1972 Individual Long Track World Championship
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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]
The world title was won by Ivan Mauger of New Zealand for a second successive year.[4][5]
Final Classification
| 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
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). Daily Mirror 1981 Speedway Yearbook, page 30. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ^ "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.