1979 FIM World Motorcycle Trials season

August 2020 1979 FIM World motorcycle trials season 1978 1980 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. https://www.retrotrials.com/1980-bernie-schreiber-report.html retrotrials.com bernie schreiber report 10 August 2020 1979 World trials season calendar http://trialonline.org/01%20TRIAL.FIM/100.MONDE/104.INDEX.ANNEES/AA%201970/INDEX_1979_MONDE.htm world trials 1979 schedule 10 August 2020 Round Date Trial Venue Trial GP 1 10 February IRL Ireland Newtownards 1) Rob Shepherd 2) John Reynolds 3) Martin Lampkin 2 17 February GBR Great Britain Rhayader 1) Malcolm Rathmell 2) Yrjo Vesterinen 3) Martin Lampkin 3 25 February BEL Belgium Bilstain 1) Yrjo Vesterinen 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Malcolm Rathmell 4 4 March NED Netherlands Norg 1) Ulf Karlson 2) Yrjo Vesterinen 3) Nigel Birkett 5 11 March SPA Spain Matadepera 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Jaime Subira 3) Marlan Whaley 6 18 March FRA France Montbelliard 1) Ulf Karlson 2) Bernie Schreiber 3) Charles Coutard 7 10 June CAN Canada Calgary 1) Malcolm Rathmell 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Bernie Schreiber 8 17 June USA United States Pueblo 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Rob Shepherd 3) Martin Lampkin 9 15 July ITA Italy Mezzo Lago 1) Charles Coutard 2) Bernie Schreiber 3) Rob Shepherd 10 19 August SWE Sweden Boras 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Antonio Gorgot 11 26 August FIN Finland Espoo 1) Manuel Soler 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Yrjo Vesterinen 12 16 September CZE Czechoslovakia 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 http://trialonline.org/01%20TRIAL.FIM/100.MONDE/101.INDEX.GENERAL/01%20101%20INDEX%20GENERAL.htm trialonline.org World 1979 standings 10 August 2020 Pos Rider Machine IRLIRL GBRGBR BELBEL NEDNED SPASPA FRAFRA CANCAN USAUSA ITAITA SWESWE FINFIN CZECZE Pts Notes 1 USA Bernie Schreiber Bultaco - 7 6 4 1 2 3 1 2 1 7 1 115 first American to win a trials world championship 2 FIN Yrjo Vesterinen Bultaco 5 2 1 2 4 4 4 6 6 4 3 4 105 1979 Finnish champion 3 SWE Ulf Karlson Montesa 9 - 9 1 6 1 7 5 4 2 2 2 93 1979 Swedish Champion 4 GBR Martin Lampkin Bultaco 3 3 2 6 5 5 2 3 - 5 - 3 87 5 GBR Malcolm Rathmell Montesa 4 1 3 7 - 7 1 4 8 9 4 - 77 1979 British champion 6 GBR Rob Shepherd HRC Honda 1 - 8 - 7 6 6 2 3 8 9 - 59 7 FRA Charles Coutard SWM - 5 4 9 - 3 9 10 1 - - 10 45 1979 French Champion 8 SPA Manuel Soler Bultaco 10 - - - 9 - - - 5 7 1 9 30 9 USA Marland Whaley Montesa - - 10 - 3 9 5 8 9 - - - 24 1979 US NATC Championhttps://trialsguru.net/2019/06/28/death-of-marland-whaley/#:~:text=It%20is%20with%20great%20sadness%20that%20we%20report,he%20campaigned%20their%20experimental%20RTL%20series%20four-stroke%20machines. trialsguru.net death of marland whaley 10 August 2020 10 BEL Jean-Marie Lejeune Montesa 8 9 5 5 - - 8 7 - - - - 24 11 SPA Jaime Subira Montesa - 8 - - 2 - - - 10 - 10 6 22 12 GBR Nigel Birkett Montesa 7 4 - 3 - - - - - - - - 22 13 SPA Antonio Gorgot Bultaco 6 10 - - - - - - - 3 6 - 21 1979 Spanish Champion 14 GBR John Reynolds Suzuki 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 12 15 BEL Eddy Lejeune HRC Honda - - - - - - 10 9 - 6 - 7 12 16 GBR Mick Andrews Ossa - - 7 - - 8 - - - 10 - 8 11 17 FIN Timo Ryysy SWM - - - 10 - - - - - - 5 - 7 18 BEL Jean-Luc Colson Montesa - - - - - - - - - - - 5 6 1979 Belgian Champ 19 AUT Joe Wallman Bultaco - 6 - - - - - - - - - - 5 20 ITA Danilo Galeazzi SWM - - - - - - - - 7 - - - 4 21 FIN Anttoni Vesterinen Bultaco - - - - - - - - - - 8 3 21 SPA Jo Jose Bultaco - - - - 8 - - - - - - - 3 21 BEL Claude Goset Montesa - - - 8 - - - - - - - - 3 24 ITA Ettore Baldini Bultaco - - - - - 10 - - - - - - 1 1979 Italian Championhttp://www.phototrial.it/2017/baldini.php phototrial.it baldini passes 10 August 2020 24 GER Felix Krahnstover Montesa - - - - 10 - - - - - - - 1 1979 German Championhttps://trialsguru.net/rainer-heise-trials-in-germany/ trialsguru.net trials in germany 10 August 2020 References Category:1979 in motorcycle sport 1979