1960 Motocross World Championship

Motocross championship season December 2022 1960 Motocross World Championship 300px Action from the 500cc Dutch Grand Prix race on 24 July 1960 in Bergharen, Netherlands FIM 23 April/14 August 9 15 Champions 500cc SWE Bill Nilsson 250ccfn1 Now called the European Championship. UK Dave Bickers Motocross World Championship 1959 1961 The 1960 Motocross World Championship was the 4th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles. The FIM implemented new rules dividing the races into two 45 minute heat races that were referred to as motos. https://pigtailpals.com/blog/the-history-of-motocross/#motocross_goes_international_1947_through_1965 Motocross goes International 1947 through 1965 17 September 2019 pigtailpals.com 19 October 2019 https://www.namurmx.be/en/the-track-and-his-legend/the-heroic-years/ Namur MX The Heroic Years namurmx.be 8 March 2023 In the event of a tie for example: 1-2 and 2-1, the total time of the two rounds is the decisive factor to determine the winner. However, the FIM allowed certain freedoms to Grand Prix race organizers who can maintain the old method of qualifying heat races for a single final round depending on the number of competitors participating in the Grand Prix. Two Grand Prix races, the Belgian and Luxembourg Grand Prix races are held as a single round. Summary Team Husqvarna's Rolf Tibblin had an early lead in the championship by winning the first two Grand Prix races of the year; however, the battle for the title came down to fellow Swedes Bill Nilsson (Husqvarna) and Sten Lundin (Monark). Nilsson prevailed by a narrow 2-point margin to claim the second 500cc world championship of his career.http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/reservation/index.php#0440929fd40c9b90d 1960 500cc motocross world championship race winners memotocross.fr 17 December 2022 http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/equipe/index.php#0440929fd30d1e109 1960 500cc motocross world championship results memotocross.fr 17 December 2022 Dave Bickers, riding for the Greeves factory racing team, claimed the 250cc European Motocross Championship over his countryman, Jeff Smith.http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/philosophie/index.php#0440929fd40b26901 1960 250cc motocross world championship race winners memotocross.fr 17 December 2022 http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/visite/index.php#0440929ca80bf412c 1960 250cc motocross world championship results memotocross.fr 17 December 2022 1958 500cc World Champion René Baeten was killed in a racing accident during an international non-championship race in Stekene, Belgium, on 5 June 1960.http://motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=4780 René Baeten profile at Motorsport Memorial motorsportmemorial.org 28 December 2015 Grands Prix 500cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationRace 1 WinnerRace 2 WinnerOverall WinnerReport 1 April 24 Austria Austrian Grand Prix Sittendorf SWE Rolf Tibblin SWE Rolf Tibblin SWE Rolf Tibblin Report 2 May 15 FRA French Grand Prix Vesoul SWE Rolf Tibblin SWE Sten Lundin SWE Rolf Tibblin Report 3 May 22 SWE Swedish Grand Prix Knutstorp SWE Sten Lundin SWE Bill Nilsson SWE Bill Nilsson Report 4 June 12 ITA Italian Grand Prix Imola SWE Sten Lundin SWE Bill Nilsson SWE Sten Lundin Report 5 June 26 GER West German Grand Prix Bielstein UK Don Rickman