1977 Individual Long Track World Championship

1977 Individual Long Track World Championship

The 1977 Individual Long Track World Championship was the seventh edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1][2] The event was held on 11 September 1977 in Aalborg, Denmark.[3]

The world title was won by Anders Michanek of Sweden.[4][5]

Final Classification

Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Total Pts
1 Sweden Anders Michanek 5 4 5 2 4 20
2 West Germany Hans Siegl 3 2 5 3 5 18
3 Denmark Ole Olsen 5 5 1 4 3 18
4 Czechoslovakia Jiří Štancl 4 2 3 4 2 15
5 West Germany Joachim Kall 5 3 3 3 - 14
6 West Germany Alois Wiesböck 4 3 5 1 - 13
7 Denmark Kristian Præstbro 3 5 3 1 E 12
8 Czechoslovakia Aleš Dryml Sr. 2 1 4 5 E 12
9 New Zealand Ivan Mauger 4 4 4 0 E 12
10 West Germany Georg Hack 2 4 ef 5 E 11
11 West Germany Christoph Betzl 3 5 1 0 E 9
12 Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Kudrna 1 1 4 2 E 8
13 West Germany Hans Wassermann ef 3 2 E E 5
14 Czechoslovakia Jan Verner 2 0 2 E E 4
15 Czechoslovakia Václav Verner 1 0 2 E E 3
16 West Germany Jan Kater 0 1 1 E E 2
17 Austria Otto Lantenhammer ef 2 ef E E 2
18 West Germany Egon Müller ef 0 ef E E 0

Key

  • E = eliminated (no further ride)
  • f = fell
  • ef = engine failure

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.