The 1985 British Speedway Championship was the 25th edition of the British Speedway Championship. The Final took place on 12 June at Brandon in Coventry, England. The Championship was won by Kenny Carter, who scored a 15-point maximum. John Davis was second, while Kelvin Tatum completed the rostrum in third place.
British Championship Qualifying Qualification Round 1 17 April 1985 Long Eaton
Pos.RiderPointsDetails1 Trevor Banks 13 2 Dave Perks 13 3 Louis Carr 11 4 Joe Owen 10 5 Colin Cook 10 6 Steve Schofield 9 7 Julian Parr 9 8 David Tyler 8 9 Kevin Smart 7 10 Nigel Sparshott 6 11 Chris Pidcock 5 12 David Biles 5 13 Graham Drury 4 14 Nigel Flatman 4 15 Colin Richardson 2 16 John Proctor 1 17 Pete Smith 0 Qualification Round 2 18 April 1985 Middlesbrough
Pos.RiderPointsDetails1 Steve Wilcock 14 2 Geoff Pusey 12 3 Mike Spink 11 4 Andy Buck 10 5 Andy Reid 10 6 Phil White 9 7 Martin Dixon 8 8 Robert Henry 8 9 Paul Bosley 7 10 Steve Lawson6 11 Paul Clarke 6 12 Dave Morton 6 13 Derek Harrison 5 14 Derek Richardson 4 15 Gary Havelock 4 16 Paul Stead 0 17 Roland Tebbs 0
Qualification Round 3 19 April 1985 Edinburgh
Pos.RiderPointsDetails1 David Blackburn 14 2 Bruce Cribb () 12 3 Paul Thorp 12 4 Bobby Beaton () 12 5 Eric Monaghan 10 6 Martin Hagon 10 7 Charlie McKinna ()10 8 Jim McMillan 10 9 Dave Trownson 5 10 Sean Courtney 5 11 Billy Burton 4 12 Eric Broadbelt 4 13 Steve Collins 4 14 Mark Crang 3 15 Barrie Dixon 3 16 Steve Cook 2 17 Martin Scarisbrick 0 Qualification Round 4 19 April 1985 Peterborough
Pos.RiderPointsDetails1 Carl Blackbird 14 2 Tim Hunt 13 3 Kevin Hawkins 12 4 Keith White 10 5 Martin Goodwin 10 6 Malcolm Holloway 9 7 Ian Clark 8 8 Gordon Kennett 8 9 Ian Barney 7 10 Gerald Short 6 11 Andy Hines 6 12 Dave Allan 6 13 Keith Teager 5 14 Carl Baldwin 4 15 Alan Sage 2 16 Alan Farmer 0
Quarter-final
28 April 1985 King's Lynn
Pos.RiderPointsDetails1 Carl Blackbird 13 2 Melvyn Taylor 13 3 Tim Hunt 12 4 Bruce Cribb () 11 5 Mike Spink 10 6 Louis Carr 9 7 David Blackburn 9 8 Jamie Luckhurst 8 9 Kevin Hawkins7 10 Dave Perks 7 11 Trevor Banks 7 12 Andrew Silver 5 13 Mike Ferreira ()3 14 Paul Thorp 3 15 Steve Wilcock 3 16 Geoff Pusey 0 17 Peter Chapman 0
Semi finals
Semi Final 1 19 May 1985 Halifax
Pos.RiderPointsDetails1 Kenny Carter 14 2 John Davis 14 3 Neil Collins 12 4 Phil Collins 10 5 Neil Evitts 9 6 Tim Hunt 9 7 Peter Collins 9 8 Andy Campbell 8 9 Mark Courtney 7 10 Sean Willmott 7 11 Peter Carr 5 12 Richard Knight 5 13 Louis Carr 4 14 Kevin Jolly 3 15 Carl Blackbird 2 16 Kenny McKinna () 2 17 Ian Sutcliffe 0 Semi Final 2 22 May 1985 Cradley Heath
Pos.RiderPointsDetails1 Andy Grahame 14 2 Kelvin Tatum 13 3 Simon Cross 12 4 Chris Morton 12 5 Andy Smith 11 6 Les Collins 9 7 Alan Grahame 7 8 Dave Jessup 7 9 Steve Bastable 7 10 Jamie Luckhurst 6 11 Mike Spink 5 12 Jeremy Doncaster 5 13 Melvyn Taylor 5 14 David Blackburn 2 15 Paul Woods 2 16 Bruce Cribb () 0 17 Nigel Leaver 0 18 John Bostin 0
Final 12 June 1985 Brandon Stadium, Coventry
British Under 21 final Carl Blackbird won the British Speedway Under 21 Championship. The final was held at Kingsmead Stadium on 15 June.
Pos. Rider Points1 Carl Blackbird 152 Dave Mullett 12+33 Andy Smith 12+24 Jamie Luckhurst 105 Nigel De'Ath 106 Gary Havelock 97 Simon Cross 98 Andy Galvin 79 Paul Whittaker 710 Andrew Silver 611 Paul Clarke 612 Carl Baldwin 413 David Smart 414 Kevin Price 315 Neville Tatum 216 Lawrie Bloomfield (res) 217 Jeremy Luckhurst 118 Mark Terry (res) 1
See also British Speedway Championship 1985 Individual Speedway World Championship
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