1956 Motocross European Championship
The 1956 Motocross European Championship was the 5th 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
| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 6 | Swiss Grand Prix | Geneva | Geoff Ward | BSA | Report | |
| 2 | May 13 | Dutch Grand Prix | Schijndel | Jan Clynk | BSA | Report | |
| 3 | June 3 | Italian Grand Prix | Imola | Bill Nilsson | BSA | Report | |
| 4 | June 10 | French Grand Prix | Rouen | Les Archer Jr. | Norton | Report | |
| 5 | July 8 | British Grand Prix | Hawkstone Park | Les Archer Jr. | Norton | Report | |
| 6 | August 5 | Belgian Grand Prix | Balen | Les Archer Jr. | Norton | Report | |
| 7 | August 12 | Luxembourg Grand Prix | Ettelbruck | John Draper | BSA | Report | |
| 8 | August 19 | Swedish Grand Prix | Saxtorp | Bill Nilsson | BSA | Report | |
| 9 | September 2 | Danish Grand Prix | Randers | Les Archer Jr. | Norton | Report | |
| Sources:[4][5] | |||||||
Final standings
500cc
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 |
NED |
ITA |
FRA |
GBR |
BEL |
LUX |
SWE |
DEN |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Les Archer Jr. | Norton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 32 | |||
| 2 | John Draper | BSA | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 26 | ||||
| 3 | Nic Jansen | Matchless | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | ||||
| 4 | Sten Lundin | BSA | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Bill Nilsson | BSA | 1 | 1 | 16 | |||||||
| 6 | Geoff Ward | BSA | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 | ||||||
| 7 | Auguste Mingels | FN | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |||||
| 8 | René Baeten | FN | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | ||||||
| 9 | Brian Stonebridge | BSA | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||||||
| 10 | Jan Clijnk | BSA | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| 11 | Jeff Smith | BSA | 6 | 2 | 7 | |||||||
| 12 | Piet Vanden Oever | BSA | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
| 13 | Lars Gustavsson | BSA | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||||||
| 14 | Broer Dirkx | Matchless | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| David Curtis | Matchless | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
| Terry Cheshire | BSA | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
| 17 | Jean Somja | FN | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| Pol Breesselers | Matchless | 5 | 2 | |||||||||
| Ejvind Hansen | BSA | 5 | 2 | |||||||||
| 20 | Raymond Sigvardsson | AJS | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| Hendrik Rietman | BSA | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
| Jean Rombauts | BSA | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
| Hubert Scaillet | FN | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
| Frans Baudouin | Matchless | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
| Source:[5] | ||||||||||||
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "1956 500cc European motocross championship race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ a b "1956 500cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2022.