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The Sidecar World Championship is an annual event held by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). The first World Championship tournament took place in 1949. As all other World Championships in moto racing, it consists of a series of races run throughout a calendar year in which the riders with the most accumulated points are awarded as world champion
This is a list of Grand Prix motorcycle road racers from the 1949 to the 2019 season, in alphabetical order, from the classes MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3, 500 cc, 350 cc, 250 cc, 125 cc, 80 cc and 50 cc. List of Grand Prix motorcycle racers
Eight Grand Prix motorcycle racing champions have died while racing or practicing in Grand Prix motorcycle racing: Dario Ambrosini in 1951, Leslie Graham in 1953, Rupert Hollaus in 1954, Tom Phillis in 1962, Bill Ivy in 1969, Jarno Saarinen in 1973, Daijiro Kato in 2003, and Marco Simoncelli in 2011. Hollaus is often credited as the only rider ...
McGee had an accomplished racing resume, first in auto racing and later in motorcycle racing. She became the first person — man or woman — to complete the grueling Baja 500 off-road race in ...
Maria Herrera and Ana Carrasco fighting for the win at Donington Park, 2024. The FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship (shortened as WorldWCR) [1] is a women-only racing series organized by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) and Dorna, the company that also organizes MotoGP and the Superbike World Championship.
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 World Championship are highlighted in bold . This page is accurate as of the 2024 Solidarity Grand Prix .
The Sidehackers (also known as Five the Hard Way) is a 1969 American action film about motorcycle racing with a twist. Each motorcycle has a sidehack (a sidecar with a rail but no sidewalls or seat), in which a passenger rides and tilts to one side or another when going around curves. The credits thank the "Southern California Sidehack ...
The 1957 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the ninth F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of six Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 19 May, with German Grand Prix and ended with Nations Grand Prix in Italy on 1 September.