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[]

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	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[]

Points were awarded to the top ten finishers. All twelve rounds counted for the World Trials class.

World Trials final standings[]

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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 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[] ^ "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.