Max Dilger Explained

Max Dilger
Nationality:German
Birth Date:14 July 1989
Birth Place:Lahr, Germany
Career1:Germany
Years2:2003–2006
Career2:Diedenbergen
Years3:2007
Career3:Wolfslake
Years4:2007
Career4:Pfaffenhofen
Years5:2008
Career5:Neuenknick
Years6:2009–2011
Career6:Landshut
Years7:2012
Career7:Brokstedt
Years8:2021
Career8:Wittstock
Years9:2022
Career9:Berghaupten
Career10:Poland
Years11:2006
Career11:Miskolc
Years12:2007–2008
Career12:Łódź
Years13:2009–2010
Career13:Opole
Years14:2010–2012, 2019, 2022
Career14:Piła
Years15:2013
Career15:Krosno
Years16:2020
Career16:Rawicz
Career17:Great Britain
Years18:2009–2010
Career18:Edinburgh
Years19:2012–2013
Career19:Redcar
Years20:2014
Career20:Peterborough
Career21:Sweden
Years22:2023
Career22:Dackarna
Indivyear1:2021
Indivhonour1:German longtrack champion
Indivyear2:2011
Indivhonour2:Belgian Champion
Teamyear1:2022
Teamhonour1:World Longtrack Team Champion
Teamyear2:2019
Teamhonour2:World Longtrack Team silver

Max Dilger (born 14 July 1989)[1] is a motorcycle speedway and longtrack speedway rider from Germany. He earned 3 international caps for the German national speedway team.[2] [3]

Career

In 2006, Dilger started racing in Poland and rode for the Hungarian team Speedway Miskolc during the 2006 Polish speedway season. He would then spend two seasons with Łódź.[3]

In 2008, Dilger won the German Junior Championship and was nominated as a track reserve at 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany, but was replaced by Kevin Wölbert.

He started racing in the British leagues during the 2009 Premier League speedway season, when riding for the Edinburgh Monarchs.[4] Also in 2009, Dilger rode for Kolejarz Opole in the Polish Speedway Second League. He would stay with both the Scottish club and Opole in 2010.

He then joined Polonia Piła in Poland for 2011 and 2012 and returned to British speedway with the Redcar Bears in 2012.

After the 2014 season with Peterborough Panthers he left conventional speedway to concentrate on longtrack and was very successful reaching several World Longtrack Series finals.

In 2019, he was part of the German team, along with Lukas Fienhage and Martin Smolinski, that won the silver medal at the 2019 Team Long Track World Championship.[5]

He also returned to league speedway in 2019, re-joining Polonia Piła and after two more seasons, once again joined Piła for the 2022 Polish speedway season. In 2022, he was part of the German team, along with Erik Riss and Lukas Fienhage that won the 2022 Team Long Track World Championship.[6]

He was on Dackarna's roster for the 2023 Swedish speedway season.

Results

Speedway

World Championships

European Championships

Longtrack

World Longtrack Championship

YearGPPointsPosGP WinsGP Podiums
2017161900
20183311000
2019544900
2020219800

Grasstrack

European Championship

YearVenuePointsPos
2017 HertiganNRS0
2018 Tayac98
2019 Bad Hersfeld119
2020 Tayac125

See also

Notes and References

  1. Świat Żużla, No 1 (81) 2009, pages 54-55,
  2. Web site: Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 30 June 2023.
  3. Web site: Max Dilger Niemcy . Polish Speedway Database . 30 June 2023.
  4. Web site: Max Dilger . WWOS Backup . 30 June 2023.
  5. Web site: World Longtrack Championship. GrasstrackGB. 17 July 2021.
  6. Web site: 2022 RESULTS Herxheim – Long Track of Nations . FIM . 15 July 2023.