Karl Maier (speedway rider)

Karl Maier

Karl Maier in 1992
Born	(1957-08-24) 24 August 1957 Munich, Germany
Nationality	Germany
Current club information
Career status	Retired
Career history
1979	Belle Vue Aces
1982-83	Birmingham Brummies
Individual honours
1980, 1982, 1987, 1988	Long Track World Champion
1992, 1993	Germany Longtrack Championship
1979, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990	West German Longtrack Championship

Karl Maier (born 24 August 1957) is a former speedway rider who competed in speedway, Longtrack and Grasstrack Racing. He reached seventeen World Longtrack world championship Finals and took the top honors four times.

World Longtrack Championship

Finals

• 1978 Mühldorf (7th) 17pts
• 1979 Marianske Lazne (6th) 13pts
• 1980 Scheeßel (Champion) 23pts
• 1981 Radgona (13th) 5pts
• 1982 Esbjerg (Champion) 24pts
• 1983 Marianske Lazne (Third) 18pts
• 1984 Herxheim (Third) 17pts
• 1986 Herxheim (6th) 11pts
• 1987 Mühldorf (Champion) 22pts
• 1988 Scheeßel (Champion) 42pts
• 1989 Marianske Lazne (Third) 33pts
• 1990 Herxheim (Second) 30pts
• 1991 Marianske Lazne (7th) 10pts
• 1992 Pfarrkirchen (Third) 20pts
• 1993 Mühldorf (Second) 20pts
• 1995 Scheeßel (6th) 14pts
• 1996 Herxheim (6th) 11pts

Semi-finalist

• 1985 Vilshofen (9th) 10pts
• 1994 Scheeßel (4th) 20pts

World Final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1983 - Norden, Motodrom Halbemond - 6th - 9+3pts
• 1984 - Gothenburg, Ullevi - 9th - 7pts
• 1985 - Bradford, Odsal Stadium - 16th - 1pt
• 1986 - Chorzów, Silesian Stadium - 13th - 3pts

World Pairs Championship

• 1983 - Gothenburg, Ullevi (with Egon Müller) - 6th - 12pts (6)
• 1986 - Pocking, Rottalstadion (with Klaus Lausch) - 6th - 27pts (22)
• 1989 - Leszno, Alfred Smoczyk Stadium (with Gerd Riss) - 4th - 36pts (22)

World Team Cup

• 1981 - Olching, Speedway Stadion Olching (with Egon Müller / Georg Hack / Georg Gilgenreiner) - 3rd - 28pts (8)
• 1982 - London, White City Stadium (with Georg Hack / Egon Müller / Alois Wiesböck / Georg Gilgenreiner) - 3rd - 18pts (7)