2001 Swedish speedway season
David Ruud was the 2001 junior champion

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

Individual

Individual Championship

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]

PosRiderTeamPtsTotal
1Tony RickardssonMasarna(3,3,3,3,3)15
2Mikael KarlssonValsarna(3,3,3,2,3)14
3Andreas JonssonRospiggarna(2,2,3,3,3)13
4Niklas KlingbergIndianerna(2,3,2,3,2)12
5Stefan AnderssonTeam Svelux(3,1,2,3,1)10
6Niklas KarlssonVargarna(2,1,2,2,2)9
7Magnus ZetterströmSmederna(2,0,1,2,3)8
8David RuudLejonen(0,3,0,2,2)7
9Peter KarlssonKaparna(3,2,0,1,1)7
10Peter NahlinSmederna(1,1,3,1,0)6
11Stefan DannöValsarna(1,2,1,1,1)6
12Peter I. KarlssonMasarna(1,0,2,0,2)5
13Niklas AspgrenMasarna(0,2,0,1,0)3
14Henrik GustafssonIndianerna(1,0,1,0,1)3
15Patrick DybeckIndianerna(0,0,1,0,0)1
16Claes IvarssonVetlanda(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

U21 Championship

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

Team

Team Championship

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

References

  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.
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