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The '''1980 Individual Long Track World Championship''' was the tenth edition of the [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] [[Motorcycle speedway|speedway]] [[Individual Long Track World Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://grasstrackgb.co.uk/world-longtrack/|title=World Longtrack World Champions|publisher=Grasstrack GB}}</ref> The event was held on 14 September 1980 at [[Scheeßel]] in [[West Germany]].<ref name="1981Yearbook">{{cite book|last=Oakes|first=Peter|title=Daily Mirror 1981 Speedway Yearbook|year=1981|publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd|isbn=0-86215-017-5}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwayplus.com/pdf/Longtrack.pdf|title=WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes|publisher=Speedway Plus.com}}</ref> <ref>{{cite book|last=Montague|first=Trevor|title=A To Z of Sport, page 512|year=2004|publisher=Little Brown|isbn=0-316-72946-9}}</ref>
The '''1980 Individual Long Track World Championship''' was the tenth edition of the [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] [[Motorcycle speedway|speedway]] [[Individual Long Track World Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://grasstrackgb.co.uk/world-longtrack/|title=World Longtrack World Champions|publisher=Grasstrack GB}}</ref> The event was held on 14 September 1980 at [[Scheeßel]] in [[West Germany]].<ref name="1981Yearbook">{{cite book|last=Oakes|first=Peter|title=Daily Mirror 1981 Speedway Yearbook|year=1981|publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd|isbn=0-86215-017-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwayplus.com/pdf/Longtrack.pdf|title=WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes|publisher=Speedway Plus.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Montague|first=Trevor|title=A To Z of Sport, page 512|year=2004|publisher=Little Brown|isbn=0-316-72946-9}}</ref>


The World title was won by [[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]] of West Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwaychampions.com/world-champions.php|title=Speedway World Champions|publisher=Speedway Champions.com}}</ref> The Championship consisted of four qualifying rounds at [[Harsewinkel]], Korskro, [[Farmsen-Berne|Hamburg-Farmsen]], [[Pfarrkirchen]] won by [[Bruce Penhall]], [[Ivan Mauger]], [[Egon Müller]] and [[Georg Hack]] respectively and two semi finals in [[Jübek]] and [[Gornja Radgona]] won by [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] and [[Josef Aigner]].<ref name="1981Yearbook"/>
The World title was won by [[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]] of West Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwaychampions.com/world-champions.php|title=Speedway World Champions|publisher=Speedway Champions.com|access-date=2018-02-09|archive-date=2018-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224014151/http://www.speedwaychampions.com/world-champions.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Championship consisted of four qualifying rounds at [[Harsewinkel]], Korskro, [[Farmsen-Berne|Hamburg-Farmsen]], [[Pfarrkirchen]] won by [[Bruce Penhall]], [[Ivan Mauger]], [[Egon Müller]] and [[Georg Hack]] respectively and two semi finals in [[Jübek]] and [[Gornja Radgona]] won by [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] and [[Josef Aigner]].<ref name="1981Yearbook"/>


== Final Classification ==
== Final Classification ==
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Latest revision as of 23:41, 27 July 2021

The 1980 Individual Long Track World Championship was the tenth edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1] The event was held on 14 September 1980 at Scheeßel in West Germany.[2][3][4]

The World title was won by Karl Maier of West Germany.[5] The Championship consisted of four qualifying rounds at Harsewinkel, Korskro, Hamburg-Farmsen, Pfarrkirchen won by Bruce Penhall, Ivan Mauger, Egon Müller and Georg Hack respectively and two semi finals in Jübek and Gornja Radgona won by Ole Olsen and Josef Aigner.[2]

Final Classification

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Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Pts
1 West Germany Karl Maier 5 3 5 5 5 23
2 West Germany Egon Müller 5 4 4 3 2 18
3 West Germany Josef Aigner 3 3 5 1 4 16
3 West Germany Christoph Betzl 4 5 1 3 3 16
5 West Germany Georg Hack f 5 4 4 1 14
6 West Germany Wilhelm Duden 4 2 ef 5 E 11
7 New Zealand Ivan Mauger 5 ef 2 2 E 9
8 Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Kudrna 1 4 2 2 E 9
9 Denmark Ole Olsen 1 4 3 0 E 8
10 England Michael Lee 2 3 2 1 E 8
11 England Peter Collins 3 1 3 0 E 7
12 Czechoslovakia Jiří Štancl 3 ef 3 E E 6
13 England Chris Morton 0 1 4 E E 5
14 Czechoslovakia Milan Špinka 2 2 1 E E 5
15 Netherlands Fritz Koning 1 2 ef E E 3
16 Sweden Anders Michanek 2 ef ef E E 2
17 United States Bruce Penhall ef 0 0 E E 0
18 West Germany Alois Wiesböck 4 5 5 4 0 18 (disq)+

+ Alois Wiesböck finished third but was disqualified because his engine was found to be over the prescribed limit. Bronze medals were awarded to both Betzl and Aigner.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
  2. ^ a b c Oakes, Peter (1981). Daily Mirror 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  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.
  5. ^ "Speedway World Champions". Speedway Champions.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
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