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'''1952 Moto Guzzi Single 500CC NR''' image:1952 Moto Guzzi Single 500CC NR 1.jpg

...1979]], riding a [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]. His first victory in the 500cc class was at [[Belgium]] in [[1980]]. He went on to win a total of 13 Grand | 500cc

...Italian to win the [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|500cc World Championship]]. ...ear he also raced a [[Benelli]] in the 250cc class and a [[Gilera]] in the 500cc class.

...Spaniard to win the [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|500cc World Championship]]. ==Pre 500cc==

| 500cc | 500cc

...the 250cc World Championship at his first full attempt. He was a full-time 500cc racer for the next 2 years, finishing 4th and 3rd in the championship as on ...water sports, and he spent 1995 concentrating on those, as [[Cagiva]] left 500cc racing.

...apan]] has yet produced. He was runner-up in the 1994 [[250cc]] and 1997 [[500cc]] World Championship. ==500cc and beyond==

...Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1957]] [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|500cc Grand Prix]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World C ...er [[Moto Guzzi]] called him to race in the [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|500cc World Championship]], where he took part in a single race. The same happene

|First race || [[1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1950]] 500cc [[Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|Belgian Grand Prix]] |Last race || [[1958 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1958]] 500cc [[Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|Nations Grand Prix]]

...motorcycle]] [[road racing|roadracer]]. He was the first American to win a 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle race when he won the 1976 Finnish Grand Prix for [[Su He finished third in the 1976 500cc roadracing World Championship. The following year, he would again finish th

...th his second place finish in the [[1947 Isle of Man TT]] on a second-hand 500cc [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]] he bought himself on which he lead for three ...he recorded the fastest lap time of 76.60 m.p.h. and winning the [[1947]] 500cc [[Ulster motorcycle Grand Prix|Ulster Grand Prix]] race with an average spe

...Great Britain and GP of Nations). He was the last Italian rider to win the 500cc crown until [[Valentino Rossi]] won in 2001. | 500cc

...lacking knowledge of most circuits. He also scored a shock 3rd place in a 500cc one-off for his home race. He finished 7th in the [[WSBK]] standings in 199 He raced in MotoGP on a [[WCM]]-ran, [[Red Bull]]-sponsored [[Yamaha]] [[500cc]] bike in 2001, and on [[MS Racing]]'s [[MotoGP]] [[Aprilia]] in 2003, but

...hird in the 1939 Senior he missed the 1947 TT due to a practice spill on a 500cc [[Moto Guzzi]]. Turning to [[Velocette|Velocettes]] in 1948 he won the Juni | 500cc

...[[Kenny Roberts]]. In total he has 8 wins, 10 poles and 8 fastest laps in 500cc and MotoGP. [[Category:500cc World Championship riders|Roberts Jr, Kenny]]

..., is a [[motorcycle]] racer who has raced in [[World Superbike]] and the [[500cc]] World Championship. In WSBK be has 10 poles and 17 wins. He retires at th [[Category:500cc World Championship riders|Chili, Pierfrancesco]]

...d early [[1990 in sports|1990s]] he won the [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|500cc World Championship]] three times and the [[Daytona 200]] once. He was chara ...g [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|three consecutive 500cc crowns]] for Yamaha. Rainey was well on his way to his fourth-consecutive t

...ery Shinya managed to finish 5th in the championship. He started 2002 on a 500cc [[two-stroke]] machine, but the team got him upgraded to the newer 990cc fo [[Category:500cc World Championship riders|Nakano, Shinya]]

In [[1976]] he won five 500cc [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grands Prix]], bringing him the [[List of Gr | 500cc

...ing|500cc]] race at the [[Jarama]] circuit in [[Spain]] in 1986, the World 500cc Championship in 1987 and the inaugural Australian Grand Prix at [[Phillip I Following his retirement from the 500cc championship, Gardner turned his interests to four-wheeled motorsport. He

...Car World championships began) Les was the 1st winner of the prestigious [[500cc]] class. ...in 1951 Les joined the Italian [[MV Agusta]] team to ride & develop their 500cc 4 cylinder machine(s). No points were scored in that year.

