1974 Individual Long Track World Championship

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
1West Germany Egon Müller6666630
2New Zealand Ivan Mauger4666426
3West Germany Alois Wiesböck6644121
4Sweden Anders Michanek3243315
5West Germany Josef Angermüller3422213
6England Don Godden6340013
7England Peter Collins1334E11
8Norway Jon Ødegaard4412E11
9West Germany Manfred Poschenreider3421E10
10Denmark Preben Bollerup 4320E9
11Czechoslovakia Jiří Štancl2133E9
12West Germany Christoph Betzlx161E8
13Denmark Preben Rosenkilde221EE5
14Czechoslovakia Milan Špinka103EE4
15West Germany Hans Zierk2-1EE3
16Czechoslovakia Stanislav Kubíček020EE2
17West Germany Cord Heinrich Hoft-10EE1
18Norway Edgar Stangeland00-EE0
19West Germany Bernd Broker--0EE0
20West Germany Gottfried Schwarzef--EE0

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.
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