| 2007
/ 2000 |
| 2006 |
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| 2005 |
Alstare
Suzuki's Troy Corser who came back to the Superbike World
Championship from the 2005 season and the GSX-R1000 win the
championship.
Mat Mladin becomes an unprecedented six-time winner of the
U.S. Superbike championship. Ben Spies come in 2nd, making
it 1-2 for the season for the GSX-R1000. Season title wins
in other countries including France and Canada further demonstrate
the GSX-R1000's competitive performance.
Castrol Suzuki team wins World Endurance Championship title.
Yoshimura
Suzuki enters the Suzuka 8-hour endurance race with the same
Watanabe/Kagayama pair from the year before, but encountering
unexpected setbacks including white smoke from overheating
muffler, finishes the race in 10th place. Suzuki France's
SERT Kitagawa Keiichi/Vincent Phillipe team takes the best
Suzuki result, coming in at 7th place. |
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| 2004 |
In
the U.S.A., Yoshimura Suzuki rider Mat Mladin on a GSX-R1000
wins his fifth AMA Superbike series title. With a total of 32
wins including Daytona 200-mile victories, Mladin ties the record
for the most number of wins. In the World Endurance Championship,
Suzuki France's SERT take their GSX-R1000 to 2nd place for the
season. SERT also enters and wins the Le Mans 24-hour and the
Bol d'Or 24-hour endurance races. Keiichi Kitagawa becomes the
first Japanese to win both of those 24-hour endurance races.
Yoshimura
Suzuki's Kagayama/Watanabe team enters the Suzuka 8-hour Endurance
Race. Despite falling behind at the start, they maintain steady
riding for 209 laps and score a 2nd-place finish for the first
time in 16 years since the Kevin Schwantz/Doug Polen team
in 1988. Kenz team rode on for six hours and 30 minutes (160
laps) when they had to retire due to radiator coolant leak.
France's SERT endurance team, overcoming serious mishaps and
completing 190 laps, finished the race and came in 34th. |
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| 2003 |
Yoshimura
Suzuki team entered in Suzuka 8-hour Endurance gets caught
in a crash and retires just two laps after start. Kenz's Kitagawa
Keiichi/Fujiwara Katsuaki team leads the race until close
to the finish but misses victory due to machine troubles encountered
when switching the rider for the last time, during the final
hour. Suzuki GB Phase-1 team took their GSX-R1000 to a World
Endurance Championship title, bringing Suzuki the manufacturer's
title. Suzuki France endurance team rode their GSX-R1000 to
victory in all three historic 24-hour endurance races - Le
Mans, Spa and Bol d'Or. Mat Mladin on a GSX-R1000 won a record
fourth AMA Superbike championship title, while his teammate
Aaron Yates followed right behind coming in 2nd for the season.
Ben Spies (on a GSX-R1000) became Formula Xtreme champion;
Josh Hayes (on a GSX-R750) became Superstock champion, making
the Suzuki GSX-R the champion machine in three out of the
four AMA Superbike Championship series. |
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| 2002 |
Team
Suzuki Ryo/Kagayama pair in World Endurance Championship round
4 Suzuka 8-hour Endurance Race rides strongly in 2nd position
until lap 156 when they unfortunately retire due to machine
troubles. Nevertheless, the Suzuki GSX-R1000 dominates the
top 3 positions in series ranking and Suzuki wins manufacturer's
title. Suzuki France endurance racing team SERT wins all three
of the historic 24-hour endurance races which were separated
from the World Championship: Le Mans, Spa and Bol d'Or. Suzuki
entrants succeed in taking series title in three AMA categories:
Supersport (Aaron Yates on a GSX-R600), Formula Xtreme (Jason
Pridmore on a GSX-R1000) and Superstock (Jimmy Moore on a
GSX-R750).
In
Supersport World Championship, Fujiwara Katsuaki finishes
2nd for the season and Stephane Chambon 3rd for the season,
bringing the manufacturer's title to Suzuki. |
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| 2001 |
Mat
Mladin becomes 3-year consecutive AMA Superbike champion.
