The 1983 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 13th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1] The event was held on 18 September 1983 in Mariánské Lázně, Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic).[2] The world title was won by Shawn Moran of the United States.[3][4]
| 1983 Individual Long Track World Championship | |
|---|---|
Final classification edit
| Pos | Rider | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Total Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Shawn Moran |
5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 |
| 2 |  Jiří Štancl |
5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 |  Karl Maier |
5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | Alois Wiesböck |
4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 5 |  Finn Rune Jensen |
2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 6 | Aleš Dryml Sr. |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 |  Simon Wigg |
4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | E | 11 |
| 8 | Egon Müller |
3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | E | 11 |
| 9 |  Ivan Mauger |
3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | E | 11 |
| 10 | Georg Hack |
4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | E | 9 |
| 11 |  John Titman |
1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | E | 9 |
| 12 | Hans Nielsen |
2 | ef | 4 | 1 | E | 7 |
| 13 | Bobby Schwartz |
ef | 2 | 2 | E | E | 4 |
| 14 | Ole Olsen |
1 | 1 | 1 | E | E | 3 |
| 15 | Les Collins |
0 | 0 | 3 | E | E | 3 |
| 16 |  Marcel Gerhard |
1 | 2 | f | E | E | 3 |
| 17 | Hans Otto Pingel |
2 | 0 | 0 | E | E | 2 |
| 18 | Heinrich Diener |
ef | 1 | 0 | E | E | 1 |
- E = eliminated (no further ride)
- f = fell
- ef = engine failure
- x = excluded
References edit
- ^ "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org.
- ^ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
- ^ "WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-72946-9.