1987 Individual Long Track World Championship

1987 Individual Long Track World Championship

The 1987 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 17th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1] The event was held on 20 September 1987 in Mühldorf, Germany, which was West Germany at the time.[2]

The world title was won by Karl Maier of West Germany for the third time.[3][4]

Final Classification

Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Total Pts
1 West Germany Karl Maier 5 5 3 5 4 22
2 England Simon Wigg 1 5 5 5 5 21
3 United States Shawn Moran 5 4 4 3 3 19
4 England Martin Hagon 5 4 5 4 1 19
5 West Germany Egon Müller 4 3 5 3 0 15
6 West Germany Heinz Huber 3 3 4 2 2 14
7 Denmark Erik Gundersen 4 1 1 4 E 10
8 Australia Steve Baker 4 2 3 1 E 10
9 West Germany Gerd Riss 2 3 2 2 E 9
10 Czechoslovakia Lubomír Jedek 3 2 2 1 E 8
11 West Germany Alois Wiesböck 1 1 4 0 E 6
12 Denmark Finn Rune Jensen 1 5 0 ef E 6
13 England Trevor Banks 0 2 3 E E 5
14 West Germany Klaus Lausch 0 4 - E E 4
15 Sweden Erik Stenlund 2 f 1 E E 3
16 Finland Kai Niemi 3 0 0 E E 3
17 England Chris Morton ef 1 1 E E 2
18 Czechoslovakia Pavel Karnas 2 0 0 E E 2
19 England Simon Cross - - 2 E E 2
  • E = eliminated (no further ride)
  • f = fell
  • ef = engine failure
  • x = excluded

References

  1. ^ "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org.
  2. ^ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
  3. ^ "WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com.
  4. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-72946-9.