1975 FIM Motocross World Championship explained

The 1975 FIM Motocross World Championship was the 19th F.I.M. Motocross Racing World Championship season.

Summary

In a rematch of the previous season, Suzuki's Roger De Coster and Husqvarna's Heikki Mikkola were once again the two top competitors in the chase for the 500cc motocross world championship. De Coster claimed 12 moto victories to reclaim the title and win his fourth world championship. Mikkola came in second place with 5 moto victories while De Coster's Suzuki teammate, Gerrit Wolsink finished the season in third place.^[1]

Harry Everts won the 250cc title for his first world championship. His victory also marked the only motocross world championship for the Austrian Puch factory. Puch fielded a motorcycle which featured an innovative twin carburetor system.^[2] Gaston Rahier dominated the inaugural 125cc world championship, winning 7 out of the first 8 Grands Prix for the Suzuki factory racing team.^[3] Honda scored its first-ever overall victory in a motocross world championship Grand Prix when Marty Smith won the 125cc United States Grand Prix. Akira Watanabe became the first Japanese rider to win an overall victory in an FIM Motocross Grand Prix race when he won the 125cc Spanish Grand Prix on August 17.

Grands Prix

500cc

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Overall Winner	Report
1	April 13	Swiss Grand Prix	Payerne	Roger De Coster	Heikki Mikkola	Roger De Coster	Report
2	May 11	Italian Grand Prix	Casale Monferrato	Christer Hammargren	Heikki Mikkola	Heikki Mikkola	Report
3	May 25	Finnish Grand Prix	Ruskeasanta	Roger De Coster	Roger De Coster	Roger De Coster	Report
4	June 8	Russian Grand Prix	Chișinău	Åke Jonsson	Roger De Coster	Roger De Coster	Report
5	June 15	French Grand Prix	Lavaur	Roger De Coster	Roger De Coster	Roger De Coster	Report
6	June 22	United States Grand Prix	Carlsbad	Roger De Coster	Gerrit Wolsink	Gerrit Wolsink
7	June 29	Canadian Grand Prix	Copetown	Roger De Coster	Gerrit Wolsink	Pierre Karsmakers	Report
8	July 6	British Grand Prix	Hawkstone Park	Heikki Mikkola	Roger De Coster	Gerrit Wolsink	Report
9	July 13	West German Grand Prix	Bielstein	Roger De Coster	Roger De Coster	Roger De Coster
10	July 27	Dutch Grand Prix	Lichtenvoorde	Gerrit Wolsink	Heikki Mikkola	Gerrit Wolsink	Report
11	August 3	Belgian Grand Prix	Namur	Heikki Mikkola	Åke Jonsson	Roger De Coster	Report
12	August 10	Luxembourg Grand Prix	Ettelbruck	Roger De Coster	Brad Lackey	Roger De Coster	Report

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250cc

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Winner	Team	Report
1	April 6	Spanish Grand Prix	Sabadell	Harry Everts	Puch	Report
2	April 20	Austrian Grand Prix	Sittendorf		ČZ	Report
3	April 27	Belgian Grand Prix	Retinne	Jim Pomeroy	Bultaco	Report
4	May 3	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Holice		Suzuki	Report
5	May 11	Polish Grand Prix	Szczecin	Harry Everts	Puch	Report
6	June 8	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Tržič	Evgueni Rybaltchenko	KTM	Report
7	June 15	West German Grand Prix	Beuren	Zdeneck Velky	ČZ
8	June 22	British Grand Prix	Portsmouth-Charlton	Harry Everts	Puch	Report
9	July 6	French Grand Prix	Thomer-la-Sôgne	Zdeneck Velky	ČZ
10	August 10	Swedish Grand Prix	Barkarby	Evgueni Rybaltchenko	KTM	Report
11	August 17	Finnish Grand Prix	Hyvinkää	Harry Everts	Puch	Report
12	August 31	Swiss Grand Prix	Wohlen	Håkan Andersson	Yamaha	Report

