This list of 1974 motorsport champions is a list of national or international
auto racing
Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition.
Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...
series with a Championship decided by the points or positions earned by a driver from multiple races.
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500cc World Championship
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Phil Read
Phillip William Read, (1 January 1939 – 6 October 2022) was an English professional motorcycle racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1961 to 1976. Read is notable for being the first competitor to win world championships ...
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1974 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 1974 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 26th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Season summary
MV Agusta and Phil Read claimed a second successive 500cc crown. It would be the Italian firm's last world championship and t ...
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350cc World Championship
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Giacomo Agostini
Giacomo Agostini (; born 16 June 1942) is an Italian multi-time world champion Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Nicknamed Ago, he amassed 122 Grand Prix wins and 15 World Championship titles. Of these, 68 wins and 8 titles came in the 500  ...
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250cc World Championship
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Walter Villa
Walter Villa (born 13 August 1943 - 18 June 2002) was an Italian four-time Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world champion. He was known for his quiet, unassuming nature off the bike who became a ruthless competitor once the races began.
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125cc World Championship
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Kent Andersson
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50cc World Championship
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Henk van Kessel
Henk van Kessel (born 25 June 1946, Mill) is a Dutch former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He won the 1974 F.I.M. 50 cc world championship
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Speedway World Championship
The World Championship of Speedway is an international competition between the highest-ranked motorcycle speedway riders of the world, run under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). The first official championsh ...
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Anders Michanek
Anders Michanek (born 30 May 1943 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Speedway rider. In 1974 he won the Speedway World Championship in his Swedish homeland with a maximum score of 15 points.
Career
Michanek had a very successful career riding in the B ...
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1974 Individual Speedway World Championship
The 1974 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 29th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.
Sweden's own Anders Michanek scored a 15-point maximum to claim his only Individual world title in front ...
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See also
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List of motorsport championships
This list of motorsport championships is a list of national and international motorsport championships decided by the points or positions earned by a driver from multiple races.
Formula cars
* Formula One World Championship (as World Championship ...
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Auto racing
Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition.
Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...
1974 in motorsport
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...