1972 Trans-AMA motocross series
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The 1972 Trans-AMA motocross series was the third annual international series established by the American Motorcyclist Association
American Motorcyclist Association
The American Motorcyclist Association is an American not-for-profit organization of more than 300,000 motorcyclists that organizes numerous motorcycling activities and campaigns for motorcyclists' legal rights...

 as a pilot event to help establish motocross
Motocross
Motocross is a form of motorcycle sport or all-terrain vehicle racing held on enclosed off road circuits. It evolved from trials, and was called scrambles, and later motocross, combining the French moto with cross-country...

 in the United States. The motocross series was an invitational based on a 500cc engine displacement
Engine displacement
Engine displacement is the volume swept by all the pistons inside the cylinders of an internal combustion engine in a single movement from top dead centre to bottom dead centre . It is commonly specified in cubic centimeters , litres , or cubic inches...

 formula, run on American tracks featuring the top riders from the F.I.M.
Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme
The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme is the governing body of motorcycle racing. It represents 103 national motorcycle federations that are divided into six regional continental unions....

 world championship against the top American riders.

Swedish Maico
Maico
For the manga series, see Maico 2010.Maicowerk A.G. was founded in 1926, originally assembling 98 and 123 cc Ilo two stroke motors. After World War II the West German motorcycle manufacturer began producing its own unit construction two stroke engines, selling engines and complete motorcycles...

 factory rider Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson born October 5, 1942 in Hammerdal, was a Swedish motocross racer. He was also a very skilled speed skater, and belonged to the Swedish top junior elite, before his racing career took off...

 dominated the championship, winning nine consecutive overall wins. 500cc world champion, Roger De Coster and Heikki Mikkola
Heikki Mikkola
Heikki Antero Mikkola was a four-time World Champion motocross racer. Known as the "Flying Finn", and characterized by a fierce, determined style, he was the first Finn to win a motocross world championship....

 placed second and third overall, claiming one victory apiece to start off the series before Jonsson began his winning streak. Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey is a former professional motocross racer and the first American to win the 500cc Grand Prix Motocross World Championship. He was known as "Bad Brad" to his fans....

 was the highest-placing American rider, finishing the series sixth overall.

1972 Trans-AMA final standings

Place Rider Country Team Points Wins
1   Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson born October 5, 1942 in Hammerdal, was a Swedish motocross racer. He was also a very skilled speed skater, and belonged to the Swedish top junior elite, before his racing career took off...

Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

Maico
Maico
For the manga series, see Maico 2010.Maicowerk A.G. was founded in 1926, originally assembling 98 and 123 cc Ilo two stroke motors. After World War II the West German motorcycle manufacturer began producing its own unit construction two stroke engines, selling engines and complete motorcycles...

1550 9
2   Roger De Coster Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

912 1
3   Heikki Mikkola
Heikki Mikkola
Heikki Antero Mikkola was a four-time World Champion motocross racer. Known as the "Flying Finn", and characterized by a fierce, determined style, he was the first Finn to win a motocross world championship....

Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

Husqvarna
Husqvarna Motorcycles
Husqvarna Motorcycles, a subsidiary of BMW, is a company manufacturing motocross, enduro and supermoto motorcycles. The company began producing motorcycles in 1903 at Huskvarna, Sweden, as a branch of the Husqvarna armament firm which had supplied the Swedish army with rifles since 1689.-History:As...

811 1
4   Hans Maisch West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

Maico 530 0
5   Arne Kring
Arne Kring
Arne Kring is a Swedish former motocross racer. His greatest successes came in the 1970s and after. Like many Swedes of his time, he rode Husqvarna bikes. The Austrian Erich Glavitza described Kring's remarkable style in his book Moto-Cross: Härte ohne Grenzen, published in 1974...

Sweden Husqvarna 487 0
6   Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey is a former professional motocross racer and the first American to win the 500cc Grand Prix Motocross World Championship. He was known as "Bad Brad" to his fans....

United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Kawasaki
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
is an international corporation based in Japan. It has headquarters in both Chūō-ku, Kobe and Minato, Tokyo.The company is named after its founder Shōzō Kawasaki and has no connection with the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa....

