1975 FIM Motocross World Championship

Motocross championship season December 2022 1975 FIM Motocross World Championship FIM 6 April/31 August 36 20 Champions 500cc BEL Roger De Coster 250cc BEL Harry Everts 125cc BEL Gaston Rahier FIM Motocross World Championship 1974 1976 The 1975 FIM Motocross World Championship was the 19th F.I.M. Motocross Racing World Championship season. Summary In a rematch of the previous season, Suzuki's Roger De Coster and Husqvarna's Heikki Mikkola were once again the two top competitors in the chase for the 500cc motocross world championship. De Coster claimed 12 moto victories to reclaim the title and win his fourth world championship. Mikkola came in second place with 5 moto victories while De Coster's Suzuki teammate, Gerrit Wolsink finished the season in third place.http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/equipe/index.php#0440929e8c05e0302 1975 500cc motocross world championship final standings memotocross.fr 2 February 2016 Honda scored its first-ever overall victory in a motocross world championship Grand Prix when Pierre Karsmakers won the 500cc Canadian Grand Prix. Brad Lackey's victory in the second heat race of the 500cc Luxembourg Grand Prix marks the first 500cc race win for an American competitor. Harry Everts won the 250cc title for his first world championship. His victory also marked the only motocross world championship for the Austrian Puch factory. Puch fielded a motorcycle which featured an innovative twin carburetor system.http://www.thefasthouse.com/the-vault/1973-puch-380 Herbert Schmitz' 1973 Puch 380cc 6-Speed thefasthouse.com 12 February 2016 16 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160216030337/http://www.thefasthouse.com/the-vault/1973-puch-380 dead Gaston Rahier dominated the inaugural 125cc world championship, winning 7 out of the first 8 Grands Prix for the Suzuki factory racing team.http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/situation/index.php#0440929e8d05bdb01 1975 125cc motocross world championship race results memotocross.fr 3 February 2016 Akira Watanabe became the first Japanese rider to win an overall victory in an FIM Motocross Grand Prix race when he won the 125cc Spanish Grand Prix on August 17. In the wake of the 1973 oil crisis which severely impacted all forms of motorsports, Yamaha made the decision to withdraw their racing team after the 1975 season. Grands Prix 500cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationRace 1 WinnerRace 2 WinnerOverall WinnerReport 1 April 13 Switzerland Swiss Grand Prix Payerne Belgium Roger De Coster Finland Heikki Mikkola Belgium Roger De Coster Report 2 May 11 Italy Italian Grand Prix Casale Monferrato Sweden Christer Hammargren Finland Heikki Mikkola Finland Heikki Mikkola Report 3 May 25 Finland Finnish Grand Prix Ruskeasanta Belgium Roger De Coster Belgium Roger De Coster Belgium Roger De Coster Report 4 June 8 USSR Russian Grand Prix Chișinău Sweden Åke Jonsson Belgium Roger De Coster Belgium Roger De Coster Report 5 June 15 France French Grand Prix Lavaur Belgium Roger De Coster Belgium Roger De Coster Belgium Roger De Coster Report 6 June 22 USA United States Grand Prix Carlsbad Belgium