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1974 Individual Long Track World Championship
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The 1974 Individual Long Track World Championship was the fourth edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1][2] The event was held on 8 September 19743 in Scheeßel, West Germany.[3]

The defending champion Ole Olsen was unable to defend his title because of an injury suffered during the 1974 Individual Speedway World Championship, two days previous. The world title was won by Egon Müller of West Germany.[4][5]


Final Classification

Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Total Pts
1 West Germany Egon Müller 6 6 6 6 6 30
2 New Zealand Ivan Mauger 4 6 6 6 4 26
3 West Germany Alois Wiesböck 6 6 4 4 1 21
4 Sweden Anders Michanek 3 2 4 3 3 15
5 West Germany Josef Angermüller 3 4 2 2 2 13
6 England Don Godden 6 3 4 0 0 13
7 England Peter Collins 1 3 3 4 E 11
8 Norway Jon Odegard 4 4 1 2 E 11
9 West Germany Manfred Poschenrieder 3 4 2 1 E 10
10 Denmark Preben Bollerup 4 3 2 0 E 9
11 Czechoslovakia Jiří Štancl 2 1 3 3 E 9
12 West Germany Christoph Betzl x 1 6 1 E 8
13 Denmark Preben Rosenkilde 2 2 1 E E 5
14 Czechoslovakia Milan Spinka 1 0 3 E E 4
15 West Germany Hans Zierk 2 - 1 E E 3
16 Czechoslovakia Stanislav Kubicek 0 2 0 E E 2
17 West Germany Cord Heinrich Hoft - 1 0 E E 1
18 Norway Edgar Stangeland 0 0 - E E 0
19 West Germany Bernd Broker - - 0 E E 0
20 West Germany Gottfried Schwarze f - - E E 0

Key

  • E = Eliminated (no further ride)
  • F = Fell
  • E/F = Engine Failure

References

  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.