Wins 18 Years active 1950s - 1960s Name Bill Nilsson | Died August 25, 2013 Championships 500cc - 1957, 1960 | |
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Born 17 December 1932Hallstavik, Sweden ( 1932-12-17 ) | ||
1960 British Motocross Grand Prix - Hawkstone Park
Bill Nilsson (17 December 1932 – 25 August 2013) was a Swedish professional motocross racer.
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Bill Nilsson
Motorcycle racing career
Nilsson was born in Hallstavik, Sweden. In the 1955 European Motocross championship, Nilsson finished in second place, one point behind his BSA teammate John Draper. Nilsson converted an AJS 7R road racing machine into a motocross bike and rode it to win the inaugural F.I.M. 500cc Motocross World Championship held in 1957. He finished second to René Baeten in the 1958 world championship and second to Sten Lundin in the 1959 world championship before repeating as 500cc motocross world champion in 1960 riding a Husqvarna. In 1955, 1958 and 1961, he was a member of the Swedish teams that won the Motocross des Nations.
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