1974 Speedway World Pairs Championship

The 1974 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the fifth official FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1] The final took place at the Hyde Road Speedway in Belle Vue, Manchester, England.[2][3] The championship was won by Sweden (28 points) from Australia (23 pts) and New Zealand (21 pts).[4][5] Host nation England, represented by Peter Collins and Dave Jessup, finished 4th with 21 points.[6]

Swedish rider Anders Michanek, who successfully defended his World Pairs crown at this meeting, completed the double later in 1974 when he won the Individual World Championship.

  1. ^ "It's Ivan and me for pairs event". Sports Argus. 29 June 1974. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  3. ^ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  4. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  5. ^ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
  6. ^ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par(część 2)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 16 July 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.