United States motorcycle Grand Prix
Grand Prix motorcycle racing | |
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Venue | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca |
First race | 1961 |
Last race | 2013 |
Most wins (rider) | Hugh Anderson, John Kocinski, Wayne Rainey, Casey Stoner, Kunimitsu Takahashi (3) |
Most wins (manufacturer) | Honda (16) |
The United States motorcycle Grand Prix was a motorcycling event that was part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. The first event was held at the Daytona International Speedway in 1963. It was added to the Grand Prix calendar in 1964 and 1965. The race returned to the calendar 23 years later, in 1988 at Laguna Seca Raceway until 1994. After the race returned again and the USGP was held here from 2005 until 2013.
A second race in the United States, the Indianapolis Grand Prix, has been held since 2008 until 2015.
In 2013, a new race was added in the United States, the Grand Prix of the Americas and is held in Austin, Texas. As a result, the United States motorcycle Grand Prix has been cancelled and no race was held at Laguna Seca during the 2014 season.
Past winners
A pink background indicates an event that was not part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship.
Multiple winners (riders)
# Wins | Rider | Wins | |
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Category | Years won | ||
3 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | 500 cc | 1962 |
125 cc | 1962 | ||
50 cc | 1962 | ||
Casey Stoner | MotoGP | 2007, 2011, 2012 | |
Hugh Anderson | 125 cc | 1964, 1965 | |
50 cc | 1964 | ||
Wayne Rainey | 500 cc | 1989, 1990, 1991 | |
John Kocinski | 500 cc | 1993 | |
250 cc | 1989, 1990 | ||
2 | Ernst Degner | 125 cc | 1963 |
50 cc | 1965 | ||
Mike Hailwood | 500 cc | 1964, 1965 | |
Luca Cadalora | 500 cc | 1994 | |
250 cc | 1991 | ||
Nicky Hayden | MotoGP | 2005, 2006 |
Multiple winners (manufacturers)
# Wins | Manufacturer | Wins | |
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Category | Years won | ||
16 | Honda | MotoGP | 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 |
500 cc | 1962 | ||
250 cc | 1961, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994 | ||
125 cc | 1962, 1993, 1994 | ||
50 cc | 1962 | ||
12 | Yamaha | MotoGP | 2008, 2010 |
500 cc | 1963, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994 | ||
250 cc | 1963, 1965, 1989, 1990 | ||
6 | Suzuki | 125 cc | 1963, 1964, 1965 |
50 cc | 1963, 1964, 1965 | ||
2 | MV Agusta | 500 cc | 1964, 1965 |
By year
References
- ↑ "Yamaha 1963, CYCLE USA". ClassicYams.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- 1 2 "L'Histoire du Grand Prix des Etats-Unis et du Grand Prix d'Indianapolis" [History of the United States Grand Prix and the Indianapolis Grand Prix]. Racing Memory (in French). Archived from the original on 1 November 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.