The 1996 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 26th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1] The event was held on 8 September 1996 in Herxheim in Germany.[2]
| 1996 Individual Long Track World Championship | |
|---|---|
The world title was won by Gerd Riss of Germany for the second time.[3] It was the last individual championship with the final being held as a one off meeting. As from 1997 it would be contested under a Grand Prix system (a series of races).[4]
Final Classification
edit| Pos | Rider | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Total Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Gerd Riss |
5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | Bernd Diener |
5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 |
| 3 | Robert Barth |
4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| 4 |  Marcel Gerhard |
4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| 5 |  Kelvin Tatum |
5 | 5 | ef | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Karl Maier |
4 | n.f | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 7 | Simon Wigg |
3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | E | 11 |
| 8 | Steve Schofield |
0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | E | 8 |
| 9 |  Jason Crump |
1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | E | 8 |
| 10 | Shane Parker |
1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | E | 7 |
| 11 |  Philippe Bergé |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | E | 6 |
| 12 |  Václav Milík Sr. |
2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | E | 6 |
| 13 | Egon Muller |
3 | 1 | 1 | E | E | 5 |
| 14 | Bohumil Brhel |
2 | 2 | 1 | E | E | 5 |
| 15 | Aleš Dryml Sr. |
ef | 1 | 3 | E | E | 4 |
| 16 |  Anne van der Helm |
2 | 0 | 2 | E | E | 4 |
| 17 |  Lars Gunnestad |
ef | 3 | 0 | E | E | 3 |
| 18 | Paul Hurry |
1 | 2 | 0 | E | E | 3 |
- E = eliminated (no further ride)
- ef = engine failure
References
edit- ^ "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org.
- ^ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
- ^ "WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-72946-9.