1981 Individual Long Track World Championship
The 1981 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 11th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1][2] The event was held on 20 September 1981 in Gornja Radgona in the Slovenia, which was Yugoslavia at the time.[3]
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The world title was won by Michael Lee of England.[4][5] Ivan Mauger crashed in heat 7 and was taken to hospital.
Final Classification
| Pos | Rider | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Heat Pts | Total Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Michael Lee | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 2 |  Christoph Betzl | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 |  Anders Michanek | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | Georg Gilgenreiner | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Egon Müller | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Phil Collins | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Josef Aigner | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | E | 13 |
| 8 | Hans Otto Pingel | 5 | 3 | 4 | ef | E | 12 |
| 9 | Peter Collins | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | E | 10 |
| 10 |  Jiří Štancl | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | E | 6 |
| 11 |  Ivan Mauger | 4 | 2 | ns | ns | E | 6 |
| 12 | Georg Hack | 2 | 0 | 3 | ef | E | 5 |
| 13 | Karl Maier | 2 | 1 | 2 | E | E | 5 |
| 14 | Zdeněk Kudrna | 2 | 2 | ns | E | E | 4 |
| 15 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Stefan Kekec | 0 | 1 | 2 | E | E | 3 |
| 16 | Vlado Kocuvan | 0 | 0 | 1 | E | E | 1 |
| 17 | Alois Wiesböck | ef | 1 | ef | E | E | 1 |
| 18 | Wilhelm Duden | ef | 0 | E | E | ef | 0 |
- E = eliminated (no further ride)
- f = fell
- ef = engine failure
- ns = non starter
References
- 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.
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