1998 Ivan Mauger's Long Track Series

From: Peter Henderson, (e-mail) PLHENDERSON@onaustralia.com.au
SPEEDWAY BIKES OF OZ

"You may have seen my results emails on the longtrack meets held here recently. While trying to get results, I finished up talking to the man himself Ivan Mauger. I mentioned to him that there are people who are interested in how the Canadians were going down here, and he had quite a bit of praise for Len Dillon in particular. He mentioned that without the bad luck he had, Len would have been right there with Loram and Dunker and Co. He really did seem impressed with Len."

Results from the Ivan Mauger Longtrack meeting held on sat. in Tamworth NSW.
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 17:35:56 +1100

              1st semi
1...S Eroshin  Rus.
2...M Loram    Eng
3...D Mason    Aus
4...J Stewart  Aus
5...A Davies   Aus
6...H Muller   Ger
7...S Taylor
8...Langrigan

               2nd semi
1...T Dunker   Ger
2...V Verner   Cz
3...O Kurgushkin   Rus
4...J Ptak     Cz
5...C Watson   Aus
6...D Hall     Aus
7...R McDonald Aus
8...N Skinner  Aus
   Len Dillon   Can. crashed out.

               Final
1...Dunker
2...Loram
3...Verner
4...Ptak
5...Kurgushkin
6...Watson
7...Mason
8...Stewart
9...Muller
10...Hall
       Eroshin crashed out.

Results from Dubbo NSW, with the running of the 'Ivan Mauger Australian Longtrack Classic'.
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 12:09:31 +1000

         1st semi....
1.....T. Dunker     Ger
2.....J. Ptak       Cz
3.....O. Kurkushkin Rus.
4.....R. Mc Donald  Aus
5.....V. Verner     Cz
6.....D. Hall      Aus
7.....J. Stewart    Aus
8.....Patrick Ahlund     Can

        2nd semi....
1.....M. Loram     UK
2.....S. Eroshin   Rus
3.....S. Davies    Aus
4.....H. Muller    Ger
5.....S. Graetz    Aus
6.....A. Davies    Aus

           Final....
1.....Loram
2.....Eroshin
3.....Dunker
4.....Kurkushkin
5.....Verner
6.....Ptak
7.....McDonald
8.....Muller
9.....M. Murphy   Aus
10....A.Davies
11....D.Hall

Final was one of the best Longtrack races seen in this country with Loram
and Eroshin swapping the lead 3or 4 times during the last lap! Loram winning
by half a wheel.
       All overseas riders are staying to compete in a Ivan Mauger sponsored
longtrack meet next weekend in Raymond Terrace NSW. Results then.

Results from the International Longtrack meeting at Raymond Terrace NSW.
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 18:51:46 +1000

Points System.....1st..20, 2nd..17, 3rd..15, 4th..13, 5th..11, 6th..10

Qualifying points from 3 heat rides;
1....Chris Watson......Aus...60
2....Vaclav Verner.....Cz R..57
3....Oleg Kurguskin....Rus...52
4....Rod McDonald......Aus...49
5....Heiko Muller......Ger...47
6....Adam Shields......Aus...47
7....Stephen Davies....Aus...43
8....Dennis Hall.......Aus...41
9....Dean Wiseman......Aus...41
10...Peter Andersson...Swe...39
11...Harvey McGrath....Aus...38
12...Tom Dunker........Ger...37,  2 Heats only
13...Ben Peck..........Aus...37
14...Jaye Stevens......Aus...34
15...Jaroslav Ptak.....Cz R..31
16...Paul Butler.......NZ...30
17...Anthony Davies....Aus...29
18...Len Dillon...Can...26
19...Paul Parlett......Aus...20
20...Patrick Ahlund...Swe...0

Sergie Eroshine injured his eye in first heat while coming second. Took no
further part in meeting. Mark Loram chose not to compete.

1st Semi;
1...Watson
2...S. Davies
3...Kurguskin
4...Ptak
5...McGrath
6...Wiseman

2nd Semi;
1...Verner
2...Dunker
3...Shields
4...Andersson
5...Len Dillon
6...Hall

Final;
1...Dunker
2...Watson
3...S. Davies
4...Kurguskin
5...Len Dillon
6...Ptak
7...Verner
8...McGrath
9...Andersson  dnf
10...Shields   dnf

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