Team Racing Champions

Team Racing World and European Champions

The contests until 1959 were "European Internationals". From 1960, the World Championships are official and held semiannually. Before 1977 the European Championships were unofficial, called "Criterium of Aces".
Even Years: World Championships; Odd Years: European Championships

Important Rule Changes:
1959: FAI rules introduced; 1960: Whipping disallowed; 1965: Finals changed from 100 to 200 laps; 1967: Tank capacity changed from 10 cc to 7 cc; 1969: Semifinals for 9 best - one round, later two rounds

Also check Pete Soule's Article on the Early Days with more detailed results up to 1972.

Year	Location	Pilot	Mechanic	Country	Winning time
1954	Hague, NED	Brian Dunn	Pete Smith	UK	?
1958	Etterbeek, BEL	R. Gibbs	Dick Edmonds	UK	4:58
1959	Etterbeek, BEL	Nery Bernard	Stouffs	BEL	4:27
1960	Budapest, HUN	Nery Bernard	Lietzmann	BEL	5:06
1961	Genk, BEL	Nils Björk	Kjell Rosenlund	SWE	4:40
1962	Kiev, USSR	Yuri Sirotkin	Boris Chkourski	USSR	4:48
1963	Genk, BEL	Zolotoverch	Kobets	USSR	5:10
1964	Budaors, HUN	Dick Place	Don Haworth	UK	4:51.2
1965	Bierset, BEL	Dick Place	Don Haworth	UK	10:07.8
1966	Swinderby, UK	Herb Stockton	Don Jehlik	USA	9:22
1967	Bierset, BEL	Herb Stockton	Don Jehlik	USA	9:36
1968	Helsinki, FIN	Herb Stockton	Don Jehlik	USA	9:19
1969	Genk, BEL	Gürtler	Baumgartner	AUT	9:45
1970	Namur, BEL	Babichev	Boris Krasnorutski	USSR	8:55.8
1971	Pecs, HUN	Ralf Ekholm	Pentti Nore	FIN	9:21.5
1972	Helsinki, FIN	Karl Plotsin	Valery Timofeev	USSR	8:30.4
1973	No Contest	- No organizer could be found -
1974	Hradec Kralove, CZE	Valentin Shapovalov	Victor Onufrienko	USSR	8:26.1
1975	Verviers, BEL	Per Hasling	Ole Hasling	DEN	8:26
1976	Utrecht, NET	Victor Barkov	Vladimir Suraev	USSR	8:09.2
1977	Verviers, BEL	Valery Kramarenko	Boris Krasnorutski	USSR	7:58.2
1978	Woodvale, UK	Bert Metkemeijer	Rob Metkemeijer	NET	7:32.5
1979	Marville, FRA	Hans Visser	Eep Buys	NET	7:41.5
1980	Czestochowa, POL	Hans Geschwendtner	John Mau	DEN	7:22.5
1981	Genk, BEL	Bert Metkemeijer	Enrico Flores	NET	7.11.4
1982	Oxelösund, SWE	Valentin Shapovalov	Victor Onufrienko	USSR	6:56.3
1983	Utrecht, NET	Valery Kramarenko	Sergei Kuznetsov	USSR	6:55
1984	Chicopee, USA	Steven Smith	Colin Brown	UK	7:17.3
1985	Wigan, UK	Steven Smith	Colin Brown	UK	7:24.5
1986	Pecs, HUN	Victor Barkov	Vladimir Suraev	USSR	6:50.9
1987	Nyköping, SWE	Vladimir Zhirov	V Shevchenko	USSR	6:55.1
1988	Kiev, USSR	Victor Barkov	Vladimir Suraev	USSR	6:42.0
1989	Wigan, UK	Victor Barkov	Vladimir Suraev	USSR	7:13.0
1990	Pont-a-Mousson, FRA	Yuri Shabashov	Vladimir Ivanov	USSR	6:45.8
1991	Czestochowa, POL	Yuri Nazin	Oleg Vorobiev	RUS	6:36.3
1992	Hradec Kralove, CZE	Vladimir Titov	Victor Yugov	RUS	6:42.7
1993	Pecs, HUN	Yuri Shabashov	Vladimir Ivanov	RUS	6:52.2
1994	Shanghai, CHN	Heiner Borer	Cesare Saccavino	SUI	6:46.0
1995	Hradec Kralove, CZE	Vladimir Titov	Victor Yugov	RUS	6:39.6
1996	Norrköping, SWE	Roberto Pennisi	Andrea Rossi	ITA	7:18.1
1997	Valladolid, ESP	Vladimir Titov	Victor Yugov	RUS	6:44.5
1998	Kyiv, UKR	Sergei Andreev	Sergei Sobko	RUS	6:37.5
1999	Valladolid, ESP	Sergei Andreev	Sergei Sobko	RUS	6:52.4
2000	Landres, FRA	Jean Maret	Jean-Paul Perret	FRA	6:28.9
2001	Valladolid, ESP	Yuri Shabashov	Sergei Moskaleev	RUS	6:41,8
2002	Sebnitz, GER	Yuryi Bondarenko	Semen Lerner	UKR	6:31,8
2003	Rouillé, FRA	Yuryi Bondarenko	Semen Lerner	UKR	6:42.1
2004	Muncie, USA	Pascal Surugue	Georges Surugue	FRA	6:42.7
2005	Pecs, Hungary	Yuryi Bondarenko	Semen Lerner	UKR	6:33.4
2006	Valladolid, Spain	Pascal Surugue	Georges Surugue	FRA	6:29.8
2007	Belgrade, Serbia	Pascal Surugue	Georges Surugue	FRA	6:21.