2023 FIM Long Track

[DutchGrasstrack 804]

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

[Fromafar 10,363]

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).?

[DutchGrasstrack 804]

Crowds are pretty stable over the last few years. Think they are even up at some LT tracks.

[racers and royals 8,727]

i can`t believe they are having a round at Ostrow Speedway in June - the track length is 372 M - that`s absolutely ridiculous.

[IronScorpion 1,407]

Didn't they have a round at one of the Polish Elite tracks last year?

[racers and royals 8,727]

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

[Bavarian 767]

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.  

[JamesHarris 390]

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 

[Bavarian 767]

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

[DutchGrasstrack 804]

Minimum length isn't dropped. It's 350 meters. Max length is 1300 meters.

[DutchGrasstrack 804]

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

[f-s-p 832]

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…

[JanAndersen 822]

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.

[DutchGrasstrack 804]

There is a campingfield next to the track. Not sure if they have water/showers there.

[JanAndersen 822]

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.