadion
(Dagsbergsfältet)

# Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total
  VARGARNA           44     DACKARNA           40
- Björn Knutsson 3 3 3 3   12   - Rune Sörmander 3 2 2 2   9
- Sören Sjösten 3 3 3 3   12   - Per-Tage Svensson 2 2 2 3   9
- Curt Eldh 1 1 3 3   8   - Åke Andersson 1 2 2 1   6
- Arne Wettergren 0 F 0 2   2   - Inge Gustafsson 0 1 1 2   4
- Bo Gunnarsson 0 1 - -   1   - Torvald Karlsson 1 0 1 1   3
- Thore Kindstrand 0 0 0 0   0   - Sigge Johansson 1 1       2
                  - Karl-Göran Rydström 0 0       0

 

2

May 6
Att: 3600

Dackarna - Vargarna
Speedwayseries Group 1

Målilla Motorbana

# Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total
  DACKARNA           48     VARGARNA           36
1 Rune Sörmander 3 2 2 3   10   1 Sören Sjösten 2 3 3 2   10
2 Evert Andersson 0 1 2 3   6   2 Thore Kindstrand 0 0 0 0   0
3 Per-Tage Svensson 3 3 3 2   11   3 Björn Knutsson 3 3 2 3 3 14
4 Torvald Karlsson 1 2 1 1   5   4 Arne Wettergren 1 2 0 0   3
5 Åke Andersson 2 2 1 3   8   5 Curt Eldh 2 F 0 1   3
6 Inge Gustafsson 1 1 1 2   5   6 Jan Hjelmgren 0 1 0     1
7 Sigge Johansson R 2       2   7 Bo Gunnarsson 1 0       1
8 Karl-Göran Rydström 1 0       1   8 Rune Törnqvist 0         0

 

3

May 10
Att: 1000

Vargarna - Kaparna
Speedwayseries Group 1

Norrköpings Motorstadion
(Dagsbergsfältet)

# Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total
  VARGARNA           34     KAPARNA           49
1 Björn Knutsson 2 3 3 3 3 14   1 Ove Fundin 3 R 3 3   9
2 Jan Hjelmgren 0 0 0 -   0   2 Göran Carlsson 1 2 2 3   8
3 Sören Sjösten 3 3 3 F   9   3 Arne Carlsson 2 2 2 2   8
4 Arne Wettergren 1 1 1 0 0 3   4 Björn Carlsson 0 1 1 1   3
5 Curt Eldh 0 0 0 1   1   5 Bengt Brannefors 3 2 3 2   10
6 Thore Kindstrand 1 3 1 2   7   6 Bo Magnusson 2 1 2 0   5
7 Bo Gunnarsson 0 -       0   7 Arne Hansson 2 2       4
8 Rune Törnqvist 0 0       0   8 Tommy Bergqvist 1 1       2

 

4

May 30
Att: -

Monarkerna - Vargarna
Speedwayseries Group 1

Hammarby IP, Stockholm

# Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total
  MONARKERNA           47     VARGARNA           37
1 Curt Nyqvist 2 3 3 1   9   1 Björn Knutsson 3 3 3 2 3 14
2 Ted Lindskog 1 2 2 3   8   2 Jan Hjelmgren 0 1 1 -   2
3 Leif Larsson 2 2 2 2   8   3 Sören Sjösten 3 2 3 3   11
4 Kurt Westlund 1 0 1 2   4   4 Arne Wettergren 0 0 0 R   0
5 Göran Norlén 2 3 1 3   9   5 Curt Eldh 1 0 3 -   4
6 Jan Ekeroth 3 1 0 2   6   6 Thore Kindstrand 0 1 0 -   1
7 Krister Lindkvist 1 1       2   7 Olle Nygren 2 2 R R   4
8 Tord Hansen 0 1       1   8 Runo Wedin 1 R       1

 

5

June 5
Att: -

Kaparna - Vargarna
Speedwayseries Group 1

Lindome, Gothenburg

# Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total
  KAPARNA           48     VARGARNA           36
1 Ove Fundin 3 3 3 3   12   1 Thore Kindstrand 2 1 0 1   4
2 Tommy Bergqvist 1 0 1 R   2   2 Runo Wedin 0 0 - -   0
3 Arne Carlsson 1 3 2 2   8   3 Sören Sjösten 2 3 3 2 3 13
4 Göran Carlsson 3 2 3 3   11   4 Jan Hjelmgren 0 0 0 -   0
5 Bengt Brannefors 3 1 2 -   6   5 Curt Eldh 1 2 0 3   6
6 Arne Hansson 2 0 1 1   4   6 Berndt Hörnfeldt 0 1 0 -   1
7 Björn Carlsson 1 1       2   7 Olle Nygren 2 2 3 3 2 12
8 Allan Dahllöf 1 2       3   8 Rune Törnqvist 0 0       0

