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...successes include winning the 1990 250cc World Championship, and the 1997 World Superbike title. He was born on March 20th [[1967]] in [[Little Rock]], [[A ...n the 1989 Supersport race at Daytona having started 53rd in a field of 80 riders. He also took pole for the 1988 250cc US Grand Prix, and finished this and

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

...produced. He was runner-up in the 1994 [[250cc]] and 1997 [[500cc]] World Championship. ...ive years from 1989 to 1991 for [[Honda]], who took him to the 250cc World Championship in 1993. He was runner-up in the series in 1994, and fourth in 1995.

...[[Kenny Roberts]]. In total he has 8 wins, 10 poles and 8 fastest laps in 500cc and MotoGP. ...aced in Willow Springs 250cc in 1990, wininng 5 races. By 1993 he made his World 250cc debut at the [[Laguna Seca]] event, and was a full-time 250cc racer f

...to have won a [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|world championship]]. ...]. He went on to win a total of 13 Grands Prix, and finished second in the championship four times: in [[1980]], [[1981]], [[1984]] and [[1987]]. During his Grand

...cycle]] racer who has raced in [[World Superbike]] and the [[500cc]] World Championship. In WSBK be has 10 poles and 17 wins. He retires at the end of the 2006 sea [[Category:500cc World Championship riders|Chili, Pierfrancesco]]

...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.

...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 ...gi]] and two seasons of consistent results earned him a pair of 10th place championship finishes. 2006 has seen strong qualifying runs but less competitive races,

...|500cc Grand Prix]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Champion]]. ...lowing year with [[Gilera]]. Liberati scored his first points in the World Championship in 1953, and his first race victory came in 1956 in the 350cc class.

...ship, finishing 4th in 2001. In 2003 he raced in the [[British Superbike]] Championship for [[Rizla Suzuki]], alongside double British champion John Reynolds, and ...0]], riding on largely unfamiliar circuits against some of the world's top riders.

...n]]. He was the first Japanese rider to win a motorcycle road racing world championship when he claimed the 1977 350cc title aboard a [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha | 500cc

...and made his 125cc World Championship debut in his home round. He combined world and Spanish 250cc racing over the next 2 seasons, finishing as runner-up in ...cing for the first time in 1996, but did not match his 16th overall in the world series over the next 2 seasons. He doubled up successfully in 1998, winning

...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 ...of the British [[Supersport]], British [[Superbike]] and [[Superbike World Championship]]s, adjusting quickly to all 3.

...|1992]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|250cc World Championship]] aboard an [[Erv Kanemoto]] tuned [[Honda]]. 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

...having previously also raced in [[British Superbike]] and [[500cc]] World Championship. ...g Chris in tears. He did however take a 2nd place at [[Brands Hatch]] in [[World Superbike]] that year.

|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]]

...tired [[motorcycle]] road racer and touring car racer. His success on the world motorcycle racing circuit earned him the nickname ''The Wollongong Whiz''. ...areer in 1977 at age 18, riding a second-hand 250cc bike in the Australian championship and finishing second on debut at [[Amaroo Park]]. He went on to record his

...90 in sports|1990s]] he won the [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|500cc World Championship]] three times and the [[Daytona 200]] once. He was characterized by his smo ...circuit and Rainey took over, earning the [[1983 in sports|1983]] National Championship for Kawasaki.

...ix motorcycle racing|MotoGP]], for 2006 he moved to the [[Superbike racing|World Superbike]] series. ...hip in thirteenth place, scoring 6 points. In 1987, he also raced the 80cc championship, finishing seventeenth, scoring 8 points.

! [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Championships]] ...racing|Grand Prix]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Championships]].

...nction of being one of the few to win TT races before and after the Second World War. ...he first ever [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|350cc World Champion]] in [[1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]] when, he wo

...e]] [[road racing]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Champion]]. ...n 250cc (Grand Prix of Nations and Czechoslovakia) and finishing second in championship behind [[Mario Lega]]. However, his quarrelsome relantionship with teammate

...e leader in victories in motorcycle [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Grand Prix history]]. ...his father came to terms with his racing and he won the 1963 Italian 175cc championship aboard a [[Moto Morini|Morini]]. He got his break when Morini factory rider

...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

! [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Championships]] | [[1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]] 500cc Belgian Grand Prix

...h Grand Prix]] and finished the season in seventh place in the 350cc world championship. *[http://www.motogp.com/en/motogp/motogp_riders.htm?menu=riders&rider_id=1808&from=archive Duilio Agostini statistics at MotoGP website]

...Car World championships began) Les was the 1st winner of the prestigious [[500cc]] class. ...final round was in Italy where local hero Nello Pagani on a Gilera won. A riders best 3 finishes counted. Les had 2 wins & a second, Pagani had 2 wins & a 3

...in|British]] former [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Champion]] [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[roa ...5[[Cubic centimetre|cc]] champion aged just 20, and finished second in the World Championships for that class a year later. A spectacular crash at the [[Day

...9]], [[1964]] in [[Houston]], [[Texas]]) was an [[United States|American]] World Champion [[motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]] during the late [[1980 i ...sh and missed several races. Once again he finished seventh overall in the Championship.

...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]]

...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:MotoGP riders|Checa, Carlos]]

...y the nickname '''Fast Freddie''', is an [[United States|American]] former World Champion [[motorcycle racing|motorcycle racer]]. Spencer is regarded as on ...versus Britain Trans-Atlantic Match races when he won two legs, defeating World Champions [[Kenny Roberts]] and [[Barry Sheene]] in the process. In [[1981

! [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Championships]] | 500cc - [[1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1978]], [[1979 Grand Prix moto

...Helens, Merseyside|St. Helens]], [[Lancashire]]) was a British multi-time world champion [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road ...1950s, winning [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|six world championships]] and five [[Isle of Man TT]] races. Duke came to prominence

! [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Championships]] ...road racing]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Championship]].

