1964 FIM Motocross World Championship

Motocross championship season December 2022 1964 FIM Motocross World Championship 225px Jeff Smith leads Rolf Tibblin at the Motocross der Azen pre-season invitational race on 15 March 1964 in Sint Anthonis, Holland. FIM 5 April/13 September 28 13 Champions 500cc UK Jeff Smith 250cc BEL Joël Robert Motocross World Championship 1963 1965 The 1964 Motocross World Championship was the 8th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles. Summary Jeff Smith, riding for the BSA factory racing team won the 500cc motocross world championship to become the first British rider to claim the premier division, beating out former two-time world champions Rolf Tibblin and Sten Lundin.http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/equipe/index.php#0440929f930614d01 1964 500cc motocross world championship final standings memotocross.fr 23 February 2023 The Husqvarna factory stopped producing their four-stroke motorcycles in 1963, leaving Tibblin without a motorcycle for the 1964 season.https://cybermotorcycle.com/marques/swedish/hedlund.htm Hedlund Motorcycles cybermotorcycle.com 7 July 2024 He teamed up with engine tuner Nisse Hedlund to build their own complete motocross machine in time for the 1964 season. Tibblin began the season strongly, winning five of the first six races; however, Smith consistently scored points throughout the season, and the championship wasn't decided until the final race of the season in Spain, where Smith took the victory to claim the World Championship by only two points over Tibblin.https://www.husqvarna-motorcycles.com/en-cz/Good-old-times/rolf-tibblin--a-three-times-world-champion-.html Rolf Tibblin: A Three-Times World Champion husqvarna-motorcycles.com 2016-02-28 In the 250cc division, Husqvarna factory rider Torsten Hallman was favored to repeat after his dominant performance in the 1963 championship. The return of Greeves factory rider Dave Bickers after a two-year absence should have made him Hallman's biggest challenger; however, he was upset by the unexpected arrival of 20-year-old privateer Joël Robert, riding a ČZ motorcycle. After Hallman won the season-opening Spanish Grand Prix, Robert reeled off a string of four consecutive victories to take the championship points lead. Bickers was able to relegate Robert to second place at the Luxembourg Grand Prix; however, his Greeves proved to be too fragile and underpowered to pose a serious challenge. Hallman was able to recover with a victory at the Italian Grand Prix, but then Robert won another four Grand Prix races in succession to clinch the World Championship.http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/visite/index.php#0440929ca80bf3928 1964 250cc motocross world championship final standings memotocross.fr 23 February 2023 The 20-year-old Robert became the youngest motocross world champion at the time.http://hof.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.aspx?RacerID=260 Joël Robert at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame motorcyclemuseum.org 23 February 2023 Victor Arbekov became the first Russian competitor to win a Grand Prix overall on 2 August at the East German Grand Prix. Grands Prix 500cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationRace 1 WinnerRace 2 WinnerOverall WinnerReport 1 April 12 SWI Swiss Grand Prix Payerne SWE Rolf Tibblin UK Jeff Smith SWE Rolf Tibblin Report 2 April 26 AUT Austrian Grand Prix Sittendorf SWE Rolf Tibblin SWE Rolf Tibblin SWE Rolf Tibblin Report 3 May 10 DEN Danish Grand Prix Volk Mølle SWE Rolf Tibblin UK Jeff Smith SWE Rolf Tibblin Report 4 May 17 SWE Swedish Grand Prix Vimmerby SWE Rolf Tibblin SWE Rolf Tibblin SWE Rolf Tibblin Report 5 May 24 NED Dutch Grand Prix Norg UK Jeff Smith UK Jeff Smith UK Jeff Smith Report 6 May 31 FRA French Grand Prix Sucé-sur-Erdre SWE Rolf Tibblin SWE Rolf Tibblin SWE Rolf Tibblin Report 7 June 7 ITA Italian Grand Prix Avigliana UK Jeff Smith SWE Rolf Tibblin UK Jeff Smith Report 8 June 21 USSR Russian Grand Prix Lviv UK Jeff Smith SWE Ove Lundell UK Jeff Smith Report 9 June 28 TCH Czechoslovak Grand Prix Přerov SWE Rolf Tibblin SWE Rolf Tibblin SWE Rolf Tibblin Report 10 August 2 BEL Belgian Grand Prix Namur UK Jeff Smith SWE Sten Lundin UK Jeff Smith Report 11 August 9 LUX Luxembourg Grand Prix Ettelbruck UK Jeff Smith UK Jeff Smith UK Jeff Smith Report 