The 1955 Motocross European Championship was the 4th edition of the Motocross European Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.[1]
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 edit
| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 8 |  Swiss Grand Prix
|
Geneva |  Victor Leloup
|
FN | Report | |
| 2 | May 22 |  French Grand Prix
|
Vesoul |  Les Archer Jr.
|
Norton | Report | |
| 3 | June 5 |  Italian Grand Prix
|
Imola |  Sten Lundin
|
BSA | Report | |
| 4 | July 4 | British Grand Prix
|
Hawkstone Park | Jeff Smith
|
BSA | Report | |
| 5 | August 8 | Belgian Grand Prix
|
Namur | John Draper
|
BSA | Report | |
| 6 | August 1 |  Luxembourg Grand Prix
|
Ettelbruck | Les Archer Jr.
|
Norton | Report | |
| 7 | August 22 | Swedish Grand Prix
|
Saxtorp | John Draper
|
BSA | Report | |
| 8 | September 4 |  Dutch Grand Prix
|
Norg | Sten Lundin
|
BSA | Report | |
| Sources:[4][5] | |||||||
Final standings edit
Points 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
|
FRA
|
ITA
|
GBR
|
BEL
|
LUX
|
SWE
|
NED
|
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Draper
|
BSA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 23 | ||||
| 2 | Bill Nilsson
|
BSA | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 22 | ||||
| 3 | Sten Lundin
|
BSA | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Victor Leloup
|
FN | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Les Archer Jr.
|
Norton | 1 | 4 | 1 | 19 | |||||
| 6 | Brian Stonebridge
|
BSA | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | ||||
| 7 | Jeff Smith
|
BSA | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | |||||
| 8 | Jean Somja
|
FN | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |||||
| 9 | René Baeten
|
Matchless | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |||||
| 10 | Lars Gustavsson
|
Monark | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| René Klym
|
BSA | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| Hendrik Rietman
|
FN | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| 13 | Eje Bergman
|
BSA | 4 | 3 | |||||||
| Nic Jansen
|
BSA | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 15 | Geoff Ward
|
AJS | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||||||
| Basil Hall
|
BSA | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| David Tye
|
AJS | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| André Van Heuverzwijn
|
Saroléa | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| Phil Nex
|
Matchless | 6 | 6 | 2 | |||||||
| 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.
- ^ "1955 500cc European motocross championship race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ a b "1955 500cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2022.