Emil Bollhalder

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Emil Bollhalder
Nationality Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Sidecarcross World Championship
Active years1974 - 1983
ManufacturersNorton-Wasp (1974-76)
Yamaha-EML (1977-83)
Championships (2) 1982 – 1983
1983 championship position1st
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
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Emil Bollhalder is a retired Swiss sidecarcross rider and double Sidecarcross World Champion, having won the competition in 1982 and 1983, together with his passenger Karl Büsser. He has also won the European Champions, the predecessor of the World Championship, in 1979, the last running of the competition. [1] [2]

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Sidecarcross racing, also known as sidecar motocross, is a branch of motocross. Regular motocross riders use solo machines, but a sidecarcross outfit has a different type of motorcycle chassis operated by a team of two people, a driver and a sidecar passenger. The earliest articles appear to show that sidecarcross started in the UK in the 1930s.

The Sidecar Motocross World Championship is an annual event, first held in 1980. It is organised by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Before 1980, a European competition was held from 1971 onwards.

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Apart from his World and European Championship triumphs he has also won the Swiss national sidecarcross championship twice, in 1982 and 1983. [3]

Biography

Emil Bollhalder made his debut in national and international sidecarcross in 1974. He successfully raced in the Swiss championship, finishing runners-up as well as in the FIM-Cup, the predecessor of the European Championship, where he came tenth. In both competitions he used Ruedi Kasper as his passenger. [1] [3]

From 1975 he switched to Roland Bollhalder as his passenger, who he would race with, except for a brief interruption in 1976 until the end of the 1979 season. In this era, the Bollhalder's achieved good results in the Swiss championship but were unable to better Robert Grogg at the time, who dominated the national competition. [3] Internationally, the situation was similar with the duo always finishing high in the top ten of the competition now renamed European Championship. There however the duo experienced some success in 1979, being able to outscore Robert Grogg and his passenger Andreas Hüsser and winning the last edition of the European Championship. [1]

Robert Grogg is a retired Swiss sidecarcross rider and triple Sidecarcross European Champion, having won the competition in 1976, 1977 and 1978, together with his passenger Andreas Hüsser. He has also won the FIM-Cup, the predecessor of the European Championship twice, in 1972 and 1974.

Andreas Hüsser is a retired Swiss sidecarcross passenger and dual Sidecarcross World Champion, having won the competition in 1988 and 1989 as passenger of Christoph Hüsser, his older twin brother. He also has three European Championships to his name, the predecessor competition of the World Championship, which he won as passenger of Robert Grogg from 1976 to 1978.

The first season of the new World Championship proved unsuccessful for Bollhalder, now with new passenger Ruedi Manser. The new team took part in only two events this season and came 24th overall. [1] In the Swiss championship they did not compete at all that year. [3]

For 1981 he switched passengers again, now riding with Karl Büsser for the most part of the season. With Büsser results improved and the new team came second in Switzerland and fourth in the World Championship. [1] [3]

The 1982 and 1983 seasons were dominated by the team of Bollhalder and Büsser, both nationally and internationally. The two won the Swiss championship in both years, as they did the World Championship. In the later, on both occasions, they relegated the German team of Josef Brockhausen and Hubert Rebele to second place, by 62 points in 1982 and 11 points in 1983. [1] [3]

Emil Bollhalder retired from national and international competition after the end of the 1983 season, [1] [3] as did Karl Büsser. [4]

Racing record

Sidecarcross World Championship

The competition which was to become the Sidecarcross World Championship in 1980 originated as the FIM Cup in 1971 and was renamed to European championship in 1975. Emil Bollhalder's results in these competitions were:. [1]

SeasonPassenger(s)EquipmentPositionPointsRacesWinsSecondThird
1974 Ruedi KasperNorton-Wasp 1047812—
1975 Roland BollhalderNorton-Wasp 569142—1
1976 Roland Bollhalder
Hugo Jung
Norton-Wasp 75412———
1977 Roland BollhalderYamaha-EML 6668211
1978 Roland BollhalderYamaha-EML 411618231
1979 Roland BollhalderYamaha-EML 114416235
1980 Ruedi ManserYamaha-EML 2454———
1981 Karl Büsser
Ruedi Manser
Yamaha-EML 49416212
1982 Karl BüsserYamaha-EML 116416442
1983 Karl BüsserYamaha-EML 117220731
Overall 1974 - 1983931132221713

Honours

World Championship

European Championship

National Championships

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Emil Bollhalder Sidecarcross World championship results The John Davey Pages, accessed: 21 October 2013
  2. ↑ History - World Champions sidecarcross.com, accessed: 21 October 2013
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Swiss national championship results 1970 - 2005 The John Davey Pages, accessed: 21 October 2013
  4. ↑ Karl Büsser Sidecarcross World championship results The John Davey Pages, accessed: 21 October 2013
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Ton van Heugten 		Sidecarcross World Champion
1982 - 1983 		Succeeded by
Hansi Bächtold
Preceded by
Robert Grogg 		Sidecarcross European Champion
1979 		Succeeded by
competition discontinued
Preceded by
Hansi Bächtold		 Swiss national sidecarcross champion
1982 - 1983 		Succeeded by
Hansi Bächtold
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