1991 Individual Long Track World Championship

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1991 Individual Long Track World Championship
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The 1991 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 21st edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1] The event was held on 28 July 1991 at Mariánské Lázně in the Czech Republic, which was Czechoslovakia at the time.[2]

The Championship format returned to the 18 rider field format with 6 riders in each heat.[3]

The world title was won by Gerd Riss of Germany.[4]

Final Classification[edit]

Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Total Pts
1 Germany Gerd Riss 5 5 4 5 5 24
2 Czechoslovakia Aleš Dryml Sr. 5 4 5 3 4 21
3 Denmark Jan O. Pedersen 4 4 5 5 3 21
4 Switzerland Marcel Gerhard 5 4 4 4 1 18
5 New Zealand Mitch Shirra 4 5 5 1 2 17
6 Sweden Stefan Dannö 3 5 0 4 ef 12
7 Germany Karl Maier 4 3 3 ef E 10
8 England Andy Smith 2 2 4 2 E 10
9 England Simon Wigg 2 2 3 3 E 10
10 England Mark Loram 1 3 2 2 E 8
11 Germany Klaus Lausch 3 3 1 0 E 7
12 England Marvyn Cox 2 2 2 1 E 7
13 England Steve Schofield 3 1 1 E E 5
14 Sweden Erik Stenlund 1 0 3 E E 4
15 Germany Hans Otto Pingel 0 1 2 E E 3
16 Germany Walter Scherwitzki ef ef 1 E E 1
17 Czechoslovakia Jan Holub 1 0 ef E E 1
18 Czechoslovakia Borivoj Hadek ef 1 0 E E 1
  • E = eliminated (no further ride)
  • f = fell
  • ef = engine failure
  • x = excluded

References[edit]

  1. ^ "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org.
  2. ^ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
  3. ^ "WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com.
  4. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-72946-9.