Dave Bickers

{{short description|English motocross racer}} {{Use British English|date=July 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox Motocross rider | name = Dave Bickers | image = Dave Bickers small.JPG | caption = Dave Bickers pictured in 1966 | nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]] | birth_date = {{birth date text|17 January 1938}} | birth_place = [[Coddenham]], [[Suffolk]], England | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2014|7|6|1938|1|17}} | death_place = [[Coddenham]], [[Suffolk]], England | years = [[1959 Motocross World Championship|1959]]–[[1969 FIM Motocross World Championship|1969]] | teams = [[Dot Cycle and Motor Manufacturing Company|Dot]], [[Greeves (motorcycles)|Greeves]], [[Matchless]], [[Husqvarna Motorcycles|Husqvarna]], [[Česká Zbrojovka Strakonice|ČZ]] | races = | championships = European 250cc - [[1960 Motocross World Championship|1960]], [[1960 Motocross World Championship|1961]] | wins = 18 }}

'''David Geoffrey Bickers''' (17 January 1938 – 6 July 2014) was an [[English people|English]] professional [[motocross]] racer from [[Coddenham]], [[Suffolk]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bestsports.com.br/db/atlpag.php?atl=8374&lang=2 |title=Dave Bickers profile |publisher=bestsports.com.br |accessdate=9 August 2012}}</ref> He competed in the [[Motocross World Championship]]s from 1959 to 1969. Bickers won two European motocross championships and was a member of British motocross teams that won two [[Motocross des Nations]] events as well as two Trophée des Nations events. Bickers was awarded the [[Motor Cycle News|Motorcycle News]] 'Man of the Year' award in 1960.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=33ghAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s4kFAAAAIBAJ&dq=dave%20bickers&pg=765%2C1298219 |title=Colonie Education Award Is Won by Miss Frender |work=Schenectady Gazette |date=9 June 1961 |page=7}}</ref>

==Motorcycling career== In the early 1960s, Bickers was one of the top motorcycle racers in the sport of scrambles, which eventually became more widely known by the European term 'motocross'.<ref>Carrick, Peter ''Motor Cycle Racing'' Hamlyn Publishing, 1969, p.104 {{ISBN|0 600 02506 3}} ''Scrambling. "Britain invented scrambling; the many thousands of scrambling enthusasts abroad have a group of clubmen in Camberley, Surrey, to thank for initiating a sport which they now enjoy. With the sport becoming established on the Continent (known there as moto cross), the Moto Cross des Nations was inaugurated in 1947...''". Accessed 2015-01-21</ref><ref name="Dave Nicoll interview – Still Standing">{{cite web |url=http://www.mxlarge.com/interview/4827-dave-nicoll-interview-still-standing |title=Dave Nicoll interview – Still Standing |publisher=mxlarge.com |accessdate=9 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130129140315/http://www.mxlarge.com/interview/4827-dave-nicoll-interview-still-standing |archivedate=29 January 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He began competing in motorcycle scrambles at the age of 15 just before the official age which he was eligible to ride, which was sixteen, and he was so successful that he was rewarded with a sponsorship from the [[Dot Cycle and Motor Manufacturing Company|Dot motorcycle company]].

Bickers' riding talent got him noticed by [[Greeves (motorcycles)|Greeves]] factory rider, [[Brian Stonebridge]], who then recommended that Bickers be hired by Greeves in 1958. The middle-1960s saw the start of the move away from traditional large-capacity [[four-stroke engines]] to [[two-stroke]]s.<ref name="Mechanics 1964">[[Motorcycle Mechanics (magazine)|''Motorcycle Mechanics'']], June 1964, p.9 ''Full Chat'' by Bruce Cox. "''All over Europe there are development engineers furiously overboring and overstroking existing 250 c.c. engines to bring them into the 500 c.c. category. Husqvarna, CZ and Greeves all plan to race two-strokes of about 360 c.c. and Dave Bickers has had a few rides on a 'Pacemaker' Cotton special fitted with a large-capacity two-stroke built by Jack Heath of Coventry. Obviously, all these manufacturers feel that light weight counts for as much as sheer power in moto-cross''". Accessed and added 28 June 2016</ref> In the [[1960 Motocross World Championship|1960 250cc European Motocross Championship]], Bickers rode two-stroke engined Greeves motorcycles to win Grand Prix races in Switzerland, Poland, Sweden and West Germany and clinched the title ahead of Vice-Champion, [[Jeff Smith (motorcyclist)|Jeff Smith]].<ref name="1960 250cc motocross world championship race classifications"/> The European championship was considered to be the world championship at the time, as the sport of motocross had yet to develop outside of Europe.<ref name="Obituary">{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-bert-greeves-1508967.html |title=Obituary: Bert Greeves |last=Reynolds |first=Jim |date=6 October 1993 |work=The Independent |accessdate=9 August 2012}}</ref>