Roger De Coster Netherlands Gerrit Wolsink Netherlands Gerrit Wolsink Report 7 June 29 Canada Canadian Grand Prix Copetown Belgium Roger De Coster Netherlands Gerrit Wolsink Netherlands Pierre Karsmakers Report 8 July 6 UK British Grand Prix Hawkstone Park Finland Heikki Mikkola Belgium Roger De Coster Netherlands Gerrit Wolsink Report 9 July 13 Germany West German Grand Prix Bielstein Belgium Roger De Coster Belgium Roger De Coster Belgium Roger De Coster Report 10 July 27 Netherlands Dutch Grand Prix Lichtenvoorde Netherlands Gerrit Wolsink Finland Heikki Mikkola Netherlands Gerrit Wolsink Report 11 August 3 Belgium Belgian Grand Prix Namur Finland Heikki Mikkola Sweden Åke Jonsson Belgium Roger De Coster Report 12 August 10 Luxembourg Luxembourg Grand Prix Ettelbruck Belgium Roger De Coster USA Brad Lackey Belgium Roger De Coster ReportSources:http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/reservation/index.php#0440929e8e05b1601 1975 500cc motocross world championship race results memotocross.fr 2 February 2016 http://akejonsson.com/1975gpseries.html 1975 500cc motocross world championship akejonsson.com 2 February 2016 3 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184852/http://akejonsson.com/1975gpseries.html dead 250cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationRace 1 WinnerRace 2 WinnerOverall WinnerReport 1 April 6 Spain Spanish Grand Prix Sabadell Sweden Håkan Andersson Germany Adolf Weil Belgium Harry Everts Report 2 April 20 Austria Austrian Grand Prix Sittendorf Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Falta Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Falta Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Falta Report 3 April 27 Belgium Belgian Grand Prix Retinne USA Jim Pomeroy Sweden Håkan Andersson USA Jim Pomeroy Report 4 May 3 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Grand Prix Holice Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Velký Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Falta Germany Willy Bauer Report 5 May 11 Poland Polish Grand Prix Szczecin Belgium Harry Everts Belgium Harry Everts Belgium Harry Everts Report 6 June 8 Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Grand Prix Tržič Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Velký Belgium Harry Everts USSR Evgueni Rybaltchenko Report 7 June 15 Germany West German Grand Prix Beuren Sweden Torleif Hansen Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Velký Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Velký Report 8 June 22 UK British Grand Prix Portsmouth-Charlton Belgium Harry Everts Sweden Håkan Andersson Belgium Harry Everts Report 9 July 6 France French Grand Prix Thomer-la-Sôgne RFA Adolf Weil Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Velký Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Velký Report 10 August 10 Sweden Swedish Grand Prix Barkarby RFA Hans Maisch USSR Evgueni Rybaltchenko USSR Evgueni Rybaltchenko Report 11 August 17 Finland Finnish Grand Prix Hyvinkää Sweden Håkan Andersson USSR Gennady Moiseyev Belgium Harry Everts Report 12 August 31 Switzerland Swiss Grand Prix Wohlen Sweden Torleif Hansen Belgium Harry Everts Sweden Håkan Andersson