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1980 Individual Long Track World Championship

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

The World title was won by Karl Maier of West Germany.[3] 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

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

+ Alois Weisbeck 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

  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. ^ "Speedway World Champions". Speedway Champions.com.
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