The 1956 Motocross European Championship was the 5th edition of the Motocross European Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.[1]
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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 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
edit500cc
editPoints 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
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.
- ^ "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.