ReportSources:http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/philosophie/index.php#0440929e8d0fd0e01 1975 250cc motocross world championship race results memotocross.fr 2 February 2016 125cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationRace 1 WinnerRace 2 WinnerOverall WinnerReport 1 April 27 France French Grand Prix Cognac Belgium Gaston Rahier Belgium Gilbert De Roover Belgium Gaston Rahier Report 2 May 4 UK British Grand Prix Tenby Belgium Gaston Rahier Belgium Gaston Rahier Belgium Gaston Rahier Report 3 May 11 Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Grand Prix Orehova vas Belgium Gaston Rahier Belgium Gaston Rahier Belgium Gaston Rahier Report 4 May 25 Sweden Swedish Grand Prix Upplands Väsby Belgium Gaston Rahier Belgium Gaston Rahier Belgium Gaston Rahier Report 5 June 1 Netherlands Dutch Grand Prix Markelo Belgium Gaston Rahier Belgium Gaston Rahier Belgium Gaston Rahier Report 6 June 8 Poland Polish Grand Prix Olsztyn Belgium Gilbert De Roover Belgium Gilbert De Roover Belgium Gilbert De Roover Report 7 June 22 Germany West German Grand Prix Schrecksbach Belgium Gaston Rahier Belgium Gaston Rahier Belgium Gaston Rahier Report 8 June 29 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Grand Prix Tábor Belgium Gaston Rahier Belgium Gaston Rahier Belgium Gaston Rahier Report 9 July 6 USA United States Grand Prix Lexington USA Marty Smith USA Marty Smith USA Marty Smith Report 10 July 13 Canada Canadian Grand Prix Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon Japan Yoshifumo Sugio Belgium Gilbert De Roover CZE Antonin Baborowsky Report 11 August 17 Spain Spanish Grand Prix Montgai Japan Akira Watanabe Japan Akira Watanabe Japan Akira Watanabe Report 12 August 24 Belgium Belgian Grand Prix Orp-Le-Grand Belgium Gaston Rahier CZE Anthonin Baborovsky Belgium Gaston Rahier ReportSources: Final standings Points are awarded based on the results of each individual heat race. The top 10 classified finishers in each heat race score points according to the following scale; Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 500cc (Results in italics indicate overall winner) Pos Rider Machine CHCH ITAITA FINFIN USSRUSSR FRAFRA USAUSA CANCAN UKUK GERRFA NEDNED BELBEL LUXLUX Points 1 BEL Roger De Coster Suzuki 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 9 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 192 2 FIN Heikki Mikkola Husqvarna 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 8 4 3 1 3 1 1 7 165 3 NED Gerrit Wolsink Suzuki 3 3 2 5 4 5 4 3 1 4 1 2 2 3 1 2 5 5 149 4 SWE Åke Jonsson Yamaha 6 6 5 2 3 3 1 2 6 3 4 5 7 4 1 3 3 132 5 BEL Jaak van Velthoven Yamaha 10 4 3 5 4 6 4 3 3 5 3 3 2 104 6 USA Brad Lackey Husqvarna 5 4 4 6 4 7 7 5 2 5 9 7 5 4 1 96 7 SWE Bengt Åberg Bultaco 4 3 7 6 6 7 2 3 5 4 72 8 RFA Herbert Schmitz Maico 8 6 6 5 2 6 6 4 6 6 8 62 9 SWE Arne Kring Husqvarna 7 5 7 5 8 4 6 7 4 48 10 NED Pierre Karsmakers Honda 10 2 2 2 4 45 11 SWE Christer Hammargren Kawasaki 8 1 4 8 8 5 8 17 12 NED Frans Sigmans Maico 8 7 6 7 2 5 8 37 13 USA Tony DiStefano Suzuki 3 6 3 25 14 ITA Alberto Agiolini Maico 9 4 8 4 21 15 BEL Jean-Claude LaQuaye Bultaco 9 10 9 7 6 5 20 ITA Paolo Piron ČZ 6 6 8 9 