Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship
The Long Track World Cup is a since 1971 been registered by the FIM web sports competition for motorcycles.
The world champion on the long course be determined by this competition. The races take place on tracks with a base made of grass or a surface as it can be found on speedway tracks, the so-called grass or dirt tracks instead. However, the tracks are not limited to oval, as for example in the speedway, then the traveling web is a tri- annually oval Marmande.
- 4.1 to 1996
- 4.2 from 1997
History
Already in 1937 the first long course Championship was held, which were put on in the following years until 1957. 1971 European Championship was abolished and used for the World Cup. 1983 was introduced as a foundation for long-track World Cup, the grass track championship, which is on grass runways, so cross paths with a sward as underground discharged.
2007 World Cup team has been introduced.
Popularity
The Long Track World Cup has in comparison to the Speedway World Cup a relatively low international status. This is primarily due to that long paths are far less common in countries like the UK and the Scandinavian countries than the short Speedway tracks. In Germany, the long-track World Cup but at least as popular as the Speedway World Cup since German athletes on the long run are much more successful than in Speedway. Thus, German athletes from the previously discharged 38 individual World Championships, with 20 victories, more than half won and decided the previous two sweeps of the team 's World Cup as well for themselves. The Speedway was only able Egon Müller of winning a world championship.
Mode
The world champion is determined by a Grand Prix system. For the so-called Long Track Grand Prix 17 drivers are set firmly. In addition, a wild-card rider for each Grand Prix. The first six of the previous year's standings are set as a permanent driver. The other drivers are selected by a qualification system:
The drivers are in the preseason places 7 to 14 occupied directly for the Grand Prix Challenge, in which ultimately the starting places will be allocated for the new season. All other drivers must qualify through two official qualifying races and eventual national pre-qualification only for the Challenge. In addition, three riders from the FIM receive a season - Wild Card.
Expiration of a Grand Prix
At a Grand Prix go 18 drivers to the start: The 17 permanent riders and a driver who receives a wild card for the race. This wildcard rider is determined before the actual Grand Prix by a so-called last-chance race, to participate in the six drivers.
Each driver denies 4 Heats. Also, go with the heats of six riders at the start. This system ensures that each driver drives exactly once in the heats against any other driver. The winner of first runnings gets 5 Running points, second place 4, etc. The last one can not get a running point. After each driver has completed his four heats, the running points are added. The six top point down the A-final from around the Grand Prix victory. The six runners behind them, the B-final and the last six C- finals. If a driver in the heats for example by injury for the rest of the event it is replaced by one of the last-chance - pilot.
For the rankings achieved at a Grand Prix points are awarded. By adding up the scores from all Grand Prix the overall classification results.
List of winners
To 1996
1997
Team World Cup
In addition to the individual World Championship on the long course, led the FIM for the 2007 season, a long-track team World Cup.
- Long Track World Cup