Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme : FIM Long Track World Championship - Finals

FIM Long Track: 2012 calendar & Entry list

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:59:00 +0200

The permanent riders for the 2012 final series are:

N°	Riders	FMN	Country
1	KYLMÄKORPI Joonas	SML	FIN
2	SPEISER Richard	DMSB	GER
3	KATT Stephan	DMSB	GER
4	PIJPER Theo	FFM	FRA
5	TRESARRIEU Mathieu	FFM	FRA
6	SMOLINSKI Martin	DMSB	GER
7	TRESARRIEU Stéphane	FFM	FRA
8	DE JONG Jannick	KNMV	NED
9	HOWE David	ACU	GBR
10	LESPINASSE Jerome	FFM	FRA
11	FRANC Joseph	ACCR	CZE
12	DIENER Berndt	DMSB	GER
13	TEBBE Jorg	DMSB	GER
14	PHILLIPS Glen	ACU	GBR
15	APPELTON Andrew	ACU	GBR
16	WOODWARD Cameron	MA	AUS
17	MUSTONEN Aki-Pekka	SML	FIN
18	FMNR Wild card

Qualified Substitute riders

N°	Riders	FMN	Country
21	FABRIEK Dirk	KNMV	NED
22	KROGER Matthias	DMSB	GER
23	DI PALMA Théo	FFM	FRA

Click here for the 2012 FIM Long Track World Championship calendar

Fine FINN-ISH

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:16:00 +0200

Flying Finn Joonas Kylmakorpi establish his position as the leading Longtrack rider of today by taking his second FIM World Championship crown in a hard fought conclusion to the 2011 Championship. Kylmakorpi chose to lead from the front by winning his first two races in fine style. A second place in his third ride securing the world crown for the second consecutive year. Second and third places were closely contested being decided only after the last race of the season with German Richard Spieser taking the runner up position from Dutchman Theo Pijper riding on a French Licence. The local crowd had plenty to cheer about with Stephane Tresarrieu being crowned champion of the seventh final being joined on the rostrum by Theo Pijper second and Stephan Katt third.Photo Credit mxstream.fr

Longtrack in Norway: Close race

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:22:00 +0200

The 1500 spectators in Norway did get a great moment when Theo Pijper secured the final coming out of the last turn.

2011 FIM Long Track World Championship Final 2 was hosted by Riska Motorsykkelklubb at Forus Travbane in Norway.

The final ended up as an exciting match between the World Champion Joonas Kylmäkorpi and Theo Pijper. The two riders came side by side through the last turn, but the Dutch rider preserved larger speed towards the finish line and crossed first. "Fantastic to finish as I did in this final and it is a great satisfaction to win this event. Racing at such a well prepared track is a pleasure" says Theo to a local news paper.

Joonas Kylmäkorpi performed very well in the heats leading towards the final, but a weak start made him fight very hard through the final. Joonas Kylmäkorpi got an individual score of 29 points during the event and Theo Pijper and Richard Speiser 20 points each.

The results brings Joonas Kylmäkorpi into the lead of the 2011 FIM Long Track World Championship with 44 points, Stephan Katt holds second position with 42 points, with Richard Speiser in third place with 41 points.

Forus Travbane is a race track for horses used many times for speedway / Long Track races previously. However there was more than 20 years when such events were not allowed. Riska Motorsykkelklubb have organized Long Track races the last 4 years and made a step up hosting a FIM Long Track World Championship Final this year. The riders were very happy with the 1000 meter track as is very well prepared and allows high speed races.

The Jury President (Wolfgang Glas) was very satisfied with good race, well prepared organizer, and no injuries and congratulated the organizer and the Norwegian Federation (NMF).

Text: Riska Motorsykkelklubb Norway
Pics: Ubbo Bandy

2011 FIM Long Track World Championship Final 2, Forus, Norway.

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:02:00 +0200

On Saturday 26 June at Forus, near Stavanger, Norway, the second of seven FIM Long Track World Championship rounds will be organised. It will be a very exciting to host such a prestigious event in Stavanger, a city mostly known for the North Sea oil activities. Stavanger is an international city which offers nice accomodations and good restaurants. From the city you have easy access to one of the many boat trips on fjords with view over spectacular mountains.