12 August 16 RFA West German Grand Prix Bielstein SWE Sten Lundin SWE Sten Lundin SWE Sten Lundin Report 13 August 30 DDR East German Grand Prix Schwerin UK Jeff Smith SWE Rolf Tibblin UK Jeff Smith Report 14 September 13 ESP Spanish Grand Prix San Sebastián UK Jeff Smith SWE Rolf Tibblin UK Jeff Smith ReportSources:https://www.memotocross.fr/maison/reservation/index.php#0440929f93063fb02 1964 500cc motocross world championship race winners memotocross.fr 14 December 2024 https://memotocross.fr/downloads/1964---gp-500-et-classement-final.pdf 1964 500cc motocross world championship results memotocross.fr 14 December 2024 250cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationRace 1 WinnerRace 2 WinnerOverall WinnerReport 1 April 5 ESP Spanish Grand Prix Ruta SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Torsten Hallman Report 2 April 26 BEL Belgian Grand Prix Woluwe-Saint-Lambert BEL Joël Robert BEL Joël Robert BEL Joël Robert Report 3 May 3 CH Swiss Grand Prix Wohlen BEL Joël Robert BEL Joël Robert BEL Joël Robert Report 4 May 10 TCH Czechoslovak Grand Prix Holice BEL Joël Robert BEL Joël Robert BEL Joël Robert Report 5 May 17 RFA West German Grand Prix Erlangen BEL Joël Robert UK Dave Bickers BEL Joël Robert Report 6 May 24 LUX Luxembourg Grand Prix Schifflange UK Dave Bickers UK Dave Bickers UK Dave Bickers Report 7 May 31 ITA Italian Grand Prix Imola UK Dave Bickers SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Torsten Hallman Report 8 June 28 UK British Grand Prix Cadwell Park UK Dave Bickers BEL Joël Robert BEL Joël Robert Report 9 July 5 SWE Swedish Grand Prix Hedemora BEL Joël Robert UK Dave Bickers BEL Joël Robert Report 10 July 12 FIN Finnish Grand Prix Tikkurila BEL Joël Robert BEL Joël Robert BEL Joël Robert Report 11 July 19 USSR Russian Grand Prix Leningrad BEL Joël Robert USSR Victor Arbekov BEL Joël Robert Report 12 July 26 POL Polish Grand Prix Kielce USSR Victor Arbekov SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Torsten Hallman Report 13 August 2 DDR East German Grand Prix Apolda BEL Joël Robert TCH Vlastimil Válek USSR Victor Arbekov Report 14 August 15 FRA French Grand Prix Laguépie SWE Åke Jonsson SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Torsten Hallman ReportSources:https://www.memotocross.fr/maison/philosophie/index.php#0440929f8d093c201 1964 250cc motocross world championship race winners memotocross.fr 15 December 2024 https://memotocross.fr/downloads/1964---gp-250-et-classement-final.pdf 1964 250cc motocross world championship results memotocross.fr 15 December 2024 Final standings Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers. For the final championship standings, half of the competitors' results are retained. Thus with 14 Grand 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 CHCH AUTAUT DENDEN SWESWE NEDNED FRAFRA ITAITA USSRUSSR TCHTCH BELBEL LUXLUX GERRFA GDRGDR ESPESP 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 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 UK Jeff Smith BSA 2 1 2 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 5 2 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 56 2 SWE Rolf Tibblin Hedlund 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 1 1 - 1 - 2 1 1 9 - - - 5 2 1 2 - 1 54 3 SWE Sten Lundin Lito 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 5 2 3 7 3 4 - - - 5 1 - - 1 1 - - 2 6 34 4 SWE Ove Lundell Husqvarna 6 7 6 - - - - 5 2 4 7 4 - 10 7 1 3 4 - - 10 3 4 4 3 - 5 4 22 5 SWE Bill Nilsson Métisse-ESO - - - - - - 7 6 5 3 - 4 6 - - 4 2 6 - 2 4 6 5 - - - - 20 6 SWE Per Olaf Persson Husqvarna - 10 5 5 - - 6 7 7 6 4 5 2 5 - - - - 10 - 3 - 3 6 - - - - 16 7 BEL Herman De Soete Métisse-Matchless - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 - - - - 8 6 7 2 - - - - 3 - 9 8 UK Jerry Scott BSA - - - 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 7 - - 4 7 - - 6 UK Vic Eastwood Matchless 10 - 4 4 4 - 4 - - 7 - - 8 4 - - 5 5 3 - - 6 - - - - - - 6 BEL Hubert Scaillet Triumph-Métisse - - - - - - - - - - 3 21 - - - - - - 19 4 - - - - - - 4 3 6 UK John Burton Triumph-Métisse - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 12 - - - - 2 3 5 18 - - - - 9 - 6 12 CH Pierre-André Rapin Monark 4 4 - - - - - - - - 9 10 - - - - 7 8 27 - 8 5 - - - - - - 5 13 TCH Josef Chára Jawa - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 DDR Dieter Kley