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1987 Individual Long Track World Championship

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1987 Individual Long Track World Championship
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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]

The world title was won by Karl Maier of West Germany for the third time.[3][4]

Final Classification

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Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Total Pts
1 West Germany Karl Maier 5 5 3 5 4 22
2 England Simon Wigg 1 5 5 5 5 21
3 United States Shawn Moran 5 4 4 3 3 19
4 England Martin Hagon 5 4 5 4 1 19
5 West Germany Egon Müller 4 3 5 3 0 15
6 West Germany Heinz Huber 3 3 4 2 2 14
7 Denmark Erik Gundersen 4 1 1 4 E 10
8 Australia Steve Baker 4 2 3 1 E 10
9 West Germany Gerd Riss 2 3 2 2 E 9
10 Czechoslovakia Lubomír Jedek 3 2 2 1 E 8
11 West Germany Alois Wiesböck 1 1 4 0 E 6
12 Denmark Finn Rune Jensen 1 5 0 ef E 6
13 England Trevor Banks 0 2 3 E E 5
14 West Germany Klaus Lausch 0 4 - E E 4
15 Sweden Erik Stenlund 2 f 1 E E 3
16 Finland Kai Niemi 3 0 0 E E 3
17 England Chris Morton ef 1 1 E E 2
18 Czechoslovakia Pavel Karnas 2 0 0 E E 2
19 England Simon Cross - - 2 E E 2
  • E = eliminated (no further ride)
  • f = fell
  • ef = engine failure
  • x = excluded

References

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  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.