He then departed for Europe as Suzuki promoted him to its 500cc [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] team where he made an immediate ...his first and only [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|500cc World Championship]]. After suffering through a crash infested [[1994 in sp

...f three consecutive [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|500cc world championships]]. His support for a rider's strike demanding more star | 500cc

Lawson accepted an offer from [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]] to contest the 500cc World Championship as [[Kenny Roberts]]' team-mate for the [[1983 Grand Pri ...retired from GP racing in the early 1990s, he ranked third on the all-time 500cc Grand Prix wins list with 31.

!500cc Wins |3<br /><small>500cc - [[1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1990]],[[1991 Grand Prix motor

In [[1993 in sports|1993]] he rose to the blue riband 500cc division as [[Wayne Rainey|Wayne Rainey's]] team mate in the [[Kenny Robert | 500cc

...ylinder rear engine with either 500cc or 650cc. The racing version won the 500cc class at Nurburgring. In 1963, the production of [[Frank Reisner]]'s "Inter

| Class || 500cc '''MV Agusta 500cc Three''' is a road racing motorcycle made by [[MV Agusta]] to compete in th

==500cc and MotoGP part 1== This was enough to earn him a 500cc World Championship ride with the TSR [[Honda]] team in 1999, finishing 25th

...cycle racing in 1993 for [[Honda]]. In 1995 he moved up to the blue riband 500cc class as a replacement for [[Alberto Puig]], a fellow Spaniard who broke bo [[Category:500cc World Championship riders|Checa, Carlos]]

...wasaki]] team, having previously also raced in [[British Superbike]] and [[500cc]] World Championship. Walker made an attempt at the 500cc World Championship in [[2001]]. He predicted that "For me it's going to be

| [[1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]] 500cc Belgian Grand Prix ...d in the [[1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]] season riding a 500cc [[Moto Guzzi]] and finished eighth overall with 7 points behind [[Johnny Lo

...racing season|1968]],[[1971 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1971]]{{-}}500cc- [[1973 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1973]], [[1974 Grand Prix motor |Last win || [[1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1975]] 500cc [[Czechoslovakian Grand Prix]]

...working for the difficult Count Agusta. Agostini responded by winning the 500cc title seven years in succession for the Italian factory. He would also win ...He rebounded and won the [[1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1975]] 500cc title, the first time that a [[two-stroke]] machine had claimed the premier

| 500cc - [[1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1978]], [[1979 Grand Prix moto | 1983 500cc San Marino Grand Prix

...uilt in 1913, which had the cylinders arranged in a longitudinal V, with a 500cc overhead valve distribution. In 1914, Della Ferrera launched a 500cc single vertical cylinder, four-valve distribution with a gradual greabox, a

...t have helped). He has also made various starts for Suzuki in [[250cc]], [[500cc]] and [[MotoGP]], scoring several top 10 finishes in these wildcard rides.

...an unsuccessful and fragmented year in the [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|500cc World Championship]]. In 2000 and 2001 he was on a factory [[Aprillia]], an

===500cc and MotoGP=== ...the youngest rider in history to join the top motorcycling category, the [[500cc]], at the age of 20. In his first year, he was 12th overall, with 57 points

...erprepared [[ItalJet]] team in the 125cc world championship, then racing a 500cc [[Honda]] in 2001 (the youngest ever to compete in the series), and a 250cc [[Category:500cc World Championship riders]]

...sh Masters champions are [[Glen Phillips (speedway rider)|Glen Phillips]] (500cc solo) and [[New page name|Colin Blackbourn]]/[[Paul Whitelam Jnr (Grasstrac ...ar championships take place at the ACU British National Championships. The 500cc Solos and 1000cc Right Hand Sidecar Champions are decided at the ACU Britis

| 1980 500cc West German Grand Prix ...quit motorcycling to pursue an auto racing career. He retired with twelve 500cc pole positions in 27 starts, giving him one of the highest pole position pe

...ion]], who won five [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|500cc World Championships]], behind only [[Giacomo Agostini]]. He is considered t ...From then until [[1998]] he dominated the class, winning five consecutive 500cc World Championships. In [[1997]], his most successful year, Doohan won 12 o

...wasaki]] team, having previously also raced in [[British Superbike]] and [[500cc]] [[World Championship]]. Walker made an attempt at the 500cc [[World Championship]] in [[2001]]. He predicted that "For me it's going to

...ampionship race, winning the first three 250cc rounds and two out of three 500cc rounds. It seemed he was on the brink of running away with the titles. ! 500cc

...he won the 1939 [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing European Champions|500cc European Championship]] on a [[Gilera]]. He participated in one [[Formula O [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing European Champions|500cc Motorcycle European Champion]]

| 500cc [[Category:500cc World Championship riders]]

| [[1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1978]] 500cc [[French motorcycle Grand Prix|French Grand Prix]] | [[1982 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1982]] 500cc [[San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix|San Marino Grand Prix]]

!500cc Wins

...and 1933 500cc race also on a Norton. [[Jimmy Guthrie]] won the 350cc and 500cc races in 1937.

