History of MXdN

RX did an article on it I'm pretty sure. Or google it in Wiki.

Good idea.

Void is too drunk at the moment to think of a wiki search.

1947!

Who'd a thunk it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MXDN

Posted the same thing Geezer did.

So here is Bayle & Tortelli.

The Motocross des Nations is an annual team motocross race, where riders representing their country meet at what is billed as the "Olympics of Motocross". The event has been staged since 1947, where the team of Bill Nicholson, Fred Rist and Bob Ray, representing Great Britain, took home the Chamberlain Trophy for the first time.

The event as it stands today is an amalgamation of three separate events, the original Motocross des Nations, raced with 500cc motorcycles, the Trophée des Nations, raced with 250cc motorcycles, and the Coupe des Nations, for 125cc motorcycles. Before 1984, the three events were held in different locations on different weekends, whereafter they were combined into a single event with one rider per class.

The scoring for the event works on the position system, i.e. first place is awarded one point, second place two, etc. Each class (currently MX1, MX2 and Open) races twice, each time against one of other two classes, for a total of three races. The worst score of three races is dropped, and the lowest combined score wins.

The event's name has been officially anglicised (as Motocross of Nations "MXON") since 2004, when Youthstream was awarded promotional rights for the World Motocross Grand Prix, although the general moniker Des Nations or MXDN is still very much in use.

Historically Great Britain dominated the early years, before the competition became more fierce. With the rise of motocross in North America from the 1970s, the USA embarked on a famous winning streak, lasting 13 years from 1981 to 1993.

