| 1997 Individual Long Track World Championship | |
| Prev: | 1996 |
| Next: | 1998 |
The 1997 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 27th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1] For the first time the Championship was decided on a Grand Prix system (a series of races) and also contained races on grasstrack.[2]
The new system combined with the relatively new Speedway World Championship Grand Prix which started in 1995, effectively resulted in a separation of speedway riders. The leading speedway riders (with the exception of several Long Track specialists) could not commit to the Longtrack/Grasstrack schedule and therefore competed in the Speedway World Championship. The days of a speedway world champion in both normal track and Long Track speedway were gone.
The world title was won by Tommy Dunker of Germany.[3] [4]
| width=30 | Round | width=100 | Date | width=200 | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 Jul | Aduard | |||
| 2 | 20 Jul | Cloppenburg | |||
| 3 | 17 Aug | Pfarrkirchen | |||
| 4 | 6 Sep | ||||
| 5 | 28 Sep |  Mariánské Lázně |