...hen built a V-twin, in 1920, the Blackburne models had engines with 250 to 500cc, side-valve and a [[OHV]]. The company was in business until 1935.

[[Image:Sanvenero 500cc square four GP.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''Sanvenero 500cc Square 4 GP''']]

...encer won his first [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|500cc World Championship]], becoming the youngest person to win the title. The [ ...e divisions in a single year. Spencer also competed in both the 250cc and 500cc Grand Prix World Championships, winning both titles in the same year, and b

...lli Beumont]], general agent for Henderson in Italy, who, in 1925, won the 500cc Grand Prix in [[Monza]]. The [[Revelli]] chassis, designed and built by [[A

...The first race meeting took place in 1948 at which Stirling Moss won the 500cc class.

The following season, Kato moved up to the [[MotoGP]] class (formerly 500cc) riding for [[Honda|Honda Racing Corporation]] (HRC). In spite of riding a *[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix World Championship]]: MotoGP/500cc class.

...on, a few years later, offered models with their own engines that produced 500cc with 4/6 hp. The production of automobiles at Menon stopped in 1902.

...World War]] - British racing after the war picked up slowly and home-built 500cc motorbike-engined cars were affordable. Although the formula was originally

...well as 7 other top-3 finishes and one pole position. In 1998 he raced in 500cc for the first time, but a broken ankle ended a disappointing season with a

===500cc career=== ...x motorcycle racing season]] was Capirossi's first season in the top-level 500cc championship, aboard a Pileri [[Honda]], often qualifying better than he ra

...on|1967]] 350cc - 1966, [[1967 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1967]]. 500cc -1962,1963,1964,1965. ...in four consecutive [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|500cc World Championships]]. After his success with MV Agusta, Hailwood went back

...d by challenging for the win, although he ultimately fell off. Two further 500cc races that year for [[Kenny Roberts]]'s team yielded 2 6th places, and a mo

==Senior 500cc Race==

|[[1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1950]] || 500cc || [[Umberto Masetti]] |1952 || 500cc || [[Umberto Masetti]]

[[Image:galbusera2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''1938 Galbusera 500cc V8''']]

[[Category:500cc World Championship riders]]

==1967 Isle of Man Senior TT 500cc final standings==

Bueb started racing seriously in a [[Formula 3]] 500cc Cooper in 1953, graduating to occasional starts in Grands Prix with a Conna

...n 125cc World Championship with Team Burnett. He took part in two [[MotoGP|500cc World Championship]] races for the Harris-Yamaha team. In [[1995]] he moved full time to [[MotoGP|500cc World Championship]] with [http://www.blatawcm.com WCM], developing a reput

=== 1935 Benelli type 4 TN 500cc OHC=== File:Benelli-1935-4TN-VB-1a.jpg|'''1935 Benelli type 4 TN 500cc OHC ca. frame#8850 engine# 4TN 10-8850'''

!500cc Wins |15<br /><small>500cc - [[1966 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1966]],[[1967 Grand Prix motor

The '''Cagiva GP500''' was a [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] 500cc [[two-stroke cycle|two-stroke]] motorcycle manufactured by [[Cagiva]]. It

...ional models in the '50s had 173cc ohv and ohc engines, and an interesting 500cc ohc twin intended for racing never left the prototype stage. Before the com

[[File:Moto Borgo.jpg|thumb|right|300px|'''1923 Moto Borgo Bic Corsa 500cc''' [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jango_64/3711283727/ <small>Source</small>

...om ''Puch'', ''Sachs'' and ''[[Minarelli]]''. In 1936 they built their own 500cc four-valve overhead cam engine.

...racing season|1959]],[[1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1960]]{{-}}500cc- [[1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1956]],[[1958 Grand Prix motorc |First race || [[1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1952]] 500cc [[Ulster Grand Prix]]

...winning a class victory (50th overall) in [[Mille Miglia]] in a [[Siata]] 500cc (1937), and formed the Scuderia Torino (1939).

