European Grasstrack Championship

The European Grasstrack Championship is a motorcycle championship and is organised by FIM Europe. The first championship took place in 1978 at Hereford Racecourse, England, and was won by Chris Baybutt. The competitors qualified though two semi-finals. Don Godden of England won the first semi-final in Artigues de Lussac, France and Skjold Larsen of Denmark won the second in Stadskanaal, Netherlands.^[1]

European Grasstrack Championship

Category	Motorcycle Racing
Country	Various
Region	Europe
Inaugural season	1978

Medalists

Year	Venue	First	Second	Third
1978	Hereford	Chris Baybutt	Franz Kolbeck	Don Godden
1979	Assen	Gerald Short	Gunther Brackland	Tjalle Reitsma
1980	Bad Waldsee	Willi Stauch	Gerald Short	Sture Lindblom
1981	Artigues de Lussac	Neil Farnish	Bernie Leigh	Skjold Larsen
1982	Damme	Jeremy Doncaster	Mike Beaumont	Josef Maucher
1983	Nandlstadt	Christian Brandt	Eric Schafferer	Gerald Short
1984	Eenrum	Martin Hagon	Vaclav Verner	Kent Noer
1985	La Reole	Clayton Williams	Harm Horstede	Tommy Brock
1986	Eenrum	Simon Cross	Steve Schofield	Joachim Reitzel
1987	Nandlstadt	Roman Matoušek	Joachim Reitzel	Bob Dolman
1988	Joure	Frank Kehlenbeck	Will James	Kent Noer
1989	La Reole	Robert Barth	Kent Noer	John Bostin
1990	Uithuizen	Robert Barth	Kent Noer	Henk Snijder
1991	Werlte	Rif Saitgareev	Thomas Diehr	Trever Banks
1992	Alken	Anne van der Helm	Vaclav Milik	Paulus Ellens
1993	Eenrum	Richard Musson	Paulus Ellens	Armando Dal Chiele
1994	Cloppenburg	Robert Barth	Anne van der Helm	Steve Schofield
1995	Joure	Kelvin Tatum	Bernd Diener	Anne van der Helm
1996	Saint-Colomb-de-Lauzun	Steve Johnston	Steve Schofield	Zdeněk Schneiderwind
1997	No championship
1998	Schwarme	Zdeněk Schneiderwind	Oleg Kurguskin	Massimo Mora
1999	Werlte	Bernd Diener	Zdeněk Schneiderwind	Vladimir Trofimov
2000	Saint-Colomb-de-Lauzun	Zdeněk Schneiderwind	Uppie Bos	Enrico Janoschka
2001	Noordwolde	Maik Groen	Zdeněk Schneiderwind	Uppie Bos
2002	Berghaupten	Sirg Schutzbach	Zdeněk Schneiderwind	Uppie Bos
2003	La Reole	Gerd Riss	Herbert Rudolph	Matthias Kroger
2004	Eenrum	Theo Pijper	Gerd Riss	Bernd Diener
2005	Schwarme	Paul Hurry	Dirk Fabriek	Andrew Appleton
2006	La Reole	Stephan Katt	Theo Pijper	Dirk Fabriek
2007	Folkestone	Theo Pijper	Stephan Katt	Andrew Appleton
2008	Siddeburen	Stephane Tresarrieu	Richard Speiser	Rene Lehtinen
2009	Berghaupten	Stephan Katt	Stephane Tresarrieu	Glen Phillips
2010	La Reole	Andrew Appleton	Theo Pijper	Martin Smolinski
2011	Wainfleet	Martin Smolinski	Jannick de Jong	Andrew Appleton
2012	Eenrum	Stephan Katt	Dirk Fabriek	Jannick de Jong
2013	Bielefeld	Jannick de Jong	Dirk Fabriek	Richard Speiser
2014	St. Macaire	Jannick de Jong	David Howe	Enrico Janoschka
2015	Staphorst	Jannick de Jong	James Shanes	Stephan Katt
2016	Folkestone	James Shanes	Mathieu Tresarrieu	Andrew Appleton
2017	Hertingen	James Shanes	Andrew Appleton	Edward Kennett
2018	Tayac	Dimitri Berge	Josef Franc	Zach Wajtknecht
2019	Bad Hersfeld	Zach Wajtknecht	Paul Hurry	Kenneth Hansen
2020	Tayac	Mathieu Tresarrieu	Romano Hummel	Dave Meijerink
2021	Cancelled due to the global Covid-19 pandemic.[2]
2022	Swingfield[3]	Romano Hummel	Chris Harris	Zach Wajtknecht
2023	Werlte	Romano Hummel	Chris Harris	Andrew Appleton
2024	Tayac[4]	Chris Harris	Dave Meijerink	Lukas Fienhage

Results by rider (up to and including 2024)

Rider	First	Second	Third	Podium	Best Finish
Stephan Katt	3	1	1	5	2006, 2009, 2012
Jannick de Jong	3	1	1	5	2013, 2014, 2015
Robert Barth	3	0	0	3	1989, 1990, 1994
Zdeněk Schneiderwind	2	3	1	6	1998, 2000
Theo Pijper	2	1	0	3	2004, 2007
James Shanes	2	1	0	2	2016, 2017
Romano Hummel	2	1	0	3	2022, 2023
Chris Harris	1	2	0	3	2024
Andrew Appleton	1	1	5	7	2010
Gerald Short	1	1	1	3	1979
Anne van der Helm	1	1	1	3	1992
Bernd Diener	1	1	1	3	1999
Gerd Riss	1	1	0	2	2003
Paul Hurry	1	1	0	2	2005
Martin Smolinski	1	0	1	2	2011
Zach Wajtknecht	1	0	1	2	2019
Chris Baybutt	1	0	0	1	1978
Willie Stauch	1	0	0	1	1980
Neil Farnish	1	0	0	1	1981
Jeremy Doncaster	1	0	0	1	1982
Christian Brandt	1	0	0	1	1983
Martin Hagon	1	0	0	1	1984
Clayton Williams	1	0	0	1	1985
Simon Cross	1	0	0	1	1986
Roman Matousek	1	0	0	1	1987
Frank Kehlenbeck	1	0	0	1	1988
Rif Saigareev	1	0	0	1	1991
Richard Musson	1	0	0	1	1993
Kelvin Tatum	1	0	0	1	1995
Steve Johnson	1	0	0	1	1996
Maik Groen	1	0	0	1	2001
Sirg Schutzbach	1	0	0	1	2002
Stephane Tresarrieu	1	0	0	1	2008
Dimitri Berge	1	0	0	1	2018
Mathieu Tresarrieu	1	0	1	2	2020

Results by country

Team	First	Second	Third	Podium
England	15	12	15	42
Germany	13	10	10	33
Netherlands	9	11	8	28
Czech Republic	3	6	2	11
France	3	2	0	5
Russia	1	1	0	2
Australia	1	0	0	1
Denmark	0	2	5	7
Italy	0	0	2	2
Sweden	0	0	1	1
Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Finland	0	0	1	1

See also

• European Grasstrack Sidecar Championship