The 1000 meter track of Forus, primarily used for horseracing, has a long tradition in being the venue for Long Track races and also for car races. The track was off limit for motor racing during nearly 20 years due to a too high noise level, but four years ago it was again opened for long track. Riders such as Gerd Riss, Sirg Schutsbach and Appi Mustonen and other top European long track jockeys could again enter the starting gates at Forus. It is a very fast track where Germany's ten times World Champion Gerd Riss holds the record. Now this record is up for grabs and we are looking forward to see if any of the 18 riders can challenge the spectacular time achieved by Gerd Riss. .

It is of course exciting to welcome this tremendous strong field of riders in Forus. Although the track has had very good riders in previous races, it never presented a field where any of the riders could win! We are looking forward to have our Nordic friend, reigning FIM World Champion Joonas Kylmakorpi here. Joonas met hard competition at Marianske Lazne (CZE) in the first WC final and will hopefully try to improve his 2011 standing at Forus. The event at Marianske Lanze shows that the German riders love the 1000 meter tracks as the six German riders took the 6 top places. Theo Pijper, Andrew Appleton and the rest of the riders have a job to do to re-arrange this standing.

The Norwegian "wild card" Kim Rudi Juritzen will get something to chew on at this race. On the other hand Juritzen knows the track well and has been racing at Forus many times.

The two substitutes are both from the local area where Inge Bjerk is a converted speedway rider and Willy Tjessem a seasoned long track rider.
Welcome to Forus!

Line-up 2011 FIM Long Track World Chamionsship Final 2, Forus/NO – June 26th 2011

Riding No Name FMN Country

1 Joonas Kylmäkorpi SML Finland
2 Theo Pijper FFM Netherlands
3 Richard Speiser DMSB Germany
4 Andrew Appleton ACU Great Britain
5 Stephan Katt DMSB Germany
6 Mathieu Tresarrieu FFM France
7 Jörg Tebbe DMSB Germany
8 Martin Smolinski DMSB Germany
9 Herbert Rudolph DMSB Germany
10 Richard Hall ACU Great Britain
11 Glen Phillips ACU Great Britain
12 Aki Pekka Mustonen SML Finland
13 Matthias Kröger DMSB Germany
14 Jerome Lespinasse FFM France
15 Josef Franc ACCR Czech Republic
16 Stephane Tresarrieu FFM France
17 Dirk Fabriek KNMV Netherlands
18 Kim Rudi Juritzen NMF Norway
19 Inge Bjerk NMF Norway
20 Willy Tjessem NMF Norway

