FIM SIDECAR MOTOCROSS EUROPEAN/ WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FIM SIDECAR MOTOCROSS CUP (1971-74), FIM SIDECAR MOTOCROSS EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (1975-79) FIM SIDECAR MOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (since 1980) Year Posn Rider/ Passeenger(s) Nationality Bike Points Wins 1971 1. Rikus Lubbers / Bart Notten; Netherlands Wasp-Norton 77 3 Joop Brewers 2. Nicky Thompson / Dave Beavis UK Wasp-Triumph 58 2 3. Gustav Cox/ Albert Cox Belgium Wasp-Triumph 49 4. Jan ten Thije / Theo ten Thije Netherlands BMW/ 48 1 Wasp-Triumph 5. Teddy Stromberg / Tore Stromberg Sweden Wasp-Triumph 38 2 6. Kaj Abe Mansson / Abe Malmborg Sweden Triumph 36 7. Hans Klauser / Andreas Hale; Switzerland Wasp-Triumph 33 Heinz Igers 8. Göran Anderberg/Kenneth Stromberg Sweden Wasp-Norton 27 9. Herbert Simon /Hans-Georg Peppinghaus; West Germany Wasp-Hedlund 26 Klaus Jorgens 10. Alois de Kort/ Louis de Laet Belgium Wasp-Norton 20 11. Frtiz Gerber/ Paul Irniger Switzerland Norton 19 12. Eric Aronsson/ Bengt Aronsson Sweden Wasp-Norton 17 13. Broer Dirkx/ Willem van Belkom Netherlands Wasp-Laverda 16 14. Dave Trevealen/ Chris Warren; UK/ Norton 16 Sven Magnussen Sweden 15. Leon Liekens/ Pierre van Hoof Belgium Wasp-Norton 14 16. Albert Courajod/ Dieter Holt Switzerland Wasp-Triumph 12 17. Evgeny Netshipurenko/ Boris Poganovsky USSR Kovrovets-Ural 12 18. Anatoly Sibertsev/ Igor Nikonov USSR Kovrovets-Ural 11 19. Evgeny Korolev/ Vasily Khymzop USSR Kovrovets-Ural 10 20. Mike Guilford/ Dave Rixon UK Wasp-Triumph 10 . 1972 1. Robert Grogg (1st)/ Gerhard Martinez Switzerland Wasp-Norton 63 3 2. Rikus Lubbers / Bart Notten Netherlands Wasp-Norton 62 3 3. Ton van Heugten/ Jaak Wery Netherlands Wasp-Norton/ 54(72) Weslake 4. Jan ten Thije / Theo ten Thije; Netherlands Wasp-Norton 53(59) 1 Fons ten Vregelaar 5. Mike Guilford/ Mick Ripper UK Wasp-Norton 37(50) 6. Göran Anderberg/Kenneth Stromberg Sweden Wasp-Norton 33 7. Teddy Stromberg / Tore Stromberg Sweden Wasp-Norton 31 1 8. Anatoly Sibertsev/ Igor Nikonov USSR Ural 23 1 9. Nicky Thompson / Dave Beavis UK Wasp-Triumph 17 10. Pierre Borms/ Michel Moonans Belgium Wasp-Norton 13 11. Albert Courajod/ Claud Lampert Switzerland Wasp-Triumph 12 12. Lorenz Haller/ Samuel haller Switzerland Wasp-Honda 12 13. Broer Dirkx/ Dick de Wolf Netherlands Wasp-Norton 12 14. Valentin Telegin/ Pyotr Sosnovsky USSR Ural 12 15. Hans Klauser/ Andeas Halgi; Switzerland Wasp-Triumph 11 Leo Hardegger 16. Bruno Schneider/ Werner Fink Austria Wasp-Norton 10 17. Alois de Kort/ Louis de Kort Belgium Wasp-Kawasaki 10 1 FIM SIDECAR MOTOCROSS EUROPEAN/ WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 18. Eric Aronsson/ Bengt Aronsson Sweden Wasp-Norton 9 19. Reinhard Böhler/ Walter Frech West Germany Kawasaki-Suzuki 7 20. Willie Liebl/ Klaus Schneider West Germany Wasp-Norton 7 1973 1. Lorenz Haller/ Samuel Haller Switzerland SPP-Honda 87(89) 5 2. Robert Grogg/ Andreas Grabner Switzerland Wasp-Norton 80(102) 4 3. John Elliott/ Andy Greenhorn UK Wasp-Norton 52(54) 4. Alois de Kort/ Pierre van Hoof Belgium Wasp-Kawasaki 42 1 5. Jan ten Thije/ Henk van Heek Netherlands EML-Norton 34 6. Rikus Lubbers / Bart Notten Netherlands Wasp-Norton/ 32 Yamaha 7. Albert Courajod/ Claude Lampart Switzerland Wasp-Triumph 26 8. Broer