1989 Individual Long Track World Championship

1989 Individual Long Track World Championship

The 1989 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 19th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1] The event was held on 20 August 1989 at Mariánské Lázně in the Czech Republic which was Czechoslovakia at the time.[2]

The world title was won by Simon Wigg of England for the second time.[3][4]

Final Classification

Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Sf Pts Final Pts Total Pts
1 England Simon Wigg 6 6 7 7 7 5 38
2 Czechoslovakia Aleš Dryml Sr. 5 7 7 5 6 7 37
3 West Germany Karl Maier 7 5 5 3 7 6 33
4 Sweden Erik Stenlund 5 x 6 7 6 4 28
5 West Germany Egon Müller ef 3 5 6 5 3 22
6 Denmark Hans Nielsen 3 4 6 4 2 1 20
7 West Germany Andre Pollehn f 6 2 6 3 2 19
8 West Germany Mario Trupkovic 7 7 2 2 1 ef 19
9 Switzerland Marcel Gerhard 4 4 4 2 3 E 17
10 England Marvyn Cox 4 5 3 x 4 E 16
11 West Germany Gerd Riss 6 ef ef 1 5 E 12
12 England Steve Schofield 2 1 ef 5 4 E 12
13 Czechoslovakia Borivoj Hadek 2 3 3 4 0 E 12
14 Czechoslovakia Petr Vandirek f 2 4 3 ef E 9
15 England Chris Morton 3 2 1 1 1 E 8
16 Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper Jr. - - 1 0 2 E 3
17 West Germany Klaus Lausch ef 1 - - - E 1
  • 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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