Smolinski wins, Katt leads

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:01:00 +0200

All high rated expections have been fullfilled in a thrilling debut of the FIM Longtrack Worldchampionship 2011 at Bohemian town Marianske Lazne on Sunday, June 12th. Most of the 18 World Final riders were able to win Final 1 at Czech Republic but after 14 of the 15 heat races it looked like a German Championship, as all six German riders could qualify for he Grand Final! World Champion Joonas Kylmäkorpi from Finland missed all his starts, as he said, and finished on 8th position after the Semifinal heats. Dutch World Championship Runner-up Theo Pijper started excenlently, but the FFM license rider blew up 3 engines during practice and race and therefore ended on disappointing 9th position. Last years winner at Marianske Lazne, German "Catman" Stephan Katt began superbly, but in Heat 11 he had to be excluded by the referee, because he lost his dirt deflector during the race. Before the semifinals German Jörg Tebbe was the provisional leader, 2 points ahead of Katt. But Tebbe did not make the start in the first semi, finished last and country fellow Matthias Kröger won the race. As Katt won the second semi, he went into the final with most points (20) ahead of Kröger (18), Martin Smolinski (17), Tebbe (17), Herbert Rudolph (17) and Richard Speiser (17), all from Germany. In the thrilling final race, first Richard Speiser took the lead, than Martin Smolinski passed him, while Katt attacked both, but he could not come through from 3rd position. 26 years Munich boy Martin Smolinski won the meeting in his first ever World Championship final in front of Speiser and Katt, while Kröger and Tebbe were forced to stop by engine failures. But in the World Championship classification Stephan Katt took the lead with 23 Points in front of Smolinski (22) and Speiser (21). The 2nd final of the FIM Longtrack Worldchampionship 2011 will be on June 25th at Forus in Norway. Results: 1.Martin Smolinski (GER), 22 Points; 2. Richard Speiser (GER), 21; 3. Stephan Katt (GER), 23; 4. Herbert Rudolph (GER), 19; 5. Matthias Kröger (GER), 17; 6. Jörg Tebbe (GER), 17; 7. Mathieu Tresarrieu (F), 15; 8. Joonas Kylmäkorpi (FIN), 15; 9. Theo Pijper (NED), 13; 10. Josef Franc (CZE), 12; 11. Jerome Lespinasse (F), 11; 12. Andrew Appleton (GB), 11;  13. Dirk Fabriek (NED), 7; 14. Richard Wolff (CZ), 6; 15. Stéphane Tresarrieu (F), 5; 16. Aki-Pekka Mustonen (FIN), 4; 17. Richard Hall (GB), 2; 18. Glen Phillips (GB), 2; 19. Pavel Ondrasik (CZ), 0; 20. Karel Kadlec (CZ), 0 World Championship Standings after 1 of 7 Finals:  1. Katt 23 points; 2. Smolinski 22; 3. Spiser 21; 4. Rudolph 19; 5. Kröger 17; 6. Tebbe 17; 7. M. Tresarrieu 15; 8. Kylmäkorpi 15; 9. Pijper 13; 10. Franc 12; 11. Lespinasse 11; 12. Appleton 11; 13. Fabriek 7; 14. Wolff 6; 15. S. Trersarrieu 5; 16. Mustonen 4; 17. Hall 2; 18. Phillips 2.

2011 FIM Long Track World Championship starts on Sunday

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:27:00 +0200

On the spectacular 1000 m long track in the beautiful Bohemian City of Marianske Lazne (CZE) the FIM World Long Track Champiopnship campaign celebrates its opening of the 2011 season on next Sunday 12th June.

The 17 fastest Long Track riders plus the local Wild Card boy Richard Wolff fight for the FIM World Championship and the first win of the season, six more Final races coming up in Norway, Finland, France, Netherlands and Germany.

Reigning FIM World Champion Joonas Kylmäkorpi is he man to beat – the 31 years old Finnish rider won his first title here in Marianske Lazne in September, 2010. But, as record title holder Gerd Riss had to withdraw from Racing due to injuries. There is no real title favorite this year and at least a dozen of the 17 permanent riders should be able to win a final race anywhere.

Last years runner-up Theo Pijper from the Netherlands is keen to win this year. Number 3 Richard Speiser has come back to form right in time. European Grasstrack Champion Andrew Appleton wants to improve from his Number 4 spot. Number 5 Stephan Katt was last years GP Winner at Marianske Lazne and the German "Catman" is rated as one of the Top favourites of the season.

The rookies: The German Speedway star Martin Smolinski is high rated as the Finnish young guy "Ape" Mustonen is, who gives his World Championship debut only 20 years old!

12 Heats, 2 Semi-finals and the final with the six best riders will sort out the first FIM Long Track Wolrd Championship Final winner of the 2011 season.

