Max Dilger

Max Dilger
	Dilger in 2009 AC Landshut colours
Born	14 July 1989 (age 34); Lahr, Germany
Nationality	German
Career history
Germany
2003–2006	Diedenbergen
2007	Wolfslake
2007	Pfaffenhofen
2008	Neuenknick
2009–2011	Landshut
2012	Brokstedt
2021	Wittstock
2022	Berghaupten
Poland
2006	Miskolc
2007–2008	Łódź
2009–2010	Opole
2010–2012, 2019, 2022	Piła
2013	Krosno
2020	Rawicz
Great Britain
2009–2010	Edinburgh
2012–2013	Redcar
2014	Peterborough
Sweden
2023	Dackarna
Individual honours
2021	German longtrack champion
2011	Belgian Champion
Team honours
2022	World Longtrack Team Champion
2019	World Longtrack Team silver

Last updated April 02, 2024

Max Dilger (born 14 July 1989)^[1] is a motorcycle speedway and longtrack speedway rider from Germany. He earned 3 international caps for the German national speedway team.^[2]^[3]

Career

In 2006, Dilger started racing in Poland and rode for the Hungarian team Speedway Miskolc during the 2006 Polish speedway season. He would then spend two seasons with Łódź.^[3]

In 2008, Dilger won the German Junior Championship and was nominated as a track reserve at 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany, but was replaced by Kevin Wölbert.

He started racing in the British leagues during the 2009 Premier League speedway season, when riding for the Edinburgh Monarchs.^[4] Also in 2009, Dilger rode for Kolejarz Opole in the Polish Speedway Second League. He would stay with both the Scottish club and Opole in 2010.

He then joined Polonia Piła in Poland for 2011 and 2012 and returned to British speedway with the Redcar Bears in 2012.

After the 2014 season with Peterborough Panthers he left conventional speedway to concentrate on longtrack and was very successful reaching several World Longtrack Series finals.

In 2019, he was part of the German team, along with Lukas Fienhage and Martin Smolinski, that won the silver medal at the 2019 Team Long Track World Championship.^[5]

He also returned to league speedway in 2019, re-joining Polonia Piła and after two more seasons, once again joined Piła for the 2022 Polish speedway season. In 2022, he was part of the German team, along with Erik Riss and Lukas Fienhage that won the 2022 Team Long Track World Championship.^[6]

He was on Dackarna's roster for the 2023 Swedish speedway season.

Results

Speedway

World Championships

Individual U-21 World Championship
- 2007 - 14th placed in the Quarter-Final One
- 2008 - 15th placed in the Semi-Final One
- 2009 - 13th placed in the Semi-Final Two
- 2010 - qualify to the Semi-Final Two
Team U-21 World Championship
- 2006 - Rybnik - 4th placed (2 pts)
- 2007 - Abensberg - 4th placed (4 pts)
- 2008 - 3rd place in the Qualifying Round Two
- 2009 - 2nd place in the Qualifying Round One
- 2010 - 3rd place in the Qualifying Round Two

European Championships

Individual European Championship
- 2009 - 8th placed in the Semi-Final One
European Pairs Championship
- 2006 - Lendava - 7th placed (0 pts)
- 2007 - 6th placed in the Semi-Final One
- 2009 - Miskolc - 5th placed (did not started)
Individual U-19 European Championship
- 2008 - 13th placed in the Semi-Final Three
Team U-19 European Championship
- 2008 - Rawicz - Runner-up (2 pts)
European Club Champions' Cup
- 2007 - 4th placed in the Semi-Final One for MC Pfaffenhofen

Longtrack

World Longtrack Championship

Year	GP	Points	Pos	GP Wins	GP Podiums
2017	1	6	19	0	0
2018	3	31	10	0	0
2019	5	44	9	0	0
2020	2	19	8	0	0

Grasstrack

European Championship

Year	Venue	Points	Pos
2017	Hertigan	NRS	0
2018	Tayac	9	8
2019	Bad Hersfeld	1	19
2020	Tayac	12	5

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References

↑ Świat Żużla, No 1 (81) 2009, pages 54-55, ISSN 1429-3285
↑ "Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
1 2 "Max Dilger Niemcy". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
↑ "Max Dilger". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
↑ "World Longtrack Championship". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
↑ "2022 RESULTS Herxheim – Long Track of Nations". FIM. Retrieved 15 July 2023.

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[1] Świat Żużla, No 1 (81) 2009, pages 54-55, ISSN 1429-3285

[2] "Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 30 June 2023.

[PSD-3] 1 2 "Max Dilger Niemcy". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 30 June 2023.

[WWOS-4] "Max Dilger". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 30 June 2023.

[5] "World Longtrack Championship". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

[6] "2022 RESULTS Herxheim – Long Track of Nations". FIM. Retrieved 15 July 2023.

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