1983 Individual Long Track World Championship
| 1983 Individual Long Track World Championship | |
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The 1983 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 13th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1] The event was held on 18 September 1983 in Mariánské Lázně, Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic).[2] The world title was won by Shawn Moran of the United States.[3][4]
Final classification
| Pos | Rider | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Total Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shawn Moran | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 |
| 2 | Jiří Štancl | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | Karl Maier | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | Alois Wiesböck | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 5 | Finn Rune Jensen | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 6 | Aleš Dryml Sr. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Simon Wigg | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | E | 11 |
| 8 | Egon Müller | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | E | 11 |
| 9 | Ivan Mauger | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | E | 11 |
| 10 | Georg Hack | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | E | 9 |
| 11 | John Titman | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | E | 9 |
| 12 | Hans Nielsen | 2 | ef | 4 | 1 | E | 7 |
| 13 | Bobby Schwartz | ef | 2 | 2 | E | E | 4 |
| 14 | Ole Olsen | 1 | 1 | 1 | E | E | 3 |
| 15 | Les Collins | 0 | 0 | 3 | E | E | 3 |
| 16 | Marcel Gerhard | 1 | 2 | f | E | E | 3 |
| 17 | Hans Otto Pingel | 2 | 0 | 0 | E | E | 2 |
| 18 | Heinrich Diener | ef | 1 | 0 | E | E | 1 |
- E = eliminated (no further ride)
- f = fell
- ef = engine failure
- x = excluded
References
- ^ "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.