Dirkx/Henk Mensing;Theo Verhoeven Netherlands Wasp-Nash 22 9. Sergei Scherbinin/ Boris Poganov USSR Ural 19 10. Nicky Thompson / Dave Beavis UK Wasp-Norton 18 11. Ingemar Andersson/ Sven-Ake Magrulsson Sweden Wasp-Husqvarna 18 12. Ton van Heugten/ Jaak Wery Netherlands Wasp-Norton 17 13. Bruno Schneider/ Werner Fink; Austria Wasp-Norton 14 Gerhard Martinez 14. Claud Hennequin/ Michael Moovens France Wasp-Norton 12 15. Hans Klauser/ Andreas Halgi Switzerland Wasp-Triumph 11 16. John Turner/ Mick Ripper UK Wasp-Norton 10 17. Herbert Simon/ Hans-Georg Peppinghaus West Germany Wasp-Hedlund 10 18. Corden Bigglaar/ Dick Steenbergen Netherlands Wasp-Yamaha 10 19. Anatoly Sibertsev/ Igor Nikonov USSR Ural 9 20. Max Urech/ Franz Gloor Switzerland BLM-Honda 8 1974 1. Robert Grogg (2nd)/Andreas Grabner (1st) Switzerland Wasp-Norton 144(174) 8 2. Bruno Schneider/ Werner Fink Austria Wasp-Norton 106(118) 3 3. Nicky Thompson / Dave Beavis UK Wasp-Norton 103(132) 1 4. Ton van Heugten/ Dick Steenbergen Netherlands Wasp-Norton 77(80) 5. Lorenz Haller/ Samuel Haller Switzerland Wasp-Honda 64 2 6. Eugene Siegler/ Siegfried Müller West Germany Wasp-Hedlund 58 7. René François/ Alain Plu France Wasp-Norton 57 8. John Turner/ Mick Meredith UK Wasp-Norton 49(50) 9. Herbert Bohren/ Alfred Schacher Switzerland Wasp-Norton 48 10. Emil Bollander/ Ruüdi Kasper Switzerland Wasp-Norton 48 1 11. Herbert Simon/ Hans-Georg Peppinghaus West Gemany Wasp-Hedlund 42 12. John Elliott/ Andy Greenhorn UK Wasp-Norton 42 13. Jan ten Thije/ Theo ten Thije Netherlands EML-BMW 38 14. Reinhard Böhler/ Egon Wuchner West Germany Yamaha 22 15. Jo Schwegler/ Andreas Hüsser; Switzerland Wasp-Norton 20 Roland Bollhalder 16. Hans Klauser/ Jürgen Frei; Switzerland Wasp-Norton 20 Roland Bollhalder 17. Terry Good/ Jess Rixon UK Wasp-Norton 17 18. Willie van der Laan/ Huig Vonk Netherlands Wasp-Norton 14 19. Broer Dirkx/ André Godschalk Netherlands Wasp-Norton 13 20. Claude Hennequin/ Dominique Vurpillot France Wasp-Norton 13 2 FIM SIDECAR MOTOCROSS EUROPEAN/ WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1975 1. Ton van Heugten/Dick Steenbergen Netherlands Wasp-Hagon/ 141(162) 5 Yamaha 2. Robert Grogg/ Andreas Grabner Switzerland Wasp-Norton 139 5 3. Bruno Schneider/ Werner Fink Austria Wasp-Norton 131(143) 5 4. Nicky Thompson / Dave Beavis UK Wasp-Norton/ 127(19) 1 Weslake 5. Emil Bollander/ Roland Bollander Switzerland Wasp-Norton 69 2 6. Eugene Siegler/ Hans-Georg Peppinghaus West Germany Wasp-Hedlund 65 7. Hans Klauser/ Jürgen Frei Switzerland SPP-Weslake 63 8. John Turner/ Mick Meredith; Pete Logan UK Wasp-Weslake 57 9. Sergei Scherbinin/ Spijota Lygin USSR Ural 48 10. Fons van Heugten/ Jaak Wery Netherlands Wasp-Norton 41 1 11. Lorenz Haller/ Samuel Haller; Switzerland Wasp-Weslake/ 39 Andreas Hüsser Yamaha 12. Nikolai Ivaniutin/ Oleg Khagine USSR Ural 31 13. Toni Bens/ Henk Martens Netherlands Wasp-Norton 29 14. Herbert Bohren/ Alfred Schacher; Switzerland Wasp-Norton 28 Rudolph Marti 15. Ernst Ruegg/ Karl Busser Switzerland Wasp-Norton 22 16. Reinhard Böhler/ Egon Wuchner Switzerland Wasp-Yamaha 21 17. Frans Bickler/ Anderi Metzger West Germany Wasp-Norton 20 18. Terry Good/ Jess Rixon UK Wasp-Norton 20 19. John Elliott/ Andy Greenhorn UK Wasp-Norton 19 20. Per Jorgensen/ Ole Hansen Sweden Wasp-Norton 16 