1971 Individual Long Track World Championship

The 1971 Individual Long Track World Championship was the first edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1][2] The event was held on 1 September 1971 in Oslo, Norway.[3]

1971 Individual Long Track World Championship
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The world title was won by Ivan Mauger of New Zealand.[4][5]

Final Classification

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Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Total Pts
1   Ivan Mauger 6 6 6 3 6 27
2   Manfred Poschenrieder 6 6 6 4 4 26
3   Runo Wedin 6 6 3 6 2 23
4   Jan Kater 4 2 0 6 3 15
5   Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 3 3 2 3 1 12
6   Barry Briggs 3 3 - 4 0 10
7   Don Godden 0 4 4 2 E 10
8   Hans Siegl 4 3 1 1 E 9
9   Sven Sigurd 4 2 1 2 E 9
10   Willihard Thomsson 2 4 3 0 E 9
11   Josef Unterholzner 2 1 4 1 E 8
12   Kurt W. Petersen 3 2 2 - E 7
13   Berndt Hornfeldt 2 4 0 E E 6
14   Jan Holm Nielsen 1 1 4 E E 6
15   Jon Ødegaard - - 6 E E 6
16   Walter Matl - 1 3 E E 4
17   Reijo Koski 1 0 2 E E 3
18   Hans Zierk - - - E E 0

Key

  • E = Eliminated (no further ride)

References

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  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.