| 1997 Individual Long Track World Championship | |
|---|---|
The 1997 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 27th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. [1] For the first time the Championship was decided on a Grand Prix system (a series of races) and also contained races on grasstrack. [2]
The new system combined with the relatively new Speedway World Championship Grand Prix which started in 1995, effectively resulted in a separation of speedway riders. The leading speedway riders (with the exception of several Long Track specialists) could not commit to the Longtrack/Grasstrack schedule and therefore competed in the Speedway World Championship. The days of a speedway world champion in both normal track and Long Track speedway were gone.
The world title was won by Tommy Dunker of Germany. [3] [4]
| Round | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 Jul | |
| 2 | 20 Jul | |
| 3 | 17 Aug | |
| 4 | 6 Sep | |
| 5 | 28 Sep | |
| Pos | Rider | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Total Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 20 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 89 |
| 2 | | 11 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 85 |
| 3 | | 25 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 76 |
| 4 | | 13 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 68 |
| 5 | | 5 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 66 |
| 6 | | 18 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 65 |
| 7 | | 12 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 64 |
| 8 | | 9 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 62 |
| 9 | | 16 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 58 |
| 10 | | 14 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 54 |
| 11 | | 6 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 51 |
| 12 | | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 43 |
| 13 | | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 35 |
| 14 | | 10 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 32 |
| 15 | | 4 | x | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 16 | | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 17 | | 2 | 5 | 2 | x | 1 | 10 |
| 18 | | x | x | 4 | x | 3 | 7 |
| 19 | | x | x | x | 6 | x | 6 |
| 20 | | x | 6 | x | x | x | 6 |
| 21 | | x | x | x | 5 | x | 5 |
| 22 | | 1 | x | x | x | x | 1 |
| 23 | | x | 1 | x | x | x | 1 |