1973 Individual Long Track World Championship

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1973 Individual Long Track World Championship
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1974  

The 1973 Individual Long Track World Championship was the third edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. [1] [2] The event was held on 20 September 1973 in Oslo, Norway. [3] The defending champion Ivan Mauger failed to qualify for the semi-final round after being eliminated in a qualifying round. The world title was won by Ole Olsen of Denmark. [4] [5]

Final Classification

PosRiderHeat PtsHeat PtsHeat PtsHeat PtsHeat PtsTotal Pts
1 Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Olsen 4555524
2 Flag of Germany.svg Hans Siegl 5555020
3 Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Poschenreider 5444320
4 Flag of England.svg Don Godden 2544419
5 Flag of Germany.svg Jan Kater 4423215
6 Flag of Germany.svg Josef Angermüller 5333115
7 Flag of Sweden.svg Runo Wedin 3341E11
8 Flag of Sweden.svg Willihard Thomsson 3422E11
9 Flag of Germany.svg Egon Müller 2350E10
10 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Milan Špinka 4210E7
11 Flag of Sweden.svg Sture Lindblom 3112E7
12 Flag of Norway.svg Einar Egedius 1131E6
13 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zdeněk Majstr --3EE3
14 Flag of Sweden.svg Berndt Hornfeldt 120EE3
15 Flag of Denmark.svg Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 0-2EE2
16 Flag of Norway.svg Jon Ødegaard -0-EE0
17 Flag of Sweden.svg Conny Samuelsson -0-EE0
18 Flag of Finland.svg Hakan Storm 0--EE0

Key

References

  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.