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motorcycle racingSport of running motorcycles on tracks, closed circuits, or natural terrain. The main types are (1) road racing, conducted on a course made up wholly or partly of public roads; (2) trials, conducted both on and off the highway; (3) speedway racing, conducted on a short, flat, oval dirt track; (4) drag racing, conducted on a straight quarter-mile strip of pavement; (5) hill climbs, conducted on a large dirt mound; and (6) motocross. The first international road race took place in Douran, France, in 1905. The most famous race is the Tourist Trophy, established on Britain's Isle of Man in 1907. Motorcycle racing in North America began in 1903; since 1937 the Daytona 200-mi (320-km) race has been the leading U.S. race. |
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She returned to off-road motorcycle racing, but not in the Baja 1000. Until two years ago when an American racing magazine rated his North Bay fibreglass company as producing the best motorcycle racing body money can buy, Armour Bodies Inc. As a sport, motocross counts two main elements: supercross, or motorcycle racing, and freestyle, which includes jump contests by motorcycle riders. |
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