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The event that paved the way for constructed, stadium-based motocross events was a 1972 race held in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, promoted by Mike Goodwin and Terry Tiernan, then-president of the AMA, and won by 16-year-old Marty Tripes. [5] [6] It was billed as the "Super Bowl of Motocross" which led to the coining of the term ...
In 1972 Mike Goodwin and Terry Tiernan, the president of the AMA, put on one of these stadium races in the Los Angeles Coliseum. The race was dubbed as the Super Bowl of Motocross. Eventually this form of racing evolved into its own sport and series with the name Supercross which was a shortening of the original "Super Bowl of Motocross".
The SuperMotocross World Championship (official name as AMA SuperMotocross Championship) is the premier combined discipline of American off-road motorcycle racing. [1] [2] [3] Conceived in 2023 after the AMA Supercross Championship lost its FIM World Championship status, the series consists of the aforementioned Supercross series and the AMA Motocross Championship, followed by two playoff ...
Marty Smith (November 26, 1956 – April 27, 2020) was an American professional motocross racer. [1] He competed in the AMA Motocross Championships from 1974 to 1981, most prominently as a member of the Honda factory racing team with whom he won 18 AMA race victories and three National Motocross championships. [1]
He successfully defended his Super Bowl of Motocross victory and won two races in the 250cc national championship to end the season ranked sixth in the nation. [8] After only one year with the Honda team, Tripes joined the Husqvarna team where he struggled to compete on a motorcycle that lagged behind the performance of the Japanese motorcycles ...
In 1987, Johnson also won what is considered one of Supercross history's greatest races in the Super Bowl of Motocross at the L.A. Coliseum. [citation needed] After crashing in the first corner Johnson came back from near dead last to pass Jeff Ward and eventually privateer Guy Cooper on the penultimate lap to squeeze the win. Johnson followed ...
Team PR-MX Kawasaki: 125 Luke Neese: 13–15 280 Cade Clason: All 519 Joshua Cartwright: 10–17 951 Ryan Surratt: 16 952 Ludovic Macler: 1–8 DMP Motorsports Honda: 138 David Pulley: 17 Suzuki: 141 Richard Taylor: 8, 10–12 Partzilla.com Yamaha Yamaha: 184 Scott Champion: 1–3, 10–15 Yamaha: 193 Hunter Schlosser: 8, 10–12 KTM: 204 Kyle ...
Gary Jones (born April 22, 1952) is an American former professional motocross and desert racer. [1] He competed in the AMA Motocross Championships from 1971 to 1976. Jones is notable for winning the inaugural AMA 250cc motocross national championship in 1972.