1991 Individual Long Track World Championship

1991 Individual Long Track World Championship

The 1991 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 21st edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1] The event was held on 28 July 1991 at Mariánské Lázně in the Czech Republic, which was Czechoslovakia at the time.[2]

The Championship format returned to the 18 rider field format with 6 riders in each heat.[3]

The world title was won by Gerd Riss of Germany.[4]

Final Classification

Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Total Pts
1 Germany Gerd Riss 5 5 4 5 5 24
2 Czechoslovakia Aleš Dryml Sr. 5 4 5 3 4 21
3 Denmark Jan O. Pedersen 4 4 5 5 3 21
4 Switzerland Marcel Gerhard 5 4 4 4 1 18
5 New Zealand Mitch Shirra 4 5 5 1 2 17
6 Sweden Stefan Dannö 3 5 0 4 ef 12
7 Germany Karl Maier 4 3 3 ef E 10
8 England Andy Smith 2 2 4 2 E 10
9 England Simon Wigg 2 2 3 3 E 10
10 England Mark Loram 1 3 2 2 E 8
11 Germany Klaus Lausch 3 3 1 0 E 7
12 England Marvyn Cox 2 2 2 1 E 7
13 England Steve Schofield 3 1 1 E E 5
14 Sweden Erik Stenlund 1 0 3 E E 4
15 Germany Hans Otto Pingel 0 1 2 E E 3
16 Germany Walter Scherwitzki ef ef 1 E E 1
17 Czechoslovakia Jan Holub 1 0 ef E E 1
18 Czechoslovakia Borivoj Hadek ef 1 0 E 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.