1976 Individual Long Track World Championship

The 1976 Individual Long Track World Championship was the sixth edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1][2] The event was held on 12 September 1976 in Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic which was Czechoslovakia at the time.[3]

1976 Individual Long Track World Championship

The world title was won by Ivan Mauger of New Zealand for a third time.[4][5]

Final Classification

Pos	Rider	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Total Pts
1	Ivan Mauger	6	6	6	6	2	26
2	Ole Olsen	4	6	6	6	3	25
3	Egon Müller	4	4	3	4	6	21
4	Alois Wiesböck	6	6	2	3	4	21
5	Jiří Štancl	4	4	4	3	1	16
6	Zdeněk Kudrna	3	4	3	4	f	14
7	Anders Michanek	3	3	4	2	E	12
8	Christoph Betzl	6	3	e.f	1	E	10
9	Josef Angermüller	1	2	4	2	E	9
10	Václav Verner	2	3	2	1	E	8
11	Barry Briggs	1	x	6	f	E	7
12	Don Godden	0	2	3	e.f	E	5
13	Emil Sova	2	1	2	E	E	5
14	Hans Wassermann	2	1	1	E	E	4
15	Wilhelm Duden	3	0	1	E	E	4
16	Edgar Stangeland	1	2	0	E	E	3
17	Stanislav Kubicek	0	0	1	E	E	1
18	Conny Samuelsson	0	1	-	E	E	1
19	Jan Verner	-	-	0	E	E	0

Key

• E = eliminated (no further ride)
• f = fell
• e.f = engine failure

References

1. Oakes, Peter (1981). Daily Mirror 1981 Speedway Yearbook, page 30. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
2. "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org.
3. "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
4. "WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com.
5. Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-72946-9.