Max Dilger

Max Dilger
Dilger in 2009 AC Landshut colours
Born (1989-07-14) 14 July 1989 (age 35)
Lahr, Germany
NationalityGerman
Career history
Germany
2003–2006Diedenbergen
2007Wolfslake
2007Pfaffenhofen
2008Neuenknick
2009–2011Landshut
2012Brokstedt
2021Wittstock
2022Berghaupten
Poland
2006Miskolc
2007–2008Łódź
2009–2010Opole
2010–2012, 2019, 2022Piła
2013Krosno
2020Rawicz
Great Britain
2009–2010Edinburgh
2012–2013Redcar
2014Peterborough
Sweden
2023Dackarna
Individual honours
2021German longtrack champion
2011Belgian Champion
Team honours
2022, 2024World Longtrack Team Champion

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

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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.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7]

He was on Dackarna's roster for the 2023 Swedish speedway season and in 2024, riding with Daniel Spiller for the Herxheim Drifters, Dilger took third place in the German pairs championship.[8] In 2024, he won another gold medal at the 2024 FIM Long Track of Nations.[9][10]

Results

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Speedway

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World Championships

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European Championships

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Longtrack

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World Longtrack Championship

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Year GP Points Pos GP Wins GP Podiums
2017 1 6 19 0 0
2018 3 31 10 0 0
2019 5 44 9 0 0
2020 2 19 8 0 0

Grasstrack

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European Championship

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Year Venue Points Pos
2017 Germany Hertigan NRS 0
2018 France Tayac 9 8
2019 Germany Bad Hersfeld 1 19
2020 France Tayac 12 5

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Świat Żużla, No 1 (81) 2009, pages 54-55, ISSN 1429-3285
  2. ^ "Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Max Dilger Niemcy". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Max Dilger". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Max Dilger and Redcar Bears too hot for Devils". Teesside Live. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  6. ^ "World Longtrack Championship". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  7. ^ "2022 RESULTS Herxheim – Long Track of Nations". FIM. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Speedway: Platz drei für Max Dilger und Daniel Spiller". Stadtanzeiger Ortenau. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Erik Riss holt Gold für Deutschland". Schwabische. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Langbahn-Team-WM: Deutschland zum zehnten Mal Weltmeister". DMV. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
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