Hans Nielsen made up for his 1988 run-off defeat to Erik Gundersen by scoring a 15-point maximum to take his third World Championship.
[5] Nielsen joined fellow Danes Ole Olsen and Erik Gundersen as a three time speedway world champion.
In a sad twist, it was also seized engine in Heat 1 of the World Team Cup Final that would cause Gundersen's career ending crash.
He then got a start in the Intercontinental Final at Bradford when Overseas champion Sam Ermolenko injured his back in a horrific Long track motorcycle racing crash and was forced to withdraw (the American would be out for over 6 months).
Bobby Schwartz came in as the reserve rider *Troy Butler replaced the injured Sam Ermolenko.