World Long Track Update:

Posted: Thu 12 Jun 2003

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WORLD LONG TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP WELL UNDERWAY:

The top sixteen World Long Track riders were confirmed today by the FIM when they announced the field for the first final of the FIM World Long Track Championship to be run on 15/06/03 in Bielefeld (Germany).

The 2003 Championship will see these sixteen, along with wild card entries or riders from the last chance heat, battle out six finals in total.
The inaugural New Zealand Long Track Grand Prix, will be the sixth and final round at Pukekura Raceway in New Plymouth on November 1.

Not only will New Zealand see the crowning of a World Champion, we will get to see three past champions, Robert Barth (Germany), Kelvin Tatum (Great Britain) and Gerd Riss (Germany) battling for the honor.

Starting N°- Name & first name - FMN - Nationality
1 KATT Stephan DMSB GER
2 GROEN Maik KNMV NED
3 BARTH Robert DMSB GER
4 KROEGER Matthias DMSB GER
5 BOS Uppie FFM NED
6 LOEDING Ralf DMSB GER
7 TRESARRIEU Stephane FFM FRA
8 JANOSCHKA Enrico DMSB GER
9 SVAB Antonin ACCR CZE
10 TATUM Kelvin ACU GBR
11 KARGER Brian DMU DEN
12 DIENER Bernd DMSB GER
13 HURRY Paul ACU GBR
14 RISS Gerd DMSB GER
15 SCHNEIDERWIND Zdenek ACCR CZE
16 PIJPER Theo FFM NED

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