 

6

August 5
Att: 1700

Vargarna - Monarkerna
Speedwayseries Group 1

Norrköpings Motorstadion
(Dagsbergsfältet)

# Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total
  VARGARNA           51     MONARKERNA           33
1 Björn Knutsson 3 3 3 3   12   1 Göran Norlén 2 1 0 2   5
2 Arne Wettergren 1 0 2 0   3   2 Jan Ekeroth 0 0 - -   0
3 Olle Nygren 1 3 3 1   8   3 Leif Larsson 3 3 2 2 0 10
4 PeO Söderman 2 2 2 3   9   4 Kurt Westlund 0 2 0 1   3
5 Sören Sjösten 0 2 3 3   8   5 Curt Nyqvist 1 1 0 1   3
6 Curt Eldh 3 1 1 3   8   6 Kjell Svensson 2 2 3 2 2 11
7 Rune Törnqvist 1 0       1   7 Berndt Johansson 0 -       0
8 Runo Wedin 1 1       2   8 Ted Lindskog 0 0 1     1

 





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Section 2

Other Team Meetings

Pos Date Type of Meeting Track Teams Notes
7 22.05 International Challenge Oslo, Norway Norsk Motor Klub - Vargarna  
8 23.09 International Challenge Kempten, Germany West Germany - Holland - Vargarna/Kaparna  
9 02.10 International Challenge Norrköping Vargarna - Soviet Union  

 

7

May 22
Att: -

Norsk Motor Klub - Vargarna
International Challenge

Oslo, Norway

# Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total
  NORSK MOTOR KLUB           59     VARGARNA           35
- Aage Hansen 3 3 3 3 3 15   - Thore Kindstrand 2 2 3 3   10
- Sverre Harrfeldt 3 2 3 3   11   - Curt Eldh 2 2 3 2   9
- Henry 'Stompa' Andersen 3 3 3 2   11   - Arne Wettergren 1 2 1 1   5
- Cato Agnor 1 3 2 2 1 9   - Runo Wedin 2 2 1     5
- Per Aulie 2 1 1 1 2 7   - Berndt Hörnfeldt 1 1 1     3
- Oddvar Kristiansen 2 2       4   - Jan Hjelmgren 1 2       3
- Tore Svaleng 2         2                  

 

8

September 23
Att: -

West Germany - Holland - Vargarna/Kaparna
International Challenge

Kempten, West Germany

# Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total
  1. VARGARNA/KAPARNA           43     2. WEST GERMANY           42     3. HOLLAND           11
- Ove Fundin           14   - ?               - ?            
- Björn Knutsson           13   -                 -              
- PeO Söderman           9   -                 -              
- Bengt Brannefors           7   -                 -              

 

9

October 2
Att: 4086

Vargarna - Soviet Union
International Challenge

Norrköpings Motorstadion
(Dagsbergsfältet)

# Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total   # Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
  VARGARNA             57     SOVIET UNION             39
1 Per-Tage Svensson (G) 2 3 2 2 2   11   1 Igor Plechanov 1 2 1 2 1 1 8
2 PeO Söderman 3 3 2 0 2   10   2 Gabdrachman Kadyrov 0 1 0 0 1   2
3 Sören Sjösten 3 3 3 2 3   14   3 Boris Samorodov 2 2 3 3 3   13
4 Curt Eldh 1 2 1 1 0   5   4 Viktor Trofimov 0 1 1 3 1 1 7
5 Björn Knutsson 3 3 3 3 3   15   5 Jurij Olejnev 0 0 0 0     0
6 Runo Wedin 1 0 1 0 0   2   6 Leonid Drobjasko 2 1 2 2 2 0 9
7 Rune Törnqvist 0 0         0                    

 





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Section 3

Pairs & Cup

Pos Date Type of Meeting Track Teams Notes
10 05.08 Best Pairs - Swedish Championship Växjö Dackarna A - Dackarna B - Vargarna - Kaparna - Getingarna - Monarkerna  
11 26.09 Swedish Cup Final Växjö Dackarna - Vargarna - Monarkerna - Kaparna  

 

