1988 Individual Long Track World Championship
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The 1988 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 18th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1] The event was held on 18 September 1988 at Scheeßel in Germany, which was West Germany at the time.[2]

The Championship format was altered with 16 rider fields and 8 riders in each heat. The top 8 scorers qualified for the semi-final heats with (points carried forward).[3]

The world title was won by Karl Maier of West Germany for the fourth time.[4]

Final Classification

Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Total Pts
1 West Germany Karl Maier 7 7 7 7 7 7 42
2 West Germany Klaus Lausch 7 6 7 6 6 ef 32
3 England Chris Morton 2 7 6 7 3 6 31
4 Denmark Hans Nielsen 4 6 6 ef 7 4 27
5 West Germany Gerd Riss 5 4 4 4 4 5 26
6 West Germany Heinrich Diener 6 3 5 5 5 2 26
7 Sweden Roland Dannö 6 5 ef 6 6 1 24
8 England Simon Wigg 3 2 4 5 4 3 21
9 West Germany Egon Müller 3 4 5 3 ef E 15
10 Denmark Jens Henry Nielsen 5 5 1 2 2 E 15
11 United States Sam Ermolenko 4 x ef 4 5 E 13
12 Finland Kai Niemi 2 1 3 1 2 E 9
13 Czechoslovakia Petr Vandirek 0 0 3 3 3 E 9
14 England Steve Schofield 0 1 2 2 1 E 6
15 Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper Jr. 1 3 f - - E 4
16 England Simon Cross 1 2 ef ef - E 3
17 Australia Steve Baker - - - 1 1 E 2
18 Finland Ari Koponen - - 2 - 0 E 2

References

  1. ^ "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org.
  2. ^ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
  3. ^ "WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com.
  4. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-72946-9.
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