1974 Individual Long Track World Championship

The 1974 Individual Long Track World Championship was the fourth edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1][2] The event was held on 8 September 19743 in Scheeßel, West Germany.[3]

1974 Individual Long Track World Championship
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The defending champion Ole Olsen was unable to defend his title because of an injury suffered during the 1974 Individual Speedway World Championship, two days previous. The world title was won by Egon Müller of West Germany.[4][5]


Final Classification edit

Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Total Pts
1   Egon Müller 6 6 6 6 6 30
2   Ivan Mauger 4 6 6 6 4 26
3   Alois Wiesböck 6 6 4 4 1 21
4   Anders Michanek 3 2 4 3 3 15
5   Josef Angermüller 3 4 2 2 2 13
6   Don Godden 6 3 4 0 0 13
7   Peter Collins 1 3 3 4 E 11
8   Jon Ødegaard 4 4 1 2 E 11
9   Manfred Poschenreider 3 4 2 1 E 10
10   Preben Bollerup 4 3 2 0 E 9
11   Jiří Štancl 2 1 3 3 E 9
12   Christoph Betzl x 1 6 1 E 8
13   Preben Rosenkilde 2 2 1 E E 5
14   Milan Špinka 1 0 3 E E 4
15   Hans Zierk 2 - 1 E E 3
16   Stanislav Kubíček 0 2 0 E E 2
17   Cord Heinrich Hoft - 1 0 E E 1
18   Edgar Stangeland 0 0 - E E 0
19   Bernd Broker - - 0 E E 0
20   Gottfried Schwarze f - - E E 0

Key

  • E = Eliminated (no further ride)
  • F = Fell
  • E/F = Engine Failure

References edit

  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.