10 7 20 17 USSR Anatoly Botchkov ČZ 10 9 9 6 10 10 7 10 17 18 USSR Vladimir Khudiakov ČZ 7 9 9 10 10 8 9 6 19 USA Steve Stackable Maico 8 7 5 13 20 BEL Jean-Paul Mingels Bultaco 7 8 9 8 12 21 AUT Ludwig Reinbolt Maico 6 6 10 22 USA Rex Staten ČZ 4 10 9 USSR Vladimir Kavinov ČZ 8 5 9 USA Jimmy Weinert Yamaha 7 6 9 DEN Arne Lodal Bultaco 10 8 8 9 9 26 USA Mike Hartwig Yamaha 4 8 USA Kent Howerton Husqvarna 9 5 8 28 SWE Arne Lindfors Husqvarna 10 7 9 7 29 CZE Miroslav Novacek ČZ 5 6 USA Gaylon Mosier Maico 5 6 USA Mike Runyard Can-Am 9 7 6 32 CH Fritz Graf Yamaha 6 3 FIN Göte Lijegren Husqvarna 8 9 3 BEL André Massant Yamaha 9 10 9 3 35 USSR Jaroslav Zelenka ČZ 7 4 USA Billy Grossi Suzuki 7 4 UK Vic Eastwood CCM 7 4 BEL Raymond Heeren Maico 8 10 4 39 FRA Daniel Terroitin Maico 8 3 JPN Masura Ikeda Suzuki 8 3 41 BEL Willy Van Loon Yamaha 9 2 RFA Rolf Dieffenbach Maico 9 2 SWE Jan Eric Sallqvist Kawasaki 9 2 UK Rob Hooper Husqvarna 10 10 2 45 USSR Sergey Opatovitch ČZ 10 1 CZE Jiří Ondryas ČZ 10 1 UK Stuart Dunn ČZ 10 1 USA Buck Murphy Can-Am 10 1 USA Mark Blackwell Husqvarna 10 1Sources:https://memotocross.fr/downloads/2cm-1975-500-res-complet.pdf 1975 500cc motocross world championship final results" memotocross.fr 26 July 2025 250cc (Results in italics indicate overall winner) Pos Rider Machine ESPESP AUTAUT BELBEL CZECZE POLPOL YUGYUG GERRFA UKUK FRAFRA SWESWE FINFIN CHCH Points 1 BEL Harry Everts Puch 2 3 3 5 8 1 1 7 1 2 1 2 7 5 8 2 3 1 159 2 SWE Håkan Andersson Yamaha 1 9 9 1 9 2 5 6 3 5 1 2 6 1 3 4 134 3 RFA Willy Bauer Suzuki 3 2 5 2 4 3 4 2 2 3 4 4 9 4 3 4 3 130 4 RFA Adolf Weil Maico 1 10 8 2 5 5 3 2 6 7 1 3 4 2 5 6 2 6 129 5 RFA Hans Maisch Maico 5 4 2 6 3 3 4 7 2 3 3 5 1 4 120 6 CZE Zdeněk Velký ČZ 9 7 3 1 7 1 2 1 2 1 7 108 7 USA Jim Pomeroy Bultaco 6 5 1 4 6 6 4 3 10 3 8 6 8 5 5 2 101 8 USSR Evgeny Rybaltchenko KTM 7 10 10 7 8 4 5 2 5 4 6 2 1 6 8 8 5 94 9 BEL Joël Robert Suzuki 8 7 2 3 6 8 3 10 3 4 7 4 8 7 84 10 SWE Torleif Hansen Kawasaki 4 7 7 1 3 3 1 58 11 CZE Jaroslav Falta ČZ 5 8 1 1 1 54 12 USSR Gennady Moiseyev KTM 5 9 5 7 7 1 4 45 13 SWE Uno Palm Husqvarna 6 6 6 6 9 7 9 10 4 7 41 14 CZE Oldrich Hamrsmid ČZ 4 6 8 10 7 5 5 5 39 15 CZE Miroslav Halm ČZ 2 4 6 7 8 33 16 AUT Siegfrid Lerner KTM 9 10 8 8 9 5 17 FIN Kalevi Vehkonen Husqvarna 6 10 10 8 9 10 7 17 18 FRA Daniel Pean Maico 9 9 7 8 10 8 10 16 19 JPN Torao Suzuki Yamaha 9 2 14 UK Vic Allan Bultaco 10 8 7 5 14 21 BEL Sylvain Geboers Husqvarna 4 7 10 13 22 FIN Pauli Piipola Maico 9 6 6 12 23 SWE Håkan Carlqvist Ossa 8 8 10 9 9 11 24 JPN Hideaki Suzuki Yamaha 4 8 USSR Anatoly Ovchinnikov ČZ 8 6 8 26 NZ Ivan Miller Bultaco 6 5 27 FIN Erkki Sundström Husqvarna 8 10 4 USSR Pavel Rulev ČZ 9 9 4 29 USSR Vladis Grinbergs ČZ 10 9 3 FRA Jean-Claude Nowak Maico 9 10 3 31 DEN Erling Klinke Bultaco 9 2 RFA Herbert Stauch Maico 9 2 FIN Lars Ohberg Husqvarna 9 2 CZE Frantisek Jirka ČZ 10 10 2 35 UK Malcolm Davis Bultaco 10 1 BEL Claude Jobé Ossa 10 1 UK Stuart Nunn ČZ 10 1Sources:http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/visite/index.php#0440929ca80bf201d 1975 250cc motocross world championship final standings memotocross.fr 2 February 2016 https://memotocross.fr/downloads/2cm-1975-250-res-complet.pdf 