1976 Individual Long Track World Championship

1976 Individual Long Track World Championship

The 1976 Individual Long Track World Championship was the sixth edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1][2] The event was held on 12 September 1976 in Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic which was Czechoslovakia at the time.[3]

The world title was won by Ivan Mauger of New Zealand for a third time.[4][5]

Final Classification

Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Total Pts
1New Zealand Ivan Mauger6666226
2Denmark Ole Olsen4666325
3West Germany Egon Müller4434621
4West Germany Alois Wiesböck6623421
5Czechoslovakia Jiří Štancl4443116
6Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Kudrna3434f14
7Sweden Anders Michanek3342E12
8West Germany Christoph Betzl63e.f1E10
9West Germany Josef Angermüller1242E9
10Czechoslovakia Václav Verner2321E8
11New Zealand Barry Briggs1x6fE7
12England Don Godden023e.fE5
13Czechoslovakia Emil Sova212EE5
14West Germany Hans Wassermann 211EE4
15West Germany Wilhelm Duden301EE4
16Norway Edgar Stangeland120EE3
17Czechoslovakia Stanislav Kubicek001EE1
18Sweden Conny Samuelsson01-EE1
19Czechoslovakia Jan Verner--0EE0

Key

  • E = eliminated (no further ride)
  • f = fell
  • e.f = engine failure

References

  1. Oakes, Peter (1981). Daily Mirror 1981 Speedway Yearbook, page 30. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  2. "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org.
  3. "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
  4. "WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com.
  5. Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-72946-9.
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