Heikki Mikkola

Heikki Antero Mikkola (born July 6, 1945 in Mikkeli , Finland ) is a former Finnish motocross racing driver and four-time world champion .

Career

Mikkola won the first title in 1974 in the 500cc class on a Husqvarna against Roger DeCoster , the dominant driver of the 1970s, and thus became the first Finnish world champion in this sport. In 1976, he became the first driver to win the world championship in the 250s after winning a 500cc title. In 1977 Mikkola moved from Husqvarna to Yamaha and won two more titles in the 500 cc class in 1977 and 1978, before retiring from active sport after finishing fifth overall in 1979 at the age of 34.

World Cup results

• 1969 250 cm³: 14. (Husqvarna)
• 1970 250 cm³: 4th (Husqvarna)
• 1971 250 cm³: 4th (Husqvarna)
• 1972 500 cm³: 3rd (Husqvarna)
• 1973 250 cm³: 3rd (Husqvarna)
• 1974 500 cm³: 1. (Husqvarna)
• 1975 500 cm³: 2. (Husqvarna)
• 1976 250 cm³: 1st (Husqvarna)
• 1977 500 cc: 1st (Yamaha)
• 1978 500 cc: 1st (Yamaha)
• 1979 500 cc: 5th (Yamaha)

Web links

• Motorcycle Hall of Fame - Heikki Mikkola ( Memento from October 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive )