1955 Motocross European Championship

Motorcycle competition August 2021 Motocross European Championship Motocross European Championship Champions 500cc: UK John Draper 1954 1955 thumb|260 px|Les Archer during the Dutch GP, held in Norg on 4 September 1955. The 1955 Motocross European Championship was the 4th edition of the Motocross European Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.https://www.memotocross.fr/assets/1955---500cc-championnat-deurope.pdf Championnat de Europe 500cc memotocross.fr 17 August 2021 Since 1957 this championship has then become the current Motocross World Championship.https://www.mxgp.com/news/mxon-history MXoN History mxgp.com 17 August 2021 It should not be confused with the European Motocross Championship, now organized by the FIM Europe, whose first edition was held in 1988.https://www.fim-europe.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/yearbook-no-address-2.pdf FIM Europe - 2021 Yearbook fim-europe.com 100 17 August 2021 Grands Prix RoundDateGrand PrixLocationWinnerTeamReport 1 May 8 CH Swiss Grand Prix Geneva BEL Victor Leloup FN Report 2 May 22 FRA French Grand Prix Vesoul UK Les Archer Jr. Norton Report 3 June 5 ITA Italian Grand Prix Imola SWE Sten Lundin BSA Report 4 July 4 UK British Grand Prix Hawkstone Park UK Jeff Smith BSA Report 5 August 8 BEL Belgian Grand Prix Namur UK John Draper BSA Report 6 August 1 LUX Luxembourg Grand Prix Ettelbruck UK Les Archer Jr. Norton Report 7 August 22 SWE Swedish Grand Prix Saxtorp UK John Draper BSA Report 8 September 4 NED Dutch Grand Prix Norg SWE Sten Lundin BSA ReportSources:https://www.memotocross.fr/maison/reservation/index.php#0440929fd81366503 1955 500cc European motocross championship race results memotocross.fr 22 December 2022 https://memotocross.fr/downloads/1955---gp-500-et-classement-final.pdf 1955 500cc motocross world championship results memotocross.fr 22 December 2022 Final standings Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers. Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  Points 8 6 4 3 2 1 Pos Rider Machine CHCH FRAFRA ITAITA GBRGBR BELBEL LUXLUX SWESWE NEDNED Pts 1 UK John Draper BSA 2 1 1 6 23 2 SWE Bill Nilsson BSA 2 2 2 3 22 3 SWE Sten Lundin BSA 6 1 6 3 1 21 4 BEL Victor Leloup FN 1 3 2 4 6 21 5 UK Les Archer Jr. Norton 1 4 1 19 6 UK Brian Stonebridge BSA 4 2 3 4 16 7 UK Jeff Smith BSA 5 1 3 14 8 BEL Jean Somja FN 4 3 3 11 9 BEL René Baeten Matchless 3 5 4 9 10 SWE Lars Gustavsson Monark 5 5 5 6 FRA René Klym BSA 2 6 NED Hendrik Rietman FN 2 6 13 SWE Eje Bergman BSA 4 3 BEL Nic Jansen BSA 4 3 15 UK Geoff Ward AJS 6 6 2 UK Basil Hall BSA 5 2 UK David Tye AJS 5 2 BEL André Van Heuverzwijn Saroléa 5 2 UK Phil Nex Matchless 6 6 2Source: References Category:Motocross World Championship seasons Motocross European Championship