Craig Schofield – 1985 Superclass World Champion

By the time the 1985 IBMXF World Championships came around in Whistler, Canada, Craig Schofield had already established himself on the race scene. Riding for Mongoose and later Raleigh, Craig was a multi-time National Champion, with big wins in Europe and World Championship finals appearances in 1983 in Slagharen, Holland, and Japan in ’84.

By ’85, it was time for Craig to challenge for that all-elusive World Title.

In the run-up to Whistler, Craig hadn’t had it easy on the domestic front, battling hard with Gary Llewellyn and trading wins, but maybe it was that rivalry that helped him step it up another notch on the World stage.

There was a rumoured promise of a Porsche if he won, whether true or not. Craig snapped out of the gate in that ’85 Superclass World Final and took the World Championship win over France’s Xavier Redois and Holland’s Phil Hoogendoorn.