460 0
7   Bengt Åberg
Bengt Åberg
Bengt Åberg is a former Swedish motocross racer. He was one of the top riders in the Motocross Grand Prix World Championships during the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1968 he was part of the Swedish team that won the Trophée des Nations. He was the F.I.M. 500cc Motocross World Champion in 1969...

Sweden Husqvarna 304 0
8   Pierre Karsmakers Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

Husqvarna 303 0
7   Christer Hammargren Sweden Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

264 0
10   Miroslav Halm Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

ČZ
Ceská Zbrojovka Strakonice
Česká zbrojovka is a Czech firearms manufacturer also known for making ČZ motorcycles. ČZ was established as a branch of the Škoda Works Armament in Strakonice, Czechoslovakia in September 1919.-History:...

228 0

1972 Trans-AMA Round 1

Sep. 24, 1972, Copetown, Ontario
Copetown, Ontario
Copetown is a community that is east of Brantford in the southern region of Ontario, Canada. Dundas Hill is located nearby, signifying its closeness to Dundas. There are a various number of golf courses within the local area.-General summary:...

Place Rider Country Team
1   Roger De Coster Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

2   Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson born October 5, 1942 in Hammerdal, was a Swedish motocross racer. He was also a very skilled speed skater, and belonged to the Swedish top junior elite, before his racing career took off...

Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

Maico
Maico
For the manga series, see Maico 2010.Maicowerk A.G. was founded in 1926, originally assembling 98 and 123 cc Ilo two stroke motors. After World War II the West German motorcycle manufacturer began producing its own unit construction two stroke engines, selling engines and complete motorcycles...

3   Heikki Mikkola
Heikki Mikkola
Heikki Antero Mikkola was a four-time World Champion motocross racer. Known as the "Flying Finn", and characterized by a fierce, determined style, he was the first Finn to win a motocross world championship....

Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

Husqvarna
Husqvarna Motorcycles
Husqvarna Motorcycles, a subsidiary of BMW, is a company manufacturing motocross, enduro and supermoto motorcycles. The company began producing motorcycles in 1903 at Huskvarna, Sweden, as a branch of the Husqvarna armament firm which had supplied the Swedish army with rifles since 1689.-History:As...

4   Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey is a former professional motocross racer and the first American to win the 500cc Grand Prix Motocross World Championship. He was known as "Bad Brad" to his fans....

United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Kawasaki
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
is an international corporation based in Japan. It has headquarters in both Chūō-ku, Kobe and Minato, Tokyo.The company is named after its founder Shōzō Kawasaki and has no connection with the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa....

5   Mike Runyard United States ČZ
Ceská Zbrojovka Strakonice
Česká zbrojovka is a Czech firearms manufacturer also known for making ČZ motorcycles. ČZ was established as a branch of the Škoda Works Armament in Strakonice, Czechoslovakia in September 1919.-History:...

6   Gary Chaplin United States Maico
7   Serge Bacou France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Bultaco
Bultaco
Bultaco was a Spanish manufacturer of two-stroke motorcycles from 1958 to 1983.-Origins:The origin of the Bultaco motorcycle company dates back to May 1958. Francisco "Paco" Bultó was a director of the Montesa motorcycle company founded in 1944. After several years of steady growth and road racing...

8   Rich Thorwaldson United States Suzuki
9   Billy Clements United States Husqvarna
10   Seppo Makinen Finland Husqvarna

1972 Trans-AMA Round 2

Oct. 1, 1972, Linnville, Ohio
Place Rider Country Team
1   Heikki Mikkola
Heikki Mikkola
Heikki Antero Mikkola was a four-time World Champion motocross racer. Known as the "Flying Finn", and characterized by a fierce, determined style, he was the first Finn to win a motocross world championship....

Finland Husqvarna
2   Hans Maisch West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

Maico
Maico
For the manga series, see Maico 2010.Maicowerk A.G. was founded in 1926, originally assembling 98 and 123 cc Ilo two stroke motors. After World War II the West German motorcycle manufacturer began producing its own unit construction two stroke engines, selling engines and complete motorcycles...

3   Roger De Coster Belgium Suzuki
4   Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson born October 5, 1942 in Hammerdal, was a Swedish motocross racer. He was also a very skilled speed skater, and belonged to the Swedish top junior elite, before his racing career took off...