The Event at Plzenska Road in Marianske Lazne (CZE) will be opened on June 12th, 14.00 hours; first heat starts 14.30 hours. Tickets are available on the day from CKR 250,-

Line-up 2011 FIM Long Track World Championship Final 1,
Marianske Lazne/CZ – Juni 12th, 2011:

Riding No Name FMN Country
1   Joonas Kylmäkorpi   SML   Finland
2   Theo Pijper   FFM   Netherlands
3   Richard Speiser   DMSB    Germany
4   Andrew Appleton   ACU Great Britain
5   Stephan Katt   DMSB   Germany
6   Mathieu Tresarrieu   FFM   France
7   Jörg Tebbe   DMSB   Germany
8   Martin Smolinski   DMSB   Germany
9   Herbert Rudolph   DMSB   Germany
10   Richard Hall   ACU   Great Britain
11   Glen Phillips   ACU   Great Britain
12   Aki Pekka Mustonen   SML   Finland
13   Matthias Kröger   DMSB   Germany
14   Jerome Lespinasse   FFM   France
15   Josef Franc   ACCR   Czech Republic
16   Stephane Tresarrieu   FFM   France
17   Dirk Fabriek    KNMV   Netherlands
18   Richard Wolff   ACCR   Czech Republic
19   Karel Kadlec (Track Reserve)   ACCR   Czech Republic
20   Pavel Ondrasik   (Track Reserve)   ACCR   Czech Republic

Time Table June 12th:
09.30 - Official Training
14.00 - Opening
14.30 - Start Heat 1

Text :Thomas Shiffner

Martin Smolinski best challenger in Forssa

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:38:00 +0200

The 2010 FIM Long Track Challenge was raced at 25th of september in Forssa - Finland. All the 18 riders had the same target, to be on the TOP 7 in this race and to be seeded for the 2011 FIM Long Track World Championship Final Series.

German rider Martin Smolinski ruled the race scoring maximum 30 points. His country fellow Herbert Rudolph suffered engineblow in heat 11 but managed to score 22 points and reach the second place. British riders Richard Hall and Glen Phillips had a run-off for the third place with 21 points. Philips was leading the run-off but his engine blow up in the last lap. Finnish crowd was cheering for Aki-Pekka Mustonen. Young Finn scored 20 points and reached the place for 2011 Final series. Well experienced L ong Track rider Matthias Kröger got the sixth place with 18 points. Jerome Lespinasse (FRA) and Sirg Schützbach (SWI) had a run-off for the 7th place. Schützbach was leading the heat by a mile but he sufferd an engine problems in the last lap, so Lespinasse passed him and was the last man in TOP 7.

Photo Credit: Ubbo bandy

Kylmäkorpi first Finnish crowned

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 21:53:00 +0200

Joonas Kylmäkorpi is the first rider from Finland, who became a FIM World Long Track Champion. 8 Points and 13th position in Final 6 at Marianske Lazne/CZ was good enough to secure his overall lead and win the World Championship with 140 points in front of Dutch rider (French licence holder) Theo Pijper (120 points) and German Richard Speiser (103 Points).

Pijper finished the meeting 8th with 12 points, although he was injured with a broken finger by a stone clashed his hand during practise. Nevertheless Pijper ist he first ever Dutch rider finishing Runner-up in World Track Racing Championship.

The Final Heat and Marianske Lazne's meeting was won by German Stephan Katt (27 points) in front of British Andrew Appleton (24 points) and the best rider in the qualification races, German Herbert Rudolph (27 points).

The days runner-up Andy Appleton missed the FIM World Championship rostrum by a single point (102 points).

Joonas Kylmäkorpi (30), coming from Vaasa, now living in Sweden, rides Longtrack since 12 years and, after beeing Vice FIM World Champion in 2006 and 2007 , he now reached the goal of his career. He is a professional Speedway rider with commitments in Poland, England, Sweden and Denmark. "Today I concentrated only on my first two heats, where I needed some points for he title. After my brain was quit empty and I could not really concentrate on my race anymore. But we already prepare our new bikes with my tuner Marcel Gerhard for he 2011 season. Sure I want to defend the title and I know I can do even better than I did this year", promised the smart Finnish rider.Photo: Thomas Schiffner

Long Track Final in Marianske Laszne

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 10:46:00 +0200

The last round of the 2010 FIM Long Track World Championship Final Series takes place today in Czech Republic and 7 nationalities are present on the starting grid.

