The 1955 Ulster Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 11–13 August 1955 at the Dundrod Circuit...
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The Ulster Grand Prix is a (currently) defunct motorcycle road race which took place on the 7.401 mi (11.911 km) Dundrod Circuit made up entirely of closed-off...
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1955 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season Previous 1954 Next 1956 The 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the seventh F.I.M. Road Racing...
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The 1956 Ulster Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 9–11 August 1956 at the Dundrod Circuit...
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List of rider deaths in motorcycle racing (section Isle of Man TT, Manx Grand Prix and Southern 100)
Retrieved 11 April 2013. "Motorcycle racer Lee Vernon dies after Ulster Grand Prix crash". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2013. "Rider...
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The following is a complete list of Grands Prix which have been a part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship season since its inception in 1949...
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Dundrod Circuit (category Grand Prix motorcycle circuits)
Trophy for sports cars between 1950 and 1955, and for the motorcycle Ulster Grand Prix from 1953 onwards. It is situated near the village of Dundrod in Lisburn...
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Fatal accidents on the Dundrod Circuit during the Ulster Grand Prix and other motor-sport events. article refers to his son Autosport p87 dated 13 July...
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Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which has been divided into four World Championship classes since 2023:...
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This is a list of all-time Grand Prix motorcycle racing (50cc/80cc, MotoE, 125cc/Moto3, 250cc/Moto2, 350cc, and 500cc/MotoGP classes) rider records, since...
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1955 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth and final round of the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 4 September 1955 at...
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Ken Kavanagh (section Motorcycle Grand Prix results)
won the 350cc Ulster Grand Prix. In 1956, he won the Junior TT at the Isle of Man TT races. Kavanagh entered two Formula One Grands Prix in 1958 with his...
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Mike Hawthorn (section 1955)
won three Grands Prix across seven seasons. In endurance racing, Hawthorn won both the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1955 with Jaguar...
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The 1955 Dutch TT was the sixth round of the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 16 July 1955 at the Circuit van Drenthe, Assen...
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List of 500cc/MotoGP race winners (category Lists of Grand Prix motorcycle racers)
Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which has been divided into four classes since 2023: MotoGP, Moto2...
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the Ulster Grand Prixs were regularly won by Anglophonic (mostly British) riders; in addition to Agostini's successes at the TT he also won 7 Ulster Grand...
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List of 500cc/MotoGP race winners (constructors) (redirect from List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing winners (constructors))
Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which has been divided into three classes since 1990; 125cc, 250cc...
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1956 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season Previous 1955 Next 1957 The 1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the eighth F.I.M. Road Racing...
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Circuit Assen has the distinction of holding the most races, holding a Grand Prix every year (with the exception of 2020) since 1949, followed by Brno Circuit...
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List of 500cc/MotoGP rider records (category Grand Prix motorcycle racing)
This is a list of rider records in the 500cc/MotoGP class of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing, since 1949. Riders that has competed in the 2024 MotoGP...
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the Limerick Grand Prix, a Formula Libre race. In 1936, he shared his ERA with Peter Walker, and finished third in the Donington Grand Prix. He took the...
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George Abecassis (category Grand Prix drivers)
further Grand Prix events after 1953. It was with his own HWM cars that Abecassis raced in his only two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, at the...
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racing driver and businessman, who entered into the 1950 and 1951 British Grand Prix. By profession Kelly was a motor dealer from Dublin and he used the profits...
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Élie Bayol (section 1955)
place at the first race of the season, the Argentine Grand Prix. In the Buenos Aires Grand Prix Formule Libre race he crashed into the crowd on the first...
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List of FIM World Championship points scoring systems (redirect from List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing points scoring systems)
Ulster Grand Prix for the World Championship was excluded by the FIM as a points scoring round after heavy rain reduced the race distance. The 1955 season...
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Leslie Graham (section Motorcycle Grand Prix results)
it had dropped a valve. He rebuilt it, and entered it in the 1936 Ulster Grand Prix. After completing a lap of the Clady Circuit, the big end seized....
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Giuseppe Farina (category Grand Prix drivers)
Championship in its inaugural 1950 season with Alfa Romeo, and won five Grands Prix across seven seasons. Born in Turin, Farina was the son of Giovanni Farina...
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List of 500cc/MotoGP riders who set a fastest lap (category Lists of Grand Prix motorcycle racers)
Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which has been divided into four classes since 2023: MotoGP, Moto2...
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Birabongse Bhanudej (category Grand Prix drivers)
Alexander Albon in 2019. Outside of Formula One, Bira won the New Zealand Grand Prix in 1955, driving the Maserati 250F. Bira also competed in sailing events at...
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