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| Association | German Motor Union Deutscher Motor Sport Bund | ||||||||
| FIM code | DMSB | ||||||||
| Team manager | Josef Hukelmann | ||||||||
| Nation Colour | Black, Red and Yellow | ||||||||
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The Germany national long track team is the national longtrack motorcycle speedway team of Germany and is controlled by the Deutscher Motor Sport Bund (DMSB). [1]
The German longtrack team are traditionally the strongest nation in the world, with many of their riders prioritising a career in longtrack instead of the popular conventional oval form of speedway. The first Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship was held in 1957 (known as the European Championship at the time) [2] and the West German/German team won 16 of the first 40 individual titles from 1957 to 1996. [3] [4] [5] Since the advent of the Grand Prix series in 1997 they have continued the success, winning another 16 titles up to the end of the 2023 season.
Since the creation of the World Longtrack team championship in 2007, now called the (FIM Long Track of Nations), Germany have won 9 of the 15 editions (up to the end of 2023). [6]
| Team Long Track World Championship | ||||
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| Year & venue | Pts. | Riders | ||
| 2007 Morizès |  | 59 | Stephan Katt (24), Gerd Riss (21), Matthias Kröger (9), Enrico Janoschka (5) | |
| 2008 Werlte | | 64 | Gerd Riss (23), Bernd Diener (18), Matthias Kröger (16), Stephan Katt (7) | |
| 2009 Eenrum | | 55 | Gerd Riss (26), Matthias Kröger (19), Enrico Janoschka (10), Richard Speiser (0) | |
| 2010 Morizès | | 57 | Matthias Kröger (8), Stephan Katt (19), Richard Speiser (19), Martin Smolinski (11) | |
| 2011 Scheeßel | | 68 | Stephan Katt (25), Richard Speiser (21), Martin Smolinski (15), Jörg Tebbe (7) | |
| 2012 Saint-Macaire | | 48 | Stephan Katt (22), Matthias Kröger (11), Jörg Tebbe (9), Bernd Diener (6) | |
| 2014 Forssa | | 45 | Erik Riss (24), Jörg Tebbe (11), Stephan Katt (6), Enrico Janoschka (4) | |
| 2017 Roden | | 61 | Matthias Kröger (8), Martin Smolinski (28), Michael Härtel (21), Lukas Fienhage (11), Stephan Katt (0) | |
| 2022 Herxheim | | 45+12 | Gerd Riss (35), Lukas Fienhage (17), Max Dilger (2) | |
Long track is a version of track racing, that takes place on tracks ranging from 425 to 1,000 metres in length at high speeds. There are also subtle differences between longtrack and speedway such as the machinery used in longtrack bike is slightly larger and has a two-speed gearbox. Races usually consist of six riders although occasionally they have eight. Longtrack is very similar with another form of track racing, Grasstrack. The two sports use the same machinery and have a combined World Championship
Gerd Riss is a former speedway rider from Germany, who competed in motorcycle speedway and Longtrack racing. He is an eight-times World longtrack champion. He also earned 22 international caps for the West German national speedway team and 12 international caps for the German national speedway team.
Max Dilger is a motorcycle speedway and longtrack speedway rider from Germany. He earned 3 international caps for the German national speedway team.
This is the complete list of Individual Long Track World Championship medalists from 1971. Also included are the medalists from 1957 to 1970 when the championship was known as the European Individual Long Track Championship.
Stephan Katt is a former motorcycle Grasstrack, Longtrack and speedway rider from Germany. He earned one international cap for the German national speedway team.
Erik Riss is a German speedway and grasstrack rider, who won the World Longtrack Championship in 2014 and 2016, and was German speedway champion in 2016.
Karl Maier (born 24 August 1957) is a former speedway rider who competed in motorcycle speedway and Longtrack racing. He reached seventeen world longtrack championship finals and was world champion four times. He also earned 38 international caps for the West German national speedway team.
Klaus Lausch is a former motorcycle speedway rider who competed in speedway, Longtrack racing. He reached seven World Longtrack world championship finals and earned 27 international caps for the West German national speedway team and 2 caps for the German national speedway team.
The 1996 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 26th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. The event was held on 8 September 1996 in Herxheim in Germany.
The 1991 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 21st edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. The event was held on 28 July 1991 at Mariánské Lázně in the Czech Republic, which was Czechoslovakia at the time.
The 1999 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 29th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.
The 2001 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 31st edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.
The 2004 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 34th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.
The 2007 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 37th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.
The 2008 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 38th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.
The 2009 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 39th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.
The 2014 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 44th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.
The 2016 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 46th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.
Dimitri Bergé is a motorcycle speedway rider from France.
Lukas Fienhage is an international speedway rider from Germany.
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