Sweden Maico
5   Serge Bacou France Bultaco
6   Bryan Kenney United States Maico
7 Dave Bickers United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

ČZ
8   Wyman Priddy United States ČZ
9   Jim Pomeroy
Jim Pomeroy
Jim Pomeroy was a professional motocross racer. In 1973, he became the first American rider to win a FIM world championship motocross race when he rode a Bultaco Pursang to victory in the 1973 250cc Spanish motocross Grand Prix...

United States Bultaco
10   Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey is a former professional motocross racer and the first American to win the 500cc Grand Prix Motocross World Championship. He was known as "Bad Brad" to his fans....

United States Kawasaki

1972 Trans-AMA Round 3

Oct. 8, 1972, St. Peters, Missouri
Place Rider Country Team
1   Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson born October 5, 1942 in Hammerdal, was a Swedish motocross racer. He was also a very skilled speed skater, and belonged to the Swedish top junior elite, before his racing career took off...

Sweden Maico
2   Heikki Mikkola
Heikki Mikkola
Heikki Antero Mikkola was a four-time World Champion motocross racer. Known as the "Flying Finn", and characterized by a fierce, determined style, he was the first Finn to win a motocross world championship....

Finland Husqvarna
3   Hans Maisch West Germany Maico
4   Arne Kring
Arne Kring
Arne Kring is a Swedish former motocross racer. His greatest successes came in the 1970s and after. Like many Swedes of his time, he rode Husqvarna bikes. The Austrian Erich Glavitza described Kring's remarkable style in his book Moto-Cross: Härte ohne Grenzen, published in 1974...

Sweden Husqvarna
5   Pierre Karsmakers Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

Husqvarna
6   Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey is a former professional motocross racer and the first American to win the 500cc Grand Prix Motocross World Championship. He was known as "Bad Brad" to his fans....

United States Kawasaki
7   Gary Jones
Gary Jones (motorcyclist)
Gary Jones is an American former professional motocross racer. He won the first three AMA 250cc Motocross National Championships, riding three different brands of motorcycles, a feat that has never been repeated....

United States Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

8   Rich Thorwaldson United States Suzuki
9 Dave Bickers United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

ČZ
10   Wyman Priddy United States ČZ

1972 Trans-AMA Round 4

Oct. 15, 1972, Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

Place Rider Country Team
1   Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson born October 5, 1942 in Hammerdal, was a Swedish motocross racer. He was also a very skilled speed skater, and belonged to the Swedish top junior elite, before his racing career took off...

Sweden Maico
2   Roger De Coster Belgium Suzuki
3   Jimmy Weinert
Jimmy Weinert
Mitchell Nelson Weinert was a pioneering motocross and supercross rider in the early years of the sport in the United States. In the 1970s he won 22 AMA Nationals and three AMA championships. In 1973, Weinert became the first American to defeat international-level riders in the Trans-AMA motocross...

United States Yamaha
4   Rich Thorwaldson United States Suzuki
5   Jim Pomeroy
Jim Pomeroy
Jim Pomeroy was a professional motocross racer. In 1973, he became the first American rider to win a FIM world championship motocross race when he rode a Bultaco Pursang to victory in the 1973 250cc Spanish motocross Grand Prix...

United States Bultaco
6   Bryan Kenney United States Maico
7   Arne Kring
Arne Kring
Arne Kring is a Swedish former motocross racer. His greatest successes came in the 1970s and after. Like many Swedes of his time, he rode Husqvarna bikes. The Austrian Erich Glavitza described Kring's remarkable style in his book Moto-Cross: Härte ohne Grenzen, published in 1974...

Sweden Husqvarna
8   Mike Runyard United States ČZ
9   Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey is a former professional motocross racer and the first American to win the 500cc Grand Prix Motocross World Championship. He was known as "Bad Brad" to his fans....

United States Kawasaki
10   Pierre Karsmakers Netherlands Husqvarna

1972 Trans-AMA Round 5

Oct. 22, 1972, Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...

Place Rider Country Team
1   Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson born October 5, 1942 in Hammerdal, was a Swedish motocross racer. He was also a very skilled speed skater, and belonged to the Swedish top junior elite, before his racing career took off...

Sweden Maico
2   Heikki Mikkola
Heikki Mikkola
Heikki Antero Mikkola was a four-time World Champion motocross racer. Known as the "Flying Finn", and characterized by a fierce, determined style, he was the first Finn to win a motocross world championship....

Finland Husqvarna
3   Arne Kring
Arne Kring
Arne Kring is a Swedish former motocross racer. His greatest successes came in the 1970s and after. Like many Swedes of his time, he rode Husqvarna bikes. The Austrian Erich Glavitza described Kring's remarkable style in his book Moto-Cross: Härte ohne Grenzen, published in 1974...

Sweden Husqvarna
4   Pierre Karsmakers Netherlands Husqvarna
5   Bengt Åberg
Bengt Åberg
Bengt Åberg is a former Swedish motocross racer. He was one of the top riders in the Motocross Grand Prix World Championships during the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1968 he was part of the Swedish team that won the Trophée des Nations. He was the F.I.M. 500cc Motocross World Champion in 1969...

Sweden Husqvarna
6   Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey is a former professional motocross racer and the first American to win the 500cc Grand Prix Motocross World Championship. He was known as "Bad Brad" to his fans....

United States Kawasaki
7   Jimmy Weinert
Jimmy Weinert
Mitchell Nelson Weinert was a pioneering motocross and supercross rider in the early years of the sport in the United States. In the 1970s he won 22 AMA Nationals and three AMA championships. In 1973, Weinert became the first American to defeat international-level riders in the Trans-AMA motocross...

United States Yamaha
8   Hans Maisch West Germany Maico
9   Serge Bacou France Bultaco
10   Jim Pomeroy
Jim Pomeroy
Jim Pomeroy was a professional motocross racer. In 1973, he became the first American rider to win a FIM world championship motocross race when he rode a Bultaco Pursang to victory in the 1973 250cc Spanish motocross Grand Prix...

United States Bultaco

1972 Trans-AMA Round 6

Oct. 29, 1972, Houston Texas
Place Rider Country Team
1   Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson born October 5, 1942 in Hammerdal, was a Swedish motocross racer. He was also a very skilled speed skater, and belonged to the Swedish top junior elite, before his racing career took off...

Sweden Maico
2   Christer Hammargren Sweden Yamaha
3   Heikki Mikkola
Heikki Mikkola
Heikki Antero Mikkola was a four-time World Champion motocross racer. Known as the "Flying Finn", and characterized by a fierce, determined style, he was the first Finn to win a motocross world championship....

Finland Husqvarna
4   Arne Kring
Arne Kring
Arne Kring is a Swedish former motocross racer. His greatest successes came in the 1970s and after. Like many Swedes of his time, he rode Husqvarna bikes. The Austrian Erich Glavitza described Kring's remarkable style in his book Moto-Cross: Härte ohne Grenzen, published in 1974...

Sweden Husqvarna
5   Pierre Karsmakers Netherlands Husqvarna
6   Jaak van Velthoven
Jaak Van Velthoven
Jaak van Velthoven is a Belgian former professional motocross racer. He competed in the F.I.M. 500cc motocross world championships during the 1970s. Van Velthoven's best individual performance was a third place in the 500cc World Championship in 1973 with the Yamaha factory racing team...

Belgium Yamaha
7   Serge Bacou France Bultaco
8   Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey is a former professional motocross racer and the first American to win the 500cc Grand Prix Motocross World Championship. He was known as "Bad Brad" to his fans....

United States Kawasaki
9   Jiri Churavy Czechoslovakia ČZ
10   Mark Blackwell United States Husqvarna

1972 Trans-AMA Round 7

Nov. 5, 1972, Carlsbad, California
Carlsbad, California
-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Carlsbad had a population of 105,328. The population density was 2,693.1 people per square mile . The racial makeup of Carlsbad was 87,205 White, 1,379 African American, 514 Native American, 7,460 Asian, 198 Pacific Islander, 4,189 from other...

Place Rider Country Team
1   Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson born October 5, 1942 in Hammerdal, was a Swedish motocross racer. He was also a very skilled speed skater, and belonged to the Swedish top junior elite, before his racing career took off...

Sweden Maico
2   Roger De Coster Belgium Suzuki
3   Heikki Mikkola
Heikki Mikkola
Heikki Antero Mikkola was a four-time World Champion motocross racer. Known as the "Flying Finn", and characterized by a fierce, determined style, he was the first Finn to win a motocross world championship....

Finland Husqvarna
4   Hans Maisch West Germany Maico
5   Miroslav Halm Czechoslovakia ČZ
6   Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey is a former professional motocross racer and the first American to win the 500cc Grand Prix Motocross World Championship. He was known as "Bad Brad" to his fans....

United States Kawasaki
7   Pierre Karsmakers Netherlands Husqvarna
8   Jaak van Velthoven
Jaak Van Velthoven
Jaak van Velthoven is a Belgian former professional motocross racer. He competed in the F.I.M. 500cc motocross world championships during the 1970s. Van Velthoven's best individual performance was a third place in the 500cc World Championship in 1973 with the Yamaha factory racing team...

Belgium Yamaha
9   Christer Hammargren Sweden Yamaha
10   Gary Jones
Gary Jones (motorcyclist)
Gary Jones is an American former professional motocross racer. He won the first three AMA 250cc Motocross National Championships, riding three different brands of motorcycles, a feat that has never been repeated....

United States Yamaha

1972 Trans-AMA Round 8

Nov. 12, 1972, Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

Place Rider Country Team
1   Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson born October 5, 1942 in Hammerdal, was a Swedish motocross racer. He was also a very skilled speed skater, and belonged to the Swedish top junior elite, before his racing career took off...

Sweden Maico
2   Heikki Mikkola
Heikki Mikkola
Heikki Antero Mikkola was a four-time World Champion motocross racer. Known as the "Flying Finn", and characterized by a fierce, determined style, he was the first Finn to win a motocross world championship....

Finland Husqvarna
3   Roger De Coster Belgium Suzuki
4   Jaak van Velthoven
Jaak Van Velthoven
Jaak van Velthoven is a Belgian former professional motocross racer. He competed in the F.I.M. 500cc motocross world championships during the 1970s. Van Velthoven's best individual performance was a third place in the 500cc World Championship in 1973 with the Yamaha factory racing team...

Belgium Yamaha
5   Arne Kring
Arne Kring
Arne Kring is a Swedish former motocross racer. His greatest successes came in the 1970s and after. Like many Swedes of his time, he rode Husqvarna bikes. The Austrian Erich Glavitza described Kring's remarkable style in his book Moto-Cross: Härte ohne Grenzen, published in 1974...

Sweden Husqvarna
6   Christer Hammargren Sweden Yamaha
7   Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey is a former professional motocross racer and the first American to win the 500cc Grand Prix Motocross World Championship. He was known as "Bad Brad" to his fans....

United States Kawasaki
8   Hans Maisch West Germany Maico
9 Andy Roberton United Kingdom Husqvarna
10   Pierre Karsmakers Netherlands Husqvarna

1972 Trans-AMA Round 9

Nov. 19, 1972, Puyallup, Washington
Puyallup, Washington
Puyallup, Washington is a city in Pierce County, Washington about five miles east of Tacoma. The population was 37,022 at the 2010 Census. Named after the Puyallup Tribe of Native Americans, Puyallup means "the generous people."-History:...

Place Rider Country Team
1   Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson born October 5, 1942 in Hammerdal, was a Swedish motocross racer. He was also a very skilled speed skater, and belonged to the Swedish top junior elite, before his racing career took off...

Sweden Maico
2   Arne Kring
Arne Kring
Arne Kring is a Swedish former motocross racer. His greatest successes came in the 1970s and after. Like many Swedes of his time, he rode Husqvarna bikes. The Austrian Erich Glavitza described Kring's remarkable style in his book Moto-Cross: Härte ohne Grenzen, published in 1974...

Sweden Husqvarna
3   Roger De Coster Belgium Suzuki
4   Bengt Åberg
Bengt Åberg
Bengt Åberg is a former Swedish motocross racer. He was one of the top riders in the Motocross Grand Prix World Championships during the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1968 he was part of the Swedish team that won the Trophée des Nations. He was the F.I.M. 500cc Motocross World Champion in 1969...