Bickers dominated the [[1961 Motocross World Championship|1961 season]] winning 6 out of 13 Grand Prix races and set a season record with 14 individual race victories.<ref name="1961 250cc motocross world championship race classifications"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://home.earthlink.net/~frank1328/history.htm |title=Frank Conley's Greeves History |publisher=earthlink.net |accessdate=9 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831091618/http://home.earthlink.net/~frank1328/history.htm |archivedate=31 August 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> At the inaugural [[Motocross des Nations|Trophée des Nations]] event for 250cc machines in 1961, Bickers was the second highest individual points scorer behind [[Torsten Hallman]], helping the British team to victory over the powerful Swedish and Belgian teams.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://memotocross.fr/downloads/1na-1961-trophee-des-nations.pdf |title=1961 Trophée des Nations classifications |publisher=memotocross.fr |accessdate=28 December 2023 }}</ref>

When the FIM upgraded the European Motocross Championship to World Championship status for the [[1962 Motocross World Championship|1962 season]], the Greeves factory chose to stay home and compete in the British championships. However, Bickers did compete in the British round of the 1962 250cc motocross World Championship held at [[Glastonbury]], where he took the victory over the eventual World Champion, Torsten Hallman.<ref name="1962 250cc motocross world championship race winners">{{cite web |url=http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/philosophie/index.php#0440929fa30b65b01 |title=1962 250cc motocross world championship race winners |publisher=memotocross.fr |accessdate=29 December 2022 }}</ref><ref name="1962 250cc motocross world championship race classifications">{{cite web |url=https://memotocross.fr/downloads/1962---gp-250-et-classement-final.pdf |title=1962 250cc motocross world championship race classifications |publisher=memotocross.fr |access-date=10 June 2023 }}</ref> At the 1962 Trophée des Nations event, Bickers won both heat races as the British team once again triumphed over the Swedish and Belgian teams.<ref name="1962 Trophée des Nations classifications">{{cite web |url=https://memotocross.fr/downloads/1na-1962-trophee-des-nations.pdf |title=1961 Trophée des Nations classifications |publisher=memotocross.fr |accessdate=28 December 2023 }}</ref>

Bickers joined the [[Česká zbrojovka Strakonice|ČZ]] factory racing team in [[1966 FIM Motocross World Championship|1966]] and scored two second-place results to finish the season ranked fifth in the 500cc motocross world championship.<ref name="1966 500cc motocross world championship race classifications">{{cite web |url=https://memotocross.fr/downloads/1966---gp-500-et-classement-final.pdf |title=1966 500cc motocross world championship race classifications |publisher=memotocross.fr |access-date=28 December 2023 }}</ref> He was a member of the victorious British team at the 1966 [[Motocross des Nations]], where Bickers placed in a tie as top points scorers of the event, alongside the Soviet Union's [[Victor Arbekov]] and Belgium's [[Joël Robert]], who also rode for the ČZ factory racing team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mxbikes.com/vintage/bikes60.php |title=Vintage History – 1960s |publisher=mxbikes.com |accessdate=9 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929014220/http://www.mxbikes.com/vintage/bikes60.php |archivedate=29 September 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="1966 Motocross des Nations classifications">{{cite web |url=https://memotocross.fr/downloads/1na-1966-nm5-res-complet.pdf |title=1966 Motocross des Nations classifications |publisher=memotocross.fr |accessdate=28 December 2023 }}</ref>

