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.
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 |
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1 | 10 February | ![]() | Newtownards | 1) Rob Shepherd 2) John Reynolds 3) Martin Lampkin |
2 | 17 February | ![]() | Rhayader | 1) Malcolm Rathmell 2) Yrjo Vesterinen 3) Martin Lampkin |
3 | 25 February | ![]() | Bilstain | 1) Yrjo Vesterinen 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Malcolm Rathmell |
4 | 4 March | ![]() | Norg | 1) Ulf Karlson 2) Yrjo Vesterinen 3) Nigel Birkett |
5 | 11 March | ![]() | Matadepera | 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Jaime Subira 3) Marlan Whaley |
6 | 18 March | ![]() | Montbelliard | 1) Ulf Karlson 2) Bernie Schreiber 3) Charles Coutard |
7 | 10 June | ![]() | Calgary | 1) Malcolm Rathmell 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Bernie Schreiber |
8 | 17 June | ![]() | Pueblo | 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Rob Shepherd 3) Martin Lampkin |
9 | 15 July | ![]() | Mezzo Lago | 1) Charles Coutard 2) Bernie Schreiber 3) Rob Shepherd |
10 | 19 August | ![]() | Boras | 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Antonio Gorgot |
11 | 26 August | ![]() | Espoo | 1) Manuel Soler 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Yrjo Vesterinen |
12 | 16 September | ![]() | 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 |
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1 | ![]() | Bultaco | - | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 115 | first American to win a trials world championship |
2 | ![]() | Bultaco | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 105 | 1979 Finnish champion |
3 | ![]() | Montesa | 9 | - | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 93 | 1979 Swedish Champion |
4 | ![]() | Bultaco | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | - | 5 | - | 3 | 87 | |
5 | ![]() | Montesa | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | - | 7 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | - | 77 | 1979 British champion |
6 | ![]() | HRC Honda | 1 | - | 8 | - | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | - | 59 | |
7 | ![]() | SWM | - | 5 | 4 | 9 | - | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 10 | 45 | 1979 French Champion |
8 | ![]() | Bultaco | 10 | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 30 | |
9 | ![]() | Montesa | - | - | 10 | - | 3 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 9 | - | - | - | 24 | 1979 US NATC Champion[4] |
10 | ![]() | Montesa | 8 | 9 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 8 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 24 | |
11 | ![]() | Montesa | - | 8 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 10 | - | 10 | 6 | 22 | |
12 | ![]() | Montesa | 7 | 4 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | |
13 | ![]() | Bultaco | 6 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | - | 21 | 1979 Spanish Champion |
14 | ![]() | Suzuki | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | |
15 | ![]() | HRC Honda | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 9 | - | 6 | - | 7 | 12 | |
16 | ![]() | Ossa | - | - | 7 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 10 | - | 8 | 11 | |
17 | ![]() | SWM | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 7 | |
18 | ![]() | Montesa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 6 | 1979 Belgian Champ |
19 | ![]() | Bultaco | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | |
20 | ![]() | SWM | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | 4 | |
21 | ![]() | Bultaco | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 3 | ||
21 | ![]() | Bultaco | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
21 | ![]() | Montesa | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
24 | ![]() | Bultaco | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1979 Italian Champion[5] |
24 | ![]() | Montesa | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1979 German Champion[6] |
References
- ^ "bernie schreiber report". retrotrials.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "world trials 1979 schedule". Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "World 1979 standings". trialonline.org. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "death of marland whaley". trialsguru.net. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "baldini passes". phototrial.it. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "trials in germany". trialsguru.net. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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