Sweden Husqvarna
5   Hans Maisch West Germany Maico
6 Andy Roberton United Kingdom Husqvarna
7   Christer Hammargren Sweden Yamaha
8   Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey is a former professional motocross racer and the first American to win the 500cc Grand Prix Motocross World Championship. He was known as "Bad Brad" to his fans....

United States Kawasaki
9   Miroslav Halm Czechoslovakia ČZ
10   Jim Pomeroy
Jim Pomeroy
Jim Pomeroy was a professional motocross racer. In 1973, he became the first American rider to win a FIM world championship motocross race when he rode a Bultaco Pursang to victory in the 1973 250cc Spanish motocross Grand Prix...

United States Bultaco

1972 Trans-AMA Round 10

Nov. 26, 1972, Livermore, California
Livermore, California
Livermore is a city in Alameda County. The population as of 2010 was 80,968. Livermore is located on the eastern edge of California's San Francisco Bay Area....

Place Rider Country Team
1   Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson born October 5, 1942 in Hammerdal, was a Swedish motocross racer. He was also a very skilled speed skater, and belonged to the Swedish top junior elite, before his racing career took off...

Sweden Maico
2   Roger De Coster Belgium Suzuki
3   Miroslav Halm Czechoslovakia ČZ
4   Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey is a former professional motocross racer and the first American to win the 500cc Grand Prix Motocross World Championship. He was known as "Bad Brad" to his fans....

United States Kawasaki
5   Jiri Churavy Czechoslovakia ČZ
6   Jaak van Velthoven
Jaak Van Velthoven
Jaak van Velthoven is a Belgian former professional motocross racer. He competed in the F.I.M. 500cc motocross world championships during the 1970s. Van Velthoven's best individual performance was a third place in the 500cc World Championship in 1973 with the Yamaha factory racing team...

Belgium Yamaha
7   Bengt Åberg
Bengt Åberg
Bengt Åberg is a former Swedish motocross racer. He was one of the top riders in the Motocross Grand Prix World Championships during the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1968 he was part of the Swedish team that won the Trophée des Nations. He was the F.I.M. 500cc Motocross World Champion in 1969...

Sweden Husqvarna
8   Marty Tripes
Marty Tripes
Marty Tripes was a leading AMA motocross and Supercross rider of the 1970s and early 1980s. He is remembered for winning the Super Bowl of Motocross at the Los Angeles Coliseum in July 1972, just a few weeks after turning 16...

United States ČZ
9   Gary Jones
Gary Jones (motorcyclist)
Gary Jones is an American former professional motocross racer. He won the first three AMA 250cc Motocross National Championships, riding three different brands of motorcycles, a feat that has never been repeated....

United States Yamaha
10   Masaharu Takezawa Japan
Japan
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Kawasaki

1972 Trans-AMA Round 11

Dec. 3, 1972, Saddleback Park, California
Irvine, California
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Place Rider Country Team
1   Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson
Åke Jonsson born October 5, 1942 in Hammerdal, was a Swedish motocross racer. He was also a very skilled speed skater, and belonged to the Swedish top junior elite, before his racing career took off...

Sweden Maico
2   Bengt Åberg
Bengt Åberg
Bengt Åberg is a former Swedish motocross racer. He was one of the top riders in the Motocross Grand Prix World Championships during the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1968 he was part of the Swedish team that won the Trophée des Nations. He was the F.I.M. 500cc Motocross World Champion in 1969...

Sweden Husqvarna
3   Hans Maisch West Germany Maico
4   Roger De Coster Belgium Suzuki
5 Andy Roberton United Kingdom Husqvarna
6   Marty Tripes
Marty Tripes
Marty Tripes was a leading AMA motocross and Supercross rider of the 1970s and early 1980s. He is remembered for winning the Super Bowl of Motocross at the Los Angeles Coliseum in July 1972, just a few weeks after turning 16...

United States ČZ
7   Miroslav Halm Czechoslovakia ČZ
8   Christer Hammargren Sweden Yamaha
9   Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey is a former professional motocross racer and the first American to win the 500cc Grand Prix Motocross World Championship. He was known as "Bad Brad" to his fans....

United States Kawasaki
10   Pierre Karsmakers Netherlands Husqvarna
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