1988 Individual Long Track World Championship

1988 Individual Long Track World Championship

The 1988 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 18th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1] The event was held on 18 September 1988 at Scheeßel in Germany, which was West Germany at the time.[2]

The Championship format was altered with 16 rider fields and 8 riders in each heat. The top 8 scorers qualified for the semi-final heats with (points carried forward).[3]

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

Final Classification

Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Total Pts
1 West Germany Karl Maier 7 7 7 7 7 7 42
2 West Germany Klaus Lausch 7 6 7 6 6 ef 32
3 England Chris Morton 2 7 6 7 3 6 31
4 Denmark Hans Nielsen 4 6 6 ef 7 4 27
5 West Germany Gerd Riss 5 4 4 4 4 5 26
6 West Germany Heinrich Diener 6 3 5 5 5 2 26
7 Sweden Roland Dannö 6 5 ef 6 6 1 24
8 England Simon Wigg 3 2 4 5 4 3 21
9 West Germany Egon Müller 3 4 5 3 ef E 15
10 Denmark Jens Henry Nielsen 5 5 1 2 2 E 15
11 United States Sam Ermolenko 4 x ef 4 5 E 13
12 Finland Kai Niemi 2 1 3 1 2 E 9
13 Czechoslovakia Petr Vandirek 0 0 3 3 3 E 9
14 England Steve Schofield 0 1 2 2 1 E 6
15 Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper Jr. 1 3 f - - E 4
16 England Simon Cross 1 2 ef ef - E 3
17 Australia Steve Baker - - - 1 1 E 2
18 Finland Ari Koponen - - 2 - 0 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.
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