Jiří Štancl

Jiří Štancl (born 18 November 1949) is a Czech former international motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 39 international caps for the Czechoslovakia national speedway team.^[1]

Jiří Štancl

Born	(1949-11-18) 18 November 1949 (age 75) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Nationality	Czechoslovak
Career history
Czechoslovakia
1969–1985	Rudá Hvězda Praha
Great Britain
1976, 1978	Coventry Bees
1979–1980, 1982	Reading Racers
Individual honours
1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983	Czech National Champion
1974, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982	Golden Helmet of Pardubice
1982	Continental Champion
Team honours
1978, 1980	British League Champion
1976, 1978	Midland Cup

Career

Štancl was born on 18 November 1949 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.^[2] He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on nine occasions between 1971 and 1984, finishing a career best 9th in 1982 in Los Angeles.

He won the Czechoslovak National Championship twelve times, has appeared in the World Team Cup finals on seven occasions and in the Speedway World Pairs Championship finals seven times.^[3][4]

In 1974, he represented his country in a test series against England.^[5] This was also the first time that he reached the world longtrack final.^[6] He would go on to compete in 12 consecutive finals.

Štancl won the famed Golden Helmet of Pardubice in 1974, 1976, 1978, 1981 and 1982 and was also twice runner-up at the World Longtrack Championships in 1983 and 1985.

In the British leagues he rode for the Coventry Bees and Reading Racers.^[7]

Family

His son, George, is also a rider.

World Final appearances

Individual Speedway World Championship

• 1971 – Gothenburg, Ullevi - 13th - 3pts
• 1976 – Chorzów, Silesian Stadium - 10th - 6pts
• 1977 – Gothenburg, Ullevi - 14th - 3pts
• 1978 – London, Wembley Stadium - 15th - 2pts
• 1980 – Gothenburg, Ullevi - 13th - 5pts
• 1981 – London, Wembley Stadium - 16th - 3pts
• 1982 – Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - 9th - 7pts
• 1983 – Norden, Motodrom Halbemond - 16th - 1pt
• 1984 – Gothenburg, Ullevi - 15th - 1pt^[8]

Speedway World Pairs Championship

• 1970 – Malmö, Malmö Stadion (with Václav Verner) - 5th - 11pts (6)
• 1972 – Borås, Ryavallen (with Jan Holub I) - 6th - 12pts (7)
• 1973 – Borås, Ryavallen (with Petr Ondrašík) - 6th - 11pts (9)
• 1977 – Manchester, Hyde Road (with Jan Verner) - 4th - 17pts (11)
• 1978 – Chorzów, Silesian Stadium (with Jan Verner) - 4th - 18pts (9)
• 1982 – Sydney, Liverpool City Raceway (with Aleš Dryml) - 7th - 8pts (5)
• 1984 – Lonigo, Pista Speedway (with Aleš Dryml - 6th - 10pts (5)

Speedway World Team Cup

• 1970 – London, Wembley Stadium] (with Zdeněk Majstr / Václav Verner / Miloslav Verner / Jan Holub) - 4th - 3pts (0)
• 1977 – Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Václav Verner / Jan Verner / Aleš Dryml) - 3rd - 23pts (8)
• 1978 – Landshut, Ellermühle Stadium (with Václav Verner / Jan Verner / Aleš Dryml) - 4th - 16+2pts (7+2)
• 1979 – London, White City Stadium (with Zdeněk Kudrna / Aleš Dryml / Václav Verner ) - 3rd - 19pts (6)
• 1980 – Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Zdeněk Kudrna / Aleš Dryml / Václav Verner / Petr Ondrašík) - 4th - 12pts (4)
• 1982 – London, White City Stadium (with Aleš Dryml / Václav Verner / Petr Ondrašík / Antonín Kasper Jr.) - 4th - 17pts (4)
• 1983 – Vojens, Speedway Center (with Aleš Dryml / Václav Verner / Antonín Kasper Jr. / Petr Ondrašík) - 4th - 3pts (2)

Individual Longtrack World Championship

• 1974 – Scheeßel - 11th - 9pts
• 1975 – Gornja Radgona - 11th - 9pts
• 1976 – Mariánské Lázně - 5th - 16pts
• 1977 – Aalborg - 4th - 15pts
• 1978 – Mühldorf - 9th - 11pts
• 1979 – Mariánské Lázně - 4th - 17pts
• 1980 – Scheeßel - 13th - 6pts
• 1981 – Gornja Radgona - 10th - 6pts
• 1982 – Esbjerg (Korskro) - 17th - 4pts
• 1983 – Mariánské Lázně - 2nd - 20pts
• 1984 – Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz - 8th - 9pts
• 1985 – Esbjerg (Korskro) - 2nd - 19pts