The 1977 World trials season consisted of twelve trials events. It began on 12 February, with round one in Newtownards, Ireland and ended with round twelve in Oberiberg, Switzerland on 25 September.
Season summary Yrjo Vesterinen would claim his second World trials championship in 1977, repeating his 1976 title.
1977 World trials season calendar
Round Date Trial Venue Trial GP 1 12 February Ireland Newtownards 1) Malcolm Rathmell 2) John Reynolds 3) Rob Edwards 2 19 February Great Britain Rhayader 1) Malcolm Rathmell 2) Manuel Soler 3) Dave Thorpe 3 27 February Belgium Bilstain 1) Malcolm Rathmell 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Yrjo Vesterinen 4 6 March Spain Matadepera 1) Yrjo Vesterinen 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Bernie Schreiber 5 13 March France Sancerre 1) Ulf Karlson 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Yrjo Vesterinen 6 20 March Germany Bielefeld 1) Martin Lampkin 2) Bernie Schreiber 3) Rob Shepherd 7 29 May United States Port Huron 1) Charles Coutard 2) Marland Whaley 3) Mike Griffitts 8 5 June Canada Chicoutimi 1) Charles Coutard 2) Yrjo Vesterinen 3) Malcolm Rathmell 9 28 August Sweden Huddingen 1) Ulf Karlson 2) Bo Nilsson 3) Malcolm Rathmell 10 4 September Finland Ekenas 1) Rob Shepherd 2) Yrjo Vesterinen 3) Martin Lampkin 11 18 September Czechoslovakia Ricany 1) Yrjo Vesterinen 2) Rob Shepherd 3) Martin Lampkin 12 25 September Switzerland Oberiberg 1) Ulf Karlson 2) Malcolm Rathmell 3) Rob Shepherd
Scoring system Points were awarded to the top ten finishers. All twelve rounds counted for the World Trials class.
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
World Trials final standings
Pos Rider Machine IRL GBR BEL SPA FRA GER USA CAN SWE FIN CZE SWI Pts Notes 1 Yrjo Vesterinen Bultaco 4 6 3 1 3 5 10 2 4 2 1 6 107 1977 Finnish champion 2 Ulf Karlson Montesa 5 8 2 4 1 6 8 6 1 5 4 1 101 1977 Swedish champion 3 Malcolm Rathmell Montesa 1 1 1 7 - 4 9 3 3 8 5 2 100 4 Martin Lampkin Bultaco 9 5 8 2 2 1 4 4 5 3 3 5 98 winner of 1977 Scottish 6 day & scott trials 5 Rob Shepherd HRC Honda 8 - 4 8 9 3 - - 6 1 2 3 68 1977 British champion 6 Charles Coutard Bultaco 6 9 - 5 4 - 1 1 7 4 - - 63 1977 French champion 7 Bernie Schreiber Bultaco - - 5 3 5 2 - 7 8 6 8 7 53 8 Manuel Soler Bultaco - 2 - 6 8 8 - 9 - - 6 - 30 1977 Spanish champion 9 Nigel Birkett Montesa 7 - 6 9 7 7 - 8 10 - 10 9 26 10 Marland Whaley HRC Honda - - - - - - 2 - - - - 4 20 1977 US NATC champion 11 John Reynolds Suzuki 2 4 - - - - - - - - - - 20 12 Jean Marie LeJeune Montesa - 7 7 - 6 9 - 10 - - - 8 19 1977 Belgian champion 13 Mick Andrews Yamaha - 10 10 - - 10 - - 9 7 7 - 13 14 Bo Nilsson Ossa - - - - - - - - 2 - - - 12 15 Don Sweet Montesa - - - - - - 6 5 - - - - 11 16 Mike Griffitts Montesa - - - - - - 3 - - - - - 10 16 Dave Thorpe Bultaco - 3 - - - - - - - - - - 10 16 Rob Edwards Montesa 3 - - - - - - - - - - - 10 19 Mark Eggar Honda - - - - - - 5 - - - - - 6 20 Lane Leavitt Bultaco - - - - - - 7 - - - - - 4 21 Jean-Luc Colson Montesa - - 9 - - - - - - - 9 - 4 22 Timo Ryysy Bultaco - - - - - - - - - 9 - - 2 23 Tore Evertsson Bultaco - - - 10 10 - - - - - - - 2 24 Fulvio Adamoli Montesa - - - - - - - - - - - 10 1 24 Jaime Subira Montesa - - - - - - - - - 10 - - 1 24 Alan Lampkin Bultaco 10 - - - - - - - - - - - 1
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