| 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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