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The British Motorcycle Racing Club (BMCRC), informally Bemsee, [1] is the largest motorcycle racing club of its type in the UK and organises a range of championships including Clubman and Supersport 600, Thunderbikes, Superstock 1000, Formula 400s and sidecars.
The 1979 British Motorcycle Grand Prix was again held at Silverstone and would be one of the closest races in the history of Motorcycle Grand Prix racing. The 1978 winner Kenny Roberts and the pair of works Suzuki riders, Barry Sheene and Wil Hartog broke away from the rest of the field.
The 2024 British motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Monster Energy British Grand Prix) was the tenth round of the 2024 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone on 4 August 2024.
View of Dover Slope and Devils Elbow on Lydden Hill Race Circuit. Lydden was founded in 1955 by Bill Chesson with the help of the Astra Motor Club. From 1957, they promoted stock-car racing and grass-track racing for motorcycles. By 1962, Chesson wanted to progress and laid a tarmac track in order to promote motor and motorcycle road racing.
This is a list of circuits which have hosted a World Championship race from 1949 to 2025.. In total, 74 different circuits have hosted World Championship races. The first to do so was the Snaefell Mountain Course, home of the Isle of Man TT, which also has the distinction, at 60.718 km (37.728 mi) long, of being the longest track which hosted a World Championship race.
Supersport was introduced as a support class to the Superbike World Championship in 1990 as a European Championship. The series allows four-cylinder engines up to 600 cubic centimetres (37 cu in), three-cylinder engines up to 675 cubic centimetres (41.2 cu in), and twin-cylinder power plants up to 750 cubic centimetres (46 cu in).
Championship down to last corner of the last race - won by 2 points overall and 0.006 seconds. 2012: Superbike Shane Byrne (3) Kawasaki ZX-10R (2) Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki: Championship down to the last race at Brands Hatch. 2013: Superbike Alex Lowes: Honda CBR1000RR (5) Samsung Honda UK Championship down to the last race at Brands Hatch ...
The term Classic Racing in the United Kingdom is generally accepted as motorcycle racing as defined under the rules and or auspices of the Classic Racing Motorcycle Club (CRMC). This was established in 1981 and mostly caters for solos and sidecars manufactured in the period 1945–1972.