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125cc

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Winner	Team	Report
1	April 27	French Grand Prix	Cognac	Gaston Rahier	Suzuki
2	May 4	British Grand Prix	Tenby	Gaston Rahier	Suzuki	Report
3	May 11	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Orehova vas	Gaston Rahier	Suzuki	Report
4	May 25	Swedish Grand Prix	Upplands Väsby	Gaston Rahier	Suzuki	Report
5	June 1	Dutch Grand Prix	Markelo	Gaston Rahier	Suzuki	Report
6	June 8	Polish Grand Prix	Olsztyn	Gilbert De Roover	Zündapp	Report
7	June 22	West German Grand Prix	Schrecksbach	Gaston Rahier	Suzuki
8	June 29	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Tábor	Gaston Rahier	Suzuki	Report
9	July 6	United States Grand Prix	Lexington		Honda	Report
10	July 13	Canadian Grand Prix	Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon	Antonin Baborowsky	ČZ	Report
11	August 17	Spanish Grand Prix	Montgai	Akira Watanabe	Suzuki	Report
12	August 24	Belgian Grand Prix	Orp-Le-Grand	Gaston Rahier	Suzuki	Report

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Final standings

500cc
Pos	Rider	Team	Points
1	Roger De Coster	Suzuki	192
2	Heikki Mikkola	Husqvarna	165
3	Gerrit Wolsink	Suzuki	148
4	Åke Jonsson	Yamaha	132
5	Jaak van Velthoven	Yamaha	104
6	Brad Lackey	Husqvarna	96
7	Bengt Åberg	Bultaco	72
8	Herbert Schmitz	Puch	62
9	Arne Kring	Husqvarna	48
10	Pierre Karsmakers	Honda	45
11	Christer Hammargren	Kawasaki	41
12	Frans Sigmans	Maico	37
13		Suzuki	25
14	Alberto Angiolini	Maico	21
15	Jean-Claude Laquaye	Bultaco	20
16	Paolo Piron	ČZ / Maico	20
17	Anatoly Botchkov	ČZ	17
18	Vladimir Khudiakov	ČZ	15
19	Steve Stackable	Maico	13
20	Jean-Paul Mingels	Bultaco	12
21	Ludwig Reinbold	Maico	10
22	Rex Staten	ČZ	9
23	Vladimir Kavinov	ČZ	9
24	Jimmy Weinert	Yamaha	9
25	Arne Lodal	Bultaco	9
26	Mike Hartwig	Yamaha	8
27	Kent Howerton	Husqvarna	8
28	Arne Lindfors	Husqvarna	8
29	Miroslav Nováček	ČZ	6
29	Gaylon Mosier	Maico	6
31	Mike Runyard	Can-Am	6
32	Fritz Graf	Yamaha	5
33	Gote Liljegren	Husqvarna	5
34	André Massant	Yamaha	5
35	Jaroslav Zelenka	ČZ	4
35	Billy Grossi	Suzuki	4
35	Vic Eastwood	CCM	4
38	Raymond Heeren	Maico	4
39	Masura Ikeda	Suzuki	3
39	Daniel Terroitin	Maico	3
41	Jan Eric Sallqvist	Kawasaki	2
41	Willy van Loon	Yamaha	2
41	Rolf Dieffenbach	Maico	2
44	Rob Hooper	Husqvarna	2
45	Sergey Opatovich	ČZ	1
45	Jiří Ondryáš	ČZ	1
45	Buck Murphy	Can-Am	1
45	Mark Blackwell	Husqvarna	1
45	Stuart Nunn	ČZ	1

250cc^[7]
Pos	Rider	Team	Points
1	Harry Everts	Puch	159
2	Håkan Andersson	Yamaha	134
3	Willy Bauer	Suzuki	130
4	Adolf Weil	Maico	129
5	Hans Maisch	Maico	120
6	Zdeněk Velký	ČZ	108
7	Jim Pomeroy	Bultaco	101
8	Evgeniy Rybalchenko	KTM	94
9	Joël Robert	Suzuki	84
10	Torleif Hansen	Kawasaki	66
11	Jaroslav Falta	ČZ	54
12	Gennady Moiseyev	KTM	45
13	Uno Palm	Husqvarna	41
14	Oldřich Hamršmíd	ČZ	39
15	Miroslav Halm	ČZ	32
16	Siegfried Lerner	KTM	17
17	Kalevi Vehkonen	Husqvarna / Maico	17
18	Daniel Péan	Maico	16
19	Torao Suzuki	Yamaha	14
20	Vic Allan	Bultaco	14
21	Sylvain Geboers	Husqvarna	13
22	Pauli Piippola	Maico	12
23	Håkan Carlqvist	Ossa	11
24	Hideaki Suzuki	Yamaha	8
25	Anatoly Ovchinnikov	KTM	8
26	Ivan Miller	Bultaco	5
27	Erkki Sundström	Husqvarna	4
28	Pavel Rulev	ČZ	4
29	Vladis Grinbergs	ČZ	4
29	Jean-Claude Nowak		3
31	Erling Klinke	Bultaco	2
31	Herbert Stauch	Maico	2
31	Lars Ohberg	Yamaha	2
31	František Jirka	ČZ	2
35	Stuart Nunn	ČZ	1
35	Malcolm Davis	Bultaco	1
35	Claude Jobe	Ossa	1

