Imola 200 mile race

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The Imola 200 miles was a motorcycle endurance race at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari from 1972 to 1978 and 1980 to 1987 .

In 1973 , 1975 , 1976 , 1977 and 1978 it was part of the Formula 750 championship .

In 2002 and 2003 it was part of the motorcycle endurance world championship . The planned event for June 27, 2004 had to be canceled for financial reasons. The 4 Hours Of Imola Classic have been held in Imola since 2012 and will be part of the European Classic Series from the 2013 season .

The winners of the 200 miles of Imola

Edition date winner Second Third Round Duration Average
speed
spectator
1 April 23, 1972 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Paul Smart ( Ducati ) ItalyItaly Bruno Spaggiari ( Ducati ) ItalyItaly Walter Villa ( Triumph ) 64 2 h 02 min 26 s 157.35 km / h 75,000
2 April 15, 1973 FinlandFinland Jarno Saarinen ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Bruno Spaggiari ( Ducati ) ItalyItaly Walter Villa ( Kawasaki ) 64 1 h 58 min 18 s 162.84 km / h 90,000
3 April 7th 1974 ItalyItaly Giacomo Agostini ( Yamaha ) United StatesUnited States Kenny Roberts sr. ( Yamaha ) FinlandFinland Teuvo Länsivuori ( Yamaha ) 62 2 h 06 min 38 s 149.81 km / h 120,000
4th April 6, 1975 Venezuela 1954Venezuela Johnny Cecotto ( Yamaha ) FranceFrance Patrick Pons ( Yamaha ) United StatesUnited States Steve Baker ( Yamaha ) 64 2 h 10 min 28 s 148.33 km / h 93,000
5 April 4th 1976 United StatesUnited States Steve Baker ( Yamaha ) FranceFrance Michel Rougerie ( Yamaha ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Barry Sheene ( Suzuki ) 64 2 h 05 min 31 s 154.17 km / h 140,000
6th April 3, 1977 United StatesUnited States Kenny Roberts sr. ( Yamaha ) United StatesUnited States Steve Baker ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Giacomo Agostini ( Yamaha ) 64 2 h 03 min 59 s 156.08 km / h 68,000
7th April 2, 1978 Venezuela 1954Venezuela Johnny Cecotto ( Yamaha ) United StatesUnited States Steve Baker ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Giacomo Agostini ( Yamaha ) 64 2 h 07 min 53 s 151.13 km / h 78,000
8th April 13, 1980 Venezuela 1954Venezuela Johnny Cecotto ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Marco Lucchinelli ( Suzuki ) United StatesUnited States Kenny Roberts sr. ( Yamaha ) 44 1 h 25 min 33 s 155.53 km / h 40,000
9 April 5th 1981 ItalyItaly Marco Lucchinelli ( Suzuki ) United StatesUnited States Kenny Roberts sr. ( Yamaha ) NetherlandsNetherlands Boet van Dulmen ( Yamaha ) 64 2 h 09 min 33 s 149.37 km / h 50,000
10 April 4th 1982 New ZealandNew Zealand Graeme Crosby ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Marco Lucchinelli ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Graziano Rossi ( Yamaha ) 64 2 h 07 min 25 s 151.89 km / h 60,000
11 April 10, 1983 United StatesUnited States Kenny Roberts sr. ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Franco Uncini ( Suzuki ) United StatesUnited States Eddie Lawson ( Yamaha ) 64 2 h 05 min 55 s 153.63 km / h 100,000
12 April 1, 1984 United StatesUnited States Kenny Roberts sr. ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Lorenzo Ghiselli ( Suzuki ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Steve Williams ( Yamaha ) 64 2 h 07 min 56 s 151.34 km / h 38,000
13 April 14, 1985 United StatesUnited States Eddie Lawson ( Yamaha ) United StatesUnited States Randy Mamola ( Honda ) JapanJapan Takazumi Katayama ( Honda ) 64 2 h 04 min 57 s 154.88 km / h 54,000
14th April 6, 1986 ItalyItaly Marco Lucchinelli ( Ducati ) SwedenSweden Anders Andersson ( Suzuki ) AustraliaAustralia Rob Phillis ( Suzuki ) 64
15th April 20, 1987 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Paul Iddon ( Suzuki ) United StatesUnited States Fred Merkel ( Honda ) Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joey Dunlop ( Honda ) 64

In the endurance world championship

date winner Second Third
April 20, 2002 United StatesUnited States Jason Pridmore / Mike Edwards ( Suzuki ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom  United StatesUnited States Michael Barnes / Mike Ciccotto ( Suzuki ) United StatesUnited States  SloveniaSlovenia Igor Jerman / Bruno Bonhuil ( Suzuki ) FranceFrance 
May 4, 2003 AustraliaAustralia Warwick Nowland / Stéphane Mertens ( Suzuki ) BelgiumBelgium  United KingdomUnited Kingdom James Ellison / Olivier Four ( Suzuki ) FranceFrance  AustriaAustria Horst Saiger / Erwin Wilding ( Yamaha ) AustriaAustria 

List of fatally injured racing drivers

driver date of death Details
United StatesUnited States Pat Evans April 3, 1977
ItalyItaly Guido Paci April 10, 1983
ItalyItaly Lorenzo Ghiselli July 28, 1985 Accident on April 13th during training.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Article about Lorenzo Ghiselli at ilpalio.org (Italian), accessed on August 6, 2013.