German longtrack speedway team
The Germany national long track team is the national longtrack motorcycle speedway team of Germany and is controlled by the Deutscher Motor Sport Bund (DMSB).[1]
History
The German longtrack team are traditionally the strongest nation in the world, with many of their riders prioritising a career in longtrack instead of the popular conventional oval form of speedway. The first Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship was held in 1957 (known as the European Championship at the time)[2] and the West German/German team won 16 of the first 40 individual titles from 1957 to 1996.[3][4][5] Since the advent of the Grand Prix series in 1997 they have continued the success, winning another 16 titles up to the end of the 2023 season.
Since the creation of the World Longtrack team championship in 2007, now called the (FIM Long Track of Nations), Germany have won 9 of the 15 editions (up to the end of 2023).[6]
Competitions
World team champions
World individual champions
- Gerd Riss (8) 1991, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009
- Karl Maier (4) 1980, 1982, 1987, 1988
- Robert Barth (4) 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
- Josef Hofmeister (3) 1958, 1959, 1960
- Manfred Poschenreider (3) 1966, 1967, 1968
- Egon Müller (3) 1974, 1975, 1978
- Erik Riss (2) 2014, 2016
- Martin Smolinski (2) 2018, 2023
- Alois Wiesböck (1) 1979
- Tommy Dunker (1) 1997
- Lukas Fienhage (1) 2020
National longtrack championship
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See also
References
- ^ "Dates and events". DMSB. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 29–30. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ^ "World Longtrack Finals 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Speedway and Longtrack". Speedway.org. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. pp. 511–512. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ "World Longtrack Team World Champions". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Deutsche Langbahnmeisterschaft". Speedway Yesterday. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Sandbahn Herxheim: Race abandoned after fatal accident". Speedweek. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