ESO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 3 - - 4 SWE Gunnar Johansson Lito - - - - - - 5 4 - - 8 6 5 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 16 USSR Nikolaj Sokolov ESO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 BEL Jos Ribbens BSA - - - - 6 5 - - 10 - - - - - - - - - 20 16 13 20 - - - - - - 3 18 USSR Antonin Klavinsh ESO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 USSR Aleksandr Lebedev ESO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 4 - - 2 FRA André Chuchard Triumph-Métisse - - - - - - - - - - 6 8 - - - - - - 7 9 - - - - - - - - 2 NED Broer Dirkx Lito - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - - 3 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 UK Dave Nicoll Matchless - - - - 7 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 8 - - - - - - 2 TCH Ervín Krajčovič ESO 5 6 - - - - - - - - - - 14 - - - 8 7 - - 22 9 - - 6 - - - 2 24 TCH Josef Hřebeček ČZ 8 - - - - - - - - - 12 14 15 11 - - 6 6 - - - - - - 9 5 - - 1 TCH Lubomír Eichler ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 6 - - - - - - - - 10 10 - - 1 UK Andy Lee Matchless-Métisse - - - - - - - - 14 - 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 - 1 USSR Sigur Kalkis ESO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 6 - - 1 BEL Roger Vanderbecken Triumph - - - - - - - - - - 13 9 - - - - - - 12 7 9 21 - - - - - - 1 DEN Jacob Lynegaard BSA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - BEL Sylvain Geboers Métisse - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - 0Source: 250cc (Results in italics indicate overall winner) Pos Rider Machine ESPESP BELBEL CHCH TCHTCH GERRFA LUXLUX ITAITA UKUK SWESWE FINFIN USSRUSSR POLPOL GDRGDR FRAFRA 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 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 BEL Joël Robert ČZ 11 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 6 2 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 - - 1 - 26 - 56 1 SWE Torsten Hallman Husqvarna 1 1 3 2 10 5 - 2 2 4 3 5 4 1 3 - 2 2 4 4 - - 2 1 - - 2 1 50 3 USSR Victor Arbekov ČZ - - - - 5 4 5 4 - - 5 4 8 7 - - 6 6 3 2 3 1 1 - 2 3 6 - 31 4 USSR Igor Grigoriev ČZ - - 4 5 3 2 4 7 - - 7 7 3 3 - - 10 13 6 7 4 3 6 3 4 4 3 6 30 5 UK Dave Bickers Greeves 3 7 2 - 8 - 2 - - 1 1 1 1 - 1 2 8 1 - - 5 5 - - - - 27 20 23 6 SWE Åke Jonsson Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 4 2 3 2 - - - 3 5 1 2 19 7 TCH Vlastimil Válek ČZ - 3 6 4 2 10 - 3 3 6 8 3 9 11 - 3 5 5 - 5 6 7 - - - 1 4 3 16 8 TCH Karel Pilař ČZ 6 5 10 10 4 3 6 6 5 5 6 6 5 4 6 - - - - - - - - - - - 9 5 13 9 USSR Gunnar Draougs ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 3 2 5 2 26 - 12 10 SWE Cenneth Loof Husqvarna 8 10 16 8 6 6 - - 4 3 4 11 7 5 - - 4 8 - - - - - - - - 20 - 7 11 UK Don Rickman Bultaco 2 2 - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 9 - - - - - - - - - - 24 - 6 12 SWE Jan Johansson Lindstrom 7 - 5 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 8 - - - - - - 5 4 6 13 SWE Olle Pettersson Husqvarna 4 6 9 6 9 - - - - - - - - - 9 10 7 9 5 6 7 4 - - - - 7 - 6 14 UK John Griffith Greeves 5 4 - - 7 - - - - - - - - - 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 UK Malcolm Davis Greeves - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 TCH Antonín Hrach ČZ - - 12 13 - - 7 9 - - - 9 21 - - - - - - - - - 4 4 7 12 14 9 3 17 TCH Zdeněk Polanka ČZ - - - - - - 3 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 UK Bryan Goss Greeves - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 19 UK Derek Rickman Bultaco 18 - 7 7 - - - - 7 9 10 - - - 7 8 - - - - - - - - - - 25 18 3 20 POL Eungenius Frelich MZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 6 - - - - 2 CH Max Morf ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 6 - - 2 FIN Jaakko Lehmuskoski Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 - - - - 5 6 11 - - 2 23 RFA Fritz Betzelbacher Montesa - 15 - - - - - - 9 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 31 - 1 NED Fritz Selling Greeves - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 7 - - - - - - - - - - 16 22 1 - RFA Adolf Weil Maico - - 13 - - - - - 6 - 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 UK Alan Clough Greeves - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0Sources: Notes References Category:Motocross World Championship seasons Motocross World Championship