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1989 Individual Long Track World Championship

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1989 Individual Long Track World Championship
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The 1989 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 19th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1] The event was held on 20 August 1989 at Mariánské Lázně in the Czech Republic which was Czechoslovakia at the time.[2]

The world title was won by Simon Wigg of England for the second time.[3][4]

Final Classification

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Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Sf Pts Final Pts Total Pts
1 England Simon Wigg 6 6 7 7 7 5 38
2 Czechoslovakia Aleš Dryml Sr. 5 7 7 5 6 7 37
3 West Germany Karl Maier 7 5 5 3 7 6 33
4 Sweden Erik Stenlund 5 x 6 7 6 4 28
5 West Germany Egon Müller ef 3 5 6 5 3 22
6 Denmark Hans Nielsen 3 4 6 4 2 1 20
7 West Germany Andre Pollehn f 6 2 6 3 2 19
8 West Germany Mario Trupkovic 7 7 2 2 1 ef 19
9 Switzerland Marcel Gerhard 4 4 4 2 3 E 17
10 England Marvyn Cox 4 5 3 x 4 E 16
11 West Germany Gerd Riss 6 ef ef 1 5 E 12
12 England Steve Schofield 2 1 ef 5 4 E 12
13 Czechoslovakia Borivoj Hadek 2 3 3 4 0 E 12
14 Czechoslovakia Petr Vandirek f 2 4 3 ef E 9
15 England Chris Morton 3 2 1 1 1 E 8
16 Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper Jr. - - 1 0 2 E 3
17 West Germany Klaus Lausch ef 1 - - - E 1
  • E = eliminated (no further ride)
  • f = fell
  • ef = engine failure
  • x = excluded

References

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  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.
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