In [[1967 FIM Motocross World Championship|1967]], he won the Swedish and Luxembourg Grand Prix events and improved to third place in the season final classification behind World Champion, [[Paul Friedrichs]] and Vice-Champion, [[Jeff Smith (motorcyclist)|Jeff Smith]].<ref name="1967 500cc motocross world championship race classifications">{{cite web |url=https://memotocross.fr/downloads/1967---gp-500-et-classement-final.pdf |title=1967 500cc motocross world championship race classifications |publisher=memotocross.fr |access-date=28 December 2023 }}</ref> He also helped the British team win the 1967 Motocross des Nations event over the Swedish and Belgian teams.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://memotocross.fr/downloads/1na-1967-nm5-res-complet.pdf |title=1967 Motocross des Nations classifications |publisher=memotocross.fr |accessdate=28 December 2023 }}</ref> The 1967 triumph would be the last Motocross des Nations victory for a British team until 1994.<ref name="MX Streak Ends">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPcDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT39 |title=MX Streak Ends |date=November 1994 |work=American Motorcyclist |accessdate=20 February 2015 |last1=Assoc |first1=American Motorcyclist }}</ref>

After the 1967 world championships, Bickers joined his ČZ factory teammates [[Joël Robert]] and [[Roger De Coster]], along with Husqvarna teammates, [[Torsten Hallman]] [[Åke Jonsson]] and [[Arne Kring]], in a series of exhibition races in the United States that had been organized by Edison Dye, the American importer for Husqvarna motorcycles.<ref name="Edison Dye: The Father of American Motocross">{{cite web | url=https://www.earlyyearsofmx.com/edison-dye | title=Edison Dye: The Father of American Motocross | publisher=earlyyearsofmx.com | accessdate=2023-12-26 }}</ref> The exhibition races served as a means to introduce the sport of motocross to an American audience, and eventually led to the formation of the Inter-AM and [[List of Trans-AMA motocross champions|Trans-AMA]] motocross series that helped to popularize the sport of motocross in the United States.<ref name="Motocross goes International 1947 through 1965">{{cite web |url= https://pigtailpals.com/blog/the-history-of-motocross/#motocross_goes_international_1947_through_1965 |title= Motocross goes International 1947 through 1965 |date= 17 September 2019 |publisher= pigtailpals.com |access-date= 19 October 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.husqvarna-motorcycles.com/en-ee/Good-old-times/motocross-goes-to-the-usa.html | title=Motocross goes to the USA | publisher=husqvarna-motorcycles.com | accessdate=2023-12-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V_sDAAAAMBAJ&q=arne+kring&pg=PA64 |title=Inter-AMA Motocross records |year=1983 |work=American Motorcyclist |accessdate=6 March 2019 |last1=Assoc |first1=American Motorcyclist }}</ref>

As one of the first European riders to race in the United States, Bickers helped to introduce Americans to the sport of motocross.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://motorcyclemuseum.org/asp/museum/exhibits/mx/history3.asp |title=The History of Motocross: Part Three: Edison Dye and his Flying Circus |publisher=motorcyclemuseum.org |accessdate=9 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507194706/http://motorcyclemuseum.org/asp/museum/exhibits/mx/history3.asp |archivedate=7 May 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> He raced in the [[1970 Inter-AM Motocross Series]] and he placed second in the [[1971 Inter-AMA motocross series]] behind ČZ teammate [[Vlastimil Válek (motorcyclist)|Vlastimil Válek]].<ref name="Inter-AMA Motocross Records">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V_sDAAAAMBAJ&q=american+motorcyclist+inter-ama&pg=PA64 |title=Inter-AMA Motocross Records, Pg 65 |author=Amick, Bill |year=1983 |work=American Motorcyclist |accessdate=5 December 2022 }}</ref> He also competed in the Trans-AMA motocross series in [[1971 Trans-AMA motocross series|1971]] and [[1972 Trans-AMA motocross series|1972]].

Bickers won 38 individual heat races and 18 Grand Prix victories during his world championship racing career.<ref name="Dave Bickers career statistics">{{cite web | url=https://www.memotocross.fr/downloads/fpm-gp-bickers-d.pdf | title=Dave Bickers career statistics | publisher=memotocross.fr | accessdate=2025-04-22}}</ref> He won two 250cc European Motocross Championships ([[1960 Motocross World Championship|1960]], [[1960 Motocross World Championship|1961]]), five 250cc [[British Motocross Championship]]s (1960, 1962–1965) and one 500cc British national motocross championship (1966).<ref name="Dave Bickers career statistics"/> He was a member of two victorious British [[Motocross des Nations#Trophée des Nations winners|Trophée des Nations]] teams (1961, 1962) and one victorious British Motocross des Nations team (1966). Bickers was the top individual points scorer at the 1962 Trophée des Nations event and the 1966 Motocross des Nations event.<ref name="1962 Trophée des Nations classifications"/><ref name="1966 Motocross des Nations classifications"/>

