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    Honda. After Fuji Speedway hosted the 2008 race, the Japanese Grand Prix returned to Suzuka for races from 2009 onward. The Super GT Fuji 500 km race is...
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    Toyota-owned Fuji Speedway, after the latter underwent a transformation and redesign by circuit designer Hermann Tilke. Suzuka and Fuji were to alternate...
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    held until 1988 Wellington 500, held at the Wellington street circuit between 1985 and 1996 InterTEC (インターTEC), held at Fuji Speedway as part of the JTCC...
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    Bathurst 1000 (redirect from Bathurst 500)
    flat out for 500 miles. The track surface broke up and became unsafe during races. In 1963 the Armstrong 500 moved to the 6.2-kilometre (3.9 mi) Mount...
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    running through each of the main islands. Japan's highest mountain is Mount Fuji, with an elevation of 3,776 m (12,388 ft). Japan's forest cover rate is 68...
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    volcanoes, remnants of which form irregularities on Fuji's profile. Growth of the younger Mount Fuji began with a period of voluminous lava flows from 11...
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    Spa-Francorchamps (formerly the 1000 Kilometres of Spa-Francorchamps) is an endurance race for sports cars held at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. The...
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    Caldwell had taken advantage of the gap between the final two races to hire the Fuji circuit – a track hosting its first Grand Prix and therefore unknown to all...
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  • Hong Kong, broke up in mid-air in severe turbulence and crashed at Mount Fuji near Gotenba, Japan, killing all 124 passengers and crew. March 18 – United...
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    NAMC YS-11 (redirect from NAMC YS-11A-500)
    venture between Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Fuji Heavy Industries, Shin Meiwa, Showa Aircraft Industry Company and Japan Aircraft...
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  • from 1967 until 1989. Originally a six-hour race running under the name BOAC 500, the event was eventually extended to 1000 kilometres under a number of...
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    Embraer EMB 312 Tucano (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    role, configuration, and era KAI KT-1 TAI Hürkuş Pilatus PC-7 Pilatus PC-9 Fuji T-7 Utva Lasta PZL-130 Orlik T-6 Texan II Related lists List of aircraft...
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  • Tetsu Ikuzawa (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    During qualifying, Ikuzawa became the first driver ever to lap the six kilometre Fuji Speedway under two minutes and secured pole position. In the race, Ikuzawa...
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    Reinhold Messner (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Georgia on the Shackleton Route; Nanga Parbat Expedition; filming on Mount Fuji/Japan for the ZDF series Wohnungen der Götter (~"Homes of the Gods") 2001...
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    Jaguar XJS (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    formation finish. The TWR XJS Jaguars were next seen late in 1986 at the Fuji 500 in Japan in what was meant to be its Group A swansong as it ran out of...
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    Spa 24 Hours (category Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps)
    the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium. It is currently sponsored by CrowdStrike. The Spa 24 Hours was conceived by Jules de Their and Henri...
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    championship. It returned to the 1,000-kilometre distance, and was re-opened to sports cars. 1999 – the distance was reduced to 500 km, and it again became eligible...
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    the 1000 km was held as a part of the Le Mans Endurance Series (LMES). The 500 km Nürburgring was also similar event for smaller sportscars during the 1960s...
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    and is one of the races—along with the Monaco Grand Prix and Indianapolis 500—that form the Triple Crown of Motorsport, and is also one of the races alongside...
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    championship by a single point to James Hunt in heavy rain at the final round at Fuji in Japan when he pitted his car and refused to continue, declaring that the...
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  • Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    would compete at the non-championship Super GT x DTM Dream Race held at Fuji Speedway in Japan. The 2021 season switched to a GT3-based regulation otherwise...
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  • Speed Racer (category Fuji TV original programming)
    Fusosha. Adapted into anime by Tatsunoko Production, its 52 episodes aired on Fuji Television from April 1967 to March 1968. In the US, the show aired in syndication...
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    placed on the tower tip at 497 m. 1 December 2010: The tower topped the 500 m (1,600 ft) mark and reached a height of 511 m (1,677 ft), beating Taipei...
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  • displayed in March 1967 at the Geneva Motor Show and was then used at the Fuji Speedway as a course car. In 1977 Toyota purchased it from its owner in Hawaii...
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    calls a "175-acre high tech, sensor-laden metropolis" at the foot of Mount Fuji. When completed in 2024, the Woven City will be used to run tests on autonomous...
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  • Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 2013-07-22. "Driver killed testing car for 500-mile race". Milwaukee Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22...
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    Suzuki (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
    it with a 3% stake. That came after last year's sale of GM's 20% stake in Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., the maker of Subaru cars. "History 2007". Global Suzuki...
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    row at Fuji". Autosport. 12 October 2008. Archived from the original on 9 November 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2008. "Fantastic Fernando takes Fuji". F1live...
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    Toyota Corona (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    September 1960 with rigid axle semi-oval leaf spring rear suspension and 500 kg payload capacity, to fill commercial segment below the heavier capacity...
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    Eddie Cheever co-drove in each of the three victories. No race was held in 1989 as Donington temporarily replaced Silverstone on the schedule, but sportscars...
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