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

sandman768
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12/11/2019 1:33pm
I spun the most laps on a bunch of beat up sand tracks that we just laid out in fields and they would get so whooped out most guys thought we were crazy for riding them, but after a good rain a sand track is epic. Most laps on race tracks, I would say, Claverack & Royal Mtn both in New York and Southwick in Mass. These 3 tracks were all within 1.5-2 hrs from me and Between the 3, I could race 15-20 a year. All 3 tracks are affiliated with different organizations, so I never really chased points. All 3 are still operating today.
TXDirt
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12/11/2019 6:13pm
Don’t know status of any of these but spent the bulk of 10 years on them.

Aztec
Watkins
Berthoud
Erie
Pueblo
Cheyenne
Lakewood
Wildrat

Probably missing some.

Also have ridden a ton in the hills of Grand Junction, CO.

Have spent a lot of time on all the tracks in California, Texas, Florida over the winters.

Wish I could remember them all....
12/11/2019 6:31pm
JAFO92 wrote:
Rio Bravo. Yes. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/12/11/390635/s1200_RioBravo72.jpg[/img]
Rio Bravo.

Yes.





kage173 wrote:
How long has Rio Bravo been open?
Since 1972, with some short closures here and there for neglect and ownership changes.
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Ken202
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12/11/2019 6:31pm
Tex Raceway, Alvin Texas. Ran zillions of laps there in the early 80’s.

I think it’s now called Ultimate MX. Yes, still open.

The Shop

12/11/2019 7:53pm
Pagoda MC and Sleepy Hollow in late 80' to late 90's for sure!!! We raced a lot at Hurricane hills in Clifford Pa as well. I miss those days. I was a member at Pagoda for 5+ years and it was open to members unprepped during the week. I definitely raced the most at Sleepy though!
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chasetwo79
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12/11/2019 8:17pm
228YZ wrote:
Northwest Florida Motocross Park, Milton Florida. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/11/16/385355/s1200_image.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/11/16/385356/s1200_image.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/11/16/385354/s1200_image.jpg[/img]
Northwest Florida Motocross Park, Milton Florida.



That was my family’s track! I grew up racing and working it my whole life. We all miss it so much!
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chasetwo79
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12/11/2019 8:19pm
228YZ wrote:
Northwest Florida Motocross Park, Milton Florida. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/11/16/385355/s1200_image.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/11/16/385356/s1200_image.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/11/16/385354/s1200_image.jpg[/img]
Northwest Florida Motocross Park, Milton Florida.



That was originally called "The Pit" in the mid-70's and then later West Florida MX.

Raced there many a time until the early 80's.
We were West Florida Mx Park for 20 years. My dad owned it with a partner in the early 80s before reopening it from like 91-08 or so. Such good times!
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12/12/2019 7:47am
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12/12/2019 11:16am
228YZ wrote:
Northwest Florida Motocross Park, Milton Florida. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/11/16/385355/s1200_image.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/11/16/385356/s1200_image.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/11/16/385354/s1200_image.jpg[/img]
Northwest Florida Motocross Park, Milton Florida.



That was originally called "The Pit" in the mid-70's and then later West Florida MX.

Raced there many a time until the early 80's.
chasetwo79 wrote:
We were West Florida Mx Park for 20 years. My dad owned it with a partner in the early 80s before reopening it from like 91-08...
We were West Florida Mx Park for 20 years. My dad owned it with a partner in the early 80s before reopening it from like 91-08 or so. Such good times!
Who was your Dad, Bob or Craig?

I can never drive down I-10 without looking down Hwy 87 thinking about that track.

In the REAL old days you could even see it through the trees from the interstate.
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12/13/2019 7:06am
JAFO92 wrote:
Rio Bravo. Yes. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/12/11/390635/s1200_RioBravo72.jpg[/img]
Rio Bravo.

Yes.





kage173 wrote:
How long has Rio Bravo been open?
Since 1972, with some short closures here and there for neglect and ownership changes.
That's awesome. What a treasure.
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12/13/2019 7:38am
Tomahawk for me. Miss that track now that I live on the other side of the country.
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chasetwo79
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12/13/2019 8:23am
That was originally called "The Pit" in the mid-70's and then later West Florida MX.

Raced there many a time until the early 80's.
chasetwo79 wrote:
We were West Florida Mx Park for 20 years. My dad owned it with a partner in the early 80s before reopening it from like 91-08...
We were West Florida Mx Park for 20 years. My dad owned it with a partner in the early 80s before reopening it from like 91-08 or so. Such good times!
Who was your Dad, Bob or Craig? I can never drive down I-10 without looking down Hwy 87 thinking about that track. In the REAL old...
Who was your Dad, Bob or Craig?