10

August 5
Att: 3000

Best Pairs - Swedish Championship

Växjö Motorstadion

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. DACKARNA A           21   2. VARGARNA           18   3= KAPARNA           14   3= GETINGARNA           14   5. DACKARNA B           12   6. MONARKERNA           11
Rune Sörmander 2 3 3 2 3 13   Björn Knutsson 2 0 3 2 3 10   Ove Fundin 1 3 3 3 3 13   Göte Nordin 3 3 2 3 1 12   Åke Andersson 2 2 1 3 2 10   Leif Larsson 2 1 1 2 2 8
Per-Tage Svensson 3 1 2 1 1 8   Sören Sjösten 0 3 2 1 2 8   Bengt Brannefors 0 r 0 0 1 1   Hans Hallberg 1 0 1 0 0 2   Evert Andersson 1 1 0 0 0 2   Göran Norlén 0 2 0 1 0 3

 

11

August 26
Att:

Swedish Cup Final

Växjö Motorstadion

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. VARGARNA           37   2. DACKARNA           24   3. MONARKERNA           23   4. KAPARNA           12
Björn Knutsson 3 3 3 3   12   Rune Sörmander 3 2 2 2 1 10   Göran Norlén 2 3 1 3 3 12   Bengt Brannefors 3 0 2 2   7
Sören Sjösten 3 3 3 F   9   Evert Andersson 1 2 2 1   6   Leif Larsson 2 2 3 2   9   Arne Carlsson 1 1 1 1 1 5
Olle Nygren 2 R 3 3   8   Per-Tage Svensson 1 1 1 2   5   Kjell Svensson 0 2 0 0   2   Roy Lundgren 0 0 0     0
PeO Söderman 2 3 2 1   8   Åke Andersson 1 1 1     3   Curt Nyqvist 0 0 0     0   Bo Magnusson 0 0 0 0   0
                                                             

 





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Section 4

Individual Meetings

Pos Date Type of Meeting Track Notes
12 20.09 Swedish Individual Junior Championship Final Norrköping  
13 21.09 Swedish Individual Championship Final Stockholms Stadion  

 

12

September 20
Att: 1000

Swedish Individual Junior Championship Final

Norrköpings Motorstadion
(Dagsbergsfältet)

Pos # Rider Team 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1   Sten Karlsson Indianerna 3 3 1 3 3 3 13+3
2 8 Hans Utterström Folkare 2 3 2 3 3 F 13+0
3 5 Tord Westlund Folkare 3 3 3 3 F   12
4 3 Leif Enecrona Gamarna 2 1 3 2 3   11
5 10 Bo Josefsson Njudungarna 3 2 3 1 2   11
6 15 Runo Wedin Vargarna 2 3 2 3 R   10
7 12 Lars Jansson Rospiggarna (Danderyd) 2 2 1 2 2   9
8 1 Allan Gylfe Njudungarna 3 2 3 R -   8
9 4 Kennertz Jibreus Taxarna 1 1 1 1 2   6
10 17 (res) Åke Roth Njudungarna 0 1 2 2 0   5
11 6 Rolf Ekberg Dackarna 1 0 1 2 1   5
12 11 Eve Brorsson Dackarna 1 0 2 0 1   4
13 9 Nils Ringström Taxarna 0 0 0 0 2   2
14 16 Hans Jonsson Örnarna 1 0 0 1 0   2
15 0 Rolf Johansson Dackarna 0 - - - -   0
16 7 Sixten Karlberg Indianerna 0 - - - -   0
                     
NS 13 Sven-Inge Svensson Njudungarna - - - - -   -
Res. 18 Leif Söderberg Taxarna 1 2 0 0 1 1 R 3   8   8 heats!!!!

Vargcupen
Test cup with handicap for the first time in Sweden.
Abandoned after first heat when Arne Wettergren had a fatal accident.

Heat 1 # Rider Team Helmet Hc (meters) Pos
  1 Arne Wettergren Vargarna Red Scratch F
  2 Runo Wedin Vargarna White Scratch  
  3 Björn Knutsson Vargarna Blue 30  
  4 Curt Eldh Vargarna Y/B 20  
Heat 2 # Rider Team Helmet HC (meters) Pos
  5 Rune Törnqvist Vargarna Red Scratch  
  6 Ryno Westergren Vargarna White Scratch  
  7 Olle Nygren Vargarna Blue 20  
  8 PeO Söderman Vargarna Y/B 20  

 

