1963 FIM Motocross World Championship

Motocross championship season December 2022 1963 FIM Motocross World Championship 300px Action from the 500cc Dutch Grand Prix on 19 May 1963 in Markelo, Holland. FIM 22 March/8 September 26 16 Champions 500cc SWE Rolf Tibblin 250cc SWE Torsten Hallman Motocross World Championship 1962 1964 The 1963 Motocross World Championship was the 7th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles. Summary Rolf Tibblin overtook the early championship points leader, Jeff Smith, to claim his second consecutive 500cc motocross world championship, with his countryman Sten Lundin taking second place. Tibblin took five Grand Prix victories riding for the Husqvarna factory racing team.http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/reservation/index.php#0440929fa20969801 1963 500cc motocross world championship race winners memotocross.fr 8 February 2023 http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/equipe/index.php#0440929fa11462001 1963 500cc motocross world championship results memotocross.fr 8 February 2023 A significant moment in motocross history occurred when ČZ factory rider Vlastimil Válek rode a 263cc two-stroke motorcycle to win the first moto of the 500cc Czechoslovak Grand Prix.David Dewhurst 2022 Motocross The Golden Years Walsworth, Marceline, Missouri 978-0-578-29016-4 The victory marked a turning point in motocross history, as it was the first win by a two-stroke powered motorcycle in the premier division of the Motocross World Championships. The FIM responded to protests from four-stroke manufacturers by increasing the minimum allowable displacement for two-stroke engines to 350cc. Tibblin's Husqvarna teammate Torsten Hallman also claimed his second consecutive 250cc motocross world championship in dominating fashion by winning 8 of the 14 Grand Prix races. The ČZ factory continued to refine and improve their motorcycles, with riders Vlastimil Válek, Igor Grigoriev, and Karel Pilař finishing second, third, and fourth in the 250cc class final points standings.http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/philosophie/index.php#0440929fa20a3dc04 1963 250cc motocross world championship race winners memotocross.fr 8 February 2023 http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/visite/index.php#0440929ca80bf3b29 1963 250cc motocross world championship results memotocross.fr 8 February 2023 https://www.husqvarna-motorcycles.com/en-us/Good-old-times/double-champion-hallman.html Double Champion Hallman husqvarna-motorcycles.com 8 March 2023 Grands Prix 500cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationRace 1 WinnerRace 2 WinnerOverall WinnerReport 1 April 21 AUT Austrian Grand Prix Sittendorf SWE Rolf Tibblin SWE Sten Lundin SWE Sten Lundin Report 2 May 5 SWI Swiss Grand Prix Wohlen SWE Bill Nilsson SWE Sten Lundin SWE Sten Lundin Report 3 May 12 DEN Danish Grand Prix Volk Mølle UK Jeff Smith UK Jeff Smith UK Jeff Smith Report 4 May 19 NED Dutch Grand Prix Markelo UK Jeff Smith SWE Rolf Tibblin SWE Rolf Tibblin Report 5 May 20 FRA French Grand Prix Saint-Quentin SWE Rolf Tibblin SWE Rolf Tibblin SWE Rolf Tibblin Report 6 June 9 ITA Italian Grand Prix Imola SWE Rolf Tibblin SWE Rolf Tibblin SWE Rolf Tibblin Report 7 June 23 TCH Czechoslovak Grand Prix Divoká Šárka TCH Vlastimil Válek SWE Rolf Tibblin SWE Rolf Tibblin Report 8 June 30 USSR Russian Grand Prix Lviv SWE Ove Lundell SWE Ove Lundell SWE Ove Lundell Report 9 July 7 UK British Grand Prix Hawkstone Park UK Jeff Smith UK Don Rickman UK Jeff Smith Report 10 August 3 BEL Belgian Grand Prix Namur SWE Rolf Tibblin SWE Rolf Tibblin SWE Rolf Tibblin Report 11 August 11 LUX Luxembourg Grand Prix Ettelbruck SWE Ove Lundell SWE Per Olaf Persson SWE Sten Lundin Report 12 September 8 GDR East German Grand Prix Gumpelstadt UK Jeff Smith UK Jeff Smith UK Jeff Smith ReportSources: 250cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationRace 1 WinnerRace 2 WinnerOverall WinnerReport 1 March 22 ESP Spanish Grand Prix Ruta UK Dave Bickers SWE Torsten Hallman UK Dave Bickers Report 2 March 31 ITA Italian Grand Prix Gallarate SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Torsten