The 1967 Motocross World Championship was the 11th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles.

Summary

In the 500cc displacement class, ČZ factory supported rider Paul Friedrichs repeated his dominant performance of the previous season, easily defending his crown by winning seven out of eleven Grand Prix events.[1][2][3] BSA factory team rider and two-time World Champion, Jeff Smith finished the season as vice-champion.[2]

Two-time World Champion Bill Nilsson (1957, 1960) makes his final World Championship appearance at the 1967 500cc British Grand Prix. Another two-time World Champion, Rolf Tibblin (1962, 1963), also ends his World Championship career with a final appearance at the 1967 500cc Luxembourg Grand Prix.

As with the previous year, Torsten Hallman and Joël Robert traded victories throughout the season.[4][5] After eight of twelve rounds, Robert had won four Grand Prix races to Hallman's three however, Robert failed to finish in the three of the final four rounds, allowing Hallman to overtake him with a victory at the penultimate round in Russia and claim his fourth world championship by a slim two point margin.[4][6] The two rivals dominated the championship with five Grand Prix victories apiece.[7][6]

Grands Prix

500cc

Round Date Grand Prix Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Overall Winner Report
1 April 16 Austria Austrian Grand Prix Sittendorf Soviet Union Gunnar Draugs Soviet Union Gunnar Draugs Soviet Union Gunnar Draugs Report
2 May 7 Italy Italian Grand Prix Esanatoglia Soviet Union Gunnar Draugs United Kingdom Vic Eastwood East Germany Paul Friedrichs Report
3 May 15 Sweden Swedish Grand Prix Hedemora Sweden Christer Hammargren United Kingdom Jeff Smith United Kingdom Dave Bickers Report
4 June 18 Czech Republic Czechoslovakian Grand Prix Sedlčany East Germany Paul Friedrichs East Germany Paul Friedrichs East Germany Paul Friedrichs Report
5 June 25 Soviet Union Russian Grand Prix Chișinău Soviet Union Vladimir Pogrebnyak United Kingdom Jeff Smith United Kingdom Jeff Smith Report
6 July 9 France French Grand Prix Niort East Germany Paul Friedrichs Czech Republic Vlastimil Valek East Germany Paul Friedrichs Report
7 July 16 West Germany West German Grand Prix Beuren East Germany Paul Friedrichs East Germany Paul Friedrichs East Germany Paul Friedrichs Report
8 July 30 United Kingdom British Grand Prix Farleigh Castle East Germany Paul Friedrichs United Kingdom Dave Bickers East Germany Paul Friedrichs Report
9 August 6 Belgium Belgian Grand Prix Namur Belgium Jeff Teeuwissen East Germany Paul Friedrichs East Germany Paul Friedrichs Report
10 August 13 Luxembourg Luxembourg Grand Prix Ettelbruck United Kingdom Vic Eastwood East Germany Paul Friedrichs United Kingdom Dave Bickers Report
11 August 20 Switzerland Swiss Grand Prix Wohlen East Germany Paul Friedrichs East Germany Paul Friedrichs East Germany Paul Friedrichs Report
Sources:[3][8]

250cc

Round Date Grand Prix Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Overall Winner Report
1 April 2 Spain Spanish Grand Prix Sabadell Soviet Union Victor Arbekov Soviet Union Victor Arbekov Soviet Union Victor Arbekov Report
2 April 9 Switzerland Swiss Grand Prix Payerne Sweden Torsten Hallman Belgium Joël Robert Sweden Torsten Hallman Report
3 April 16 France French Grand Prix Vannes Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Report
4 April 23 Belgium Belgian Grand Prix Hechtel Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Report
5 May 14 West Germany West German Grand Prix Bielstein Soviet Union Victor Arbekov Sweden Torsten Hallman Sweden Torsten Hallman Report
6 May 21 Netherlands Dutch Grand Prix Norg Sweden Torsten Hallman Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Report
7 June 11 Italy Italian Grand Prix Bra Belgium Joël Robert Sweden Torsten Hallman Sweden Torsten Hallman Report
8 July 9 United Kingdom British Grand Prix Halstead Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Report
9 July 23 Sweden Swedish Grand Prix Motala Sweden Torsten Hallman Sweden Torsten Hallman Sweden Torsten Hallman Report
10 July 30 Finland Finnish Grand Prix Hyvinkää Sweden Torsten Hallman Sweden Olle Pettersson Sweden Olle Pettersson Report
11 August 6 Soviet Union Russian Grand Prix Belgorod Sweden Torsten Hallman Sweden Torsten Hallman Sweden Torsten Hallman Report
12 August 13 Poland Polish Grand Prix Szczecin Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Report
Sources:[7][9]