13

September 21
Att: 12 438

Swedish Individual Championship Final

Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg

Pos # Rider Team 1 2 3 4 5 + Total
1 8 Ove Fundin Kaparna 2 3 3 3 3 3 14+3
2 5 Göte Nordin Getingarna 3 3 3 2 3 2 14+2
3 12 Sören Sjösten Vargarna 3 2 2 3 3   13
4 15 Björn Knutsson Vargarna 3 3 1 3 2   12
5 1 Rune Sörmander Dackarna 3 2 3 2 1   11
6 16 Göran Norlén Monarkerna 0 1 2 3 3   9
7 6 Leif Larsson Monarkerna 1 3 1 2 2   9
8 4 PeO Söderman Vargarna 1 0 3 1 2   7
9 2 Bengt Brannefors Kaparna 2 1 0 2 2   7
10 14 Åke Andersson Dackarna 2 0 1 1 1   5
11 10 Per-Tage Svensson Dackarna 2 2 F R -   4
12 13 Evert Andersson Dackarna 1 0 2 0 1   4
13 7 Bengt Jansson Getingarna 0 2 1 0 0   3
14 9 Kjell Svensson Monarkerna 1 1 0 0 1   3
15 3 Olle Nygren Vargarna R R 2 R F   2
16 11 Williard Thomsson Folkare 0 1 R - -   1
                     
Res. 17 Curt Eldh Vargarna - - - 1 0   1
Res. 18 Bo Håkansson Örnarna - - - - 0   0

 





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Section 5

Tables

14 05.08 Swedish League Championship, Group 1  
15 26.09 Swedish League - Calculated Match Average, Group 1  

 

14

Swedish League Championship Table, Group 1

1 Dackarna 6 4 0 2 279 - 225 8
2 Kaparna 6 3 0 3 262 - 241 6
3 Monarkerna 6 3 0 3 228 - 276 6
4 Vargarna 6 2 0 4 238 - 265 4

 

15

Swedish League - Calculated Match Average
Top Ten + Vargarna Riders

Pos Rider Team Meetings Points CMA
1 Björn Knutsson Vargarna 5 66 13.20
2 Ove Fundin Kaparna 6 72 12.00
3 Sören Sjösten Vargarna 6 66 11.00
4 Per-Tage Svensson Dackarna 6 62 10.33
5= Rune Sörmander Dackarna 6 60 10.00
5= Leif Larsson Monarkerna 6 60 10.00
7 Bengt Brannefors Kaparna 5 47 9.40
8= Olle Nygren Vargarna 3 24 8.00
8= Arne Carlsson Vargarna 6 48 8.00
10= Evert Andersson Dackarna 6 44 7.33
10= Göran Norlén Monarkerna 6 44 7.33
           
17 Curt Eldh Vargarna 6 30 5.00
25 Thore Kindstrand Vargarna 5 12 2.40
26 Arne Wettergren Vargarna 5 12 2.20
31= Runo Wedin Vargarna 3 3 1.00
31= Bo Gunnarsson Vargarna 2 2 1.00
34 Jan Hjelmgren Vargarna 5 3 0.60
35 Rune Törnqvist Vargarna 5 2 0.40
           
- PeO Söderman Vargarna 1 9 9.00
- Berndt Hörnfeldt Vargarna 1 1 1.00

 





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Section 6

British Speedway

16 British National League Championship Table  
17 British Provincial League Championship Table  
18 Vargarna Riders in British League  

 

16

British National League Championship Table

1 Southampton 24 18 0 6   36
2 Wimbledon 24 14 1 9   29
3 Coventry 24 13 0 11   26
4 Belle Vue 24 12 1 11   25
5 Norwich 24 12 0 12   24
6 Swindon 24 9 2 13   20
7 Oxford 24 4 0 20   8

 

17

British Provincial League Championship Table

1 Poole 24 17 0 7   34
2 Neath 24 14 1 9   29
3 Exeter 24 14 0 10   28
4 Stoke 24 14 0 10   28
5 Edinburgh 24 12 2 10   26
6 Sheffield 24 12 2 10   26
7 Plymouth 24 12 1 11   25
8 Cradley Heath 24 12 0 12   24
9 Newcastle 24 12 0 12   24
10 Wolverhampton 24 11 1 12   23
11 Middlesbrough 24 11 0 13   22
12 Leicester 24 6 0 18   12
13 Bradford 24 5 1 18   11

 

18

Vargarna Riders in British League

Pos Rider Team CMA
- Björn Knutsson Southampton Saints -
- Olle Nygren Swindon Robins -
- Sören Sjösten Belle Vue Aces -

 





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