All Fans expect a Hard Battle for the win between Finlands new Hero and current Leader Joonas Kylmäkorpi and Dutch second placed Rider Theo Pijper. Kylmäkorpi is 24 Points ahead of Pijper who is the only one who could take the win from Kylmäkorpi.

The Ukrainian rider Vladimir Trofimov (riding number 22) is replacing the french Stephane Tresarrieu who is unfit since 04 September.

Provisionnal classification :
1. KYLMÄKORPI, Joonas SML FIN 132 points
2. PIJPER, Theo FFM NED 108
3. SPEISER, Richard DMSB GER 96
4. TRESARRIEU, Mathieu FFM FRA 80
5. APPLETON, Andrew ACU GBR 78
6. KATT, Stephan DMSB GER 72
7. De JONG, Jannick KNMV NED 65
8. KRÖGER, Matthias DMSB GER 63
9. TEBBE,Jörg DMSB GER 61
10. RISS, Gerd DMSB GER 53
11. JANOSCHKA, Enrico DMSB GER 49
12. PHILIPS, Glen ACU GBR 47
13. LESPINASSE,Jerome FFM FRA 43
14. FABRIEK, Dirk KNMV NED 38
15. RUDOLPH, Herbert DMSB GER 31
16. SMOLINSKI, Martin DMSB GER 23
17. TRESARRIEU, Stephane FFM FRA 22
18. PAPE, Jan DMSB GER 15
19. WOLFF, Richard ACCR CZE 11
20. RATH, Daniel DMSB GER 10

The meeting starts at 14.30 and a Live streaming is available on : katt.1a-7522.antagus.de/catman.tv

Kylmäkorpi - Long Track Leader

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:28:00 +0200

"A packed Stadium" with more than 9000 enthusiastic Spectators joined the Long Track Final No. 5 in Vechta.

All Fans expected a Hard Battle for the win between Finlands new Hero and current Leader Joonas Kylmäkorpi and Dutch second placed Rider Theo Pijper.

Both Reached the Final Heat No. 15 and Battled with the surprises of the Day Mathieu Tresarieu and Track Reserve Martin Smolinski, Eenrum Winner Andrew Appleton of GB and No. 3 of the Intermediate Classification - Germanys Richard Speiser made the Line Up complete.

After a Fantastic Battle between Tresarieu and Kylmäkorpi the "Flying Finn" took the Win just ahead of Tresarieu and Speiser. 4. Martin Smolinski, 5. Appleton and due to Engine troubles on 6.th place Pijper.

Kylmäkorpi is now 26 Points ahead of Pijper who is the only one who can -in Theorie - take the win from Kylmäkorpi in Marianske - Lazne /CZ next Saturday.

There we expect also the Battle for place 7 (Direct Qualification for 2011) and place 13 ( Last Place to Reach the Long Track Challenge in Forssa/ Finland) on 25. of September.

A Big Race is expected in Marianske Lazsne on 18 September and the Gates are open for a huge Crowd.

Photo Credit: Ubbo Bandy

Long Track Final 1 - Stephan Katt

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:48:00 +0200

Pfarrkirchen was hosting the first Final of the 2010 FIM Long Track World Championship Series.

He reached the higher place on the rostrum, Stephan Katt (Germany) was on the top level in order to challenge Gerd Riss (2009 FIM Long Track World champion), equal on points after the Semi-Finals, the last heat made the difference.

The rostrum is completed with the finnish Joonas Kylmäkorpi and the German Jörg Tebbe.

Gerd Riss finished fifth after his disqualification in the last heat.
The next final will take place on 12.06.2010 in Saint Macaire (France).

Results

Photos: Ubbo Bandy / Claudia Schult - Speedway.org

2010 Long Track Challengers

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:51:00 +0200

On 27.09.2009, 12 riders coming from the 2009 FIM Long Track World championship Qualifying Rounds and 6 riders (placed 8th to 13th in the 2009 FIM Long Track World Championship classification) plus 2 reserves, had to fight out the 2009 FIM Long Track World Championship Challenge to reach the starting places for the finals in the 2010 LT WC.

