Thinking Back, Which Track, In Your Lifetime, Have You Spun The Most Laps Upon ? *Is the track still active ?

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ramey23 11/15/2019 9:38am
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Friday night races at Action Sports old track on the other side of US33. Way before all this supermini 1, supermini 2, schoolboy 1, schoolboy 2...
Friday night races at Action Sports old track on the other side of US33. Way before all this supermini 1, supermini 2, schoolboy 1, schoolboy 2, collegeboy etc. they had just a schoolboy class. I raced 125B and the schoolboy on a KX125 and Stevie Childress was always there racing 80 senior and schoolboy because he was a few years younger than me. I would always get the holeshot when we lined up together in schoolboy because I weighed all of 117 lbs and those 85 KX125s were rocketships but within 2 laps he would get around me and put half a lap between us in a 5 lap race and he was on a 80!!
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This place? [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/11/15/385106/s1200_IMG_20191115_121829537.jpg[/img]
This place?
That’s it. Not sure what year Drew moved to the west side of route 33 but in the mid to late 80s they raced every Friday when it was on the east side of hwy. No AMA sanction at that time so no trophy no plaque just cash payback for all classes.
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sumdood 11/15/2019 9:42am
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Carlsbad. Friday night Costa Mesa speedway, Saturday am REM at Carlsbad, watch the drags after our moto's, drive 35 minutes home and surf, Sunday sleep in and recover. Great period of time for me.





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ramey23 wrote:
That’s it. Not sure what year Drew moved to the west side of route 33 but in the mid to late 80s they raced every Friday...
That’s it. Not sure what year Drew moved to the west side of route 33 but in the mid to late 80s they raced every Friday when it was on the east side of hwy. No AMA sanction at that time so no trophy no plaque just cash payback for all classes.
In 93 the track was pretty much a supercross track. I remember Jeromy Buehl just flying around the track.
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Jolly Roger raceway in Kent, WA. Closed and turned into condos long ago. http://jollyrogersmotorcycleclub.com/

The only tracks that are still open appear to either be near another major noise source (dragstrip, airport, railroad, freeway) or be remote enough and have enough land to buffer the track from new residential developments. I can think of one exception where the noise code is a 24-hour average (agricultural zoning) and the track limits riding time to keep the 24-hour average noise down. I wouldn't want someone practicing starts 300' from my home either.
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motomike137 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/11/15/385091/s1200_map66.jpg[/img] Baja Acres Millington MI and yes it is still running although the owner and D14 are on the outs with each other.


Baja Acres Millington MI and yes it is still running although the owner and D14 are on the outs with each other.
Baja Acres is an amazing facility - probably the best I have ever been to. Owner and D14 on the outs? I didn't know that...everything seemed full tilt boogie at the brawl this year?
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scott_nz 11/15/2019 10:18am
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Harrsiville , near Auckland , raced their in 1989 on a 80, have not raced there for a few years, but am a life member of the club that owns it, on the committee for 19 years, and president for 4, still there, but housing is getting closer unfortunately,
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Mosier Valley mid 80's....this is me Jan/Feb 1985....track closed early mid 2000's.....I loved riding at that track!!
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bultokid 11/15/2019 10:23am
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Rio Bravo - Houston....still active
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Aztalan Cycle Club in Lake Mills Wisconsin followed by Glen Helen, both still active.
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MX114 wrote:
Frozen Ocean in Upstate NY. 20 minutes from where I grew up. Spun countless laps there over the years. It’s still around and under new ownership...
Frozen Ocean in Upstate NY. 20 minutes from where I grew up. Spun countless laps there over the years. It’s still around and under new ownership but a shell of it’s former self. Back in the mid-late 90’s early 2000’s they held a Wednesday big money pro race on the night track the week of Unadilla. It would draw really big names and the races were always super intense cause of how technical the track was back then. Casey Johnson, Brock Sellards, Jiri Dostal, Nick Wey, Grant Langston, Mike Alessi and of course the locals Phil Nicoletti, Bob Kiniry, Paul Carpenter, Chris Coleman, Carlo Coen, Barry Carsten, Ty Wallace all shredded laps there at some point
Markopolo400 wrote:
Same, I miss that place. The dirt was always so good on race day on the big track back in the day, Mr. Denman knew how...
Same, I miss that place. The dirt was always so good on race day on the big track back in the day, Mr. Denman knew how to dig it lol.

