DutchGrasstrack Posted November 9, 2022 Report Share Posted November 9, 2022 PERMANENT RIDERS: Mathieu Trésarrieu – France Zach Wajtknecht – Great Britain Chris Harris – Great Britain Lukas Fienhage – Germany Romano Hummel – The Netherlands Theo Pijper – The Netherlands Kenneth Kruse Hansen – Denmark James Shanes – Great Britain Jacob Bukhave – Denmark Stephan Katt – Germany Hynek Stichauer – Czech Republic Martin Smolinski – Germany Josef Franc – Czech Republic Mika Meijer – The Netherlands SUBSTITUTES: Max Dilger – Germany Gaétan Stella – France Martin Malek – Czech Republic Tero Aarnio – Finland Dave Meijerink – The Netherlands Mathias Trésarrieu – France Jake Mulford – Great Britain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted December 4, 2022 Report Share Posted December 4, 2022 On 11/9/2022 at 3:29 PM, DutchGrasstrack said: PERMANENT RIDERS: Mathieu Trésarrieu – France Zach Wajtknecht – Great Britain Chris Harris – Great Britain Lukas Fienhage – Germany Romano Hummel – The Netherlands Theo Pijper – The Netherlands Kenneth Kruse Hansen – Denmark James Shanes – Great Britain Jacob Bukhave – Denmark Stephan Katt – Germany Hynek Stichauer – Czech Republic Martin Smolinski – Germany Josef Franc – Czech Republic Mika Meijer – The Netherlands SUBSTITUTES: Max Dilger – Germany Gaétan Stella – France Martin Malek – Czech Republic Tero Aarnio – Finland Dave Meijerink – The Netherlands Mathias Trésarrieu – France Jake Mulford – Great Britain As a matter of interest how are crowds levels holding up nowadays,the standard of big name riders seems to have dropped ( that is not to say entertainment is less).? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchGrasstrack Posted December 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 Crowds are pretty stable over the last few years. Think they are even up at some LT tracks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted April 22, 2023 Report Share Posted April 22, 2023 i can`t believe they are having a round at Ostrow Speedway in June - the track length is 372 M - that`s absolutely ridiculous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronScorpion Posted April 22, 2023 Report Share Posted April 22, 2023 Didn't they have a round at one of the Polish Elite tracks last year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted April 22, 2023 Report Share Posted April 22, 2023 2 hours ago, IronScorpion said: Didn't they have a round at one of the Polish Elite tracks last year? It was Rzeszow- which is nearly 100 M longer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted April 22, 2023 Report Share Posted April 22, 2023 5 hours ago, racers and royals said: It was Rzeszow- which is nearly 100 M longer not quite, Rzeszow track is 395m anyway, it is a farce that they race on Polish speedway tracks instead of proper long-tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesHarris Posted April 23, 2023 Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 12 hours ago, Bavarian said: not quite, Rzeszow track is 395m anyway, it is a farce that they race on Polish speedway tracks instead of proper long-tracks. What actually defines a Longtrack these days? I always assumed it was the 800 - 1000m tracks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted April 23, 2023 Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, JamesHarris said: What actually defines a Longtrack these days? I always assumed it was the 800 - 1000m tracks It used to be a minium length of 450m and up to 1000m long. But to get Poland involved the FIM dropped the minimum length a few years ago, and it is now open for any kind of track, sand, shale or grass and regardless how long or short, which is just ridiculous. They have reduced the number of riders in the world long track championship to only five in a race, which was neccessary because of the smaller tracks such as the Polish venues. Edited April 23, 2023 by Bavarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchGrasstrack Posted April 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 Minimum length isn't dropped. It's 350 meters. Max length is 1300 meters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchGrasstrack Posted April 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2023 Live stream from all events this year: https://www.fim-moto.com/en/news/news-detail/article/long-track-to-be-live-streamed-for-the-first-time 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted April 27, 2023 Report Share Posted April 27, 2023 On 4/23/2023 at 9:20 PM, Bavarian said: It used to be a minium length of 450m and up to 1000m long. But to get Poland involved the FIM dropped the minimum length a few years ago, and it is now open for any kind of track, sand, shale or grass and regardless how long or short, which is just ridiculous. They have reduced the number of riders in the world long track championship to only five in a race, which was neccessary because of the smaller tracks such as the Polish venues. Me thinks it’s a fine line between getting a Polish track involved and getting a track anywhere involved in LT. Also the main reason in going to 5 rider races was to make them race each other in the prelis like in speedway. Guess they only started with the format a week before the season to realise it would not happen… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanAndersen Posted May 7, 2023 Report Share Posted May 7, 2023 Thinking of trying to get along to Marmande in July. Is there anywhere nearby to camp does anyone know or even on site? Would have the kids and by all accounts it's a late start so they might not make the "post midnight final and fireworks"! Any pointers appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchGrasstrack Posted May 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2023 There is a campingfield next to the track. Not sure if they have water/showers there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanAndersen Posted May 8, 2023 Report Share Posted May 8, 2023 1 hour ago, DutchGrasstrack said: There is a campingfield next to the track. Not sure if they have water/showers there. Thanks, I’ll look into that. We could survive one night without amenities I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted May 8, 2023 Report Share Posted May 8, 2023 FIM Long Track world championship 18th May 2023 – Herxheim (GER) 1 79 Jacob Bukhave DMU Denmark 2 666 Romano Hummel KNMV The Netherlands 3 84 Martin Smolinski DMSB Germany 4 333 Kenneth K. Hansen DMU Denmark 5 86 Hynek Stichauer ACCR Czech Republic 6 104 Gaétan Stella FFM France 7 109 Zach Wajtknecht ACU Great Britain 8 15 Daniel Spiller DMSB Germany 9 115 Theo Pijper KNMV The Netherlands 10 125 Lukas Fienhage DMSB Germany 11 444 Josef Franc ACCR Czech Republic 12 42 Stephan Katt DMSB Germany 13 31 Max Dilger DMSB Germany 14 37 Chris Harris ACU Great Britain 15 54 Mika Meijer KNMV The Netherlands RESERVES 16 16 Jörg Tebbe DMSB Germany 17 17 Mario Niedermaier DMSB Germany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted May 16, 2023 Report Share Posted May 16, 2023 Live updates from Herxheim on Thursday https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/620/fim-long-track-world-championship-final-1-herxheim.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Goddard Posted May 16, 2023 Report Share Posted May 16, 2023 Don't forget that this Thursday's opening round at Herxheim is being live streamed at https://www.tapesup.tv/ - I am looking forward to doing the live commentary. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tapesuptv Posted May 16, 2023 Report Share Posted May 16, 2023 Thanks Dave, looking forward to having you on the mic as always. For those who are interested, Long Track season pass available here: https://www.tapesup.tv/pages/fixture-schedule 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted May 18, 2023 Report Share Posted May 18, 2023 1st Franc 21 2nd Wajtknecht 19 3rd Fienhage 17 4th Stella 15 5th Smolinski 13 6th Hummel 11 7th Harris 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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