I can never drive down I-10 without looking down Hwy 87 thinking about that track.

In the REAL old days you could even see it through the trees from the interstate.
Craig is my dad. Bob only owned it with him for a short time in the early days. Craig lives down in South Florida now. I’m out in California.
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KMC440
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12/13/2019 8:35am Edited Date/Time 12/13/2019 8:39am
Road America count ? Couple hundred there.
Spread the riding out a lot. Mamoth Bar probably.
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FLmxer wrote:
My late best friend and I had jobs where we could do what we wanted and we rode 2 to 3 weekdays and raced every weekend...
My late best friend and I had jobs where we could do what we wanted and we rode 2 to 3 weekdays and raced every weekend for 15 years solid. Me more like 20 plus years. We would drive 2 hours one way to okeechobee Thundercross one day and then to Pepsi Air Dania 2 1/2 hours away atleast 1 if not 2 days. Then Seminole mx the seven years it was around sometimes 4 days a week. Rarely missed a week In those days. Good times.

That’s awesome, what kind of job did you have if you don’t mind me asking? Fellow fl rider. 

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6/10/2024 7:29pm

Long Island Motocross! Place was epic! 

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6/10/2024 7:49pm Edited Date/Time 6/11/2024 5:58am
Rupert X wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/11/15/385062/s1200_21EA165B_1991_45C1_9433_D8D1D619F28D.jpg[/img]

Lincoln trail Mx. Casey illinois still open 1200 entries on weekends

50 YEARS

6/10/2024 7:58pm

Carlsbad, definitely Carlsbad. Some people used to talk a lot of poop on that place but I always had fun there, plus their Christmas GPs were a blast. Pretty much all that is left, was the start straight and the first turn if I remember correctly.

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27thmx wrote:

That’s awesome, what kind of job did you have if you don’t mind me asking? Fellow fl rider. 

Yea we were best friends since 10th grade and riding trumps everything was our motto. He owned a roofing company and I was a charter boat captain/ tournament angler as well as some rental income. 

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6/10/2024 8:41pm

Either Main track at Saddleback bitd or the REM track at Glen Helen followed by the National track at the Glen

SoCalMX70
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6/10/2024 8:43pm

LACR. Still going... barely.

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Not hillbilly
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6/11/2024 5:30am

Definitely LACR. My lap count there due to running at Day in the Dirt. Still going, I think.

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6/11/2024 5:50am

The tracks I grew up racing on in New England were never open for practice, they were race only facilities. We had what we called practice tracks in pits and various clandestine locations.

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6/11/2024 8:05am

Sad to say it was a little track called Lakeside in Bastrop Tx. It was open every Wed night and 25 mins from my house outside Austin. Garbage track but was a great way to break up the week and have a break from the 9-5.

hubbardmx50
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6/11/2024 8:15am

Elsinore. Glad it's still around.

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6/11/2024 8:15am
SoCalMX70 wrote:

LACR. Still going... barely.

Same, LACR by a country mile. Second would be Indian Dunes.

Gworm
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6/11/2024 8:25am

Possum Hollow. My avatar pic is there. Jeff Emig spun a lot of laps there, and I’m sure Forkner has as well. 

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6/11/2024 8:31am
Bromley686 wrote:
Tomahawk for me. Miss that track now that I live on the other side of the country.

Tomahawk and Mountaineer (closed) are great practice tracks. Never raced either of them but that was our off season stomping grounds. Did more laps at these two than anywhere else.

Race laps - Budds Creek and Seaford (Closed).

6/11/2024 9:31am Edited Date/Time 6/11/2024 9:32am

Wattisfield in Suffolk, UK. It's been there since the 1960's and is in the middle of the village across the road from the duck pond. A nice, natural track with a few jumps put in, that has cows on it the rest of the year. I was involved in the club when I raced and probably banged a few thousand wooden posts in over the years too. This was about 10 years ago on my '88 KX500. Wish I still had it..

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6/11/2024 10:58am

3 tracks for me - Mills Rd MX in Houston - rode there a couple times a week for years before it was ever a race track .. it closed around 2002 and the owner bought the track that is now 3 Palms. 290MX in Waller, TX - rode there a ton in the 90's and on trips home in the 2000s and I think it closed in 2005. Pax Trax in Bunnell, FL - Moved to Daytona in 2001 and rode there at least once a week until I moved back to Texas in 2009.

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