Hallman Report 3 April 14 FRA French Grand Prix Pernes-les-Fontaines SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Torsten Hallman Report 4 April 21 CH Swiss Grand Prix Payerne SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Torsten Hallman Report 5 May 12 RFA West German Grand Prix Bielstein SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Torsten Hallman Report 6 May 26 LUX Luxembourg Grand Prix Schifflange SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Torsten Hallman Report 7 June 9 NED Dutch Grand Prix Bergharen TCH Vlastimil Válek SWE Torsten Hallman TCH Vlastimil Válek Report 8 June 16 UK British Grand Prix Shrubland Park SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Torsten Hallman Report 9 June 30 SWE Swedish Grand Prix Vännäs SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Torsten Hallman Report 10 July 7 FIN Finnish Grand Prix Vantaa SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Torsten Hallman Report 11 July 14 USSR Russian Grand Prix Moscow TCH Vlastimil Válek SWE Torsten Hallman TCH Vlastimil Válek Report 12 July 21 POL Polish Grand Prix Kielce TCH Vlastimil Válek TCH Karel Pilař TCH Vlastimil Válek Report 13 July 27 TCH Czechoslovak Grand Prix Holice TCH Vlastimil Válek TCH Vlastimil Válek TCH Vlastimil Válek Report 14 August 4 DDR East German Grand Prix Apolda GDR Paul Friedrichs TCH Vlastimil Válek TCH Karel Pilař ReportSources: Final standings Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers. For the final 500cc championship standings, half of the competitors' results + 1 are retained. Thus with 12 500cc Grand Prix, the 7 best results are retained. For the final 250cc championship standings, the 7 best results are retained. Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  Points 8 6 4 3 2 1 500cc (Results in italics indicate overall winner) Pos Rider Machine AUTAUT CHCH DENDEN NEDNED FRAFRA ITAITA TCHTCH USSRUSSR UKUK BELBEL LUXLUX GDRGDR Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 SWE Rolf Tibblin Husqvarna 1 4 2 7 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 - 1 1 4 - - - 52 2 SWE Sten Lundin Lito 3 1 3 1 3 4 4 3 5 6 2 2 3 3 - - - - 2 2 3 2 2 3 48 3 UK Jeff Smith BSA 8 6 4 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 NC NC 9 4 5 4 1 2 3 3 6 4 1 1 44 4 SWE Per Olaf Persson Husqvarna 6 5 6 4 8 6 7 4 10 10 4 4 - - 2 - - - 8 6 9 1 3 2 20 5 UK Arthur Lampkin BSA 12 9 - - 4 5 8 10 12 34 5 3 5 9 4 5 3 3 7 - 8 5 - - 18 6 SWE Bill Nilsson BSA 2 2 1 3 10 3 3 - 4 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17 7 SWE Ove Lundell Monark 7 - - - - - 6 5 - - 3 14 6 - 1 1 - - 4 4 1 - - - 13 8 UK John Burton BSA 11 3 - - - - - - 14 21 7 5 13 6 - - 17 - 11 15 5 3 - - 9 9 TCH Vlastimil Válek ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - - 6 10 TCH Ervín Krajčovič ESO - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 5 6 3 - - - - - - 6 6 5 11 UK Derek Rickman Triumph-Métisse - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 4 - - - - - - 4 12 FRA André Chuchard Triumph - - - - - - - - 2 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 13 DEN Mogens Rasmussen Matchless - - - - - - 8 - - - - - - - - - 7 5 - - - - - - 3 14 TCH Karel Pilař ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 7 - - - - - - - - - - 3 15 TCH Josef Hřebeček ESO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 4 3 16 NED Nic Jansen Matchless-Métisse - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 5 7 7 - - 3 17 GDR Heinz Krech ESO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 5 2 18 UK Chris Horsfield Matchless - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 7 - - - - - - 2 19 USSR Antonin Klavinsh ESO 4 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 8 2 20 BEL Hubert Scaillet Triumph-Métisse - - 5 5 - - - - 8 3 NC NC - - - - - - 6 - 2 - - - 2 21 NED Broer Dirkx Lito 10 23 - - - - 5 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - 17 - - - 1 22 USSR Igor Kazakov ESO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - - - - - 17 17 5 23 ITA Emilio Ostorero Husqvarna - - 8 6 - - - - 11 29 6 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 24 BEL Walter Baeten Jawa - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 6 - - - - - - 1 - GER Fritz Betzelbacher Maico - - - - - - - - 6 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 UK Don Rickman Triumph-Métisse - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 0 UK Vic Eastwood Matchless - - - - - - 9 - 13 33 NC 6 - - - - 5 - - - - - - - 0Source:https://www.memotocross.fr/downloads/1963---gp-500-et-classement-final.pdf 1963 500cc motocross world championship results memotocross.fr 8 February 2023 250cc (Results in italics indicate overall winner) Pos Rider Machine ESPESP ITAITA FRAFRA CHCH GERGER LUXLUX NEDNED UKUK SWESWE FINFIN USSRUSSR POLPOL TCHTCH GDRGDR Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 SWE Torsten Hallman Husqvarna 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 - - 2 2 - - 56 2 TCH Vlastimil Válek ČZ - - - - 3 2 2 - 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 - - 2 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 - 1 50 3 USSR Igor Grigoriev ČZ - - - - - - 3 2 - - 9 6 5 3 - - - - 4 5 2 4 2 3 7 5 2 3 32 4 TCH Karel Pilař ČZ - - - - 8 7 - - 4 5 3 7 3 7 8 4 - - 5 - 5 2 11 1 4 6 3 2 24 5 SWE Jan Johansson Lindstrom 6 5 3 4 31 32 - - - - 6 - 2 4 5 7 5 3 - - 7 5 - - 3 4 - - 21 6 SWE Cenneth Loof Greeves - - 5 - 4 10 - - - - 4 4 8 - 4 5 4 2 - - - - - - - - - - 13 7 UK Dave Bickers Greeves 1 2 - - - - - - 3 6 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 8 UK Alan Clough Greeves 21 4 2 2 2 4 4 - 10 - - - - - - - 8 10 - - - - - - - - - - 10 9 SWE Olle Pettersson Husqvarna - - - - 6 6 - - 6 4 - - - - - - 3 5 - - - - - - - - - - 6 10 SWE Arne Kring Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 4 - - - - - - - - - - 6 11 FIN Pentti Kalteva Husqvarna - - - - 16 26 13 5 - - - - 9 - - - - - 3 - - - 3 4 9 - - - 5 12 NED Fritz Selling Greeves - - 7 6 10 5 10 4 12 13 13 - 4 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 15 5 13 UK John Banks Dot 10 13 - - 9 28 8 3 - - - 13 - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 14 RFA Christoph Specht Maico 3 6 - - 32 8 - - 13 - - - - - - 10 - - - - - - - - - 7 - - 4 GDR Paul Friedrichs ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18 - - - 3 - - - - - 1 5 4 RFA Fritz Betzelbacher Maico - - 4 3 - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 UK Don Rickman Bultaco-Métisse 19 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 TCH Zdeněk Polánka ČZ - - - - - - - - 5 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 9 4 4 4 GDR Fred Willamowski MZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 14 - - 6 6 - - - - 5 7 4 20 USSR Victor Arbekov ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 4 7 - - - - - - 3 UK John Griffith Dot 4 - - 5 5 3 5 - - - - 3 - - 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 USSR Vladimir Gorulko ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 5 - - - - 3 FIN Raimo Rein Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 8 6 4 - - - - - - - - 3 TCH Petr Dobrý Jawa - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 3 - - 3 25 UK Chris Horsfield James - - - - - - 6 9 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 ITA Emilio Ostorero Husqvarna - - 6 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 CH Ulrich Gerster Greeves - - - - - - - - - - 20 9 - - - - - - - - - - 5 7 - - - - 2 BEL Joël Robert Greeves 9 8 9 10 - - - - 17 7 - - - - - 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 SWE Sivert Eriksson Greeves - - - - - - 14 6 9 12 8 5 - - - 6 9 15 - - - - - - - - - - 2 30 ESP Oriol Puig Bulto Bultaco 8 9 - - 17 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 FIN Jussi Norrena Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 SWE Lars Olsson Greeves - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 6 - - - - - - - - - - 1 GDR Ernst Wolff MZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 8 7 6 1 - FIN Aarno Erola Montesa - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - 0Sources:https://www.memotocross.fr/downloads/1963---gp-250-et-classement-final.pdf 1963 250cc motocross world championship results memotocross.fr 8 February 2023 Notes References Category:Motocross World Championship seasons Motocross World Championship