Year Team Riders Track
2009 United States USA Ryan Dungey / Jake Weimer / Ivan Tedesco Franciacorta, Italy
2008 United States USA James Stewart Jr. / Ryan Villopoto / Tim Ferry Donington Park, UK
2007 United States USA Ricky Carmichael / Ryan Villopoto / Tim Ferry Budds Creek, USA
2006 United States USA James Stewart Jr. / Ryan Villopoto / Ivan Tedesco Matterley Basin, UK
2005 United States USA Ricky Carmichael / Kevin Windham / Ivan Tedesco Ernée, France
2004 Belgium Belgium Stefan Everts / Steve Ramon / Kevin Strijbos Lierop, Netherlands
2003 Belgium Belgium Stefan Everts / Steve Ramon / Joël Smets Zolder, Belgium
2002 Italy Italy Andrea Bartolini / Alessio Chiodi / Alessandro Puzar Bellpuig, Spain
2001 France France Yves Demaria / Luigi Seguy / David Vuillemin Namur, Belgium
2000 United States USA Ricky Carmichael / Ryan Hughes / Travis Pastrana Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France
1999 Italy Italy Andrea Bartolini / Alessio Chiodi/ Claudio Federici Indaiatuba, Brazil
1998 Belgium Belgium Marnicq Bervoets / Patrick Caps / Stefan Everts Foxhills, UK
1997 Belgium Belgium Marnicq Bervoets / Stefan Everts / Joël Smets Nismes, Belgium
1996 United States USA Jeff Emig / Steve Lamson / Jeremy McGrath Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
1995 Belgium Belgium Marnicq Bervoets / Stefan Everts / Joël Smets Sverepec, Slovakia
1994 United Kingdom Great Britain Rob Herring / Paul Malin / Kurt Nicoll Roggenburg, Switzerland
1993 United States USA Jeff Emig / Mike Kiedrowski / Jeremy McGrath Schwanenstadt, Austria
1992 United States USA Jeff Emig / Mike LaRocco / Billy Liles Manjimup, Australia
1991 United States USA Damon Bradshaw / Mike Kiedrowski / Jeff Stanton Valkenswaard, Netherlands
1990 United States USA Damon Bradshaw / Jeff Stanton / Jeff Ward Vimmerby, Sweden
1989 United States USA Mike Kiedrowski / Jeff Stanton / Jeff Ward Gaildorf, West Germany
1988 United States USA Rick Johnson / Ron Lechien / Jeff Ward Dung, France
1987 United States USA Bob Hannah / Rick Johnson / Jeff Ward Unadilla, USA
1986 United States USA David Bailey / Rick Johnson / Johnny O'Mara Maggiora, Italy
1985 United States USA David Bailey / Ron Lechien / Jeff Ward Gaildorf, West Germany
1984 United States USA David Bailey / Rick Johnson / Johnny O'Mara / Jeff Ward Vanta, Finland
1983 United States USA David Bailey / Mark Barnett / Broc Glover / Jeff Ward Bruxelles, Belgium
1982 United States USA David Bailey / Danny Chandler / Jim Gibson / Johnny O'Mara Wohlen, Switzerland
1981 United States USA Donnie Hansen / Danny LaPorte / Johnny O'Mara / Chuck Sun Beilstein, West Germany
1980 Belgium Belgium Georges Jobé / André Malherbe / Ivan Van Den Broek / André Vromans Farleigh Castle, UK
1979 Belgium Belgium Roger De Coster / Harry Everts / André Malherbe / Ivan Van Den Broek Stockholm, Sweden
1978 Soviet Union USSR Kavinov / Khudiakov / Korneev / Guennady Moisseev Gaildorf, West Germany
1977 Belgium Belgium Roger De Coster / André Malherbe / Jean-Paul Mingles / Jaak Van Velthoven Cognac, France
1976 Belgium Belgium Roger De Coster / Harry Everts / Gaston Rahier / Jaak Van Velthoven St. Anthonis, Netherlands
1975 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Bavorovský / Churavý / Naváček / Velký Kaplice, Czechoslovakia
1974 Sweden Sweden Bengt Aberg / Hakan Andersson / Ake Jonsson / Kring Stockholm, Sweden
1973 Belgium Belgium Roger De Coster / Sylvain Geboers / René Heeren / Jaak Van Velthoven Bohlen, Switzerland
1972 Belgium Belgium Roger De Coster / Van de Vorst / Jaak Van Velthoven Norg, Netherlands
1971 Sweden Sweden Bengt Aberg / Hammargren/ Ake Jonsson / Petersoon
1970 Sweden Sweden Bengt Aberg / Hammargren / Ake Jonsson / Kring
1969 Belgium Belgium Roger De Coster / Sylvain Geboers / Joël Robert / Jef Teeuwissen
1968 Soviet Union USSR Angers/ Petushkov / Pogbrniak / Shinkarenko
1967 United Kingdom Great Britain Jeff Bickers / Vic Eastwood/ Jeff Smith
1966 United Kingdom Great Britain Jeff Bickers / Vic Eastwood / D.J. Rickman
1965 United Kingdom Great Britain Arthur Lampkin / Vic Eastwood / Jeff Smith
1964 United Kingdom Great Britain D.E. Rickman / D.J. Rickman / Jeff Smith
1963 United Kingdom Great Britain Burton / D.E. Rickman / D.J. Rickman
1962 Sweden Sweden Johansson / Ove Lundell / Rolf Tibblin
1961 Sweden Sweden Ove Lundell / Bill Nilsson / Rolf Tibblin
1960 United Kingdom Great Britain Curtis / Rickman / Jeff Smith
1959 United Kingdom Great Britain Draper / Rickman / Jeff Smith
1958 Sweden Sweden Gustavsson / Ove Lundell / Bill Nilsson
1957 United Kingdom Great Britain Curtis / Martin / Jeff Smith
1956 United Kingdom Great Britain Draper / Jeff Smith/ Ward
1955 Sweden Sweden Gustavsson / Sten Lundin / Bill Nilsson
1954 United Kingdom Great Britain Curtis / Brian Stonebridge / Ward
1953 United Kingdom Great Britain Les Archer / Draper / Ward
1952 United Kingdom Great Britain Nex / Brian Stonebridge / Ward
1951 Belgium Belgium Jansen / Leloup / Meunier
1950 United Kingdom Great Britain Draper / Hall / Lines
1949 United Kingdom Great Britain Lines / Manns / Soovell
1948 Belgium Belgium Cox / Jansen / Milhoux
1947 United Kingdom Great Britain Bill Nicholson / Bob Ray / Fred Rist

Found this one on supercross.com

First years: dominance of the British team

Motocross, known as "scramble" when it was "invented" in the 20's, developed quickly in the 30's. After the war, the FIM elevated this sport at international level by giving birth to the Motocross des Nations, a classic event which has been run annually ever since, with 500cc motorcycles.