I remember the Yamaha race of champions in 06, the night race Saturday night went till almost 2am they had so many entries.


Never been so happy with a fifth. I eventually stopped racing the night race and only raced Sunday because it used to get over so late. It was a lot of fun to have to qualify to make the mains on Saturday though. Had lots of good times there over the years and it is kind of bumming that it's not like it was.
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FWYT 11/15/2019 11:38am
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Probably Carlsbad. *gets misty eyed*
MX114 wrote:
One of my greatest memories was getting to ride there in 2001 at 18 years old for an open ride day on a borrowed bike. Not...
One of my greatest memories was getting to ride there in 2001 at 18 years old for an open ride day on a borrowed bike. Not long before it closed for good I believe. Rock hard blue groove. Nothing like I had ever ridden before.
I'm sure I was there! Dang, we probably spun laps together!
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c0ncEpT 11/15/2019 1:26pm
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I've probably rode 5x as many laps at Baja Acres as any other track.


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bierbower105 wrote:
Baja Acres is an amazing facility - probably the best I have ever been to. Owner and D14 on the outs? I didn't know that...everything seemed...
Baja Acres is an amazing facility - probably the best I have ever been to. Owner and D14 on the outs? I didn't know that...everything seemed full tilt boogie at the brawl this year?
The brawl isn't sanctioned by D14.

Baja left D14 after the 2017 season. Joined the GLMX series for 2018. GLMX merged with D14 and Baja decided to do there own thing.
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Then. Saddleback, gone.

Now. Glen Helen, active.
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Baja Acres! Used to cross the border multiple times a week to ride there! Such a badass facility!
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Dade City
Crooms front bowl
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aFACEdismembered 11/15/2019 2:30pm
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Mosier Valley or Village Creek or Badlands. Gone, Still Running, Still Running.

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Hangtown - active of course. Uphill double back in either 99 on a KX80 or 2000 on a KX85, can't remember.


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sumdood wrote:
Carlsbad. Friday night Costa Mesa speedway, Saturday am REM at Carlsbad, watch the drags after our moto's, drive 35 minutes home and surf, Sunday sleep in...
Carlsbad. Friday night Costa Mesa speedway, Saturday am REM at Carlsbad, watch the drags after our moto's, drive 35 minutes home and surf, Sunday sleep in and recover. Great period of time for me.





I taught my kids how to ride in a flat, empty dirt lot about 500 yards to your left in that first picture. Of course, this was in 2013, not 1990.
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Bridgehampton, Long Island, track is long gone sadly, had a famous road course also with lots of history
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Smith Road Raceway
Medina, Ohio
Still open

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Albany SX by far (Oregon not NY). The name is misleading because it was absolutely MX not SX. It is still going. I haven't ridden there in 20+ years, unfortunately.
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Swan in Tyler, Texas. My first race there was in 1986 on a KX60.
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The TT track at Hollister
Saddleback
Laguna Seca Road Course
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It would be Canyon Raceway in Phoenix... Still there, not quite like it was back in the day when an AMA National was held there.

Second would be Saddleback... We all know the story there.


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JG463 11/15/2019 5:37pm
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The 500 in Stillwater, OK. Still active. Or, Cooperland, not active. What a great track, though!
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Freddy Vans Cycle Land Pittsburgh Kansas. Later changed to Freddy Vans Cycle Park around 79-80 when the Burke brothers ran it. We had nearly a mile of pvc pipe buried for irragation, 1st track that I know of to water the track thru out the race day. This track also had the 1st forward falling start gate in the early 70s. I still have the 16hp 6inch 300+ pound pump that we used to pump from the old strip mine pits. Closed mid/late 80s. Housing subdivision. mb
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CARLSBAD.
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Mid 70s to early 90s motocross would be Ohio International Raceway. I liked hare scrambles better, so that would be Buckeye Raceway or East Palestine or Salem (Teegarden), or Western Reserve lol.
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