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The Continental final was a Motorcycle speedway final sanctioned by the FIM as the qualifying round for the Speedway World Championship between 1976 and 2000.[1][2]
From 1952 to 1975 it acted as the final qualifier for the Championship round or European final but from 1976 to 1990 it was upgraded in stature and acted as a final qualifier for the World Championship final itself.[3] It was not held from 1991 to 1994 and then from 1995 to 2001 it acted as a final qualifier for the Speedway Grand Prix or Grand Prix Challenge.[4]
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See also
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| Europe | ||
| National Championships | ||
| National Leagues | ||
| Ice speedway |
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| Long track |
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| Former Championships | ||
| Governing Bodies | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 100. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 22. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ^ "Continental Final". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Nielsen to win Hans down". Reading Evening Post. 3 September 1988. Retrieved 10 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1990). Speedway Yearbook 1990. Front Page Books. p. 12. ISBN 0-948882-15-8.
- ^ "27.07.1996.Speedway Continental final - Abensberg (GER)". You Tube. Retrieved 20 January 2023.