1971 Individual Long Track World Championship

1971 Individual Long Track World Championship

The 1971 Individual Long Track World Championship was the first edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1][2] The event was held on 1 September 1971 in Oslo, Norway.[3]

The world title was won by Ivan Mauger of New Zealand.[4][5]

Final Classification

Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Total Pts
1 New Zealand Ivan Mauger 6 6 6 3 6 27
2 West Germany Manfred Poschenrieder 6 6 6 4 4 26
3 Sweden Runo Wedin 6 6 3 6 2 23
4 West Germany Jan Kater 4 2 0 6 3 15
5 Denmark Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 3 3 2 3 1 12
6 New Zealand Barry Briggs 3 3 - 4 0 10
7 England Don Godden 0 4 4 2 E 10
8 West Germany Hans Siegl 4 3 1 1 E 9
9 Sweden Sven Sigurd 4 2 1 2 E 9
10 Sweden Willihard Thomsson 2 4 3 0 E 9
11 West Germany Josef Unterholzner 2 1 4 1 E 8
12 Denmark Kurt W. Petersen 3 2 2 - E 7
13 Sweden Berndt Hornfeldt 2 4 0 E E 6
14 Denmark Jan Holm Nielsen 1 1 4 E E 6
15 Norway Jon Ødegaard - - 6 E E 6
16 West Germany Walter Matl - 1 3 E E 4
17 Finland Reijo Koski 1 0 2 E E 3
18 West Germany Hans Zierk - - - E E 0

Key

  • E = Eliminated (no further ride)

References

  1. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). Daily Mirror 1981 Speedway Yearbook, page 30. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  2. ^ "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org.
  3. ^ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
  4. ^ "WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com.
  5. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-72946-9.
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