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Long Track is often compared to Speedway, but there are a few differences between the two.So what are they?Long-Track tracks are 800 to 1300 metres long and are greylag, sand or grass.There are six riders on the line (versus four for Speedway) and they cover four laps at speeds of more than 120 km/h!Long-Track bikes are built with a two-speed gearbox and rear suspension, and they are bigger than t...

The FIM Long Track World Championship will start in Forssa, Finland, on 9 June, on one of the biggest tracks of the series.The 17 best riders will compete in the first event of the series of six Finals in 2012.Reigning FIM World Champion Joonas Kylmäkorpi is the man to beat on his home track, and he will certainly be trying to hang on to his title. Newcomers Cameron Woodward and David Howe, local ...

The permanent riders for the 2012 final series are: N°RidersFMNCountry1KYLMÄKORPI JoonasSMLFIN2SPEISER RichardDMSBGER3KATT StephanDMSBGER4PIJPER TheoFFMFRA5TRESARRIEU MathieuFFMFRA6SMOLINSKI MartinDMSBGER7TRESARRIEU StéphaneFFMFRA8DE JONG JannickKNMVNED9HOWE DavidACUGBR10LESPINASSE JeromeFFMFRA11FRANC JosephACCRCZE12DIENER BerndtDMSBGER13TEBBE JorgDMSBGER14PHILLIPS GlenACUGBR15APPELTON AndrewACUG...

Flying Finn Joonas Kylmakorpi establish his position as the leading Longtrack rider of today by taking his second FIM World Championship crown in a hard fought conclusion to the 2011 Championship. Kylmakorpi chose to lead from the front by winning his first two races in fine style. A second place in his third ride securing the world crown for the second consecutive year. Second and third places...

The 1500 spectators in Norway did get a great moment when Theo Pijper secured the final coming out of the last turn.2011 FIM Long Track World Championship Final 2 was hosted by Riska Motorsykkelklubb at Forus Travbane in Norway. The final ended up as an exciting match between the World Champion Joonas Kylmäkorpi and Theo Pijper. The two riders came side by side through the last turn, but the Dutch...

On Saturday 26 June at Forus, near Stavanger, Norway, the second of seven FIM Long Track World Championship rounds will be organised.  It will be a very exciting to host such a prestigious event in Stavanger, a city mostly known for the North Sea oil activities. Stavanger is an international city which offers nice accomodations and good restaurants. From the city you have easy access to one o...

All high rated expections have been fullfilled in a thrilling debut of the FIM Longtrack Worldchampionship 2011 at Bohemian town Marianske Lazne on Sunday, June 12th. Most of the 18 World Final riders were able to win Final 1 at Czech Republic but after 14 of the 15 heat races it looked like a German Championship, as all six German riders could qualify for he Grand Final! World Champion Joona...

On the spectacular 1000 m long track in the beautiful Bohemian City of Marianske Lazne (CZE) the FIM World Long Track Champiopnship campaign celebrates its opening of the 2011 season on next Sunday 12th June.The 17 fastest Long Track riders plus the local Wild Card boy Richard Wolff fight for the FIM World Championship and the first win of the season, six more Final races coming up in Norway, Finl...

The 2010 FIM Long Track Challenge was raced at 25th of september in Forssa - Finland. All the 18 riders had the same target, to be on the TOP 7 in this race and to be seeded for the 2011 FIM Long Track World Championship Final Series. German rider Martin Smolinski ruled the race scoring maximum 30 points. His country fellow Herbert Rudolph suffered engineblow in heat 11 but managed to score 2...

Joonas Kylmäkorpi is the first rider from Finland, who became a FIM World Long Track Champion. 8 Points and 13th position in Final 6 at Marianske Lazne/CZ was good enough to secure his overall lead and win the World Championship with 140 points in front of Dutch rider (French licence holder) Theo Pijper (120 points) and German Richard Speiser (103 Points). Pijper finished the meeting 8th with 1...