Ton van Heugten

Ton van Heugten, born Antonius Maria van Heugten on 9 September 1945 in a family of fifteen children, was a Dutch sidecarcross rider who died on 27 March 2008 at the age of 62. Together with his passenger Frits Kiggen he became the second sidecarcross world champion in 1981, after winning the FIM European Championship in 1975 and the Dutch national title four times, in 1975, 1976, 1979 and 1980. He started in solo motocross, winning Dutch national championships in the 50 cc, 250 cc and 500 cc classes in the 1960s and also competing in the Motocross World Championship, then switched to sidecars in 1971. He stayed active until 1989 and in 1982 took part in the Paris-Dakar Rally with Kiggen.