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
Yrjo Vesterinen would claim his second World trials championship in 1977, repeating his 1976 title. [1]
1977 World trials season calendar
| Round | Date | Trial | Venue | Trial GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 February | Republic of Ireland Ireland | Newtownards | 1) Malcolm Rathmell 2) John Reynolds 3) Rob Edwards |
| 2 | 19 February | United Kingdom Great Britain | Rhayader | 1) Malcolm Rathmell 2) Manuel Soler 3) Dave Thorpe |
| 3 | 27 February | Belgium Belgium | Bilstain | 1) Malcolm Rathmell 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Yrjo Vesterinen |
| 4 | 6 March | Spain Spain | Matadepera | 1) Yrjo Vesterinen 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Bernie Schreiber |
| 5 | 13 March | France France | Sancerre | 1) Ulf Karlson 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Yrjo Vesterinen |
| 6 | 20 March | Germany Germany | Bielefeld | 1) Martin Lampkin 2) Bernie Schreiber 3) Rob Shepherd |
| 7 | 29 May | United States United States | Port Huron | 1) Charles Coutard 2) Marland Whaley 3) Mike Griffitts |
| 8 | 5 June | Canada Canada | Chicoutimi | 1) Charles Coutard 2) Yrjo Vesterinen 3) Malcolm Rathmell |
| 9 | 28 August | Sweden Sweden | Huddingen | 1) Ulf Karlson 2) Bo Nilsson 3) Malcolm Rathmell |
| 10 | 4 September | Finland Finland | Ekenas | 1) Rob Shepherd 2) Yrjo Vesterinen 3) Martin Lampkin |
| 11 | 18 September | Czech Republic Czechoslovakia | Ricany | 1) Yrjo Vesterinen 2) Rob Shepherd 3) Martin Lampkin |
| 12 | 25 September | Switzerland Switzerland | Oberiberg | 1) Ulf Karlson 2) Malcolm Rathmell 3) Rob Shepherd |
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Scoring system
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
| Pos | Rider | Machine | IRL Republic of Ireland |
GBR United Kingdom |
BEL Belgium |
SPA Spain |
FRA France |
GER Germany |
USA United States |
CAN Canada |
SWE Sweden |
FIN Finland |
CZE Czech Republic |
SWI Switzerland |
Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland Yrjo Vesterinen | Bultaco | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 107 | 1977 Finnish champion |
| 2 | Sweden Ulf Karlson | Montesa | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 101 | 1977 Swedish champion |
| 3 | United Kingdom Malcolm Rathmell | Montesa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | - | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 100 | |
| 4 | United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom Rob Shepherd | HRC Honda | 8 | - | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 68 | 1977 British champion |
| 6 | France Charles Coutard | Bultaco | 6 | 9 | - | 5 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | - | - | 63 | 1977 French champion |
| 7 | United States Bernie Schreiber | Bultaco | - | - | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | - | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 53 | |
| 8 | Spain Manuel Soler | Bultaco | - | 2 | - | 6 | 8 | 8 | - | 9 | - | - | 6 | - | 30 | 1977 Spanish champion |
| 9 | United Kingdom Nigel Birkett | Montesa | 7 | - | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | - | 8 | 10 | - | 10 | 9 | 26 | |
| 10 | United States Marland Whaley | HRC Honda | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 20 | 1977 US NATC champion[4] |
| 11 | United Kingdom John Reynolds | Suzuki | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | |
| 12 | Belgium Jean Marie LeJeune | Montesa | - | 7 | 7 | - | 6 | 9 | - | 10 | - | - | - | 8 | 19 | 1977 Belgian champion |
| 13 | United Kingdom Mick Andrews | Yamaha | - | 10 | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - | 9 | 7 | 7 | - | 13 | |
| 14 | Sweden Bo Nilsson | Ossa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 12 | |
| 15 | United States Don Sweet | Montesa | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 11 | |
| 16 | United States Mike Griffitts | Montesa | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | |
| 16 | United Kingdom Dave Thorpe | Bultaco | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | |
| 16 | United Kingdom Rob Edwards | Montesa | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | |
| 19 | United States Mark Eggar | Honda | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | |
| 20 | United States Lane Leavitt | Bultaco | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| 21 | Belgium Jean-Luc Colson | Montesa | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | 4 | |
| 22 | Finland Timo Ryysy | Bultaco | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | 2 | |
| 23 | Sweden Tore Evertsson | Bultaco | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| 24 | Italy Fulvio Adamoli | Montesa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 1 | |
| 24 | Spain Jaime Subira | Montesa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | 1 | |
| 24 | United Kingdom Alan Lampkin | Bultaco | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
References
- ↑ "all time best trials riders". redbull.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ↑ "world trials 1977 schedule". Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ↑ "World 1977 standings". trialonline.org. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ↑ "death of marland whaley". trialsguru.net. Retrieved 10 August 2020.