1998 FIM Long Track World Championship

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1998 Individual Long Track World Championship
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The 1998 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 28th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1][2]

The world title was won by Kelvin Tatum of England.[3][4]

Venues[edit]

Round Date Venue
1 4 Jul Netherlands Aduard
2 13 Jul France Marmande
3 19 Jul England Abingdon-on-Thames
4 6 Sep Germany Scheeßel
5 27 Sep Germany Mühldorf

Final Classification[edit]

Pos Rider Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Total Pts
1 England Kelvin Tatum 25 16 25 25 13 104
2 Germany Robert Barth 18 25 16 14 20 93
3 England Steve Schofield 16 20 18 13 18 85
4 Germany Gerd Riss 13 1 x 20 25 59
5 Czech Republic Antonín Šváb Jr. 20 4 14 8 11 57
6 Germany Matthias Kröger 12 12 9 12 12 57
7 England Glenn Cunningham 5 18 12 18 x 53
8 England Simon Cross 14 13 13 5 x 45
9 Italy Massimo Mora 10 10 8 9 5 42
10 England Simon Wigg 7 6 11 x 16 40
11 Czech Republic Zdenek Schneiderwind 6 14 6 3 10 39
12 Germany Bernd Diener 8 x 7 16 7 38
13 Netherlands Uppie Bos 9 x 5 11 8 33
14 Australia Shane Parker 0 9 10 2 9 30
15 Germany Ralf Loding 4 5 3 6 4 22
16 England Paul Hurry x x 20 x x 20
17 Netherlands Maik Groen 11 3 1 x 1 16
18 Germany Detlaf Conradi 1 2 x 7 6 16
19 France Christophe Dubernard x 8 4 1 2 15
20 Germany Herbert Rudolph x x x x 14 14
21 France Philippe Bergé x 11 x x x 11
22 Germany Gunther Bunning x x x 10 x 10
23 France Stéphane Trésarrieu x 7 x x x 7
24 Germany Heiko Muller x x x 4 x 4
25 Netherlands Theo Pijper 3 x x x x 3
26 Germany Otto Niedermeier x x x x 3 3
27 Netherlands Steven van der Helm 2 x x x x 2
28 England Colin Earl x x 2 x x 2

References[edit]

  1. ^ "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org.
  2. ^ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
  3. ^ "Long Track Racing". Speedway Champions.
  4. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-72946-9.
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