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The Daytona Beach Bike Week rally started as the Daytona 200 race on January 24, 1937. This first race was a 3.2 miles (5.1 km) beach and pavement course. It was won by Ed Kretz from California riding an Indian motorcycle with an average speed of 73.34 mph (118.03 km/h).
The first motocross race held on a race track inside a stadium took place on August 28, 1948, at Buffalo Stadium in the Paris suburb of Montrouge. [5] As the popularity of motocross surged in the United States in the late 1960s, Bill France added a professional motocross race to the 1971 Daytona Beach Bike Week schedule. [5]
When the popularity of motocross surged in the United States in the late 1960s, France added a professional motocross race to the 1971 Daytona Beach Bike Week schedule. [14] The 1972 race was held at Daytona International Speedway on an artificial track on the grass surface between the main grandstand and the pit lane. [14]
Bike Week, now marking its 80th year, may not be your grandfather's -- or even your great-grandfather's -- bike rally. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
Max Verstappen is probably not going to be a late addition to the 2025 24 Hours of Daytona grid. His first laps in an Acura ARX-06 on Tuesday were more than just a taste of the GTP class, though ...
Riders are thinking ahead to Bike Week 2024 as the mammoth annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally looms in South Dakota.
Riders in traffic at the 2008 Black Bike Week. During the 1960s and 1970s, many black motorcyclists visited Atlantic Beach, South Carolina, some riding Harley-Davidsons, but also riding many Japanese Hondas, Kawasakis, Suzukis, and Yamahas, which, along with race, distinguished them as riders from the white event's participants who preferred the Harley-Davidsons. [3]
Biketoberfest is an annual motorcycle rally held in the fall in Daytona Beach, Florida since 1991 [3] or 1992. In 1992 it was known as "Daytona Fall Tour"; in 1993, it started to be called Biketoberfest, [4] [5] and is now known as the "little brother" of the spring Daytona Beach Bike Week event. [6]