Bickers was the UK importer for the 250 cc and 360 cc CZ scramblers together with a trials bike, followed by CZ roadsters and [[Jawa Moto|Jawa]] models in 1973, selling both marques initially from his premises at Woodbridge Road, [[Ipswich]], Suffolk, followed by a move to Farthing Road Industrial Estate, Ipswich.<ref>[[The Motor Cycle|''Motor Cycle'']], 16 February 1967. pp.206-208 ''Czechspot – Peter Fraser rides Dave Bickers' CZ Machinery'' Accessed 2015-01-21</ref><ref name="Mechanics">[[Motorcycle Mechanics (magazine)|''Motorcycle Mechanics'']], November 1973, p.60. ''Dave Bickers (Imports) Jawa-CZ from Czechoslovakia Sole U.K. Concessionaires'' Accessed and added 2015-01-31</ref>

==Film industry career== After retiring from competition, Bickers started a company manufacturing [[stunt]] equipment used in the [[film]] industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bickers.co.uk/about-us.html |title=Bickers Action |publisher=bickers.co.uk |accessdate=9 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403211108/http://www.bickers.co.uk/about-us.html |archivedate=3 April 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0081017/ |title=Dave Bickers |publisher=imdb.com |accessdate=10 August 2012}}</ref> He also appeared as a stunt double for [[Roger Moore]] in ''[[Octopussy]]'' and ''[[Escape to Athena]]'' among other film work.<ref name="Motocross star and Bond stuntman Dave Bickers dies aged 76">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-28191762 |title=Motocross star and Bond stuntman Dave Bickers dies aged 76 |publisher=bbc.com |accessdate=7 July 2014}}</ref>

Bickers died after a stroke on 6 July 2014.<ref name="Motocross star and Bond stuntman Dave Bickers dies aged 76"/>

==Motocross Grand Prix Results== Points system from 1952 to 1968: {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center" ! Position !style="background:#ffffbf;"|  1st  !style="background:#dfdfdf;"|  2nd  !style="background:#ffdf9f;"|  3rd  !style="background:#dfffdf;"|  4th  !style="background:#dfffdf;"|  5th  !style="background:#dfffdf;"|  6th  |- ! Points |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 8 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 6 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 4 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 3 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 2 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 1 |}

Points system from 1969 to 1980:

