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]

1996 Individual Long Track World Championship
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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 edit

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

References edit

  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.