Arne Kring

Arne Kring
Nationality	Swedish
Born	November 17, 1942 (1942-11-17) (age 83) Knåda, Sweden
Motocross career
Years active	1963 - 1975
Teams	Husqvarna
Wins	7

Arne Kring (born November 17, 1942) ^[1] is a Swedish former professional motocross racer. ^[2] He was a top contender in the F.I.M. 500cc Motocross World Championship from 1963 to 1975. ^[2]

Motocross career

Kring was born in the town of Knåda in the province of Hälsingland. ^[2] Like many Swedes of his time, Kring rode Husqvarna motorcycles. Although he raced motocross professionally, his true profession was as a bicycle shop owner. ^[2] At the age of 20, he entered the 1963 250cc Swedish motocross Grand Prix and scored an impressive second place finish behind the defending world champion, Torsten Hallman. ^[2] After placing fourth in the 1967 250cc Swedish motocross Grand Prix, the Husqvarna factory offered Kring a motorcycle to compete with in the world championships alongside other Swedish racers such as Torsten Hallman, Åke Jonsson, Håkan Andersson and Bengt Åberg. ^[2] Kring and Åberg lived only a few kilometers apart in Hälsingland and became good friends due to their shared passion for motorcycles. ^[3]

In 1967 Kring joined his Husqvarna teammates, Torsten Hallman and Åke Jonsson, along with ČZ factory teammates Joël Robert, Roger De Coster and Dave Bickers in a series of exhibition races in the United States that had been organized by Edison Dye, the American importer for Husqvarna motorcycles. ^[4] 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 Trans-AMA motocross series that helped to popularize the sport of motocross in the United States. ^{[2] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Kring moved up to the premier 500cc class in 1969 riding Husqvarna's best machinery. ^[2] He won his first world championship race at the 500cc Swedish Grand Prix and, followed with another victory one week later at the Dutch Grand Prix to give him the early lead in the 1969 500cc world championships. ^[9] However, he failed to win again until the final race of the year at the East German Grand Prix and finished the season ranked fourth in the world as his Husqvarna teammate, Bengt Åberg won the world championship. ^[10] After the World Championship season had ended, Kring returned to the United States and won the 1969 Inter-AM Series. ^[11]

Kring was having the most successful season of his career in 1970 when, he led in the 500cc world championship points standings with four overall victories in the first nine rounds before he broke his back while competing in a non-championship race. ^{[2] [12]} His injury ended his season however, he had accumulated enough points to claim second place in the world championship behind teammate Bengt Åberg. ^[13] He competed in his final World Championship race at the 1975 500cc Dutch Grand Prix at the age of 32.

Career overview

Kring won 10 individual heat races and 7 Grand Prix victories during his world championship racing career. ^{[2] [14]} Although he never won a World Championship, he was the 1974 500cc Swedish Motocross National Champion. ^[14] Kring was a member of four Swedish Motocross des Nations teams (1969, 1970, 1974, 1975) and five Trophée des Nations teams (1969, 1970, 1972-1974). ^[14] He helped Sweden win the 1970 and 1974 Motocross des Nations events and, he was also the top individual points scorer at the 1969 Trophée des Nations. ^[15]

Motocross Grand Prix Results

Points system from 1952 to 1968:

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

Points system from 1969 to 1980:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Year	Class	Team	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		Pos	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
1963	250cc	Husqvarna	ESP -	ESP -	ITA -	ITA -	FRA -	FRA -	CH -	CH -	GER -	GER -	LUX -	LUX -	NED -	NED -	UK -	UK -	SWE 2	SWE 4	FIN -	FIN -	USR -	USR -	POL -	POL -	CZE -	CZE -	GDR -	GDR -	9th	6
1967	250cc	Husqvarna	ESP -	ESP -	CH -	CH -	FRA -	FRA -	BEL -	BEL -	GER -	GER -	NED -	NED -	ITA -	ITA -	UK -	UK -	SWE 5	SWE 5	FIN -	FIN -	USR -	USR -	POL -	POL -					12th	3
1969	500cc	Husqvarna	AUT -	AUT -	SWE 1	SWE 1	NED 1	NED 2	ITA 3	ITA -	CZE 4	CZE 3	USR -	USR -	GER 2	GER 6	BEL -	BEL -	LUX -	LUX -	FRA 8	FRA 8	CH -	CH -	GDR 2	GDR 2					4th	66
1970	500cc	Husqvarna	CH 3	CH -	AUT 3	AUT 3	NED 3	NED 1	FRA 1	FRA 1	FIN 1	FIN 1	SWE -	SWE 2	CZE 2	CZE 1	USR -	USR -	GER 5	GER 3	GDR -	GDR -	BEL -	BEL -	LUX -	LUX -					2nd	80
1971	500cc	Husqvarna	ITA 8	ITA 7	AUT 10	AUT 7	SWE 6	SWE 7	FIN -	FIN -	CZE -	CZE -	USR -	USR -	GDR -	GDR -	UK -	UK -	GER -	GER -	BEL -	BEL -	LUX -	LUX -	NED -	NED -					14th	14
1972	250cc	Husqvarna	ESP -	ESP -	FRA -	FRA -	NED 4	NED -	CZE 7	CZE 2	YUG -	YUG 4	GER 7	GER -	POL -	POL -	USR 10	USR -	FIN 2	FIN 9	SWE 1	SWE 2	UK -	UK 11	CH 4	CH 3					8th	42
1973	500cc	Husqvarna	FRA -	FRA 10	AUT -	AUT -	FIN -	FIN -	ITA -	ITA -	CZE -	CZE 10	USA -	USA -	GER -	GER -	BEL -	BEL -	LUX -	LUX -	NED 9	NED -									31st	4
1974	500cc	Husqvarna	AUT 7	AUT 7	FRA 3	FRA 8	ITA -	ITA -	DEN 7	DEN 3	CZE -	CZE -	GER 7	GER -	UK 4	UK 4	USA -	USA -	NED 7	NED 3	BEL 4	BEL 5	LUX -	LUX 7							8th	80
1975	500cc	Husqvarna	CH 7	CH 5	ITA -	ITA -	FIN 7	FIN 5	USR -	USR 8	FRA -	FRA -	USA -	USA -	CAN -	CAN -	UK 4	UK 6	GER -	GER 7	NED 4	NED -	BEL -	BEL -	LUX -	LUX -					9th	48
Sources: [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]

References

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11. "1969 Inter-AM Series results". akejonsson.com. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
12. "1970 500cc motocross world championship race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
13. "1970 500cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
14. "Arne Kring career statistics" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
15. "1969 Trophée des Nations classifications" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
16. "1963 250cc motocross world championship race classifications" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
17. "1967 250cc motocross world championship race classifications" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
18. "1969 500cc motocross world championship race classifications" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
19. "1970 500cc motocross world championship race classifications" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
20. "1971 500cc motocross world championship race classifications" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
21. "1972 250cc motocross world championship race classifications" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
22. "1973 500cc motocross world championship race classifications" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
23. "1974 500cc motocross world championship race classifications" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
24. "1975 500cc motocross world championship race classifications" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 11 December 2025.

External links

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