1955 Motocross European Championship
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Motorcycle competition
The 1955 Motocross European Championship was the 4th edition of the Motocross European Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.[1]
Since 1957 this championship has then become the current Motocross World Championship.[2]
It should not be confused with the European Motocross Championship, now organized by the FIM Europe, whose first edition was held in 1988.[3]
Grands Prix
[edit ]| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 8 | Switzerland Swiss Grand Prix | Geneva | Belgium Victor Leloup | FN | Report | |
| 2 | May 22 | France French Grand Prix | Vesoul | United Kingdom Les Archer Jr. | Norton | Report | |
| 3 | June 5 | Italy Italian Grand Prix | Imola | Sweden Sten Lundin | BSA | Report | |
| 4 | July 4 | United Kingdom British Grand Prix | Hawkstone Park | United Kingdom Jeff Smith | BSA | Report | |
| 5 | August 8 | Belgium Belgian Grand Prix | Namur | United Kingdom John Draper | BSA | Report | |
| 6 | August 1 | Luxembourg Luxembourg Grand Prix | Ettelbruck | United Kingdom Les Archer Jr. | Norton | Report | |
| 7 | August 22 | Sweden Swedish Grand Prix | Saxtorp | United Kingdom John Draper | BSA | Report | |
| 8 | September 4 | Netherlands Dutch Grand Prix | Norg | Sweden Sten Lundin | BSA | Report | |
| Sources:[4] [5] | |||||||
Final standings
[edit ]Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.[1]
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Rider | Machine | CH Switzerland |
FRA France |
ITA Italy |
GBR United Kingdom |
BEL Belgium |
LUX Luxembourg |
SWE Sweden |
NED Netherlands |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom John Draper | BSA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 23 | ||||
| 2 | Sweden Bill Nilsson | BSA | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 22 | ||||
| 3 | Sweden Sten Lundin | BSA | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Belgium Victor Leloup | FN | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 5 | United Kingdom Les Archer Jr. | Norton | 1 | 4 | 1 | 19 | |||||
| 6 | United Kingdom Brian Stonebridge | BSA | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | ||||
| 7 | United Kingdom Jeff Smith | BSA | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | |||||
| 8 | Belgium Jean Somja | FN | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |||||
| 9 | Belgium René Baeten | Matchless | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |||||
| 10 | Sweden Lars Gustavsson | Monark | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| France René Klym | BSA | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| Netherlands Hendrik Rietman | FN | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| 13 | Sweden Eje Bergman | BSA | 4 | 3 | |||||||
| Belgium Nic Jansen | BSA | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 15 | United Kingdom Geoff Ward | AJS | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||||||
| United Kingdom Basil Hall | BSA | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| United Kingdom David Tye | AJS | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| Belgium André Van Heuverzwijn | Saroléa | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| United Kingdom Phil Nex | Matchless | 6 | 6 | 2 | |||||||
| Source:[5] | |||||||||||
References
[edit ]- ^ a b "Championnat de Europe 500cc" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "MXoN History". mxgp.com. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "FIM Europe - 2021 Yearbook" (PDF). fim-europe.com. p. 100. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "1955 500cc European motocross championship race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ a b "1955 500cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
