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2001 Swedish speedway season

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2001 Swedish speedway season
David Ruud was the 2001 junior champion
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The 2001 Swedish speedway season was the 2001 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.[1][2]

Individual

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The 2001 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held in Avesta on 1 September. Tony Rickardsson won the Swedish Championship for the sixth time.[3][4][5]

Pos Rider Team Pts Total
1 Tony Rickardsson Masarna (3,3,3,3,3) 15
2 Mikael Karlsson Valsarna (3,3,3,2,3) 14
3 Andreas Jonsson Rospiggarna (2,2,3,3,3) 13
4 Niklas Klingberg Indianerna (2,3,2,3,2) 12
5 Stefan Andersson Team Svelux (3,1,2,3,1) 10
6 Niklas Karlsson Vargarna (2,1,2,2,2) 9
7 Magnus Zetterström Smederna (2,0,1,2,3) 8
8 David Ruud Lejonen (0,3,0,2,2) 7
9 Peter Karlsson Kaparna (3,2,0,1,1) 7
10 Peter Nahlin Smederna (1,1,3,1,0) 6
11 Stefan Dannö Valsarna (1,2,1,1,1) 6
12 Peter I. Karlsson Masarna (1,0,2,0,2) 5
13 Niklas Aspgren Masarna (0,2,0,1,0) 3
14 Henrik Gustafsson Indianerna (1,0,1,0,1) 3
15 Patrick Dybeck Indianerna (0,0,1,0,0) 1
16 Claes Ivarsson Vetlanda (0,1,0,0,d) 1

Key

  • points per race - 3 for a heat win, 2 for 2nd, 1 for third, 0 for last
  • +3 won race off, +2 2nd in race off, +1, 3rd in race off, +0 last in race off
  • ef - engine failure
  • t - tape touching excluded
  • u - fell
  • w - excluded

David Ruud won the U21 championship.[6][7]

Team

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Rospiggarna won the Elitserien and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the third time. The Rospiggarna team included Greg Hancock, Ryan Sullivan and Andreas Jonsson.[8] The 2001 season saw the introduction of play offs to determine the Elitserien champions.[9][10]

Örnarna won the Allsvenskan and Gasarna won the first division.[11]

Play offs

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Swedish speedway season by season". Speedway.org. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Swedish Individual Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  4. ^ "2001 Swedish Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Tony Rickardsson". World Speedway Riders. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Swedish Speedway Junior Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Individual Swedish Junior Championships". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  8. ^ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2015". Speedway History. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Swedish Bauhaus Elite League". Speedway Fan Site. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Statistik". Elit Speedway Sverige. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  11. ^ "2001 season". Speedway.org. Retrieved 22 March 2023.