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! Position !style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 !style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 !style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 !style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 !style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 !style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 !style="background:#dfffdf;"| 7 !style="background:#dfffdf;"| 8 !style="background:#dfffdf;"| 9 !style="background:#dfffdf;"| 10 |- ! Points |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 15 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 12 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 10 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 8 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 3 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 2 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 1 |}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;" |- !scope="row" style="background:#fcc;"| |Denotes European motocross championship only. |}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:70%" !valign="middle" rowspan=2| Year !valign="middle" rowspan=2| Class !valign="middle" rowspan=2| Machine !colspan=2| 1 !colspan=2| 2 !colspan=2| 3 !colspan=2| 4 !colspan=2| 5 !colspan=2| 6 !colspan=2| 7 !colspan=2| 8 !colspan=2| 9 !colspan=2| 10 !colspan=2| 11 !colspan=2| 12 !colspan=2| 13 !colspan=2| 14 !colspan=2| 15 !rowspan=2| Pos !rowspan=2| Pts |- ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 |- ! [[1959 Motocross World Championship|1959]] ! style="background:#fcc;"| 250cc ! [[Greeves (motorcycles)|Greeves]] | AUT - | AUT - | CH - | CH - | BEL - | BEL - | GDR - | GDR - | CZE - | CZE - | POL - | POL - | GER - | GER - | ITA - | ITA - | FRA - | FRA - | NED - | NED - |style="background:#dfffdf;"| UK 4 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| UK 4 | LUX - |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| LUX 3 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| SWE 5 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| SWE 5 | | | | ! 10th ! 9 |- ! [[1960 Motocross World Championship|1960]] ! style="background:#fcc;"| 250cc ! Greeves |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| CH 2 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| CH 3 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| BEL 5 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| BEL 1 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| FRA 3 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| FRA 1 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| CZE 4 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| CZE 4 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| POL 1 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| POL 1 | ITA - | ITA - |style="background:#dfffdf;"| GDR 5 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| GDR 6 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| FIN 3 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| FIN 8 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| LUX 2 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| LUX 1 | UK - |style="background:#ffffbf;"| UK 1 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| SWE 1 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| SWE 2 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| GER 1 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| GER 2 | | | | | | !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 48 |- ! [[1961 Motocross World Championship|1961]] ! style="background:#fcc;"| 250cc ! Greeves |style="background:#ffffbf;"| BEL 1 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| BEL 1 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| FRA 1 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| FRA 1 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| NED 5 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| NED 2 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| CZE 1 | CZE - |style="background:#ffffbf;"| POL 1 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| POL 1 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| LUX 2 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| LUX 1 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| FIN 1 | FIN - | ITA - | ITA - |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| GER 2 | GER - |style="background:#ffffbf;"| UK 1 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| UK 1 | CH - |style="background:#ffffbf;"| CH 1 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| SWE 1 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| SWE 1 | GDR - | GDR - | | | | !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 51 |- ! rowspan=2| [[1962 Motocross World Championship|1962]] ! 250cc ! Greeves | ESP - | ESP - | CH - | CH - | BEL - | BEL - | FRA - | FRA - | CZE - | CZE - | POL - | POL - | NED - | NED - | LUX - | LUX - | FIN - | FIN - | USR - | USR - | GER - | GER - | ITA - | ITA - |style="background:#ffffbf;"| UK 1 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| UK 1 | SWE - | SWE - | GDR - | GDR - ! 10th ! 8 |- ! 500cc ! Greeves | AUT - | AUT - | FRA - | FRA - | CH - | CH - | ITA - | ITA - | CZE - | CZE - |style="background:#cfcfff;"| UK 9 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| UK 5 | NED - | NED - | BEL - | BEL - | LUX - | LUX - | SWE - | SWE - | | | | | | | | | | ! 14th ! 2 |- ! [[1963 FIM Motocross World Championship|1963]] ! 250cc ! Greeves |style="background:#ffffbf;"| ESP 1 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| ESP 2 | ITA - | ITA - | FRA - | FRA - | CH - | CH - |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| GER 3 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| GER 6 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| LUX 5 | LUX - | NED - | NED - | UK - | UK - | SWE - | SWE - | FIN - | FIN - | USR - | USR - | POL - | POL - | CZE - | CZE - | GDR - | GDR - | | ! 7th ! 12 |- ! [[1964 FIM Motocross World Championship|1964]] ! 250cc ! Greeves |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| ESP 3 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ESP 7 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| BEL 2 | BEL - |style="background:#cfcfff;"| CH 8 | CH - |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| CZE 2 | CZE - | GER - |style="background:#ffffbf;"| GER 1 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| LUX 1 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| LUX 1 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| ITA 1 | ITA - |style="background:#ffffbf;"| UK 1 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| UK 2 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| SWE 8 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| SWE 1 | FIN - | FIN - |style="background:#dfffdf;"| USR 5 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| USR 5 | POL - | POL - | GDR - | GDR - |style="background:#cfcfff;"| FRA 27 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| FRA 20 | | ! 5th ! 23 |- ! [[1965 FIM Motocross World Championship|1965]] ! 250cc ! Greeves |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ESP 6 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| ESP 2 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| ITA 3 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| ITA 3 | FRA - | FRA - |style="background:#ffffbf;"| BEL 1 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| BEL 1 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| CZE 5 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| CZE 2 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| GER 5 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| GER 5 | NED - | NED - |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| LUX 3 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| LUX 3 | POL - | POL - | USR - | USR - | GDR - | GDR - |style="background:#ffffbf;"| UK 1 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| UK 2 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| SWE 4 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| SWE 3 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| FIN 3 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| FIN 3 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| AUT 3 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| AUT 2 !style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 42 |- ! [[1966 FIM Motocross World Championship|1966]] ! 