World Champs in the BLRC
By Tracy Holmes

Chris Holder has just joined an 'Elite' group of riders who have won the World Speedway Championship and BLRC/ELRC in the same year. Stats haters can go back to the Home Page now. His name goes alongside Barry Briggs, Sir Ole Olsen, Erik Gundersen, Hans Nielsen, Greg Hancock, Tony Rickardsson, Jason Crump and Nicki Pedersen. I thought it would be fun to play Steely Dan and go Reelin in the Years, seeing how the World Champs did in the BLRC/ELRC. In the 70s, I would say "roll a joint and join me!" Nowdays, put the kettle on...;

1965	Bjorn Knutson	did not compete
1966	Barry Briggs	1st
1967	Ove Fundin	9th
1968	Ivan Mauger	3rd
1969	Ivan Mauger	2nd
1970	Ivan Mauger	6th
1971	Ole Olsen	7th
1972	Ivan Mauger	7th
1973	Jerzy Szczakiel	did not compete
1974	Anders Michanek	did not compete
1975	Ole Olsen	Q.ns [personal]
1976	Peter Collins	2nd
1977	Ivan Mauger	4th
1978	Ole Olsen	1st
1979	Ivan Mauger	10th
1980	Mike Lee	14th
1981	Bruce Penhall	7th
1982	Bruce Penhall	Quit speedway after winning World Final. 'California crumbles into the sea'
1983	Egon Muller	did not compete
1984	Erik Gundersen	3rd
1985	Erik Gundersen	1st
1986	Hans Nielsen	1st
1987	Hans Nielsen	1st
1988	Erik Gundersen	2nd
1989	Hans Nielsen	2nd
1990	Per Jonsson	dnq
1991	Jan O Pedersen	9th
1992	Gary Havelock	3rd
1993	Sam Ermolenko	Q inj ns
1994	Tony Rickardsson	did not compete
1995	Hans Nielsen	did not compete
1996	Billy Hamill	16th
1997	Greg Hancock	1st
1998	Tony Rickardsson	1st
1999	Tony Rickardsson	Qns
2000	Mark Loram	7th
2001	Tony Rickardsson	5th
2002	Tony Rickardsson	1st
2003	Nicki Pedersen	dnr
2004	Jason Crump	Qns
2005	Tony Rickardsson	did not compete
2006	Jason Crump	1st
2007	Nicki Pedersen	1st
2008	Nicki Pedersen	did not compete
2009	Jason Crump	dnr [Qns ?]
2010	Tomasz Gollob	dnr
2011	Greg Hancock	did not compete
2012	Chris Holder	1st