[2] Born in Maaseik, Belgium, Everts won the 1975 250cc motocross world championship as a member of the Puch factory racing team.

[1] After dropping to fifth in the 1976 250cc motocross world championship, he joined the Bultaco factory team.

Everts began the 1977 with a series of strong performances for the Bultaco team including a win in the first moto of the Swiss Grand Prix.

[4] Everts signed with the Suzuki factory team and won three consecutive 125cc motocross world championships between 1979 and 1981.

[1][5] Everts was a member of the Belgian teams which won the Motocross des Nations in 1976 and 1979.