The 1973 Individual Long Track World Championship was the third edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1][2] The event was held on 20 September 1973 in Oslo, Norway.[3] The defending champion Ivan Mauger failed to qualify for the semi-final round after being eliminated in a qualifying round. The world title was won by Ole Olsen of Denmark.[4][5]
| 1973 Individual Long Track World Championship | |
|---|---|
Final Classification edit
| Pos | Rider | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Total Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ole Olsen |
4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 |
| 2 |  Hans Siegl |
5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| 3 | Manfred Poschenreider |
5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| 4 |  Don Godden |
2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Jan Kater |
4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Josef Angermüller |
5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 |  Runo Wedin |
3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | E | 11 |
| 8 | Willihard Thomsson |
3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | E | 11 |
| 9 | Egon Müller |
2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | E | 10 |
| 10 |  Milan Špinka |
4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | E | 7 |
| 11 | Sture Lindblom |
3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | E | 7 |
| 12 |  Einar Egedius |
1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | E | 6 |
| 13 | Zdeněk Majstr |
- | - | 3 | E | E | 3 |
| 14 | Berndt Hornfeldt |
1 | 2 | 0 | E | E | 3 |
| 15 | Bent Nørregaard-Jensen |
0 | - | 2 | E | E | 2 |
| 16 | Jon Ødegaard |
- | 0 | - | E | E | 0 |
| 17 | Conny Samuelsson |
- | 0 | - | E | E | 0 |
| 18 |  Hakan Storm |
0 | - | - | E | E | 0 |
Key
- E = Eliminated (no further ride)
References edit
- ^ 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.