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| Association | Finnish Motorcycling Federation Suomen Moottoriliitto r.y. | |||||||||||
| FIM code | SML | |||||||||||
| Team manager | Jouni Seppänen | |||||||||||
| Nation Colour | White and Blue | |||||||||||
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The Finland national long track team is the national long track motorcycle racing team of Finland and is controlled by the Finnish Motorcycling Federation (SML). The team was started in all editions of Team Long Track World Championship, but they never won a championship medal.
| Team Long Track World Championship | ||||
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| Year & venue | Pts. | Riders | ||
| 2007 Morizès | 6 | 22 | Rene Lehtinen (13), Mikko Rahko (8), Markus Helin (1) | |
| 2008 Werlte | 4 | 36 | Rene Lehtinen (16), Kaj Laukkanen (12), Aki-Pekka Mustonen (7), Jan-Eric Korkemaki (1) | |
| 2009 Eenrum | 6 | 38 | Joonas Kylmäkorpi (17), Kaj Laukkanen (15), Aki-Pekka Mustonen (5), Rene Lehtinen (1) | |
| 2010 Morizès | ||||
Riders who started in Team Long Track World Championship Finals:
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Long Track World Championship | ||
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