...4 and 2005 in the 125[[Cubic centimetre|cc]] class and in 2004 also in the 500cc class. He currently drives for [[Red Bull]] [[KTM (motorcycle manufacturer)

!500cc Wins |2<br /><small>500cc - [[1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1999]]<br />125cc - [[1989 Gra

==Senior TT (500cc)==

...n with [[Aprilia]], and won the World Championship in [[1999]]. He won the 500cc World Championship with [[Honda]] in [[2001]], the MotoGP World Championshi ...what was then the ultimate class in World Championship motorcycle racing, 500cc. [[Jeremy Burgess]], part of Honda Racing's brains trust, had shown him the

==Senior TT (500cc)==

==1966 Isle of Man Senior TT 500cc final standings==

...0cc, 350cc, and 500cc single seaters have existed over time, and 350cc and 500cc sidecars. Up through the 1950s and most of the 1960s, [[four-stroke]] engi

...employees started a new motorcycle company named [[Husaberg]] that won the 500cc Motocross World Championship 3 times in the 1990's. ...qvarna. A prototype was built in [[1943]], powered by a 20 hp two cylinder 500cc [[DKW]] motorcycle engine with chain drive to the rear wheel. The wheels ca

...w the introduction of the 350 Four. MV’s racing efforts now included the 500cc, 350cc and 125cc class. ...cycle racing World Champions|World Championships]] for MV in the 350cc and 500cc classes .

image:11308_1xl.jpg|<font face="Trebuchet MS" font color=>'''1969 Linto 500cc'''

...the immediate postwar period, Collins cut his racing teeth in the frenetic 500cc F3 category of the time. These small machines, powered by motorcycle engine

[[Image:fusi '38 2.jpg|thumb|left|250px||'''1938 Fusi M56 500cc ''Sport'' and Fusi M25 250cc ''Touring''''' [http://www.motomanuali.com <sm

...]]-[[1978]]), mechanic and milanese dealer, Guazzoni begins in 1935 with a 500cc motrcycle, that however has meager success. Subsequently they built three-

[[Rudge-Whitworth]] introduced the 4-valve Ulster pushrod operated 500cc single cylinder machine in 1929.

...ships have been awarded in 125cc (also known as "MX2"), 250cc ("MX1"), and 500cc displacement levels (also known as "MX3"). The 250cc Champion has always be | colspan="2" | '''500cc Winner'''

[[Category:Moto Guzzi motorcycles|Grand Prix 500cc V8]]

...and furious. There are three sidecar classes. The continental class has a 500cc single cylinder engine, also in Great Britain there are left and right hand

* 1973 Carlo Chionio, Renzo Colombini and Renato Galtrucco during a race for 500cc Juniores Italian motorcycle championship.

[[Category:500cc World Championship riders|Haslam, Ron]]

...won the [[1932]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing European Champions|500cc European Championship]] on a [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]]. He participate

...ctual obligations to the race removed following his significant success in 500cc (now MotoGP).

...Mario Andretti]], while Turn 9 has been renamed 'Rainey Curve' in honor of 500cc [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing]] World Champion [[Wayne Rainey]], a residen ====500cc/Moto GP====

...ined during that period both in Italy and overseas in the 250cc, 350cc and 500cc class with Picco, Boano, De Petri, Nani and the Dutchman Verstagen. Moto Vi

!500cc Wins

*a ''monoposto'' with a 500cc [[Carru]] flat twin.

...torcycle]]s and cars, having previously won seven titles in both 350cc and 500cc.

...t surfaced in April 1950 to create a 1 mile oval course suitable for cars. 500cc [[Formula 3]] cars began racing later that year, and in 1953 the Universal

...ble riding position; a 1000cc SFC sport model; and by developing a smaller 500cc entry-level machine named the ''Alpine''. But as with rest, it was too lit

...me minor local races and [[hillclimbing|hillclimbs]]. He progressed to a 1,500cc [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]] and then an old [[Maserati 250F]], but only b

...team, [[Scuderia Torino]], and won his class in the 1937 Mille Miglia in a 500cc [[Siata]].

'''Leading 500CC / MotoGP Champions:'''

...by freelance engineer [[Piero Prampolini]]. His later credits included the 500cc four-cylinder ''GP Benelli'', which [[Jarno Saarinen]] took to victory at i