Final standings

Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers. For the 500cc final championship standings, the 7 best of 11 results are retained. For the 250cc final championship standings, the 7 best of 12 results are retained.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th 
Points 8 6 4 3 2 1

500cc

(Results in italics indicate overall winner)

Pos Rider Machine AUT
Austria 		ITA
Italy 		SWE
Sweden 		CZE
Czech Republic 		USSR
Soviet Union 		FRA
France 		GER
West Germany 		UK
United Kingdom 		BEL
Belgium 		LUX
Luxembourg 		CH
Switzerland 		Points
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 East Germany Paul Friedrichs ČZ - - 2 2 4 6 1 1 - - 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 - 1 1 1 56
2 United Kingdom Jeff Smith BSA 3 24 - - 5 1 3 2 2 1 6 3 3 4 4 3 5 3 8 - 16 6 35
3 United Kingdom Dave Bickers ČZ 9 6 4 5 2 2 - - - - - - - - 6 1 16 2 2 3 3 - 26
4 Czech Republic Vlastimil Valek Jawa 8 10 5 4 - 3 4 - 3 3 2 1 4 7 5 4 6 5 3 - 5 2 26
5 Belgium Roger De Coster ČZ 10 11 - 10 - - 2 5 - - 9 - 8 8 8 - 3 4 9 2 2 5 19
6 Soviet Union Gunnar Draugs ČZ 1 1 1 3 3 - - - - - 4 4 - - - - 15 6 14 9 - - 16
7 Sweden Christer Hammargren Husqvarna - - - - 1 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 4 - - 12
8 Soviet Union Vladimir Pogrebniak ČZ 6 5 - - - - - 4 1 2 14 7 7 15 - - - - 13 10 6 9 10
9 Sweden Bill Nilsson Husqvarna 2 2 - - - - - - - - - - 10 5 7 5 - - - - - - 9
10 United Kingdom Vic Eastwood BSA - 13 3 1 - - 6 - - - 13 - 12 2 2 - 11 8 1 - - 4 8
11 Sweden Jan Johansson Lindstrom 4 4 - - - - - - - - - 5 2 - 16 13 - - 12 8 4 7 7
12 United Kingdom John Banks BSA - 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 - 4 6 10 3 6
13 Soviet Union Yuri Matveev ČZ 11 12 - - - - 5 3 5 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 6
14 United Kingdom Keith Hickman BSA 5 3 - - - - - - - - 5 - - - 9 - - - 6 - 9 - 6
15 Sweden Bengt Åberg Husqvarna 12 7 - - - - - - 4 6 3 - - - - - - - - - - - 4
Sweden Rolf Tibblin ČZ - - - - 8 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 5 - - 4
17 West Germany Wolfgang Müller Maico - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 6 - - - - - - - - 3
18 Czech Republic Jiri Schmalz ČZ 21 16 - - - - - - - - 10 6 - - 12 - 13 - 16 12 8 - 2
Sweden Åke Jonsson Husqvarna - - - - 7 9 - - 8 - - - - - - - 8 7 - - - - 2
20 Italy Emilio Ostorero ČZ - - - 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Sweden Gunnar Johansson ČZ - - - - 6 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
United Kingdom Arthur Lampkin BSA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 6 - - - - - - 1
Netherlands Pierre Karsmakers ČZ - - - - - - - 6 - - - - - - - - 4 14 - 13 - - 1
East Germany Heinz Hoppe ČZ 14 8 - - - - - - - - 11 11 - - - - 10 - 11 7 13 8 1
- Belgium Jeff Teuwissen ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 0
Czech Republic Miroslav Lisy ČZ 7 9 6 - - - - - - - 16 9 5 12 14 7 12 11 - - - - 0
West Germany Adolf Weil Maico - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - 0
United Kingdom Don Rickman Triumph-Métisse - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - 0
Sources:[2][8]

250cc

(Results in italics indicate overall winner)

Pos Rider Machine ESP
Spain 		CH
Switzerland 		FRA
France 		BEL
Belgium 		GER
West Germany 		NED
Netherlands 		ITA
Italy 		UK
United Kingdom 		SWE
Sweden 		FIN
Finland 		USSR
Soviet Union 		POL
Poland 		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
1 Sweden Torsten Hallman Husqvarna - 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 1 1 - 2 1 - 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 - - 52
2 Belgium Joël Robert ČZ 10 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 11 - 2 1 1 6 1 1 - - - - 2 - 1 1 50
3 Sweden Olle Pettersson Husqvarna 3 4 12 7 4 6 4 5 4 2 6 5 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 1 5 2 2 2 44
4 Soviet Union Victor Arbekov ČZ 1 1 4 8 5 4 13 - 1 - 3 2 - - 2 4 - - - - 3 - - - 25
5 Finland Jyrki Storm ČZ - - - - - - 5 2 9 5 5 4 6 5 6 9 - - 4 5 - - 3 4 20
6 Sweden Håkan Andersson Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 5 3 3 3 3 6 - - - 13
7 Soviet Union Leonid Shinkarenko ČZ 2 6 8 16 3 3 7 6 - - 7 3 - - - - - - - - 4 - - - 10
8 Czech Republic Zdenek Strnad ČZ - - - - 8 9 11 - 7 3 - - 9 4 15 6 - - - - - - - - 5
9 East Germany Paul Friedrichs ČZ - - 2 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4
10 Soviet Union Gennady Moiseyev ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 3 - - 4
11 Belgium Jacky Wiertz Bultaco 4 5 7 19 - - 22 - - - - - 4 7 - - - - - - - - - - 4
12 United Kingdom Allan Clough Husqvarna - - 6 3 - - - 7 - - - - - - 7 - - - - - - - - - 3
Soviet Union Alex Yakovlev ČZ - - - - - - - - 5 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3
Netherlands Frans Sigmans Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - 4 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - 3
Italy Emilio Ostorero ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 2 - - - - - - - - - - 3
Sweden Arne Kring Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 5 - - - - - - 3
Czech Republic Vlastimil Hlous ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 - - - - - 7 4 6 - 3
Czech Republic Karel Konecny ČZ - - 10 6 - - 20 11 6 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 5 3
19 Belgium Roger De Coster ČZ - - - - - - 6 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
France Jacky Porte Montesa 12 - - - 30 5 26 18 10 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
Sweden Rolf Martensson ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - 2
Sweden Staffan Eneqvist Husqvarna - - - - - - - - 8 - 18 8 - - 13 - - - 6 4 - - - - 2
Czech Republic Ivan Polas ČZ - - 14 10 - - 12 8 - - - - - - 9 8 - - - - - - 5 3 2
24 Belgium Marcel Wiertz Bultaco 6 8 5 9 - - 21 - 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
25 United Kingdom Bryan Goss Husqvarna - - 9 15 6 8 - - - 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Belgium Jeff Teuwissen ČZ - - - - - - 2 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
United Kingdom Andy Roberton Cotton - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 7 - - - - - - - - 1
Finland Heikki Mikkola Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - - - 1
Soviet Union Boris Ivanov ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - 1
East Germany Fred Willamowski ČZ - - - - - - - - - - 8 10 - - - - - - - - - - 7 - 1
- West Germany Adolf Weil Maico 5 19 - 5 11 29 10 14 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0
Finland Kalevi Vehkonen Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 - - - - - 0
Sources:[6][9]

Notes

References

  1. ^ Trippe, Gavin (1 December 1967). "Motocross 500cc Championship". Cycle World. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "1967 500cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  3. ^ a b "1967 500cc motocross world championship race winners". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Fourth Hallman Title". husqvarna-motorcycles.com. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  5. ^ Trippe, Gavin (1 August 1967). "European Motocross". Cycle World. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  6. ^ a b c "1967 250cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  7. ^ a b "1967 250cc motocross world championship race winners". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  8. ^ a b "1967 500cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  9. ^ a b "1967 250cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
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