1966 Swedish speedway season

The 1966 Swedish speedway season was the 1966 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.^[1][2]

1966 Swedish speedway season
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Individual

Individual Championship

The 1966 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 7 October in Stockholm. Ove Fundin won the Swedish Championship for the sixth time.^[3][4]

The final ended with five riders tied on 12 points, Fundin won the race-off.^[5]

Pos.	Rider	Club	Total
1	Ove Fundin	Kaparna	12+x+3
2	Sören Sjösten	Vargarna	12+1+2
3	Bengt Jansson	Getingarna	12+2+1
4	Göte Nordin	Getingarna	12+3+0
5	Leif Enecrona	Gamarna	12+0+x
6	Leif Larsson	Getingarna	11
7	Björn Knutson	Vargarna	10
8	Hans Holmqvist (res)	Taxarna	7
9	Per-Olof Söderman	Vargarna	6
10	Karl-Erik Andersson	Kaparna	6
11	Bernt Persson	Vargarna	4
12	Bengt Svensson	Örnarna	4
13	Torbjörn Harrysson	Vargarna	4
14	Bo Magnusson	Kaparna	3
15	Gunnar Malmqvist	Njudungarna	2
16	Åke Andersson	Njudungarna	2
17	Bengt Brannefors	Kaparna	1

Junior Championship

Main article: Swedish Junior Speedway Championship

Winner - Egon Stengarn^[6][7]

Team

Team Championship

Getingarna continued their recent domination by winning division 1 again and being declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the fourth consecutive season. The Getingarna team contained Göte Nordin, Leif Larsson, Bengt Jansson and Arne Carlsson.^[8][9]

The league consisted of 14 teams (down from 19) resulting in only three divisions. Njudungarna won the second division and Indianerna won the third division.^[10][11]

Div 1 Pos Team Pts 1 Getingarna 19.5 2 Vargarna 15.5 3 Örnarna 12.5 4 Kaparna 9.5 5 Gamarna 12.5

Div 2 Pos Team Pts 1 Njudungarna 22 2 Lejonen 13 3 Taxarna 11 4 Masarna 2

Div 3 Pos Team Pts 1 Indianerna 20 2 Smederna 15.5 3 Stjärnorna 13.5 4 Skepparna 10 5 Filbyterna 1

See also

• Speedway in Sweden