Whizzer (roller Coaster)

Whizzer (roller Coaster)

Whizzer is the name of two identical roller coasters built for the Marriott Corporation for each of their “Great America” parks at their debut in 1976. One was built in Gurnee, Illinois, at Six Flags Great America and the other in Santa Clara, California, at what is now California's Great America. Marriott continued to operate both parks until selling them in 1984. Manufactured by Anton Schwarzkopf of Germany, the two rides were the last “Speedracer” models ever built. The Whizzer at California's Great America was dismantled in 1988 while the Whizzer in Illinois continues to operate at Six Flags Great America, one of only two Speedracers still in existence worldwide (the other operating as Broca at Parque Nacional Del Café in Montenegro, Colombia).