500cc ! [[Česká zbrojovka Strakonice|ČZ]] | CH - |style="background:#cfcfff;"| CH 32 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| CH 4 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| AUT 3 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| AUT 3 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| ITA 3 | ITA - |style="background:#dfffdf;"| DEN 4 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| DEN 5 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| SWE 3 | SWE - |style="background:#dfffdf;"| FIN 4 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| FIN 4 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GDR 10 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GDR 9 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| CZE 3 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| CZE 3 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| USR 5 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| USR 4 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| UK 5 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| UK 5 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| NED 2 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| NED 2 | BEL - | BEL - |style="background:#dfffdf;"| LUX 4 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| LUX 8 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| GER 3 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| GER 1 | ! 5th ! 32 |- ! [[1967 FIM Motocross World Championship|1967]] ! 500cc ! ČZ |style="background:#cfcfff;"| AUT 9 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| AUT 6 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ITA 4 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ITA 5 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| SWE 2 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| SWE 2 | CZE - | CZE - | USR - | USR - | FRA - | FRA - | GER - | GER - |style="background:#dfffdf;"| UK 6 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| UK 1 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| BEL 16 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| BEL 2 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| LUX 2 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| LUX 3 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| CH 3 | CH - | | | | | | | | !style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 26 |- ! rowspan=2| [[1968 FIM Motocross World Championship|1968]] ! 250cc ! ČZ |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ESP 6 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| ESP 3 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| BEL 6 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| BEL 8 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| CZE 7 | CZE - |style="background:#dfffdf;"| FRA 4 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| FRA 7 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| NED 24 | NED - |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GER 8 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GER 12 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| LUX 2 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| LUX 3 | POL - | POL - |style="background:#dfffdf;"| USR 4 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| USR 3 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| YUG 5 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| YUG 7 | FIN - | FIN - |style="background:#cfcfff;"| SWE 7 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| SWE 6 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| UK 3 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| UK 4 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| AUT 7 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| AUT 5 | | ! 5th ! 21 |- ! 500cc ! ČZ | AUT - | AUT - | ITA - | ITA - | SWE - | SWE - | FIN - | FIN - | GDR - | GDR - | CZE - | CZE - |style="background:#dfffdf;"| UK 4 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| UK 4 | GER - | GER - | FRA - | FRA - | NED - | NED - | BEL - | BEL - | LUX - | LUX - | CH - | CH - | | | | ! 18th ! 3 |- ! [[1969 FIM Motocross World Championship|1969]] ! 250cc ! ČZ | ESP - | ESP - | CH - | CH - | YUG - | YUG - | CZE - | CZE - | POL - | POL - | GER - | GER - | NED - | NED - | FRA - | FRA - |style="background:#dfffdf;"| UK 4 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| UK 1 | SWE - | SWE - | FIN - | FIN - | USR - | USR - | | | | | | ! 19th ! 12 |- !colspan=35|Sources:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.memotocross.fr/downloads/1959---gp-250-et-classement-final.pdf |title=1959 250cc motocross world championship race classifications |publisher=memotocross.fr |accessdate=4 March 2025 }}</ref><ref name="1960 250cc motocross world championship race classifications">{{cite web |url=https://www.memotocross.fr/downloads/1960---gp-250-et-classement-final.pdf |title=1960 250cc motocross world championship race classifications |publisher=memotocross.fr |accessdate=4 March 2025 }}</ref><ref name="1961 250cc motocross world championship race classifications">{{cite web |url=https://www.memotocross.fr/downloads/1961---gp-250-et-classement-final.pdf |title=1961 250cc motocross world championship race classifications |publisher=memotocross.fr |accessdate=4 March 2025 }}</ref><ref name="1962 250cc motocross world championship race classifications"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://memotocross.fr/downloads/1962---gp-500-et-classement-final.pdf |title=1962 500cc motocross world championship race classifications |publisher=memotocross.fr |accessdate=4 March 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.memotocross.fr/downloads/1963---gp-250-et-classement-final.pdf |title=1963 250cc motocross world championship race classifications |publisher=memotocross.fr |accessdate=4 March 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.memotocross.fr/downloads/1964---gp-250-et-classement-final.pdf |title=1964 250cc motocross world championship race classifications |publisher=memotocross.fr |accessdate=4 March 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.memotocross.fr/downloads/1965---gp-250-et-classement-final.pdf |title=1965 250cc motocross world championship race classifications |publisher=memotocross.fr |accessdate=4 March 2025 }}</ref><ref name="1966 500cc motocross world championship race classifications"/><ref name="1967 500cc motocross world championship race classifications"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.memotocross.fr/downloads/1968---gp-250-et-classement-final.pdf |title=1968 250cc motocross world championship race classifications |publisher=memotocross.fr |accessdate=4 March 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://memotocross.fr/downloads/1968---gp-500-et-classement-final.pdf |title=1968 500cc motocross world championship race classifications |publisher=memotocross.fr |accessdate=4 March 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://memotocross.fr/downloads/1969---gp-500-et-classement-final.pdf |title=1969 500cc motocross world championship race classifications |publisher=memotocross.fr |accessdate=4 March 2025 }}</ref> |}

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