1979 FIM World Motorcycle Trials season
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The 1979 World trials season consisted of twelve trials events. It began on 10 February, with round one in Newtownards, Ireland and ended with round twelve in Ricany, Czechoslovakia on 16 September.
Season summary edit
Bernie Schreiber would claim his first World trials championship in 1979, the first American to win the FIM World Trials Championship. [1]
1979 World trials season calendar edit
Round | Date | Trial | Venue | Trial GP |
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1 | 10 February | Ireland | Newtownards | 1) Rob Shepherd 2) John Reynolds 3) Martin Lampkin |
2 | 17 February | Great Britain | Rhayader | 1) Malcolm Rathmell 2) Yrjo Vesterinen 3) Martin Lampkin |
3 | 25 February | Belgium | Bilstain | 1) Yrjo Vesterinen 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Malcolm Rathmell |
4 | 4 March | Netherlands | Norg | 1) Ulf Karlson 2) Yrjo Vesterinen 3) Nigel Birkett |
5 | 11 March | Spain | Matadepera | 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Jaime Subira 3) Marlan Whaley |
6 | 18 March | France | Montbelliard | 1) Ulf Karlson 2) Bernie Schreiber 3) Charles Coutard |
7 | 10 June | Canada | Calgary | 1) Malcolm Rathmell 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Bernie Schreiber |
8 | 17 June | United States | Pueblo | 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Rob Shepherd 3) Martin Lampkin |
9 | 15 July | Italy | Mezzo Lago | 1) Charles Coutard 2) Bernie Schreiber 3) Rob Shepherd |
10 | 19 August | Sweden | Boras | 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Antonio Gorgot |
11 | 26 August | Finland | Espoo | 1) Manuel Soler 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Yrjo Vesterinen |
12 | 16 September | Czechoslovakia | Ricany | 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Martin Lampkin |
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 |
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Points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
World Trials final standings edit
References edit
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