1976 Individual Long Track World Championship

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1976 Individual Long Track World Championship
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The 1976 Individual Long Track World Championship was the sixth edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1][2] The event was held on 12 September 1976 in Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic which was Czechoslovakia at the time.[3]

The world title was won by Ivan Mauger of New Zealand for a third time.[4][5]

Final Classification[]

Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Total Pts
1 New Zealand Ivan Mauger 6 6 6 6 2 26
2 Denmark Ole Olsen 4 6 6 6 3 25
3 West Germany Egon Müller 4 4 3 4 6 21
4 West Germany Alois Wiesböck 6 6 2 3 4 21
5 Czechoslovakia Jiří Štancl 4 4 4 3 1 16
6 Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Kudrna 3 4 3 4 f 14
7 Sweden Anders Michanek 3 3 4 2 E 12
8 West Germany Christoph Betzl 6 3 e.f 1 E 10
9 West Germany Josef Angermüller 1 2 4 2 E 9
10 Czechoslovakia Václav Verner 2 3 2 1 E 8
11 New Zealand Barry Briggs 1 x 6 f E 7
12 England Don Godden 0 2 3 e.f E 5
13 Czechoslovakia 2 1 2 E E 5
14 West Germany Hans Wassermann 2 1 1 E E 4
15 West Germany 3 0 1 E E 4
16 Norway Edgar Stangeland 1 2 0 E E 3
17 Czechoslovakia Stanislav Kubíček 0 0 1 E E 1
18 Sweden Conny Samuelsson 0 1 - E E 1
19 Czechoslovakia Jan Verner - - 0 E E 0

Key

  • E = eliminated (no further ride)
  • f = fell
  • e.f = engine failure

References[]

  1. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). Daily Mirror 1981 Speedway Yearbook, page 30. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  2. ^ "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org.
  3. ^ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
  4. ^ "WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com.
  5. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-72946-9.
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