6-1 Sugo Murata-machi, Shibata-gun, Miyagi Prefecture

May 1975

Kazushige Sasaki

10 million yen

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.: 100%

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Management of Sportsland SUGO

+81(224)83 3111

+81(224)83 3790

info@sportsland-sugo.jp

Japan’s leading motor sports facility covering 2,100,000m²at 6-1 Sugo Murata-machi, Shibata-gun, Miyagi Prefecture. Hotel Kunugi Sanso on site as well as specialized road racing and motocross courses trials course, and go-kart course.

The All Japan Road Race Championship is held. Since then held at SUGO every year to date.

All Japan Motocross Championship held. Since then held at SUGO every year to date.

Campsite opened.

1st Japan Kart Grand Prix held.

4th All Japan Championship Trial Japan GP held.

Hotel Kunugi Sanso expanded to 50 guest rooms for 300 guests (formerly 25 guest rooms). Recreation facilities such as tennis courts, a pool, archery range, putter golf course, and field athletics courses were added.

1st TBC Big Road Race held. Japan’s 1st Formula 750 event. Hideo Kanaya won with a YAMAHA-TZ750.

4th TBC Big Road Race held. WGP 500 Champion Kenny Roberts participated.

All Japan Motocross Championship held.　Testumi Mitsuyasu from YAMAHA gained titles in both the 125 cc and 250 cc classes.

Increased to 21 tennis courts including indoor courts. Multiple-purpose facility SP Square opened.

Seiko World Super Tennis held.

1st Murata SUGO Marathon held.

The Kadokawa movie “The Last Hero,” originally written　by Haruhiko Oyabu, was filmed in Sugo. A racer Tadahiko Taira, participated.

S-shaped corner newly constructed at the 1st high speed corner of the high speed of the SUGO road course. As a recreational area for riders and drivers, the Winners Salon opened at the road racing course paddock.

SUGO Grand Champion Race held (cars and GC machines)

11th TBC Big Road R ace, Kenny Roberts and Eddie Lawson first visited Japan and came to Sugo. Tadahiko Taira who became Champion in the All Japan GP500 class participated

F3000 Championship, GC Championship, GROUP A 300 km Race held.

World GP Champion Eddie Lawson and young Wayne Rainey participated in the 12th TBC big road race.

F3000 Championship, GC Championship, GROUP A 300 km Race held.

Large -scale r enovation o f t he r acing c ourses, resulting in the present layout with the hairpin curve, S-shaped corner, and SP corner.

TT Formula World Championship held.

Superbike World Championship held. Held at SUGO every year until 2003.

All Japan GT Championship held. Since then held at SUGO every year until 2004. Since 2005, the race changed its name to SUPER GT.

The 20th anniversary of the foundation of Sportsland SUGO.

TT Formula World Championship held. Held at SUGO every year to date.

Super N1 Endurance Race held. After that changed the name to Super Endurance Race and held every year to date.

Sportsland SUGO reinvents itself as a facility that specializes in motor sports business, such as races and race course management.

30th anniversary of the foundation of Sportsland SUGO. Motocross World Championship held, for the first time in ten years in Japan.

Japan Le Mans Challenge - a new sports car racing category is established. Motocross World Championship held.

A new Reception Hall is established as a facility for indoor events, parities, receptions, etc.

Japan Le Mans Challenge held.
Motocross World Championship held.

In a racing course site, a heliport was constructed.

Along with complete renovation of the multi-course, the final event was held. Many top car racers participated.

After completing t he renovation, the multi-course re-opened as the "International West Course." The escape zone and the safety zone were expanded to further solidify safety on the course.