The circuit of Pfarrkirchen is a classic 1,000m sand track; the speed average is 125km/h and the top speed is about 160 km/h.

The German local track reserve rider Herbert Rudolph had the chance to take part in this meeting. He reached the 2nd place with 1 heat less than all the other riders. The winner of the challenge is Stephan Katt, who is the current European Grass Track Champion.

Former FIM Long Track World Champions of the last 30 years watched the Challenge: Alois Wiesböck, Egon Müller, Roberth Barth and also the 2009 FIM World Champion - Gerd Riss.

The challengers for the 2010 FIM Long Track World Championship Final Series are:

Stephan Katt DMSB
Herbert Rudolph DMSB
Alessandro Milanese FMI
Jörg Tebbe DMSB
Richard Speiser DMSB
Enrico Janoschka DMSB
Mathieu Tressarieu FFM

All Photos - Josef Strohhammer - Bad Birnbach - Germany

2009 FIM Long Track World Championship Challengers

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:32:00 +0200

Rennbahn Pfarrkirchen

Date – 27th September 2009 – First Heat – 01:30 pm

Practice – 26th September 2009 – 01:00 pm

Great riders of the last 40 years have been racing in Pfarrkirchen –Ole Olsen, Anders Michanek, Simon Wigg, Micheal Lee, Alois Wiesböck, Egon Müller, Ivan Mauger, Karl Maier, Robert Barth and of course about a dozen times the 2009 FIM Long Track World Champion Gerd Riss.

This year, the FIM Long Track World Championship Challenge is held on the Rennbahn Pfarrkirchen. 18 riders will try to get one of 7 starting places for the 2010 FIM Long Track Wold championship Finals.

The event is held in 12 Qualifying Heats – followed by 2 Semifinals and a Final. For these riders the Challenge is most important for their future in Track Racing in 2010.

Here are the 2009 challengers:

Starting list I

1 Jan Pape DMSB Germany
2 Massimo Mora FMI Italy
3 Jörg Tebbe DMSB Germany
4 Mathieu Tressarieu FFM France
5 Stephan Katt DMSB Germany
6 Richard Wolff ACCR Czech Republic
7 Andrew Appleton ACU Great Britain
8 Alessandro Milanese FMI Italy
9 Kaj Laukkanen SML Finland
10 Jérôme Lespinasse FFM France
11 Maxime Mazeau FFM France
12 Tim Nobes ACU Great Britain
13 Richard Hall ACU Great Britain
14 Vladimir Trofimov FMU Ukraine
15 Pavel Ondrasik ACCR Czech Republic
16 Enrico Janoschka DMSB Germany
17 Mark Stiekema KNMV The Netherlands
18 Richard Speiser DMSB Germany

TRACK RESERVES

19 Herbert Rudolph DMSB Germany
20 Martin Smolinski DMSB Germany

Photo credit: J. Strohhammer

Stefan Katt Wild card for the FIM Long Track World Championship Final 5

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:48:00 +0200

The German local rider Stephan Katt is nominated as the Wild Card rider N.18 in the last meeting of the 2009 FIM Long Track World Championship that will be held in Vechta on 12 September 2009. Even Gerd Riss is leading the FIM Championship by far and has a secured position at the moment, the positions are still wide open and a great Long Track Show is expected.