SWE Sten Lundin SWE Sten Lundin Report 6 July 3 UK British Grand Prix Shrewsbury SWE Bill Nilsson SWE Bill Nilsson SWE Bill Nilsson Report 7 July 24 NED Dutch Grand Prix Bergharen SWE Bill Nilsson SWE Rolf Tibblin SWE Bill Nilsson Report 8 August 7 BEL Belgian Grand Prix* Namur - - SWE Bill Nilsson Report 9 August 14 LUX Luxembourg Grand Prix* Ettelbruck - - SWE Sten Lundin Report*Organizers of the Belgian and Dutch Grands Prix hold qualifying heat races for a single final round. Sources:https://www.memotocross.fr/downloads/1960---gp-500-et-classement-final.pdf 1960 500cc motocross world championship results memotocross.fr 17 December 2022 250cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationRace 1 WinnerRace 2 WinnerOverall WinnerReport 1 April 3 CH Swiss Grand Prix Payerne SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Stig Rickardsson UK Dave Bickers Report 2 April 24 BEL Belgian Grand Prix Dison UK Arthur Lampkin UK Dave Bickers TCH Jaromír Čížek Report 3 May 1 FRA French Grand Prix Pernes-les-Fontaines SWE Stig Rickardsson UK Dave Bickers SWE Stig Rickardsson Report 4 May 22 TCH Czechoslovak Grand Prix Divoká Šárka TCH Miloslav Souček UK Jeff Smith TCH Miloslav Souček Report 5 May 29 POL Polish Grand Prix Katowice-Zabrze UK Dave Bickers UK Dave Bickers UK Dave Bickers Report 6 June 5 ITA Italian Grand Prix Avigliana ITA Emilio Ostorero ITA Emilio Ostorero ITA Emilio Ostorero Report 7 June 12 GDR East German Grand Prix Eisenach SWE Lennart Dahlen SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Stig Rickardsson Report 8 June 19 FIN Finnish Grand Prix Helsinki UK Arthur Lampkin UK Arthur Lampkin UK Arthur Lampkin Report 9 June 26 LUX Luxembourg Grand Prix Schifflange UK Jeff Smith UK Dave Bickers UK Jeff Smith Report 10 July 17 UK British Grand Prix Shrubland Park UK Jeff Smith UK Dave Bickers UK Jeff Smith Report 11 August 7 SWE Swedish Grand Prix Vannas UK Dave Bickers SWE Stig Rickardsson UK Dave Bickers Report 12 September 4 RFA West German Grand Prix Leichlingen UK Dave Bickers SWE Lennart Dahlen UK Dave Bickers ReportSources:https://www.memotocross.fr/downloads/1960---gp-250-et-classement-final.pdf 1960 250cc European motocross championship results memotocross.fr 17 January 2023 Final standings Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers. For the final championship standings, half of the competitors' results + 1 are retained. Thus with 9 500cc Grands Prix, the 5 best results are retained. With 12 250cc Grands Prix, 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 FRAFRA SWESWE ITAITA GERRFA UKUK NEDNED BELBEL LUXLUX Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1* R1* 1 SWE Bill Nilsson Husqvarna 3 2 - - 3 1 5 1 - - 1 1 1 2 1 13 38 2 SWE Sten Lundin Monark 2 - 3 1 1 3 1 2 2 1 5 - - - 2 1 36 3 SWE Rolf Tibblin Husqvarna 1 1 1 2 - - 22 - - - 6 6 3 1 4 8 26 4 UK Don Rickman Triumph-Métisse - - 2 - - 7 2 3 1 2 2 3 7 8 5 2 26 5 SWE Gunnar Johansson Lito - - - - 2 2 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 7 3 9 21 6 SWE Ove Lundell Monark - - 9 3 4 4 6 7 - 4 - - 22 5 - 3 10 7 BEL René Baeten Matchless 6 3 8 4 6 6 - - - - - - - - - - 8 8 SWE Lars Gustavsson Monark - - - - - - 8 - - - - - 5 3 - 4 7 9 UK Les Archer Jr. Norton 4 6 - - - - 3 5 - - - - 6 6 - 7 7 10 UK John Burton BSA 5 4 - - 5 5 - - - - - - - - - - 5 11 NED Broer Dirkx BSA - - 5 5 14 8 19 - - - - 5 2 - - - 4 12 BEL Hubert Scaillet Matchless - - 7 - - - 7 