Fifty years ago on August 25, 1974, Gennady Moiseev won his first Motocross World Champion title in the 250 cm3 class.
This happened in Switzerland on the highway of the city of Volen.
It was also the first World Championship title on the Austrian brand KTM motorcycle.
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A motorcycle for road racing with a sidecar 3rd wheel “Vihur-500”, manufactured at the experimental production plant of the Estonian USSR “Vihur” Tallinn, in 1979.
Veterans of Irbit’s motorsport. Motor Factory IMZ “Motozavod”.
Top row from left to right: Valery Rechkalov, Evgeny Smirnov, Alexander Kolesnikov, Alexei Timoshin, Victor Bolshakov, Vladislav Shvetsov, Mikhail Tyulenev, Andrei Zavyalov, Hasan Sitlarov.
Middle row: Evgeny Ustinov, Vladimir Borodin, Vladimir Radchenko, Alexey Mosunov, Vladimir Milyutin, Nikolay Bykov, Sergey Podkorytov, Stepan Zyryanov (VK sports judge).
Bottom row: Mr Alexander Bulanov, Vladimir Barkhatov, Peter Zhumati, Valentin Nezhanov, Peter Sosnovsky.
Photo and text of Andrei Trapeznikov, 2021
Note that Mr Alexander Bulanov was not only a USSR champion, he is Director of Irbit State Museum of Motorcycles, Author of History, and Guinness Book of Records holder. the Ural’s “Keeper”
source: USSR Sportsbikes Andrey Spitsyn
Roadracing sidecar Arrow-1
OVE, KNUTSSON, PLECHANOW IMŚ 1965
source: Lasse Adin, Iva Wolska
The USSR national team at the stage of the FIM Motocross Cup on Motorcycles and Sidecars, 1972 in the Netherlands.
From left to right: Boris Poganovsky, Evgeny Nechiporenko (Kiev, KMZ), Peter Sosnovsky, Valentin Telegin, Anatoly Sibirtsev and Igor Nikonov, (Irbit CO, IMZ).
Spark from two “Izh” engines with homemade heads.
700 – 750 cm3 racing sidecar. The constructor from Lithuania USSR. Year 1969, and maybe even before.
source Andrey Spitsyn
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Participants of the motorcycle race on March 8, 1939.
Leonid Vitalievich Kursov (03/08/1963 – 09/05/2013).
He lived in Irbit, Sverdlovsk region.
Three-time champion of the USSR and RSFSR in cross-country on motorcycles and sidecar class, participant of international chariot competitions.
Anatoly Galansky 15.02.1951 – 28.02.1995). A shortened life.
He was born in Donetsk, lived and was buried in Kiev, Ukraine.
USSR Master of Sports of international class.
Two-time champion and prize-winner of the Social Friendship Cup of the countries in motocross. USSR medalist, champion of the USSR and the Armed Forces. Champion and multiple medalist of the USSR in hippodrome moto racing.
source Andrey Spitzyn USSR Sportsbikes