1978 FIM World Motorcycle Trials season

September 2020 1978 FIM World motorcycle trials season 1977 1979 The 1978 World trials season consisted of twelve trials events. It began on 11 February, with round one in Newtownards, Ireland and ended with round twelve in Říčany, Czechoslovakia on 24 September. Season summary Yrjo Vesterinen would claim his third World trials championship in 1978, repeating his 1976 and 1977 titles. https://www.redbull.com/us-en/the-best-trials-riders-in-history redbull.com all time best trials riders 10 September 2020 1978 World trials season calendar http://trialonline.org/01%20TRIAL.FIM/100.MONDE/104.INDEX.ANNEES/AA%201970/INDEX_1978_MONDE.htm trialonline.org world trials 1977 schedule 10 September 2020 Round Date Trial Venue Trial GP 1 11 February IRL Ireland Newtownards 1) Yrjo Vesterinen 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Rob Shepherd 2 18 February GBR Great Britain Rhayader 1) Yrjo Vesterinen 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Mick Andrews 3 26 February BEL Belgium Bilstain 1) Martin Lampkin 2) Rob Shepherd 3) Yrjo Vesterinen 4 5 March FRA France Sommieres 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Yrjo Vesterinen 5 12 March SPA Spain Matadepera 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Mick Andrews 6 28 May GER Germany Gefrees 1) Martin Lampkin 2) Bernie Schreiber 3) Ulf Karlson 7 11 June USA United States Roaring Branch 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Yrjo Vesterinen 3) Ulf Karlson 8 16 July ITA Italy Pinerolo 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Antonio Gorgot 9 23 July AUT Austria Spital Am Semmering 1) Yrjo Vesterinen 2) Bernie Schreiber 3) Ulf Karlson 10 20 August SWE Sweden Molndal 1) Ulf Karlson 2) Yrjo Vesterinen 3) Bernie Schreiber 11 27 August FIN Finland Ekenas 1) Yrjo Vesterinen 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Timo Ryysy 12 24 September CZE Czechoslovakia Říčany 1) Martin Lampkin 2) Bernie Schreiber 3)Yrjo Vesterinen 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 http://trialonline.org/01%20TRIAL.FIM/100.MONDE/101.INDEX.GENERAL/01%20101%20INDEX%20GENERAL.htm trialonline.org World 1978 standings 10 September 2020 Pos Rider Machine IRLIRL GBRGBR BELBEL FRAFRA SPASPA GERGER USAUSA ITAITA AUTAUT SWESWE FINFIN CZECZE Pts Notes 1 FIN Yrjo Vesterinen Bultaco 1 1 3 3 6 8 2 5 1 2 1 3 128 1978 Finnish champion https://www.redbull.com/us-en/the-best-trials-riders-in-history redbull.com all time best trials riders 10 September 2020 2 GBR Martin Lampkin Bultaco 2 4 1 2 2 1 4 2 6 7 4 1 126 1978 British champion http://www.fim-live.com/en/article/throwbackthursday-martin-lampkin/ fim-live.com martin lampkin 10 September 2020 3 USA Bernie Schreiber Bultaco 9 8 - 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 6 2 116 1978 US NATC Champion http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.aspx?racerid=266 motorcyclemuseum.com schreiber hall of fame 10 September 2020 4 SWE Ulf Karlson Montesa 6 2 6 5 4 3 3 6 3 1 2 5 104 1978 Swedish Champion https://issuu.com/ss120652/docs/pub_karlson_ulf issuu.com ulf karlson story 10 September 2020 5 GBR Rob Shepherd HRC Honda 3 - 2 6 5 4 - - 5 6 5 6 63 6 GBR Mick Andrews Yamaha / Ossa 4 3 7 7 3 6 8 - - - - - 44 7 SPA Antonio Gorgot Bultaco - - - 8 9 7 9 3 - - - 4 29 1978 Spanish Champion https://www.retrotrials.com/toni-gorgot-interview---exclusive1.html#:~:text=A%20Spanish%20junior%20championship%20in%201978%20for%20Ossa,itself%20created%20by%20the%20legendary%20late%20Antonio%20Cobas. retrotrials.com toni gorgot interview 10 September 2020 8 BEL Jean Marie LeJeune Montesa 8 - 4 - - 5 - - 4 - - - 25 1978 Belgian champion http://trialonline.org/01%20TRIAL.FIM/09.PILOTES/PILOTES%20PAGES/L/VIEUX%20PILOTES/09%20LEJEUNE%20JEAN%20MARIE%20BEL.htm trialonline.org jean marie lejeune stats 10 September 2020 9 SPA Jaime Subira Montesa - - - 4 - - - 7 - 4 10 7 25 10 SPA Manuel Soler Bultaco - - - - - - - 4 7 5 7 - 22 11 FIN Timo Ryysy SWM - - - - - 9 - - 9 8 3 10 18 12 FRA Charles Coutard SWM 5 - - - 10 - 10 - 8 10 9 - 14 13 AUT Joe Wallman Bultaco 7 9 - - - - - 10 - 9 8 - 12 14 GBR Malcolm Rathmell Suzuki 10 10 8 9 - - 7 - - - - - 11 15 BEL Jean-Luc Colson Montesa - - 5 - 7 - - - - - - - 10 16 USA Marland Whaley Montesa - - - - - - 5 8 10 - - - 10 17 GBR Nigel Birkett Montesa - - 9 - 8 - - 9 - - - 8 10 18 GBR John Reynolds Suzuki - 5 - - - - - - - - - - 6 19 USA Curt Comer Montesa - - - - - - 6 - - - - - 5 19 GBR Rob Edwards Montesa - 6 - - - - - - - - - - 5 21 FRA Christian Desnoyers Montesa - 7 - - - - - - - - - - 4 1978 French Champion https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/126303-cycle-news-1978-03-22/21 magazine.cyclenews.com french national champion 10 September 2020 22 ITA Ettore Baldini Bultaco - - - - - - - - - - - 9 2 23 GER Felix Krahnstover KTM - - - - - 10 - - - - - - 1 1978 German Champion 23 SPA Joaquim Abad Ossa - - - 10 - - - - - - - - 1 23 BEL Claude Goset Montesa - - 10 - - - - - - - - - 1 References Category:1978 in motorcycle sport 1978