The inaugural event was held near The Hague, in the Netherlands, on 20 July 1947. Three nations were invited – the Netherlands, Belgium and Great Britain. The first team title went to Great Britain, composed of Bill Nicholson (BSA), Fred Rist (BSA) and Bob Ray (Ariel) in front of Belgium.

The second "Nations" contest took place in August 1948 in La Fraineuse, close to the Belgian city of Spa. National federations of France, Sweden and Luxembourg were also invited for an event dominated by the local team. Nic Jansen, Marcel Cox and Andre Milhoux took first, second and fifth places, clinching the first Trophy for Belgium.

At the end of August 1949 it was the turn of Great Britain to host the event at Brands Hatch. Great Britain won the competition for the second time, thus keeping the Cup indefinitely. The ACU then donated another Cup for the competition’s winning team. The Vice-President of the FIM International Sporting Commission Peter Chamberlain had always been a strong supporter of Motocross, and worked a great deal on behalf of the national teams’ competition. After he passed away in 1954, the cup was officially named after him.
In the 50s, the British dominance was quite strong: seven victories out of 10 in the Motocross des Nations before 1960. The only exceptions were the victories of Belgium in 1951 and Sweden in 1955 and 1958.

A competition for 250cc machines, named the Trophée des Nations, was created by the FIM as from the 1961 season. Victories in the first years were clinched by the Swedes after two initial successes for Great Britain. In the 500cc team event Great Britain lost against Sweden in 1961/62, but then won five years in a row, reaching the number of 14 victories in 20 years, however their last win was in 1967 and it would take 27 years before they won again.

Hard fights in the 60's and 70's

In Kishinev – then in the Soviet Union – the Russian team took the Chamberlain Trophy for the first time. Then Belgium finally won again the Trophy in Farleigh Castle (1969) after chasing after it for 18 years, with legendary names such as Roger de Coster, Joel Robert and Sylvain Geboers.

The 70's saw a big change at the mechanical level, with the massive arrival of Japanese manufacturers. Suzuki started first, quickly followed by Yamaha, Honda and Kawasaki. The first years of the decade were shared between Sweden and Belgium. In Sweden 1974, behind the local team, a US team appeared for the first time on the rostrum, in the second place, composed of Jim Pomeroy (Bultaco), Brad Lackey (Husqvarna), Marty Tripes (Husqvarna) and Jimmy Weinert (Kawasaki), just ahead of the Russian squad (with World Champion Guennady Moisseev). In 1975 in Czechoslovakia, the local team finished ahead of Belgium – despite the presence of three World Champions, Roger de Coster, Harry Everts and Gaston Rahier - and Great Britain. Two wins of the Belgian team preceded the second victory of a Russian team, still with Guennady Moisseev.

In the Trophée des Nations contest, Belgium conquered all titles except one (Russia in 1979) as of 1969 until 1980. In the Motocross des Nations Belgium again won two titles (79, 80) before the American domination became effective. Having missed both events in the two previous years, the American team arrived at Lommel in Belgium in September 1981 for the Trophée des Nations with four Honda riders. The team manager was former World Champion Roger de Coster – who had just quit racing the previous year. Danny LaPorte, Chuck Sun, Johnny O'Mara and Donnie Hansen destroyed the opposition, and one week later won again in the Motocross des Nations in Bielstein, Germany. Changes were made in the team from one year to the next, but it did not change anything. The American field was full of top riders during the 80s, and De Coster’s team got eight victories (four in each team competition) in four years.

In 1980 the FIM decided to introduce a third Motocross team contest with 125cc motorcycles: the Coupe des Nations. The Italian team led by Michele Rinaldi won the first two titles, followed by Belgium (with Eric Geboers) and the Netherlands (with Kees Van der Ven and John Van de Berk).