6 5 5 - - - - - - 4 13 UK Arthur Lampkin BSA - - - - - - - - - - 3 7 - - - - 3 14 UK John Draper BSA - 5 - - 8 - - - - - - - - - 7 5 3 15 UK Derek Rickman Triumph-Métisse - - - - - - 21 - 4 - - - - - - - 2 UK Jeff Smith BSA - - - - - - - - - - 8 2 - - - - 2 17 BEL Nic Jansen Matchless - - 6 6 - - 11 - - - - - - - 6 - 2 18 BEL Herman De Soete Matchless - - 11 - - - 10 8 - - - - - - - 6 1 - FRA Guy Bertrand BSA - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 BEL Albert Dirkx BSA - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 0*Organizers of the Belgian and Luxembourg Grands Prix hold qualifying heat races for a single final round. Sources: 250cc (Results in italics indicate overall winner) Pos Rider Machine CHCH BELBEL FRAFRA TCHTCH POLPOL ITAITA GDRGDR FINFIN LUXLUX UKUK SWESWE GERGER 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 UK Dave Bickers Greeves 2 3 5 1 3 1 4 4 1 1 - - 5 6 3 8 2 1 - 1 1 2 1 2 48 2 UK Jeff Smith BSA - - 4 3 - - 5 1 2 - 2 6 4 - - - 1 2 1 2 2 3 - - 35 3 TCH Miloslav Souček ESO 4 - 3 6 14 11 1 2 3 3 - - - 5 5 4 - - 5 - - - 2 3 26 4 SWE Stig Rickardsson Husqvarna - 1 11 - 1 2 - - - - 5 4 2 2 - - - - 2 9 6 1 9 - 25 5 UK Arthur Lampkin BSA 7 2 1 4 - - - - - 2 11 - 6 3 1 1 19 - 3 - 3 6 3 6 25 6 SWE Lennart Dahlén Husqvarna 11 4 6 7 7 5 6 3 - - - 5 1 4 2 3 4 4 4 - 4 4 6 1 25 7 SWE Torsten Hallman Husqvarna 1 - 10 - 2 4 - - - - 3 2 3 1 4 2 3 3 - - - - - - 24 8 TCH Jaromír Čížek Jawa 3 5 2 2 12 - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 9 TCH Vlastimil Válek ČZ - - - - - - 3 - 5 4 - - - - 8 5 5 - 7 4 5 5 - - 11 10 ITA Emilio Ostorero Bianchi - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - 6 7 - - - - - - 10 11 SWE Sivert Eriksson Husqvarna - - 18 9 6 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 3 - - - - 6 12 ITA Lanfranco Angelini Aermacchi - - - - - - - - - - 4 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 13 TCH Arnošt Zemen ČZ - - 8 8 8 10 - 6 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 14 RFA Willy Oesterle Maico 8 15 - - 5 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 RFA Fritz Betzelbacher Maico 6 7 - - 4 13 - - - - - - - - - - 7 - - - - - - 5 3 16 RFA Christoph Specht Maico - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 4 3 17 UK Bryan Sharp Greeves - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 6 - - - - 2 SWE Rolf Stagman Husqvarna 5 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 AUS Tim Gibbes AJS - - - - - - - - 6 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 20 TCH Ervín Krajčovič Jawa - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 7 8 6 - - - - - - 1 FIN Raimo Rein Jawa - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 6 - - - - - - - - 1 TCH František Ron Jawa 10 6 7 5 9 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 - - - - - 1 FIN Aarno Erola Husqvarna - - - - 10 7 - - - - - - - - 6 - - - - - - - - - 1 TCH Josef Chára Jawa - - - - - - - 5 - - - - - 10 - - - - - - - - 10 - 1 RFA Otto Walz Maico 9 - - - 16 6 - - - - 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 UK John Draper BSA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - 1 - BEL Jean Crosset Jawa 13 9 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 - - - - - - 0 UK Triss Sharp Greeves - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 - - - - 0Sources: Notes References Category:Motocross World Championship seasons Motocross World Championship