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1977 FIM World Motorcycle Trials season

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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

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Yrjo Vesterinen would claim his second World trials championship in 1977, repeating his 1976 title. [1]

1977 World trials season calendar

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Round Date Trial Venue Trial GP
1 12 February Republic of Ireland Ireland Newtownards 1) Malcolm Rathmell
2) John Reynolds
3) Rob Edwards
2 19 February United Kingdom Great Britain Rhayader 1) Malcolm Rathmell
2) Manuel Soler
3) Dave Thorpe
3 27 February Belgium Belgium Bilstain 1) Malcolm Rathmell
2) Ulf Karlson
3) Yrjo Vesterinen
4 6 March Spain Spain Matadepera 1) Yrjo Vesterinen
2) Martin Lampkin
3) Bernie Schreiber
5 13 March France France Sancerre 1) Ulf Karlson
2) Martin Lampkin
3) Yrjo Vesterinen
6 20 March Germany Germany Bielefeld 1) Martin Lampkin
2) Bernie Schreiber
3) Rob Shepherd
7 29 May United States United States Port Huron 1) Charles Coutard
2) Marland Whaley
3) Mike Griffitts
8 5 June Canada Canada Chicoutimi 1) Charles Coutard
2) Yrjo Vesterinen
3) Malcolm Rathmell
9 28 August Sweden Sweden Huddingen 1) Ulf Karlson
2) Bo Nilsson
3) Malcolm Rathmell
10 4 September Finland Finland Ekenas 1) Rob Shepherd
2) Yrjo Vesterinen
3) Martin Lampkin
11 18 September Czech Republic Czechoslovakia Ricany 1) Yrjo Vesterinen
2) Rob Shepherd
3) Martin Lampkin
12 25 September Switzerland Switzerland Oberiberg 1) Ulf Karlson
2) Malcolm Rathmell
3) Rob Shepherd

Scoring system

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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

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Pos Rider Machine IRL
Republic of Ireland
GBR
United Kingdom
BEL
Belgium
SPA
Spain
FRA
France
GER
Germany
USA
United States
CAN
Canada
SWE
Sweden
FIN
Finland
CZE
Czech Republic
SWI
Switzerland
Pts Notes
1 Finland Yrjo Vesterinen Bultaco 4 6 3 1 3 5 10 2 4 2 1 6 107 1977 Finnish champion
2 Sweden Ulf Karlson Montesa 5 8 2 4 1 6 8 6 1 5 4 1 101 1977 Swedish champion
3 United Kingdom Malcolm Rathmell Montesa 1 1 1 7 - 4 9 3 3 8 5 2 100
4 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom Rob Shepherd HRC Honda 8 - 4 8 9 3 - - 6 1 2 3 68 1977 British champion
6 France Charles Coutard Bultaco 6 9 - 5 4 - 1 1 7 4 - - 63 1977 French champion
7 United States Bernie Schreiber Bultaco - - 5 3 5 2 - 7 8 6 8 7 53
8 Spain Manuel Soler Bultaco - 2 - 6 8 8 - 9 - - 6 - 30 1977 Spanish champion
9 United Kingdom Nigel Birkett Montesa 7 - 6 9 7 7 - 8 10 - 10 9 26
10 United States Marland Whaley HRC Honda - - - - - - 2 - - - - 4 20 1977 US NATC champion[4]
11 United Kingdom John Reynolds Suzuki 2 4 - - - - - - - - - - 20
12 Belgium Jean Marie LeJeune Montesa - 7 7 - 6 9 - 10 - - - 8 19 1977 Belgian champion
13 United Kingdom Mick Andrews Yamaha - 10 10 - - 10 - - 9 7 7 - 13
14 Sweden Bo Nilsson Ossa - - - - - - - - 2 - - - 12
15 United States Don Sweet Montesa - - - - - - 6 5 - - - - 11
16 United States Mike Griffitts Montesa - - - - - - 3 - - - - - 10
16 United Kingdom Dave Thorpe Bultaco - 3 - - - - - - - - - - 10
16 United Kingdom Rob Edwards Montesa 3 - - - - - - - - - - - 10
19 United States Mark Eggar Honda - - - - - - 5 - - - - - 6
20 United States Lane Leavitt Bultaco - - - - - - 7 - - - - - 4
21 Belgium Jean-Luc Colson Montesa - - 9 - - - - - - - 9 - 4
22 Finland Timo Ryysy Bultaco - - - - - - - - - 9 - - 2
23 Sweden Tore Evertsson Bultaco - - - 10 10 - - - - - - - 2
24 Italy Fulvio Adamoli Montesa - - - - - - - - - - - 10 1
24 Spain Jaime Subira Montesa - - - - - - - - - 10 - - 1
24 United Kingdom Alan Lampkin Bultaco 10 - - - - - - - - - - - 1

References

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  1. ^ "all time best trials riders". redbull.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  2. ^ "world trials 1977 schedule". Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. ^ "World 1977 standings". trialonline.org. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. ^ "death of marland whaley". trialsguru.net. Retrieved 10 August 2020.