1977 FIM World Motorcycle Trials season

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[edit]

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

1977 World trials season calendar[edit]

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

Scoring system[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

[best_riders-1] "all time best trials riders". redbull.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[schedule1977-2] "world trials 1977 schedule". Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[TrialGP1977-3] "World 1977 standings". trialonline.org. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

[USchamp77-4] "death of marland whaley". trialsguru.net. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

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