Jimmy Moore becomes AMA 750 Supersport champion. Suzuki France
Christian Lavieille/Brian Morrison/Laurent Brian/Arnaud Van
Den Bossche team becomes FIM Endurance World Cup series champion
and brings manufacturer's title to Suzuki. Team Suzuki's Ryo/Kagayama/Watanabe
trio takes Suzuka 8-hour Endurance Race 3rd-place finish.
Pier
Francesco Chili winner of Superbike World Championship round
6 race 2. |
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| 2000 |
Mat
Mladin wins AMA Superbike Daytona 200-mile and becomes 2-year
consecutive series champion. Suzuki machine/rider win 2-year
consecutive World Endurance Championship manufacturer's and
rider's titles. Pier
Francesco Chili scores victory in Superbike World Championship
round 5 race 1. |
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1999
/ 1990 |
| 1999 |
Mat
Mladin becomes AMA Superbike series champion. Akira Ryo wins
round 13, race 1 of Superbike World Championship. Suzuki machine/rider
take World Endurance Championship manufacturer and rider titles.
Stephane Chambon wins World Supersport Championship title, making
it a 2-year consecutive title for the GSX-R600. |
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| 1998 |
Keiichi
Kitagawa wins round 12, race 1 of Superbike World Championship.
Fabrizio Pirovano piloting a GSX-R600 becomes series champion
of World Supersport Championship. |
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| 1997 |
Suzuki
wins World Endurance Championship series title. Peter Goddard
riding the works Suzuki to victory in the Le Mans 24-hour race
in France; this win helped claim the World Endurance Championship
title.
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1989
/ 1985 |
| 1989 |
New
Yoshimura rider Jamie James comes in 2nd place at AMA Superbike
Daytona 200-mile, and becomes series champion - the first Suzuki
champion in nine years, following Wes Cooley in 1980. Scott
Russell comes in 2nd for the season, making it a 1-2 ranking
for Yoshimura Suzuki. Doug Polen wins round 7, race 1 of Superbike
World Championship. |
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| 1988 |
Kevin
Schwantz starts full entry in World GP. Schwantz scores his
first AMA Superbike Daytona 200-mile win. Doug Polen comes in
2nd in AMA Superbike series ranking. Schwantz and Polen team
up for Suzuka 8-hour Endurance Road Race and take their Yoshimura
GSX-R to a 2nd-place finish. Gary Goodfellow takes the first
Suzuki win at Superbike World Championship round 5, race 1.
Suzuki machine/rider take 2-year consecutive World Endurance
Championship manufacturer's and rider's titles. |
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| 1987 |
2-year
consecutive All Japan Championship TT-F1 class winner Satoshi
Tsujimoto takes 2nd place at AMA Superbike Daytona 200-mile,
the highest finish for a Japanese rider. Kevin Schwantz scores
four wins in AMA Superbike and ranks 2nd for the season. Yoshimura
Suzuki's GSX-R crashes with only 10 minutes to finish at Suzuka
8-hour Endurance Road Race while leading the race by 10 seconds.
The Takayoshi Katsuo/Gary Goodfellow team unfortunately has
to settle for 2nd place, but finishes the season as World Endurance
Championship series champion. |
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| 1986 |
All
Japan TT-F1 champion Satoshi Tsujimoto teams up with Kevin Schwantz
who would later become World GP champion, for the Suzuka 8-hour
Endurance Road Race. The duo rides the Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R750
to a 3rd-place finish. Schwantz takes 2nd place at AMA Superbike
Daytona 200-mile. Suzuki wins World TT-F1 Championship manufacturer's
title. |
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| 1985 |
Debut
of the new-generation machine GSX-R750. Yoshimura's Graeme Crosby/Kevin
Schwantz team takes 3rd place at Suzuka 8-hour Endurance Road
Race. Rookie rider Schwantz scores three wins in AMA Superbike
and is ranked 7th for the season. The GSX-R750 achieves a 1-2
finish in its World Endurance Championship debut race, the Le
Mans 24-hours Endurance Race. |
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