1985: new format

In 1985 a new format combining all three classes in a single competition, the Motocross des Nations, was introduced by the FIM, gathering all three classes (125cc, 250cc and 500cc) with one rider in each class and three races per event: 125/500, 125/250, 250/500.

However, nothing could stop the Americans until 1994, after 17 consecutive victories (13 in the Motocross des Nations, and the last four of the Trophée des Nations). Great Britain meets success again in Roggenburg, Switzerland, with Kurt Nicoll, Rob Herring and Paul Malin.

The American team always integrated world-recognized top riders. Danny "Magoo" Chandler won all four heats in the team contests in 1982, but perhaps the greatest win of all came at Maggiora (Italy) in 1986 when America's trio of supercross and motocross championship riders of David Bailey, Ricky Johnson and Johnny O'Mara went through all three heats unbeaten by the rest of the world.

After Great Britain's win in 1994, it was the turn of Belgium to be back at the top of the competition in 1995 with Stefan Everts, Joel Smets and Marnicq Bervoets. But the Americans were still there. In '96 in Jerez (Spain), the team driven by multi-time supercross champion Jeremy McGrath beat the French and Belgian teams. Then, the US team would be off the rostrum for three consecutive years: two Belgian wins – at home in Nismes, then under the rain and in the mud of Foxhill – were followed by the first crown for Italy (with World Champions Andrea Bartolini and Alessio Chiodi, and also Claudio Federici), in 1999 in Brazil, ahead of France and Belgium. Once again the Americans were back in 2000 in St Jean d'Angély, led by their new top rider Ricky Carmichael. The Americans did not take part in the event for two years. In Namur 2001, it was finally the turn of the French team to clinch their first victory (with David Vuillemin, Yves Demaria and Luigi Séguy), beating the Belgians on their home track. Italy won a perturbed 2002 edition, and Belgium - still with the record holder in individual World titles Stefan Everts - won the competition in 2003 (in Zolder, Belgium) and 2004 (in Lierop, the Netherlands), before the US went back to the first place in the last four editions, James Stewart having replaced Carmichael as the team’s top rider in 2006.

Little vid of Motocross Des Nations 1987







Here is another little vid. 1986 MXDN





More MXdN videos here. http://tinyurl.com/mxdnvids

Here is one from 1985 MXdN.
(You can here the announcer make mention of Rob Andrews(Rob from Mototalk-think he posts on here every so often to) I believe off the start.)



I think this one is 1984-great little video.

Sixty Years and a Day, bitches!!!!!!! If this doesn't make you want to book the flight,nothing will.

Someone needs to upload the Full Movie to this.

You can find it on torrent sites. I have it on my HDD right now. It was good enough to warrant buying a copy.

Cool, thanks!
I will have to search for it.

This is where Im going this weekend...

Veterans MXdN 2010

along with Josh Coppins and some legends of the past; Dave Thorpe, Jeff Leisk, Eric Geboers, Neil Hudson, Pete Mathia, Graham Noyce, Andre Malherbe...

A nice little prequel to the main event (some say the main event before the end of season warm down in Colorado)

How did the commies win in 68 and 78, they didnt even have dirtbikes

Here are some photos and filming of the Motocross of Nations 1968 ( Chisinau) edition ..... Motocross World Championship 1969 edition ( sixth stage, MX3):

http://www.pro-bike.ro/forums/topic/78767-romania-motociclistica-in-ima…

^^^^^^^^^ Cool link! ^^^^^^^^^^^^

MXON is an American dominated event in where the rest of the world attempts (but usually fails) to win back the cup from America. LOL

Yep, you're correct.




Hilarious isn't it.









...if you have the mental capacity of a seven year old.

It is true. Or do you disagree?

If you go on www.piratebay.org you can download the video 60 years and a day. It is the whole history of the event and its really good.

In the '87 film, I had to be caught in the crowd. Gonna have to watch it a few more times.