1981 Speedway World Pairs Championship information
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The 1981 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the twelfth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1] The final took place in Chorzów, Poland. The championship was won by United States first time (23 points). American pair beat New Zealand (22 points) and Poland (21 points).[2][3][4]
The win by American's Bruce Penhall and Bobby Schwartz was the first time an American team or riders had won a World Championship in speedway since Jack Milne had won the 1937 World Final at the Wembley Stadium in London, England. Later in 1981 Penhall would go on to win the Individual World Final at Wembley.
^"World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
^"Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par(część 2)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 16 July 2009. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
^Świat Żużla, No 3 (59) 2004, page 44, ISSN 1429-3285
^Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
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