1998 Ivan Mauger's Long Track Series
Australia
1998 Longtrack Series
From: Peter Henderson, (e-mail) PLHENDERSON@onaustralia.com.au
"You may have seen my results e-mails 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 Saturday in Tamworth NSW.
Date: Tuesday, February 24, 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: Sunday, March 1, 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: Monday, March 9, 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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