The 1956 Motocross European Championship was the 5th edition of the Motocross European Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.[1]
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Since 1957 this championship has then become the current Motocross World Championship.[2]
It should not be confused with the European Motocross Championship, now organized by the FIM Europe, whose first edition was held in 1988.[3]
Grands Prix
editRound | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | May 6 | Swiss Grand Prix | Geneva | Geoff Ward | BSA | Report | |
2 | May 13 | Dutch Grand Prix | Schijndel | Jan Clynk | BSA | Report | |
3 | June 3 | Italian Grand Prix | Imola | Bill Nilsson | BSA | Report | |
4 | June 10 | French Grand Prix | Rouen | Les Archer Jr. | Norton | Report | |
5 | July 8 | British Grand Prix | Hawkstone Park | Les Archer Jr. | Norton | Report | |
6 | August 5 | Belgian Grand Prix | Balen | Les Archer Jr. | Norton | Report | |
7 | August 12 | Luxembourg Grand Prix | Ettelbruck | John Draper | BSA | Report | |
8 | August 19 | Swedish Grand Prix | Saxtorp | Bill Nilsson | BSA | Report | |
9 | September 2 | Danish Grand Prix | Randers | Les Archer Jr. | Norton | Report | |
Sources:[4][5] |
Final standings
edit500cc
editPoints are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.[1]
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Pos | Rider | Machine | CH |
NED |
ITA |
FRA |
GBR |
BEL |
LUX |
SWE |
DEN |
Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Les Archer Jr. | Norton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 32 | |||
2 | John Draper | BSA | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 26 | ||||
3 | Nic Jansen | Matchless | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | ||||
4 | Sten Lundin | BSA | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17 | |||
5 | Bill Nilsson | BSA | 1 | 1 | 16 | |||||||
6 | Geoff Ward | BSA | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 | ||||||
7 | Auguste Mingels | FN | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |||||
8 | René Baeten | FN | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | ||||||
9 | Brian Stonebridge | BSA | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||||||
10 | Jan Clijnk | BSA | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
11 | Jeff Smith | BSA | 6 | 2 | 7 | |||||||
12 | Piet Vanden Oever | BSA | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
13 | Lars Gustavsson | BSA | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||||||
14 | Broer Dirkx | Matchless | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
David Curtis | Matchless | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
Terry Cheshire | BSA | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
17 | Jean Somja | FN | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
Pol Breesselers | Matchless | 5 | 2 | |||||||||
Ejvind Hansen | BSA | 5 | 2 | |||||||||
20 | Raymond Sigvardsson | AJS | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
Hendrik Rietman | BSA | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
Jean Rombauts | BSA | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
Hubert Scaillet | FN | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
Frans Baudouin | Matchless | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
Source:[5] |
References
edit- ^ a b "Championnat de Europe 500cc" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "MXoN History". mxgp.com. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "FIM Europe - 2021 Yearbook" (PDF). fim-europe.com. p. 100. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "1956 500cc European motocross championship race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ a b "1956 500cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2022.