1972 Individual Long Track World Championship

The 1972 Individual Long Track World Championship was the second edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1][2] The event was held on 9 July 1972 in Mühldorf, West Germany.[3]

1972 Individual Long Track World Championship
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The world title was won by Ivan Mauger of New Zealand for a second successive year.[4][5]

Final Classification

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Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Total Pts
1   Ivan Mauger 6 6 6 6 6 30
2   Manfred Poschenreider 6 3 6 6 2 23
3   Jon Ødegaard 3 3 6 2 4 18
4   Hans Siegl 4 4 4 2 3 17
5   Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 6 6 3 1 1 17
6   Antonín Šváb Sr. 3 4 3 4 - 14
7   Hans Zierk 2 6 2 3 E 13
8   Josef Angermüller 3 4 - 4 E 11
9   Willihard Thomsson 4 3 3 1 E 11
10   Don Godden 4 1 4 - E 9
11   Rudolf Kastl f 2 4 3 E 9
12   Jan Kater 2 2 2 0 E 6
13   Heinrich Sprenger 2 0 2 E E 4
14   Gottfried Schwarze 0 2 1 E E 3
15   Henning Hansen 1 1 1 E E 3
16   Matti Olin 1 1 0 E E 2
17   Nils Haraldsen 0 0 1 E E 1
18   Runo Wedin 1 0 0 E E 1

Key

  • E = Eliminated (no further ride)

References

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  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.