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

Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Pts
1West Germany Karl Maier5355523
2West Germany Egon Müller5443218
3West Germany Josef Aigner3351416
3West Germany Christoph Betzl4513316
5West Germany Georg Hackf544114
6West Germany Wilhelm Duden42ef5E11
7New Zealand Ivan Mauger5ef22E9
8Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Kudrna1422E9
9Denmark Ole Olsen1430E8
10England Michael Lee2321E8
11England Peter Collins3130E7
12Czechoslovakia Jiří Štancl3ef3EE6
13England Chris Morton014EE5
14Czechoslovakia Milan Špinka221EE5
15Netherlands Fritz Koning12efEE3
16Sweden Anders Michanek2efefEE2
17United States Bruce Penhallef00EE0
18West Germany Alois Wiesböck4554018 (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

  1. "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
  2. 1 2 3 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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