Emil Bollhalder

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.

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

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.

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:. Season Passenger(s) Equipment Position Points Races Wins Second Third1974 Ruedi KasperNorton-Wasp 1047812—1975 Roland BollhalderNorton-Wasp 569142—11976 Roland Bollhalder Hugo JungNorton-Wasp 75412———1977 Roland BollhalderYamaha-EML66682111978 Roland BollhalderYamaha-EML 4116182311979 Roland BollhalderYamaha-EML 1144162351980 Ruedi ManserYamaha-EML 2454———1981 Karl Büsser Ruedi ManserYamaha-EML 494162121982 Karl BüsserYamaha-EML 1164164421983 Karl BüsserYamaha-EML 117220731 Overall 1974 - 1983931132221713

Honours

World Championship Champions: (2) 1982, 1983

European Championship Champions: (1) 1979

National Championships Swiss national championship: Champions: (2) 1982, 1983 Runners-up: (4) 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981