The Overseas final was a Motorcycle speedway final sanctioned by the FIM as a qualifying round for the Speedway World Championship between 1981 and 2001.[1]

Introduced to the World Championship in 1981, it served as a qualifying round for Commonwealth and American riders. The Overseas final was originally intended to replace the Commonwealth final, but stayed on the World Championship calendar when the Commonwealth was re-introduced in 1986.[2][3]

Editions

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All 21 Overseas finals were held in England.

Year Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
1981   London
White City Stadium
  Dave Jessup   Chris Morton   Bruce Penhall
1982   London
White City Stadium
  Dave Jessup[4]   Kenny Carter   Bruce Penhall
1983   Manchester
Belle Vue Stadium
  Phil Collins   Kenny Carter   Mitch Shirra
1984   Manchester
Belle Vue Stadium
  Lance King[5]   Phil Crump   Shawn Moran
1985   Bradford
Odsal Stadium
  Shawn Moran   Kenny Carter   Lance King
1986   Coventry
Brandon Stadium
  Sam Ermolenko   Jeremy Doncaster   Neil Evitts
1987   Bradford
Odsal Stadium
  Mitch Shirra   Jeremy Doncaster   Kelly Moran
1988   Coventry
Brandon Stadium
  Simon Cross   Kelvin Tatum   Simon Wigg
1989   Coventry
Brandon Stadium
  Sam Ermolenko   Kelvin Tatum   Ronnie Correy
1990   Coventry
Brandon Stadium
  Jeremy Doncaster   Todd Wiltshire   Shawn Moran
1991   Bradford
Odsal Stadium
  Kelvin Tatum   Sam Ermolenko   Billy Hamill
1992   Coventry
Brandon Stadium
  Gary Havelock   Mitch Shirra   Kelvin Tatum
1993   Coventry
Brandon Stadium
  Martin Dugard   Joe Screen   Ronnie Correy
1994   Coventry
Brandon Stadium
  Sam Ermolenko   Greg Hancock   Craig Boyce
1995   Coventry
Brandon Stadium
  Ryan Sullivan   Leigh Adams   Jason Lyons
1996   Coventry
Brandon Stadium
  Chris Manchester   Ryan Sullivan   Jason Lyons
1997   Bradford
Odsal Stadium
  Kelvin Tatum   Joe Screen   Sean Wilson
1998   Poole
Poole Stadium
  Jason Lyons   Joe Screen   Glenn Cunningham
1999   King's Lynn
Norfolk Arena
  Mark Loram   Scott Nicholls   Jason Lyons
2000   Poole
Poole Stadium
  Sam Ermolenko   Jason Lyons   Steve Johnston
2001   Poole
Poole Stadium
  Jason Lyons   Gary Havelock   Sam Ermolenko

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Speedway, Longtrack and Icespeedway History". www.speedway.org.
  2. ^ "Overseas Final". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Overseas Final". Speedway.org. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  4. ^ "1982 Overseas Final. The Day The Music Died". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Lance King 1984 Overseas Final". Cradley Heath Speedway. Retrieved 19 July 2021.