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Suzuki to organise the Gixxer Cup Championship in India

The one make series starts in June and will be held at the Kari Motor Speedway and the MMRT

Overdrive|May 21, 2015, 17:06:36 IST

The Gixxer Cup Championship marks Suzuki's foray into the Indian motorsport scene. The championship will be held alongside the Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship and will be split into two parts. A ‘novice’ championship for amateur racers will run parallel to the ‘open’ championship meant for the more experienced racers.

Each category will consist of 20 racers on the grid. The five rounds of the series will take place at the Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore and the Madras Motor Racing Track in Chennai. The fully faired Gixxer SF will be provided by Suzuki in this one make series and each racer will have a pit crew and a team of experts for support.

The championship will begin in June and continue till October 2015. Suzuki claimed that the aim of this ...Continue Reading...

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