IF you had a time machine, what's the first track you would go ride?

My Dads riding club put this on  I was 5 and have very little memory of it other than being excited  I had only attended local races and it was a big deal. 

Lake Whitney and then Carlsbad.

Indian Dunes as well , but I’ll set the dial for the early 80’s. It wasn’t just a place with a few tracks , it was a motorcycle playground. 

Before I even opened this thread.....my answer was Indian Dunes.

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The question is...which track at the Dunes?....Shadow Glen or the International?

The answer is....."yes".  

Oh to run the Gran Prix circuit again (with the river crossing) 

Like you, I spent a good amount of my youth there...both riding and racing.      Mom would even let us ditch school from time to time to go mid-week.     Thanks Mom.

You knew you were in for a good day (or night) when you saw this sign.

(not my pic)

#1, Indian Dunes. Place was a playground. Had a track or 2 for every discipline. Plus a river, sandwash, mountainous trail riding. It'll be in my next life for a LONG time!

thats a bitchin set up

Toss up, Saddleback or Indian Dunes.  Raced a lot at Saddleback, but one of my most memorable races was at Indian Dunes with Rick Johnson.

Saddleback and then Carlsbad,loved both of those. 

Saddleback Park would be no.1 followed by Escape Country so I could re-live part of my youth. The good old days for sure 👍 

Oh man, that's a great question Ozy and I sure do wish there was a time machine. Life was so much better back in the 70s and 80s!

I have the trifecta of pictures from these tracks and I will put them in the order of which ones I liked best. Although it's really a toss up, they were all awesome and unique in their own way. But Indian Dunes had a lot more variety with multiple tracks and a sandwash with a river running through it. Also mountain trails--it was the Disneyland of dirt bikes. They even rented them at one time if you can believe that! They were real beaters though. 😝

Indian Dunes breaking in my second 77RM125 as I wore the first one out. My parents did not even know as it looked just like the first one. 😃

Saddleback was fun and you had to really learn throttle control, as it was hard packed and whooped out.

Carlsbad was brutal. It was a mud fest in the morning and hard packed second motos, but damn when you were done, you knew you had survived something awesome! 😃

Namur.

Unadilla in the 80s

Branson amateur national track.  Raced there in 06 and podiumed.   The track wasn’t special, but that week was for me.  My dad went broke in 07 and we had to quit racing.  That trip to Branson was special 

Lake Whitney cycle ranch, 

Mustang acres, Brighton Mi. 

Unadilla 1.0

1980-81....redbud

The Citadel.

Huron

Loved riding and racing there 

As a motocross-obsessed teen growing up in Georgia in the late 70s, I dreamt of living and riding in SoCal. In my small town, no one knew or cared what motocross was except myself and a couple of buddies that I raced with. 

Carlsbad and Saddleback were mythical lands to me. I wanted so bad to be able to live and race there. 

I would love to go back to the late 70s (or early 80s because the bikes were better) and ride those two. 

As lame as it may sound  id probably go back to our local sand pit track on my 88 kx125 with my best friend ,miss those days.

💯 Namur. 

Yep . Probably take me 20 minutes to get around it but still .

Lake Whitney for sure. Also some tracks from my early racing days - Elko and Kellog here in MN.

Red Bud before they dumped sand on it!

Me too. Saddleback second. Keyser Ridge third.

The first track I ever rode. Hidden Valley Paintball and MX in Ettrick, Wi. The track wasn't anything wild or crazy or fast.. The owners were so nice and kind to my dad and I too. At my first race there, I remember (WMX Pro at the time) Kirsten Rasemisch telling me, "Don't worry about results as long as you're doing your best." That still sticks with me to this day. 

So, if I could back in time, I would totally go back to that track and time. 

CARLSBAD

Like most of you my first thought would be Indian Dunes. Practically lived there from 79 to when it closed in early 1985, but I was still young at that point, it closed when I was 12. That being said, I'd say Saddleback, never did get to go there. Carlsbad was fun, but not my first choice.