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1979 FIM World Motorcycle Trials season

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The 1979 World trials season consisted of twelve trials events. It began on 10 February, with round one in Newtownards, Ireland and ended with round twelve in Ricany, Czechoslovakia on 16 September.

Season summary

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Bernie Schreiber would claim his first World trials championship in 1979, the first American to win the FIM World Trials Championship. [1]

1979 World trials season calendar

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Round Date Trial Venue Trial GP
1 10 February Republic of Ireland Ireland Newtownards 1) Rob Shepherd
2) John Reynolds
3) Martin Lampkin
2 17 February United Kingdom Great Britain Rhayader 1) Malcolm Rathmell
2) Yrjo Vesterinen
3) Martin Lampkin
3 25 February Belgium Belgium Bilstain 1) Yrjo Vesterinen
2) Martin Lampkin
3) Malcolm Rathmell
4 4 March Netherlands Netherlands Norg 1) Ulf Karlson
2) Yrjo Vesterinen
3) Nigel Birkett
5 11 March Spain Spain Matadepera 1) Bernie Schreiber
2) Jaime Subira
3) Marlan Whaley
6 18 March France France Montbelliard 1) Ulf Karlson
2) Bernie Schreiber
3) Charles Coutard
7 10 June Canada Canada Calgary 1) Malcolm Rathmell
2) Martin Lampkin
3) Bernie Schreiber
8 17 June United States United States Pueblo 1) Bernie Schreiber
2) Rob Shepherd
3) Martin Lampkin
9 15 July Italy Italy Mezzo Lago 1) Charles Coutard
2) Bernie Schreiber
3) Rob Shepherd
10 19 August Sweden Sweden Boras 1) Bernie Schreiber
2) Ulf Karlson
3) Antonio Gorgot
11 26 August Finland Finland Espoo 1) Manuel Soler
2) Ulf Karlson
3) Yrjo Vesterinen
12 16 September Czech Republic Czechoslovakia Ricany 1) Bernie Schreiber
2) Ulf Karlson
3) Martin Lampkin

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
NED
Netherlands
SPA
Spain
FRA
France
CAN
Canada
USA
United States
ITA
Italy
SWE
Sweden
FIN
Finland
CZE
Czech Republic
Pts Notes
1 United States Bernie Schreiber Bultaco - 7 6 4 1 2 3 1 2 1 7 1 115 first American to win a trials world championship
2 Finland Yrjo Vesterinen Bultaco 5 2 1 2 4 4 4 6 6 4 3 4 105 1979 Finnish champion
3 Sweden Ulf Karlson Montesa 9 - 9 1 6 1 7 5 4 2 2 2 93 1979 Swedish Champion
4 United Kingdom Martin Lampkin Bultaco 3 3 2 6 5 5 2 3 - 5 - 3 87
5 United Kingdom Malcolm Rathmell Montesa 4 1 3 7 - 7 1 4 8 9 4 - 77 1979 British champion
6 United Kingdom Rob Shepherd HRC Honda 1 - 8 - 7 6 6 2 3 8 9 - 59
7 France Charles Coutard SWM - 5 4 9 - 3 9 10 1 - - 10 45 1979 French Champion
8 Spain Manuel Soler Bultaco 10 - - - 9 - - - 5 7 1 9 30
9 United States Marland Whaley Montesa - - 10 - 3 9 5 8 9 - - - 24 1979 US NATC Champion[4]
10 Belgium Jean-Marie Lejeune Montesa 8 9 5 5 - - 8 7 - - - - 24
11 Spain Jaime Subira Montesa - 8 - - 2 - - - 10 - 10 6 22
12 United Kingdom Nigel Birkett Montesa 7 4 - 3 - - - - - - - - 22
13 Spain Antonio Gorgot Bultaco 6 10 - - - - - - - 3 6 - 21 1979 Spanish Champion
14 United Kingdom John Reynolds Suzuki 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 12
15 Belgium Eddy Lejeune HRC Honda - - - - - - 10 9 - 6 - 7 12
16 United Kingdom Mick Andrews Ossa - - 7 - - 8 - - - 10 - 8 11
17 Finland Timo Ryysy SWM - - - 10 - - - - - - 5 - 7
18 Belgium Jean-Luc Colson Montesa - - - - - - - - - - - 5 6 1979 Belgian Champ
19 Austria Joe Wallman Bultaco - 6 - - - - - - - - - - 5
20 Italy Danilo Galeazzi SWM - - - - - - - - 7 - - - 4
21 Finland Anttoni Vesterinen Bultaco - - - - - - - - - - 8 3
21 Spain Jo Jose Bultaco - - - - 8 - - - - - - - 3
21 Belgium Claude Goset Montesa - - - 8 - - - - - - - - 3
24 Italy Ettore Baldini Bultaco - - - - - 10 - - - - - - 1 1979 Italian Champion[5]
24 Germany Felix Krahnstover Montesa - - - - 10 - - - - - - - 1 1979 German Champion[6]

References

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  1. ^ "bernie schreiber report". retrotrials.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. ^ "world trials 1979 schedule". Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. ^ "World 1979 standings". trialonline.org. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. ^ "death of marland whaley". trialsguru.net. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  5. ^ "baldini passes". phototrial.it. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  6. ^ "trials in germany". trialsguru.net. Retrieved 10 August 2020.