1984 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship

European Under-21 Championship
Marvyn Cox won the marred 1984 Championship
VenueNorfolk Arena
LocationKing's Lynn, England
Start date28 July 1984
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The 1984 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship was the eighth edition of the European motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships.[1][2] All participants under the age of 21.

The title was won by Marvyn Cox[3] but the meeting was blighted by the death of Leif Wahlman. During heat 13 his engine seized, causing him to fall and then he was hit from behind. The 19-year-old Swede suffered catastrophic brain injuries and died later at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn.[4][5]

European final

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21
1 England (5) Marvyn Cox 12 3 3 2 3 1 12 1
2 England (9) Neil Evitts 11 2 2 3 2 2 11 2 3
3 United States (16) Steve Lucero 11 2 3 2 1 3 11 3 2
4 Sweden (11) Hans Wahlstrom 11 3 3 F 3 2 11 4 1
5 Hungary (4) József Petrikovics 10 3 1 3 0 3 10 5
6 England (12) Andy Smith 10 0 2 3 2 3 10 6
7 Denmark (14) Frank Andersen 10 3 2 2 3 X 10 7
8 Italy (10) Armando Castagna 8 1 0 2 2 3 8 8
9 Denmark (6) Lars Andersson 8 1 3 1 1 2 8 9
10 Soviet Union (2) Oleg Volokhov 6 2 1 0 2 1 6 10
11 Sweden (1) Leif Wahlman 5 1 1 3 X - 5 11
12 Italy (15) Giorgio Zaramella 5 1 0 1 3 0 5 12
13 Italy (7) Valentino Furlanetto 4 2 2 0 F 0 4 13
14 Denmark (8) Flemming Rasmussen 4 0 0 1 1 2 4 14
15 Poland (13) Wojciech Załuski 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 15
16 West Germany (3) Klaus Lausch 1 X 1 - - - 1 16
R1 Denmark (R1) Kurt Hansen 1 0 1 1 R1
R2 Czechoslovakia (R2) Jiri Broz 0 0 0 0 R2
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

See also

Rider deaths in motorcycle speedway

References

  1. ^ "European Under 21 Championship 1977-1987". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ "1984". Speedway.org. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Injured Evitts is second". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 30 July 1984. Retrieved 9 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Leif Wahlman". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Rider 19, dies". Western Daily Press. 30 July 1984. Retrieved 9 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.