The 1987 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 17th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1] The event was held on 20 September 1987 in Mühldorf, Germany, which was West Germany at the time.[2]
| 1987 Individual Long Track World Championship | |
|---|---|
The world title was won by Karl Maier of West Germany for the third time.[3][4]
Final Classification edit
| Pos | Rider | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Total Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Karl Maier |
5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| 2 |  Simon Wigg |
1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 |  Shawn Moran |
5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | Martin Hagon |
5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| 5 | Egon Müller |
4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 | Heinz Huber |
3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 |  Erik Gundersen |
4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | E | 10 |
| 8 |  Steve Baker |
4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | E | 10 |
| 9 | Gerd Riss |
2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | E | 9 |
| 10 |  Lubomír Jedek |
3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | E | 8 |
| 11 | Alois Wiesböck |
1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | E | 6 |
| 12 | Finn Rune Jensen |
1 | 5 | 0 | ef | E | 6 |
| 13 | Trevor Banks |
0 | 2 | 3 | E | E | 5 |
| 14 | Klaus Lausch |
0 | 4 | - | E | E | 4 |
| 15 |  Erik Stenlund |
2 | f | 1 | E | E | 3 |
| 16 |  Kai Niemi |
3 | 0 | 0 | E | E | 3 |
| 17 | Chris Morton |
ef | 1 | 1 | E | E | 2 |
| 18 | Pavel Karnas |
2 | 0 | 0 | E | E | 2 |
| 19 | Simon Cross |
- | - | 2 | E | E | 2 |
- 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.