1979 FIM World Motorcycle Trials Season

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.

1979 FIM World motorcycle trials season
Previous: 1978 Next: 1980

Season summary

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

[2]

Round Date Trial Venue Trial GP
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

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

[3]

Pos Rider Machine IRL
 GBR
 BEL
 NED
 SPA
 FRA
 CAN
 USA
 ITA
 SWE
 FIN
 CZE
 Pts Notes
1 Bernie Schreiber Bultaco - 7 6 4 1 2 3 1 2 1 7 1 115 first American to win a trials world championship
2 Yrjo Vesterinen Bultaco 5 2 1 2 4 4 4 6 6 4 3 4 105 1979 Finnish champion
3 Ulf Karlson Montesa 9 - 9 1 6 1 7 5 4 2 2 2 93 1979 Swedish Champion
4 Martin Lampkin Bultaco 3 3 2 6 5 5 2 3 - 5 - 3 87
5 Malcolm Rathmell Montesa 4 1 3 7 - 7 1 4 8 9 4 - 77 1979 British champion
6 Rob Shepherd HRC Honda 1 - 8 - 7 6 6 2 3 8 9 - 59
7 Charles Coutard SWM - 5 4 9 - 3 9 10 1 - - 10 45 1979 French Champion
8 Manuel Soler Bultaco 10 - - - 9 - - - 5 7 1 9 30
9 Marland Whaley Montesa - - 10 - 3 9 5 8 9 - - - 24 1979 US NATC Champion[4]
10 Jean-Marie Lejeune Montesa 8 9 5 5 - - 8 7 - - - - 24
11 Jaime Subira Montesa - 8 - - 2 - - - 10 - 10 6 22
12 Nigel Birkett Montesa 7 4 - 3 - - - - - - - - 22
13 Antonio Gorgot Bultaco 6 10 - - - - - - - 3 6 - 21 1979 Spanish Champion
14 John Reynolds Suzuki 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 12
15 Eddy Lejeune HRC Honda - - - - - - 10 9 - 6 - 7 12
16 Mick Andrews Ossa - - 7 - - 8 - - - 10 - 8 11
17 Timo Ryysy SWM - - - 10 - - - - - - 5 - 7
18 Jean-Luc Colson Montesa - - - - - - - - - - - 5 6 1979 Belgian Champ
19 Joe Wallman Bultaco - 6 - - - - - - - - - - 5
20 Danilo Galeazzi SWM - - - - - - - - 7 - - - 4
21 Anttoni Vesterinen Bultaco - - - - - - - - - - 8 3
21 Jo Jose Bultaco - - - - 8 - - - - - - - 3
21 Claude Goset Montesa - - - 8 - - - - - - - - 3
24 Ettore Baldini Bultaco - - - - - 10 - - - - - - 1 1979 Italian Champion[5]
24 Felix Krahnstover Montesa - - - - 10 - - - - - - - 1 1979 German Champion[6]

References

  1. "bernie schreiber report". retrotrials.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. "world trials 1979 schedule". Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. "World 1979 standings". trialonline.org. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. "death of marland whaley". trialsguru.net. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  5. "baldini passes". phototrial.it. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  6. "trials in germany". trialsguru.net. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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