The Thruxton 500 was a motorcycle endurance race for production based road machines, covering 500 miles and ridden by a team of two riders per machine. The first event was a 9-hour race which took place in 1955, organized by the Southampton and District Motorcycle Club (SDMCC) at the Thruxton Circuit near Andover in Hampshire. Two more 9-hour races followed in 1956 and 1957. These earlier 9-hour races resulted in the birth of the famous Thruxton 500 miler, the first taking place in 1958 and the last in 1973.
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| - The Thruxton 500 was a motorcycle endurance race for production based road machines, covering 500 miles and ridden by a team of two riders per machine. The first event was a 9-hour race which took place in 1955, organized by the Southampton and District Motorcycle Club (SDMCC) at the Thruxton Circuit near Andover in Hampshire. Two more 9-hour races followed in 1956 and 1957. These earlier 9-hour races resulted in the birth of the famous Thruxton 500 miler, the first taking place in 1958 and the last in 1973. (en)
- De Thruxton 500 was een 500-mijlsrace voor motorfietsen die werd gehouden op het Thruxton Circuit bij Andover in Hampshire (Verenigd Koninkrijk). De eerste race werd georganiseerd door Neville Goss MBE, die namens de Southampton and District Motor Cycle Club verantwoordelijk was voor het circuit. De Thruxton 500 moest een endurance-race voor normale standaard motorfietsen zijn. Vanwege de afstand van 500 mijl (800 km) moest met ten minste twee coureurs per motorfiets gereden worden. De race werd vanwege zijn lengte aanvankelijk ook wel de "9-uursrace" genoemd. Vanaf het begin was de Thruxton 500 belangrijk voor de Britse fabrikanten, want een podiumplaats in deze uithoudingsrace was een goede reclame voor het merk. Vergelijkbare evenementen waren de door de British Motor Cycle Racing Club (nl)
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| - The Thruxton 500 was a motorcycle endurance race for production based road machines, covering 500 miles and ridden by a team of two riders per machine. The first event was a 9-hour race which took place in 1955, organized by the Southampton and District Motorcycle Club (SDMCC) at the Thruxton Circuit near Andover in Hampshire. Two more 9-hour races followed in 1956 and 1957. These earlier 9-hour races resulted in the birth of the famous Thruxton 500 miler, the first taking place in 1958 and the last in 1973. The Thruxton 500 was an endurance race for production based road machines, covering 500 miles and ridden by a team of two riders per machine. There were twelve Thruxton 500 events between 1958 and 1973. During that period, there were four races where the 500 miler had to be run at two different circuits because of poor track conditions at Thruxton. The first rearranged 500 miler race was at Castle Combe in 1965 followed by three other meetings at Brands Hatch in 1966, 1967 and 1968. In the 1960s, the Thruxton 500 race was very important to British motorcycle manufacturers as a test of their bikes which provided public exposure. A win, or second and third places in the Thruxton 500, offered advertising opportunities and boosted sales, resulting in keen competition around Thruxton’s fast, flowing and demanding track. Four other endurance events were held at Thruxton but not under the Thruxton 500 name. There were two Powerbike Internationals in 1974 and 1975 and two Grand Prix D'Endurance events in 1976 and 1977. Seven other endurance events were organized by the SDMMC at different circuits around the UK. Similar events were the Bemsee-organised Hutchinson 100 at Silverstone and the 'Motor Cycle' 500 at Brands Hatch in 1966 where Mike Hailwood demonstrated a Honda CB450 Black Bomber fitted with a sports fairing. It was unable to compete in the 500cc category, the FIM deeming it was not classified as a production machine as it had two overhead camshafts. Only one motorcycle race a year is now held at Thruxton, a round of the British Superbike Championship (en)
- De Thruxton 500 was een 500-mijlsrace voor motorfietsen die werd gehouden op het Thruxton Circuit bij Andover in Hampshire (Verenigd Koninkrijk). De eerste race werd georganiseerd door Neville Goss MBE, die namens de Southampton and District Motor Cycle Club verantwoordelijk was voor het circuit. De Thruxton 500 moest een endurance-race voor normale standaard motorfietsen zijn. Vanwege de afstand van 500 mijl (800 km) moest met ten minste twee coureurs per motorfiets gereden worden. De race werd vanwege zijn lengte aanvankelijk ook wel de "9-uursrace" genoemd. Vanaf het begin was de Thruxton 500 belangrijk voor de Britse fabrikanten, want een podiumplaats in deze uithoudingsrace was een goede reclame voor het merk. Vergelijkbare evenementen waren de door de British Motor Cycle Racing Club georganiseerde op Silverstone en de "Motor Cycle" 500 op Brands Hatch. In de jaren tien werd er nog slechts één race op Thruxton georganiseerd, een ronde van het Brits kampioenschap superbike. (nl)
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