Great Britain national long track team

Great Britain
Association	Auto-Cycle Union
FIM code	ACU
Team manager	Mitchel Godden
Nation Colour	Red and White
World Championship
Team 2 4 4 Individual 10 13 11

The Great Britain long track team is the national long track motorcycle racing team of Great Britain and is controlled by the Auto-Cycle Union ACU). The team has started every edition of Team Long Track World Championship since its inauguration in 2007. They have been team world champions twice in 2015 ^[1] and 2025. ^{[2] [3]}

Longtrack of Nations

Year	Venue	Placing	Pts	Riders	Ref
2007	Morizès		51	Paul Hurry (20), Andrew Appleton (16), Glen Phillips (15), Mitch Godden (—)
2008	Werlte		49	Glen Phillips (25), Richard Hall (16), Mitch Godden (8), Vincent Kinchin (—)
2009	Eenrum	4	43	Paul Hurry (16), Glen Phillips (11), Andrew Appleton (11), Richard Hall (5)
2010	Morizès	4	31	Andrew Appleton (14), Richard Hall (6), Glen Phillips (16), Chris Mills (1)
2011	Scheessel		36	Paul Cooper (7), Andrew Appleton (17), Glen Phillips (10), Mitch Godden (2)
2012	Saint-Macaire		49	Paul Cooper (9), Glen Phillips (9), Richard Hall (13), David Howe (18)
2013	Folkestone		49	Richard Hall (10), Andrew Appleton (2), Paul Cooper (23), Glen Phillips (14)
2014	Forssa	5	34	Andrew Appleton (6), Richard Hall (9), David Howe (6), Glen Phillips (13)
2015	Muhldorf		42	Glen Phillips (14), Richard Hall (20), Andrew Appleton (8), James Shanes (-)
2016	Mariánské Lázně	4	34	Richard Hall (14), Glen Phillips (1), James Shanes (5), Andrew Appleton (14)
2017	Roden	6	36	Richard Hall (1), James Shanes (23), Andrew Appleton (5), Edward Kennett (7)
2018	Morizes		46	James Shanes (19), Zach Wajtknecht (6), Chris Harris (16), Adam Ellis (5)
2019	Vechta	4	41	Chris Harris (14), Zach Wajtknecht (16), Edward Kennett (11), Adam Ellis (—)
Not held in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19
2022	Herxheim	5	38	Chris Harris (4), Zach Wajtknecht (29), James Shanes (5)	[4]
2023	Roden		44	Chris Harris (25), Andrew Appleton (12), Zach Wajtknecht (12), Paul Hurry (—)	[5]
2024	Morizès		46	Chris Harris 26, Zach Wajtknecht 14, Andrew Appleton 6, Edward Kennett 0	[6] [7]
2025	Vechta		56	Zach Wajtknecht 26, Chris Harris 17, Andrew Appleton 13	[8] [9]

World individual champions and medallists

• Simon Wigg (world champion 1985, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994), (silver 1987, 1995)
• Kelvin Tatum (world champion 1995, 1998, 2000), (silver 2001, 2003, 2004), (bronze 1999, 2002)
• Don Godden (world champion 1969), (silver 1967, 1968, 1970)
• Michael Lee (world champion 1981)
• Peter Collins (silver 1986), (bronze 1978, 1985)
• Steve Schofield (silver 1997), (bronze 1998)
• Glen Phillips (silver 2008)
• Zach Wajtknecht (silver 2022), (bronze 2024)
• Chris Harris (silver 2023), (bronze 2022)
• Chris Morton (bronze 1988)
• Glenn Cunningham (bronze 1997)
• Paul Hurry (bronze 2005)
• Richard Hall (bronze 2013)

See also

• Great Britain national speedway team
• Speedway in the United Kingdom

References

1. "Hall wins World Long Track Championship with GB". The Southern Reporter. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
2. "FIM Long Track of Nations-Vechta". Baansport. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
3. "GB are World Longtrack Champions". British Speedway. 14 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
4. "FIM Long track Team World Championship (2007-21); LONGTRACK OF NATIONS (2022)" (PDF). motorsporttop20.com. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
5. "Long Track of Nations - 2023". www.baansportfansite.nl. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
6. "RESULTS Herxheim – Nations". FIM Long Track. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
7. "Results". www.fim-moto.com. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
8. "FIM Long Track of Nations-Vechta". Baansport. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
9. "GB are World Longtrack Champions". British Speedway. 14 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.

External links

• Long track at the Auto-Cycle Union website