1996 Individual Long Track World Championship

1996 Individual Long Track World Championship

The 1996 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 26th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1] The event was held on 8 September 1996 in Herxheim in Germany.[2]

The world title was won by Gerd Riss of Germany for the second time.[3] It was the last individual championship with the final being held as a one off meeting. As from 1997 it would be contested under a Grand Prix system (a series of races).[4]

Final Classification

Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Total Pts
1 Germany Gerd Riss 5 5 5 5 5 25
2 Germany Bernd Diener 5 4 5 5 4 23
3 Germany Robert Barth 4 4 4 4 2 18
4 Switzerland Marcel Gerhard 4 3 5 4 1 17
5 England Kelvin Tatum 5 5 ef 3 3 16
6 Germany Karl Maier 4 n.f 4 3 0 11
7 England Simon Wigg 3 4 2 2 E 11
8 England Steve Schofield 0 5 1 2 E 8
9 Australia Jason Crump 1 3 3 1 E 8
10 Australia Shane Parker 1 1 4 1 E 7
11 France Philippe Bergé 3 0 3 0 E 6
12 Czechoslovakia Václav Milík Sr. 2 2 2 0 E 6
13 Germany Egon Muller 3 1 1 E E 5
14 Czechoslovakia Bohumil Brhel 2 2 1 E E 5
15 Czechoslovakia Aleš Dryml Sr. ef 1 3 E E 4
16 Netherlands Anne van der Helm 2 0 2 E E 4
17 Norway Lars Gunnestad ef 3 0 E E 3
18 England Paul Hurry 1 2 0 E E 3
  • E = eliminated (no further ride)
  • ef = engine failure

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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