Here below is the starting list:

STARTING LIST I
1 14 DE JONG Jannick Netherlands KNMV
2 2 PHILIPS Glen Great Britain ACU
3 10 TEBBE Jörg Germany DMSB
4 1 RISS Gerd Germany DMSB
5 12 COOPER Paul Great Britain ACU
6 16 SCHNEIDERWIND Zdeněk Czech Republic ACCR
7 18 KATT Stefan Germany DMSB
8 15 KYLMÄKORPI Joonas Finland SML
9 7 TRESARRIEU Stéphane France FFM
10 13 SPEISER Richard Germany DMSB
11 17 TRESARRIEU Mathieu France FFM
12 9 HALL Richard Great Britain ACU
13 4 APPLETON Andrew Great Britain ACU
14 3 FABRIEK Dirk Netherlands KNMV
15 11 MILANESE Alessandro Italy FMI
16 8 DIENER Bernd Germany DMSB
17 5 PIJPER Theo France FFM
18 6 KROEGER Mathias Germany DMSB

TRACK RESERVES
19 JANOSCHKA Enrico Germany DMSB
20 PAPE Jan Germany DMSB

QUALIFIED SUBSTITUTES
21 WOLFF Richard Czech Republic ACCR
22 EIJBERGEN Erik Nederlands KNMV
23 TRESARRIEU Sébastien France FFM
24 KATT Stephan Germany DMSB
25 LEHTINEN René Finland SML
26 RUDOLPH Herbert Germany DMSB
27 BACHER Daniel Germany DMSB

Photo credit:u-bandy@t-online.de

Jérôme Lespinasse gets the Wild Card in Morizes (FRA) - 05.09.2009

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:09:00 +0200

Jérôme Lespinasse (photo), the french Long Track rider has been nominated as Wild Card for the 4th Final of the 2009 FIM Long Track World Championship. The two track reserve riders will be Shane Colvin and Philippe Ostyn. The German rider Gerd Riss is leading the World Championship with 77 points and is followed by the local rider Theo Pijper (49 points).

Please find below the Starting list:

1 12 COOPER Paul Great Britain ACU
2 3 FABRIEK Dirk Netherlands KNMV
3 13 SPEISER Richard Germany DMSB
4 5 PIJPER Theo France FFM
5 11 MILANESE Alessandro Italy FMI
6 1 RISS Gerd Germany DMSB
7 6 KROEGER Mathias Germany DMSB
8 18 LESPINASSE Jérôme France FFM
9 4 APPLETON Andrew Great Britain ACU
10 17 TRESARRIEU Mathieu France FFM
11 15 KYLMÄKORPI Joonas Finland SML
12 7 TRESARRIEU Stéphane France FFM
13 2 PHILIPS Glen Great Britain ACU
14 16 SCHNEIDERWIND Zdeněk Czech Republic ACCR
15 8 DIENER Bernd Germany DMSB
16 14 DE JONG Jannick Netherlands KNMV
17 10 TEBBE Jörg Germany DMSB
18 9 HALL Richard Great Britain ACU

TRACK RESERVES
19 COLVIN Shane Great Britain FFM
20 OSTYN Philippe France FFM

QUALIFIED SUBSTITUTES
21 WOLFF Richard Czech Republic ACCR
22 EIJBERGEN Erik Nederlands KNMV
23 TRESARRIEU Sébastien France FFM
24 KATT Stephan Germany DMSB
25 LEHTINEN René Finland SML
26 RUDOLPH Herbert Germany DMSB
27 BACHER Daniel Germany DMSB

Riss wins the third Final of 2009 FIM Long Track World Championship

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:16:00 +0200

Gerd Riss was the big Winner of the third Round of this years World Championship. Riss won all heats including the deciding final and took a 30 Point Maximum. Second was Sirg Schuetzbach who rode as a Wild Card.

Schuetzbach became last in his first Outing but then fought back to the final where he became second. Richard Speiser became Third and completed the German Podium at Herxheim. The race was visited by 4.500 spectators.

Pictures: Franz Peter Baer

Schuetzbach gets Wild Card for Herxheim

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:06:00 +0200

Sirg Schuetzbach, former European Grasstrack Champion, was nominated by German Motorsportfederation DMSB as Wild Card Rider for the third round of this year's FIM Longtrack World Championship. Schuetzbach, who is the current German Longtrack Champ, will get a chance to ride against the world's best Longtrack riders at Herxheim. He is also a member of Herxheim's local club so he has got good track knowledge. The track reserve riders will be Enrico Janoschka and Marcel Dachs.

