1985 Individual Long Track World Championship

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1985 Individual Long Track World Championship
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The 1985 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 15th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. [1] The event was held on 15 September 1985 at the Korskro Motor Centre in Esbjerg in Denmark. [2]

The world title was won by Simon Wigg of England. [3] [4]

Final Classification

PosRiderHeat PtsHeat PtsHeat PtsHeat PtsHeat PtsTotal Pts
1 Flag of England.svg Simon Wigg 3455522
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Štancl 4542419
3 Flag of England.svg Peter Collins 5433318
4 Flag of the United States.svg Shawn Moran 2555ef17
5 Flag of Germany.svg Egon Müller 5541217
6 Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Schwartz 4353ef15
7 Flag of England.svg Martin Hagon 5034E12
8 Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Riss ef344E11
9 Flag of England.svg Jeremy Doncaster 34ef2E9
10 Flag of Germany.svg Georg Hack 2320E7
11 Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Lausch 4011E6
12 Flag of Denmark.svg Finn Rune Jensen 1130E5
13 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Verner 221EE5
14 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Aleš Dryml Sr. 112EE4
15 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ivan Mauger 310EE4
16 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Ondrašík 121EE4
17 Flag of Germany.svg Heinrich Diener 002EE2
18 Flag of Denmark.svg Brian Jacobsen -2-EE2
19 Flag of Switzerland.svg Marcel Gerhard f--EE0
20 Flag of England.svg Chris Morton --efEE0

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References

  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.