Chris Slabon
Division One
Chris is currently racing in Poland on a pro team featuring Tomasz Gollab.
He is the only
rider from North America in the 1999 World Under 21 Championship FinalSee Marcin's web site for the reports:
3rd in World Under 21 Championship Qualifier (May 9,1999, Prelog (CRO), )
4th in World Under 21 Championship Semi Final (July 11,1999, Stralsund D )
World Under 21 Championship Final (August 7,1999, Vojens DK )
In a 1998 match, Chris won more points that the opposing team's Tony Rickardson, a top world champion rider! See the speedway mail posting dated Sept. 1, 1998.
Chris had never raced in Canada until the 1997 season. He went to school here, but prefered to race in Poland during the summer season and had been driving mini-speedway in a team in Gettingarna. He quickly moved to the top of Division One when he started racing here in 1997, finishing third in the Canadian National Championships!
Other 1997 achievements:
Two Division One wins at Paris, a second at the Eagle's Nest Championships, and a third in the Paris Speedway Championships.
1998 Poland Race Results - BYDGOSZCZ
Aug. 8Sept. 1
Sept. 20
Sept. 26
1998 Junior World Championships
Chris ( Krzysztof) Slabon finished 12th in the Championship, after finishing 4th in the Semi Final in Terenzano, Italy on July 4, 1998.-----------------------
Speedway Juniors' World Championship Final - PIla, Poland
The official results of the above event follows:
1. Robert Dados, PL - 14+3 points; Juniors' World Champion
2. Krzysztof Jablonski, PL - 14+2
3. Matej Ferjan, SLO - 12
4. Nicki Pedersen, DK - 11
5. Leigh Lanham, GB - 9
6. Scott Nicholls, GB - 8
7. Lee Richardson, GB - 8
8. Damian Balinski, PL - 7
9. Rafal Okoniewski, PL - 7
10. Andreas Jonsson, S - 5
11. Robert Kosciecha, PL - 5
12. Krzysztof Slabon, CAN - 5
13. Kenny Olsson, S - 3
14. Compton Andre, GB - 3
15. Sandor Fekete, H - 3
16. Laszlo Szatmari, H - 0
Res. Nigel Sadler, AUS - 5
Res. Ales Dolinar, SLO - 1
Cheers, Wladyslaw Pietrzak
wpietrzak@supermedia.pl
Ivan Mauger's 1997 Series in Australia
Canadian Chris Slabon did well 1997 fall series! Click on the race results link above for details!
He represented Canada in the 1997 Junior Speedway Championships.
LUDWIGSLUST, Germany, May 5, 1997 1: Tomasz Repala (PL) 3 3 3 3 3 15 2: Mirko Wolter (D) 2 3 3 3 3 14 3: Gregorz Walasek (PL) 3 3 3 2 1 12 4: Diego Sanchez (D) 3 0 3 3 2 11 5: Stuart Robson (GB) 1 2 X 2 3 8 6: Scott Nicholls (GB) 2 2 2 2 R 8 7: Craig Watson (AUS) 2 3 X 3 N 8 8: Brett Woodifield (AUS) 1 2 1 R 3 7 9: Roy Verbrugge (NL) 1 1 1 2 2 7 10: Steffen Mell (D) 0 1 2 1 2 6 11: Pavel Navratil (CZ) 3 0 0 1 1 5 12: Theo Pijper (NL) 2 0 N 1 2 5 13: Bevan Compton (SA) 0 1 2 R R 3 14: Chris Slabon (CAN) 0 2 R 0 1 3 15: Jeromy Azals (F) 1 1 0 1 0 3
16: David Azals (F) 0 R 2 0 R 2
Res: Bjoern Droeger (D) N N 1 N 1 2
Tracks Ridden
USA - Champion Speedway (NY)Canada - Niagara Speedway, Paris Speedway, Eagle's Nest Raceway
and Poland
Bike - Jawa laydown
Sponsors
Chris is sponsored by his father, Robert Slabon, who had raced one season in Britain in EastBourn, and was in the World Final. Also to his credit was two time final Golden Helmet and 2 time second place in Poland." - a real character - I seem to remember his season being cut short by a large hole at the Shay, Halifax. He was a real go-getter."
- Malcolm
Robert stopped racing in Canada due to a severe accident at C.C. Speedway in Quebec in 1994.
Left to right: Bogdan, Jeff Orosz, Chris Slabon, Chris Hesmer, John Keyhoe
Action photos at Welland by Willy.
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Photos from Paris Speedway - Gary Hesmer leading, Chris right.