1977 FIM World Motorcycle Trials season

August 2020 1977 FIM World motorcycle trials season 1976 1978 The 1977 World trials season consisted of twelve trials events. It began on 12 February, with round one in Newtownards, Ireland and ended with round twelve in Oberiberg, Switzerland on 25 September. Season summary Yrjo Vesterinen would claim his second World trials championship in 1977, repeating his 1976 title. https://www.redbull.com/us-en/the-best-trials-riders-in-history redbull.com all time best trials riders 9 August 2020 1977 World trials season calendar http://trialonline.org/01%20TRIAL.FIM/100.MONDE/104.INDEX.ANNEES/AA%201970/INDEX_1977_MONDE.htm world trials 1977 schedule 9 August 2020 Round Date Trial Venue Trial GP 1 12 February IRL Ireland Newtownards 1) Malcolm Rathmell 2) John Reynolds 3) Rob Edwards 2 19 February GBR Great Britain Rhayader 1) Malcolm Rathmell 2) Manuel Soler 3) Dave Thorpe 3 27 February BEL Belgium Bilstain 1) Malcolm Rathmell 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Yrjo Vesterinen 4 6 March SPA Spain Matadepera 1) Yrjo Vesterinen 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Bernie Schreiber 5 13 March FRA France Sancerre 1) Ulf Karlson 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Yrjo Vesterinen 6 20 March GER Germany Bielefeld 1) Martin Lampkin 2) Bernie Schreiber 3) Rob Shepherd 7 29 May USA United States Port Huron 1) Charles Coutard 2) Marland Whaley 3) Mike Griffitts 8 5 June CAN Canada Chicoutimi 1) Charles Coutard 2) Yrjo Vesterinen 3) Malcolm Rathmell 9 28 August SWE Sweden Huddingen 1) Ulf Karlson 2) Bo Nilsson 3) Malcolm Rathmell 10 4 September FIN Finland Ekenas 1) Rob Shepherd 2) Yrjo Vesterinen 3) Martin Lampkin 11 18 September CZE Czechoslovakia Ricany 1) Yrjo Vesterinen 2) Rob Shepherd 3) Martin Lampkin 12 25 September SWI Switzerland Oberiberg 1) Ulf Karlson 2) Malcolm Rathmell 3) Rob Shepherd 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 1977 standings 10 August 2020 Pos Rider Machine IRLIRL GBRGBR BELBEL SPASPA FRAFRA GERGER USAUSA CANCAN SWESWE FINFIN CZECZE SWISWI Pts Notes 1 FIN Yrjo Vesterinen Bultaco 4 6 3 1 3 5 10 2 4 2 1 6 107 1977 Finnish champion 2 SWE Ulf Karlson Montesa 5 8 2 4 1 6 8 6 1 5 4 1 101 1977 Swedish champion 3 GBR Malcolm Rathmell Montesa 1 1 1 7 - 4 9 3 3 8 5 2 100 4 GBR Martin Lampkin Bultaco 9 5 8 2 2 1 4 4 5 3 3 5 98 winner of 1977 Scottish 6 day & scott trials 5 GBR Rob Shepherd HRC Honda 8 - 4 8 9 3 - - 6 1 2 3 68 1977 British champion 6 FRA Charles Coutard Bultaco 6 9 - 5 4 - 1 1 7 4 - - 63 1977 French champion 7 USA Bernie Schreiber Bultaco - - 5 3 5 2 - 7 8 6 8 7 53 8 SPA Manuel Soler Bultaco - 2 - 6 8 8 - 9 - - 6 - 30 1977 Spanish champion 9 GBR Nigel Birkett Montesa 7 - 6 9 7 7 - 8 10 - 10 9 26 10 USA Marland Whaley HRC Honda - - - - - - 2 - - - - 4 20 1977 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 11 GBR John Reynolds Suzuki 2 4 - - - - - - - - - - 20 12 BEL Jean Marie LeJeune Montesa - 7 7 - 6 9 - 10 - - - 8 19 1977 Belgian champion 13 GBR Mick Andrews Yamaha - 10 10 - - 10 - - 9 7 7 - 13 14 SWE Bo Nilsson Ossa - - - - - - - - 2 - - - 12 15 USA Don Sweet Montesa - - - - - - 6 5 - - - - 11 16 USA Mike Griffitts Montesa - - - - - - 3 - - - - - 10 16 GBR Dave Thorpe Bultaco - 3 - - - - - - - - - - 10 16 GBR Rob Edwards Montesa 3 - - - - - - - - - - - 10 19 USA Mark Eggar Honda - - - - - - 5 - - - - - 6 20 USA Lane Leavitt Bultaco - - - - - - 7 - - - - - 4 21 BEL Jean-Luc Colson Montesa - - 9 - - - - - - - 9 - 4 22 FIN Timo Ryysy Bultaco - - - - - - - - - 9 - - 2 23 SWE Tore Evertsson Bultaco - - - 10 10 - - - - - - - 2 24 ITA Fulvio Adamoli Montesa - - - - - - - - - - - 10 1 24 SPA Jaime Subira Montesa - - - - - - - - - 10 - - 1 24 GBR Alan Lampkin Bultaco 10 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 References Category:1977 in motorcycle sport 1977