1976 1. Robert Grogg (3rd)/Andreas Grabner (2nd); Switzerland Wasp-Norton 139(149) 7 Andreas Husser 2. Bruno Schneider/ Werner Fink Austria Wasp-Weslake 135(183) 5 3. Nicky Thompson / Pete Logan;Gary Withers UK Wasp-Norton 120(162) 2 4. Ton van Heugten/ Dick Steenbergen Netherlands Hagon-Yamaha 110(125) 3 5. Eugene Siegler/ Siegfried Müller West Germany Wasp-Hedlund 58 6 Ernst Ruegg/ Karl Büsser; Jakob Stegwart Switzerland Wasp-Norton 55 7. Emil Bollander/ Roland Bollander;Hugo Jung Switzerland Wasp-Norton 54 8. Herbert Bohren/ Alfred Schacher Switzerland Wasp-Norton 44 9. Cor den Biggelaar/ Cor van der Bijl Netherlands TMH-Yamaha 41 10. John Elliott/ Gary Withers; George Skeates UK Wasp-Norton 40 11. Hans Klauser/ Jürgen Frei Switzerland SPP-Weslake 40 12. Drahomid Mojis/ Václav Bubla Czechoslovakia Jawa 29 13. Pierre Borms/ José Castieux Belgium Wasp-Norton 27 14. Fons van Heugten/ Dick Groolendorst Netherlands SPP-Norton 26 15. Alois de Kort/ Leon Lariviere Belgium SPP-Kawasaki 20 16. Toni Bens/ Henk Martens; Henk van Heek Netherlands EML-Norton/ 17 Yamaha 17. Per Jorgensen/ Torbin Larsen Denmark SPP-Weslake 16 18. René François/ Marc Selery; Alain Plu France Wasp-Norton 16 19. Finn Thomsen/ Frede Thomsen Denmark SPP-Norton 15 20. Willie van der Laan/ Marius van der Berg Netherlands SPP-Wasp 14 1977 1. Robert Grogg (4th)/ Andreas Hüsser (1st) Switzerland Wasp-Norton 168 9 2. Reinhard Böhler/ Hans-Georg Peppinghaus West Germany Wasp-Yamaha 148 2 3. Cor den Biggelaar/ Cor van der Bijl Netherlands EML-Yamaha 99 4. Ernst Ruegg/ Karl Büsser Switzerland EML-Yamaha 85 1 3 FIM SIDECAR MOTOCROSS EUROPEAN/ WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 5. Nicky Thompson / Gary Withers UK Wasp-Norton 76 6. Emil Bollander/ Roland Bollander Switzerland EML-Yamaha 66 2 7. Terry Good/ Jess Rixon UK Wasp-Yamaha 56 2 8. Herbert Bohren/ Alfred Schacher; Switzerland Wasp-Norton 54 Christoph Längle 9. Ton van Heugten/ Dick Steenbergen Netherlands Hagon-Yamaha 29 10. Sergei Scherbinin/ Spijotr Lygrin USSR Ural 26 11. Bruno Schneider/ Christophe Längle; Austria Wasp-Weslake 24 Hugo Jung 12. Eugen Siegle/ Sigfried Müller West Germany Wasp-Yamaha 22 13. Willie van der Laan/ Marius van der Berg; Netherlands Wasp-Weslake 19 Jakob van Vliet 14. Boudewijn de Kort/ Karel Torfs Belgium SPP-Kawasaki 17 15. August Müller/ Henk van Heek Netherlands Saki-Yamaha 15 16. Dietmar Weber/ Joseph Frois Austria Wasp-Yamaha 13 17. Remi Descheemacker/ Dick van der Dyck Belgium Wasp-Norton 13 18. Freddy Versluys/ Martien van Gils Belgium Wasp-Norton 12 19. Henk Knuiman/ Geet Knuiman Netherlands EML-Weslake 12 20. Pierre Borms/ José Castieux Belgium Wasp-Norton 11 1978 1. Robert Grogg (5th)/ Andreas Hüsser (2nd) Switzerland Wasp-Norton 209 11 2. Cor den Biggelaar/ Cor van der Bijl Netherlands EML-Yamaha 129 2 3. Herbert Bohren/ Alfred Schacher; Switzerland Wasp-Norton 118 1 Christoph Längle 4. Emil Bollander/ Roland Bollander Switzerland EML-Yamaha 116 2 5. Nick Thompson/ Gary Withers; UK Wasp-Norton 115 Barry Williams 6. Reinhard Böhler/ Hans-Georg Peppinghaus West Germany Wasp-Norton 77 1 7. Willie van der Laan/ Jakob van Vliet Netherlands Wasp-Weslake 75 8. Doug Fox/ John Cooper UK Wasp-Norton 59 9. Terry Good/ Jess Rixon UK Wasp-Yamaha 50 10. Bruno Schneider/ Werner Fink Austria Wasp-Weslake 42 1 11.