The 1972 Individual Long Track World Championship was the second edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1][2] The event was held on 9 July 1972 in Mühldorf, West Germany.[3]
| 1972 Individual Long Track World Championship | |
|---|---|
The world title was won by Ivan Mauger of New Zealand for a second successive year.[4][5]
Final Classification edit
| Pos | Rider | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Total Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ivan Mauger |
6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 30 |
| 2 |  Manfred Poschenreider |
6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 23 |
| 3 |  Jon Ødegaard |
3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | Hans Siegl |
4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 |  Bent Nørregaard-Jensen |
6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 |  Antonín Šváb Sr. |
3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | - | 14 |
| 7 | Hans Zierk |
2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | E | 13 |
| 8 | Josef Angermüller |
3 | 4 | - | 4 | E | 11 |
| 9 |  Willihard Thomsson |
4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | E | 11 |
| 10 |  Don Godden |
4 | 1 | 4 | - | E | 9 |
| 11 | Rudolf Kastl |
f | 2 | 4 | 3 | E | 9 |
| 12 | Jan Kater |
2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | E | 6 |
| 13 | Heinrich Sprenger |
2 | 0 | 2 | E | E | 4 |
| 14 | Gottfried Schwarze |
0 | 2 | 1 | E | E | 3 |
| 15 | Henning Hansen |
1 | 1 | 1 | E | E | 3 |
| 16 |  Matti Olin |
1 | 1 | 0 | E | E | 2 |
| 17 | Nils Haraldsen |
0 | 0 | 1 | E | E | 1 |
| 18 | Runo Wedin |
1 | 0 | 0 | E | E | 1 |
Key
- E = Eliminated (no further ride)
References edit
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). Daily Mirror 1981 Speedway Yearbook, page 30. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ^ "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.