1979 Individual Long Track World Championship

1979 Individual Long Track World Championship

The 1979 Individual Long Track World Championship was the ninth edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1][2] The event was held on 9 September 1979 in Mariánské Lázně in the Czech Republic, which was Czechoslovakia at the time.[3]

The world title was won by Alois Wiesböck of West Germany.[4][5]

Final Classification

Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Total Pts
1West Germany Alois Wiesböck5455221
2Sweden Anders Michanek4555120
3Denmark Ole Olsen2543519
4Czechoslovakia Jiří Štancl4333417
5West Germany Georg Hack2434316
6West Germany Karl Maier4522013
7West Germany Egon Müller5430E12
8Denmark Kristian Praestbro3044E11
9England Michael Lee0342E9
10New Zealand Ivan Mauger1151E8
11Czechoslovakia Aleš Dryml Sr.52ef1E7
12England Peter Collins3220E7
13West Germany Christop Betzl321EE6
14West Germany Wilhelm Duden132EE6
15Denmark Alf Busk201EE3
16Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Kudrna110EE2
17Italy Francesco Biginato001EE1
18West Germany Walter Grubmuller010EE1
  • E = eliminated (no further ride)
  • ef = 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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