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The Suzuki GT550 is a three cylinder, two-stroke, air-cooled 1970s-era motorcycle in Suzuki's "Grand Touring" GT series. Three Grand Touring models including the GT380 and GT750 and were originally offered for sale with the beginning of the 1972 model year (MY) with the 550 called "Indy" for the North American market. [ 4 ]
The 380 and 550 engines were air-cooled with a system marketed by Suzuki as Ram Air. [1] This system consisted of a cast aluminum shroud covering a modified cylinder head to direct the cooling air. The GT750 was liquid-cooled. Suzuki thus led the motorcycle world by being the first company to mass-produce a liquid-cooled, large-bore two-stroke ...
California 200 Hanford Motor Speedway: 1967–1969 4 3 California 500: Ontario Motor Speedway: 1970–1978 1979–1980 11 11 Caesars Palace Grand Prix: Caesars Palace, Las Vegas: 1983–1984 2 2 Daily Express Indy Silverstone Silverstone Circuit: 1978 1 1 Dan Gurney 200 Pacific Raceways: 1969 1 1 USAC Daytona 100: Daytona International Speedway ...
California 500 (IndyCar) was a USAC and later CART sanctioned Indy car race held at Ontario Motor Speedway from 1970 to 1980 Auto Club 500 is a NASCAR race held at the California Speedway which was called the "California 500 presented by NAPA" from 1997 to 1999
The US tariff, when passed into law, actually set the import limit at 750 ccs instead of 700. So Suzuki soon bumped the Intruder up to be a 750, which it continued to produce until 1991. For the 1992 model year the small Intruder became an 800 (technically an 805), with a larger engine, a larger radiator, and larger forks to go with the extra ...
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony Hulman delivered the command to start engines. 180,223 spectators attended the inaugural California 500. [19] It was the largest crowd ever to see a sports event in California and the third-largest sports event in American sports history, behind only Indianapolis 500s and Indy 500 qualifying sessions. [20]
Kurtis built some very low fiberglass bodied two-seaters sports cars under his own name in Glendale, California between 1949 and 1955. Ford (US) running gear was used. About 36 Kurtis Sport Cars had been made when the licence was sold to Earl "Madman" Muntz who built the Muntz Jet. In 1954 and 1955, road versions of their Indianapolis racers ...