The 1989 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 19th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1] The event was held on 20 August 1989 at Mariánské Lázně in the Czech Republic which was Czechoslovakia at the time.[2]
| 1989 Individual Long Track World Championship | |
|---|---|
The world title was won by Simon Wigg of England for the second time.[3][4]
Final Classification edit
| Pos | Rider | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Sf Pts | Final Pts | Total Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Simon Wigg |
6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 38 |
| 2 |  Aleš Dryml Sr. |
5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 37 |
| 3 |  Karl Maier |
7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 |  Erik Stenlund |
5 | x | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | Egon Müller |
ef | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 |  Hans Nielsen |
3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| 7 | Andre Pollehn |
f | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | Mario Trupkovic |
7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ef | 19 |
| 9 |  Marcel Gerhard |
4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | E | 17 |
| 10 | Marvyn Cox |
4 | 5 | 3 | x | 4 | E | 16 |
| 11 | Gerd Riss |
6 | ef | ef | 1 | 5 | E | 12 |
| 12 | Steve Schofield |
2 | 1 | ef | 5 | 4 | E | 12 |
| 13 | Borivoj Hadek |
2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | E | 12 |
| 14 | Petr Vandirek |
f | 2 | 4 | 3 | ef | E | 9 |
| 15 | Chris Morton |
3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | E | 8 |
| 16 | Antonín Kasper Jr. |
- | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | E | 3 |
| 17 | Klaus Lausch |
ef | 1 | - | - | - | 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.