Kari Tiainen (born August 26, 1966 in Riihimäki) is a Finnish enduro rider. Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Riihimäki (literally "Drying barn hill" in English is a town and municipality in the south of Finland, about 69 km north of Helsinki Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Enduro is a form of Motorcycle sport run on courses that are predominantly Off-road. He is a seven-time World Enduro Champion and holds the record for most wins in the World Enduro Championship (77). The Maxxis FIM World Enduro Championship (WEC is the world championship series for Enduro, a popular form of Off-road Motorcycle sport. He took his first championship with Suzuki, the next four with Husqvarna and the last two with KTM. is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles a full range of Motorcycles All-Terrain Husqvarna Motorcycles is a company manufacturing Motocross, Enduro and Supermoto Motorcycles. KTM Sportmotorcycle AG is an Austrian Motorcycle manufacturer He has also won the International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) 500cc class in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1999, and participated in several national championships becoming a four-time German and two-time Finnish and Spanish champion. ISDE redirects here ISDE also stands for the International Society of Doctors for the Environment. In addition to his own titles, he has won the Team World Championship for Finland in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2003. In 1999, he also drove for Finland in the Race of Champions, alongside Tommi Mäkinen and JJ Lehto, as the team won the Nations Cup. The Race of Champions is an international Motorsport event held at the end of each year featuring some of the world's best racing and Rally drivers Tommi Antero Mäkinen (ˈtommi ˈmækinen is a now retired Finnish rally driver born in Puuppola, Finland near Jyväskylä in June Early career Like many racing drivers he began in karts at age 5 winning numerous events before graduating to Formula Ford at the early age of age 14
Career
| Year | Event | Class | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | ISDE | Junior Trophy | 1st |
| 1990 | WEC | 250cc | 1st |
| ISDE | World Trophy | 2nd | |
| 1991 | WEC | 250cc | 1st |
| 1992 | WEC | 500cc | 1st |
| 1993 | WEC | 500cc | 2nd |
| 1994 | WEC | 500cc | 1st |
| 1995 | WEC | 500cc | 1st |
| ISDE | World Trophy | 3rd | |
| 1996 | WEC | 500cc | 2nd |
| ISDE | World Trophy | 1st | |
| 1997 | WEC | 500cc | 1st |
| ISDE | World Trophy | 2nd | |
| 1998 | WEC | 500cc | 2nd |
| ISDE | World Trophy | 1st | |
| 1999 | WEC | 500cc | 2nd |
| ISDE | World Trophy | 1st | |
| 2000 | WEC | 500cc | 1st |
| 2001 | WEC | 500cc | 3rd |
| 2003 | ISDE | World Trophy | 1st |
External links
ISDE redirects here ISDE also stands for the International Society of Doctors for the Environment. The Maxxis FIM World Enduro Championship (WEC is the world championship series for Enduro, a popular form of Off-road Motorcycle sport.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic