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1977 FIM World Motorcycle Trials season

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The 1977 World trials season consisted of twelve trials events. It began on 12 February, with round one in Newtownards, Ireland and ended with round twelve in Oberiberg, Switzerland on 25 September.

Season summary edit

Yrjo Vesterinen would claim his second World trials championship in 1977, repeating his 1976 title. [1]

1977 World trials season calendar edit

[2]

Round Date Trial Venue Trial GP
1 12 February   Ireland Newtownards 1) Malcolm Rathmell
2) John Reynolds
3) Rob Edwards
2 19 February   Great Britain Rhayader 1) Malcolm Rathmell
2) Manuel Soler
3) Dave Thorpe
3 27 February   Belgium Bilstain 1) Malcolm Rathmell
2) Ulf Karlson
3) Yrjo Vesterinen
4 6 March   Spain Matadepera 1) Yrjo Vesterinen
2) Martin Lampkin
3) Bernie Schreiber
5 13 March   France Sancerre 1) Ulf Karlson
2) Martin Lampkin
3) Yrjo Vesterinen
6 20 March   Germany Bielefeld 1) Martin Lampkin
2) Bernie Schreiber
3) Rob Shepherd
7 29 May   United States Port Huron 1) Charles Coutard
2) Marlan Whaley
3) Mike Griffitts
8 5 June   Canada Chicoutimi 1) Charles Coutard
2) Yrjo Vesterinen
3) Malcolm Rathmell
9 28 August   Sweden Huddingen 1) Ulf Karlson
2) Bo Nilsson
3) Malcolm Rathmell
10 4 September   Finland Ekenas 1) Rob Shepherd
2) Yrjo Vesterinen
3) Martin Lampkin
11 18 September   Czechoslovakia Ricany 1) Yrjo Vesterinen
2) Rob Shepherd
3) Martin Lampkin
12 25 September   Switzerland Oberiberg 1) Ulf Karlson
2) Malcolm Rathmell
3) Rob Shepherd

Scoring system edit

Points were awarded to the top ten finishers. All twelve rounds counted for the World Trials class.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

World Trials final standings edit

[3]

Pos Rider Machine IRL
  		GBR
  		BEL
  		SPA
  		FRA
  		GER
  		USA
  		CAN
  		SWE
  		FIN
  		CZE
  		SWI
  		Pts Notes
1   Yrjo Vesterinen Bultaco 4 6 3 1 3 5 10 2 4 2 1 6 107 1977 Finnish champion
2   Ulf Karlson Montesa 5 8 2 4 1 6 8 6 1 5 4 1 101 1977 Swedish champion
3   Malcolm Rathmell Montesa 1 1 1 7 - 4 9 3 3 8 5 2 100
4   Martin Lampkin Bultaco 9 5 8 2 2 1 4 4 5 3 3 5 98 winner of 1977 scottish 6 day & scott trials
5   Rob Shepherd HRC Honda 8 - 4 8 9 3 - - 6 1 2 3 68 1977 British champion
6   Charles Coutard Bultaco 6 9 - 5 4 - 1 1 7 4 - - 63 1977 French champion
7   Bernie Schreiber Bultaco - - 5 3 5 2 - 7 8 6 8 7 53
8   Manuel Soler Bultaco - 2 - 6 8 8 - 9 - - 6 - 30 1977 Spanish champion
9   Nigel Birkett Montesa 7 - 6 9 7 7 - 8 10 - 10 9 26
10   Marland Whaley HRC Honda - - - - - - 2 - - - - 4 20 1977 US NATC champion[4]
11   John Reynolds Suzuki 2 4 - - - - - - - - - - 20
12   Jean Marie LeJeune Montesa - 7 7 - 6 9 - 10 - - - 8 19 1977 Belgian champion
13   Mick Andrews Yamaha - 10 10 - - 10 - - 9 7 7 - 13
14   Bo Nilsson Ossa - - - - - - - - 2 - - - 12
15   Don Sweet Montesa - - - - - - 6 5 - - - - 11
16   Mike Griffitts Montesa - - - - - - 3 - - - - - 10
16   Dave Thorpe Bultaco - 3 - - - - - - - - - - 10
16   Rob Edwards Montesa 3 - - - - - - - - - - - 10
19   Mark Eggar Honda - - - - - - 5 - - - - - 6
20   Lane Leavitt Bultaco - - - - - - 7 - - - - - 4
21   Jean-Luc Colson Montesa - - 9 - - - - - - - 9 - 4
22   Timo Ryysy Bultaco - - - - - - - - - 9 - - 2
23   Tore Evertsson Bultaco - - - 10 10 - - - - - - - 2
24   Fulvio Adamoli Montesa - - - - - - - - - - - 10 1
24   Jaime Subira Montesa - - - - - - - - - 10 - - 1
24   Alan Lampkin Bultaco 10 - - - - - - - - - - - 1

References edit

  1. ^ "all time best trials riders". redbull.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  2. ^ "world trials 1977 schedule". Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. ^ "World 1977 standings". trialonline.org. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. ^ "death of marland whaley". trialsguru.net. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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