1-16-SCHNEIDERWIND Zdeněk-Czech Republic-ACCR
2-3-FABRIEK Dirk -Netherlands-KNMV
3-17-TRESARRIEU Mathieu-France-FFM
4-6-KROEGER Mathias -Germany-DMSB
5-13-SPEISER Richard-Germany-DMSB
6-11-MILANESE Alessandro-Italy-FMI
7-9-HALL Richard-Great Britain-ACU
8-7-TRESARRIEU Stéphane-France-FFM
9-1-RISS Gerd -Germany-DMSB
10-18-SCHUTZBACH Sirg-Germany-FMS
11-5-PIJPER Theo -France-FFM
12-15-KYLMÄKORPI Joonas-Finland-SML
13-14-DE JONG Jannick-Netherlands-KNMV
14-4-APPLETON Andrew -Great Britain-ACU
15-8-DIENER Bernd-Germany-DMSB
16-2-PHILIPS Glen-Great Britain-ACU
17-10-TEBBE Jörg-Germany-DMSB
18-12-COOPER Paul-Great Britain-ACU

TRACK RESERVES
19-JANOSCHKA Enrico-Germany-DMSB
20-DACHS Marcel-Germany-DMSB

QUALIFIED SUBSTITUTES
21-WOLFF Richard-Czech Republic-ACCR
22-EIJBERGEN Erik-Nederlands-KNMV
23-TRESARRIEU Sébastien-France-FFM
24-KATT Stephan-Germany-DMSB
25-LEHTINEN René-Finland-SML
26-RUDOLPH Herbert-Germany-DMSB
27-BACHER Daniel-Germany-DMSB

The 2009 FIM Long Track World Championship Final series starts

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:15:00 +0200

The opening of the new FIM Long Track World Championship takes place in Marianske Laszne (Czech Republic). The top 17 Long track riders will defend their chances in a serie of 5 Finals:

Final 1 in Marianske Laszne (Czech Republic) - 20.06.2009
Final 2 in Marmande (France) - 13.07.2009
Final 3 in Herxheim (Germany) - 23.08.2009
Final 4 in Morizes (France) - 05.09.2009
Final 5 in Vechta (Germany) - 12.09.2009

Here on the photos, the 3 riders sent by the FFM, Theo Pijper, Mathieu Tresarrieu and Stephane Tresarrieu.

Starting list

Ballot - FIM Long Track World Championship Q R 1 - Artigues de Lussac (FRA)

Wed, 13 May 2009 16:43:00 +0200

Here is the line-up of the first FIM Long Track WC Qualifying Round of the season.

The second round will take place in Bielefeld (GER) on 07.06.09

The Top 6 riders from each Qualifying Rounds will qualify for the 2009 FIM Long Track World Championship Challenge to be held in Pfarrkirchen (GER) on 27.09.2009

On the photo, The french rider Maxime Mazeau will take his chance for this qualification.

1-Dani Bacher-Germany-DMSB
2-Richard Wolff-Czech Republic-ACCR
3-Tim Nobes-Great Britain-ACU
4-Théo Di Palma-France-FFM
5-Alessandro Milanese-Italy-FMI
6-Rodney McDonald-Australia-MA
7-Maxime Mazeau-France-FFM
8-Rene Lehtinen-Finland-SML
9-Sjoerd Rozenberg-Netherlands-KNMV
10-Martyn Sturgeon-Great Britain-ACU
11-Charlie Saunders-Great Britain-ACU
12-Marcel Dachs-Germany-DMSB
13-Pål Heia-Norway-NMF
14-Philippe Ostyn-France -FFM
15-Boris Pizzinato-France-FFM
16-Berry de Vos-Netherlands-KNMV
17-Massimo Mora-Italy-FMI
18-Zdeněk Schnederwind-Czech Republic-ACCR
19-FMNR TRACK RESERVE-Jerome Turani-FFM (Track reserve)
20-FMNR TRACK RESERVE-Shane Colvin-FFM (Track reserve)