125cc^[8]
Pos	Rider	Team	Points
1	Gaston Rahier	Suzuki	195
2	Gilbert de Roover	Zündapp / ČZ	168
3	Antonín Baborovský	ČZ	135
4	Akira Watanabe	Suzuki	134
5	Jiří Churavý	ČZ	99
6	Yvan Van den Broeck	Husqvarna	81
7	André Malherbe	Zündapp	69
8	Yoshifumi Sugio	Yamaha	43
9	Gualtiero Brissoni	Ancillotti / SWM	41
10	Gérard Rond	Yamaha	31
11	Marty Smith	Honda	30
12	Dario Nani	Aspès	27
13	Matti Autio	Suzuki	21
14	Jimmy Ellis	Can-Am	16
15	Terry Dyer	Suzuki	15
16	François Minne	Hercules / Montesa	14
17	Graham Noyce	Husqvarna / Maico	13
18	Roger Harvey	Husqvarna	12
19	Tomaso Lolli	Simoni	12
20	Lars Karlsson	Husqvarna	11
21	Dan Turner	Honda	10
21	Larry MacKenzie	Yamaha	10
23	Chris Clark	Husqvarna	10
23	Ignacio Bulto	Bultaco	9
23	Jaroslav Janiš	ČZ	9
23	Daniel Beaumont	Yamaha	8
27	Tim Hart	Yamaha	8
27	Marcel Wiertz	Bultaco	8
27	Terbjorn Winzell	Husqvarna / Honda	8
30	Johnny Vink		7
30	Marcel Deibergen	Fantic	6
30	Harald Strößenreuther	Maico	6
33	Jeff Wecker	Kawasaki	6
33	Gian Carlo Curradi	Ancillotti	6
33	Yuri Khudiakov	ČZ	6
36	Tommy Croft	Honda	6
36	Gert Demoed	Kawasaki	5
36	Heikki Ylomen	Yamaha	4
39	Jorge Capapey	Bultaco	4
39	Timo Remes	Suzuki	3
39	Jean-Paul Hypolite	Kawasaki	3
39	Ronnie Mathews	Can-Am	3
43	Edi Hau	Zündapp	3
43	Osme Perala	Yamaha	3
43	Michael Weiss	Can-Am	2
46	Stellan Andersson	Honda	2
46	Wim Van Den Brink	Monark	2
46	Jaak Verwaayen	Kawasaki	2
49	Nills Arne Nilsson	Husqvarna	2
49	Henning Hansen	Husqvarna	2
49	Emil Schwarz	Husqvarna	2
49	Mickey Boone	Honda	2
49	Yuri Semko	ČZ	1
49	Jean-Claude Bontemps	Husqvarna	1
55	Steffan Eneqvist	Yamaha	1
55	Heenk Poorte	Montesa	1
55	Gerhard Huber	Can-Am	1
55	Jay Kimber	Kawasaki	1
55	Bob Eccles	Kawasaki	1
55	John Andersen	Husqvarna	1
55	Curradi Foschini	Yamaha	1
55	Dieudonne Stouvenakers	Yamaha	1

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1975 500cc motocross world championship final standings . memotocross.fr . 2 February 2016 .
2. Web site: Herbert Schmitz' 1973 Puch 380cc 6-Speed . thefasthouse.com . 12 February 2016 . 16 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160216030337/http://www.thefasthouse.com/the-vault/1973-puch-380 . dead .
3. Web site: 1975 125cc motocross world championship race results . memotocross.fr . 3 February 2016 .
4. Web site: 1975 500cc motocross world championship race results . memotocross.fr . 2 February 2016 .
5. Web site: 1975 500cc motocross world championship . akejonsson.com . 2 February 2016 .
6. Web site: 1975 250cc motocross world championship race results . memotocross.fr . 2 February 2016 .
7. Web site: 1975 250cc motocross world championship final standings . memotocross.fr . 2 February 2016 .
8. Web site: 1975 125cc motocross world championship final standings . memotocross.fr . 3 February 2016 .