1975 250cc motocross world championship final results memotocross.fr 27 July 2025 125cc (Results in italics indicate overall winner) Pos Rider Machine FRAFRA UKUK YUGYUG SWESWE NEDNED POLPOL GERRFA CZECZE USAUSA CANCAN ESPESP BELBEL Points 1 BEL Gaston Rahier Suzuki 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 2 1 2 195 2 BEL Gilbert De Roover Zündapp / ČZ 3 1 3 4 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 1 2 3 168 3 CZE Anthonin Baborovsky ČZ 4 5 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 5 5 3 2 2 3 1 135 4 JPN Akira Watanabe Suzuki 4 2 10 5 5 3 3 2 5 4 3 3 4 4 5 4 1 1 4 5 134 5 CZE Jiří Churavý ČZ 6 9 6 5 3 4 6 4 4 6 3 9 5 3 4 3 99 6 BEL Ivan Van Den Broek Yamaha 9 6 4 5 6 4 6 5 6 6 5 4 4 5 6 80 7 BEL André Malherbe Zündapp 2 2 2 4 2 6 4 69 8 JPN Yoshifumo Sugio Yamaha 3 2 1 5 43 9 ITA Gualtiere Brissoni SWM 5 8 10 8 7 7 7 7 7 5 9 41 10 NED Gérard Rond Yamaha 4 2 8 6 8 31 11 USA Marty Smith Honda 1 1 30 12 ITA Dario Nani Ancilotti 8 7 10 5 8 8 6 9 27 13 FIN Matti Autio Suzuki 6 8 6 9 8 8 21 14 USA Jimmy Ellis Can-Am 5 3 16 15 UK Terry Dyer Husqvarna 6 7 9 7 15 16 BEL François Minne Yamaha 9 8 6 7 14 17 UK Graham Noyce Husqvarna 5 7 9 10 13 18 UK Roger Harvey Husqvarna 4 7 12 ITA Tomaso Lolli Simonini 5 5 12 20 FIN Lars Karlsson Husqvarna 5 6 11 21 USA Dan Turner Honda 6 6 10 CAN Larry Mackenzie Yamaha 6 6 10 UK Chris Clark Husqvarna 8 8 7 10 24 ESP Ignacio Bulto Bultaco 7 6 9 CZE Jaroslav Janis ČZ 7 10 9 9 9 26 BEL Daniel Beaumont Yamaha 9 6 10 8 USA Tim Hart Yamaha 7 7 8 BEL Marcel Wiertz Bultaco 7 7 8 SWE Torbjorn Winzell Husqvarna 10 7 8 8 30 NED Johnny Vink Kawasaki 8 7 7 31 NED Marcel Deibergen Fantic 5 6 ITA Gian Carlo Curradi Ancillotti 10 10 7 6 RFA Harald Strößenreuther Maico 7 9 6 USA Jeff Wecker Kawasaki 9 7 6 USSR Yuri Khudiakov ČZ 8 8 6 USA Tommy Croft Honda 8 8 6 37 NED Gert Demoed Yamaha 9 8 5 38 FIN Heikki Ylomen Yamaha 7 4 ESP Jorge Capapey Bultaco 9 9 4 40 FIN Timo Remes Yamaha 8 3 FRA Jean-Paul Hypolite Kawasaki 8 3 CAN Ronnie Mathews Can-Am 8 3 RFA Edi Hau Zündapp 8 3 FIN Osme Perala Yamaha 9 10 3 45 AUT Michael Weiss Can-Am 9 2 SWE Stellan Andersson Honda 9 2 NED Wim Van Den Brink Monark 9 2 NED Jaak Verwaayen Kawasaki 9 2 SWE Nills Arne Nilsson Husqvarna 9 2 RFA Emil Schwarz Husqvarna 10 10 2 USA Mickey Boone Honda 10 10 2 CAN Henning Hansen Husqvarna 9 2 53 USSR Yuri Semko ČZ 10 1 FRA Jean-Claude Bontemps Husqvarna 10 1 SWE Steffan Eneqvist Yamaha 10 1 NED Heenk Poorte Montesa 10 1 AUT Gerhard Huber Can-Am 10 1 CAN Jay Kimber Kawasaki 10 1 CAN Bob Eccles Kawasaki 10 1 DEN John Andersen Husqvarna 10 1 ITA Curradi Foschini Yamaha 10 1 BEL Dieudonne Stouvenakers Yamaha 10 1Sources:http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/chambres/index.php#0440929e8c05c9001 1975 125cc motocross world championship final standings memotocross.fr 3 February 2016https://memotocross.fr/downloads/2cm-1975-125-res-complet.pdf 1975 125cc motocross world championship final results" memotocross.fr 26 July 2025 References External links https://www.fim-moto.com/en/sports/view/fim-motocross-world-championship-4414 FIM Motocross World Championship season Category:Motocross World Championship seasons