...aving previously also raced in [[British Superbike]] and [[500cc]] [[World Championship]]. ...g Chris in tears. He did however take a 2nd place at [[Brands Hatch]] in [[World Superbike]] that year.

...e]] [[road racing]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Champion]]. His penchant for consistently finishing in the points earned hi ...rbike Series 1981 and 1982. He also won the AMA 250cc road racing National Championship in 1980 and 1981 for Kawasaki.

...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 ...ally suited to it. There were 2 further wins that year, and 5th in the 500 championship. 2001 was ruined by a broken wrist sustained at Le Mans, and 2002 was not a

...]] and the [[2001]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Champion]] in the 250cc class. ...ge, becoming a four-time national champion in the Japanese [[pocket-bike]] championship.

...who won five [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|500cc World Championships]], behind only [[Giacomo Agostini]]. He is considered to be o ...utation]] of the leg. At the time, Doohan was 65 points in the lead of the championship, but could not compete for eight weeks after the crash. After an arduous re

...ike Speedway, which has 4 riders per race, Grasstrack racing can have many riders in each heat and the circuit is normally longer allowing higher speeds. Gra ...|Peter Collins]] started their racing careers in Grasstrack. Some Speedway riders continue to take part in national Grasstrack meetings when their schedule p

! [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Championships]] | 1980 500cc West German Grand Prix

...o won the 2000 [[Superbike|British Superbike]] championship and the 2003 [[World Superbike]] crown. ...d Championship with Team Burnett. He took part in two [[MotoGP|500cc World Championship]] races for the Harris-Yamaha team.

...and 1933 500cc race also on a Norton. [[Jimmy Guthrie]] won the 350cc and 500cc races in 1937. ...season|1951]] to [[1954 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1954]]. Famous riders who raced here included: [[Hans Stärkle]], [[Freddie Frith]] and [[Geoff D

...e is a former [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|250cc World Champion]] for [[Aprilia]]. ...[1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season]] on a year-old bike. He led the championship in both [[1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1993]] and [[1994 Grand

...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) * Second overall in the world championship (8 poles, 4 wins and 237 points) in 2005

...d racing|road racer]] who has been racing for over 30 years, winning three World titles, four British championships and ridden in almost 110 GPs. ...ping his son, [[Leon Haslam]], in his expanding racing career and training riders and racers alike at the Ron Haslam Race School at [[Donington Park]].

...th the various production categories of racing, such as [[Superbike racing|World Superbike]], that feature modified versions of motorcycles available to the ...The 350cc class vanished in the 1980s. Sidecars were dropped from World Championship events in the 1990s, reducing the field to 125s, 250s, and 500s.

! [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Championships]] ...on|1967]] 350cc - 1966, [[1967 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1967]]. 500cc -1962,1963,1964,1965.

Riding a Benelli 175, Tonino Benelli won 4 Italian championship titles almost consecutively, in 1927, 1928 and 1930 with the single overhea As World war 2 loomed, the Benelli company debuted their 4 cylinder [[supercharged]]

...the race runs for eight hours consecutively and teams are composed of two riders and one alternate. ...ng bodies set a race date that avoids conflict with any of the other major championship races.

...e racing|motorcycle racer]] and multiple [[Grand Prix motorcycles|MotoGP]] World Champion. ...ck-to-back championships by winning the [[2004]] and [[2005]] MotoGP World Championship after leaving Honda to join [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]].

[[Image:Supercross-0118.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Supercross riders from the 2006 series in Anaheim]] ...rodigious cycle racing organization, or the [[THQ]] series of Supercross [[Championship]] events that are in part the work of [[Clear Channel]], who in 2004 contr

...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]]

...motorcycle history is very much associated with the long series of [[World Championship]] victories in motocross that Husqvarna enjoyed in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. ...c engine. It soon becomes very popular. During the years before the Second World War, thousands upon thousands of machines are produced, which means that Sw

...e MV stood for Meccanica Verghera) at the end of the [[World War II|Second World War]] as a means to save the jobs of employees of the Agusta firm and also ...ing motorcycles ever created and the 2008 F4 312R model is known to be the world's fastest production motorcycle. Claimed power of the new F4 312R model is

List of World Champions '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing]]''', from 1949 to 2005, in ord ...d Prix motorcycle racing [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] World Champions''', from [[1949 in sports|1949]] to [[2007 in sports|2007]], in o

...and second place in the 100cc class, he went on to win the Italian Senior Championship in 1961, '62, '63 and '64 on a 125cc [[Mondial]]. His career has been based ...prepared several machines to be sold to private individuals or to trusted riders, such as Francesco and his brother Walter. The Modenese rider-technician, a

...ck has hosted USRRC, [[Can Am]], [[Trans-Am]], [[Formula 5000]], [[IMSA GT Championship|IMSA GT]], [[Champ Car]], [[American Le Mans Series]], [[Grand American]], ...' at the top of the Rahal Straight was flattened to accommodate the MotoGP riders, though some claim that this increases the wind effects that can perturb a

...by freelance engineer [[Piero Prampolini]]. His later credits included the 500cc four-cylinder ''GP Benelli'', which [[Jarno Saarinen]] took to victory at i ...he infield circuit at [[Daytona]] to win the 1962 US GP - not then a world championship event, bur still a prestige race.One of the men Benelli sent to America lat