Arne Kring

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

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. 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.

Kring moved up to the premier 500cc class in 1969 riding Husqvarna's best machinery. 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. After the World Championship season had ended, Kring returned to the United States and won the 1969 Inter-AM Series.

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. His injury ended his season however, he had accumulated enough points to claim second place in the world championship behind teammate Bengt Åberg. 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. Although he never won a World Championship, he won the 1974 500cc Swedish Motocross Championship.

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- SWE2 SWE4 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- SWE5 SWE5 FIN- FIN- USR- USR- POL- POL- 12th 3 1969 500cc Husqvarna AUT- AUT- SWE1 SWE1 NED1 NED2 ITA3 ITA- CZE4 CZE3 USR- USR- GER2 GER6 BEL- BEL- LUX- LUX- FRA8 FRA8 CH- CH- GDR2 GDR2 4th 66 1970 500cc Husqvarna CH3 CH- AUT3 AUT3 NED3 NED1 FRA1 FRA1 FIN1 FIN1 SWE- SWE2 CZE2 CZE1 USR- USR- GER5 GER3 GDR- GDR- BEL- BEL- LUX- LUX- 2nd 80 1971 500cc Husqvarna ITA8 ITA7 AUT10 AUT7 SWE6 SWE7 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- NED4 NED- CZE7 CZE2 YUG- YUG4 GER7 GER- POL- POL- USR10 USR- FIN2 FIN9 SWE1 SWE2 UK- UK11 CH4 CH3 8th 42 1973 500cc Husqvarna FRA- FRA10 AUT- AUT- FIN- FIN- ITA- ITA- CZE- CZE10 USA- USA- GER- GER- BEL- BEL- LUX- LUX- NED9 NED- 31st 4 1974 500cc Husqvarna AUT7 AUT7 FRA3 FRA8 ITA- ITA- DEN7 DEN3 CZE- CZE- GER7 GER- UK4 UK4 USA- USA- NED7 NED3 BEL4 BEL5 LUX- LUX7 8th 80 1975 500cc Husqvarna CH7 CH5 ITA- ITA- FIN7 FIN5 USR- USR8 FRA- FRA- USA- USA- CAN- CAN- UK4 UK6 GER- GER7 NED4 NED- BEL- BEL- LUX- LUX- 9th 48Sources: