Dec 12, 2018 · With the famed SoCal hippie/surfer culture taking precedence in the early days of American motocross, the Trippe/Cox promoted Carlsbad USGP was equal parts serious venue for a professional...

Aug 7, 2004 · Back before Carlsbad Raceway put the City of Carlsbad on the map, we called the big MX race San Diego International Motocross. ABC Wide World of Sports, the “Hang Ten” (later, USGP) and you racers & spectators changed that.

Once established as a tough and challenging motocross course, British natives and motorcycle journalists Gavin Trippe and Bruce Cox brought the first World Motocross Grand Prix events to the raceway with first FIM points paying “United States …

Ex-factory rider Scott “Burner” Burnworth’s annual Carlsbad Raceway Reunion saw dozens of local and international racers and past motocross champions in attendance including local hero Broc Glover, winner of the 1984 Carlsbad USGP (United States Grand Prix) and fellow El Cajon, CA native Ricky Johnson, the event’s 1986 champ.

Sep 1, 1982 · For motocrossers the U.S.G.P. at Carlsbad is The Race. It’s the American round of the 500cc World Championship. For nine years the Europeans came over here and ran away with the race, the...

Aug 11, 2017 · Mikkola would come to Carlsbad with a 25-point lead on DeCoster and German Maico rider Adolf Weil, which put him nearly two motos ahead, according to the old GP scoring system, where...

Aug 8, 2017 · So in ’71, the Trans-AMA round scheduled for Carlsbad Raceway was redubbed the First International 500cc Motocross United States Grand Prix. The race had a $15,000 cash purse and included three...

Feb 1, 1973 · STRICTER CROWD CONTROL COULD PUT CARLSBAD ON THE INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR NEXT YEAR. FIVE STRAIGHT overall wins is almost unheard of in Trans-AMA motocross, but Ake Jonsson (Maico) did just that by...

Aug 16, 2006 · I remember racing there every other week with CMC. Saddleback and Carlsbad was the norm with Saddleback Saturday also. Then throw in OCIR Thursday and Corona Friday nights... we raced 4 times a week in the summer. But some of by best memories were going to the Suzuki School of Motocross at Carlsbad.

Sep 19, 2010 · Motocross History. Until that fateful day in June 1980, the FIM 500cc United States Grand Prix at Carlsbad had been dominated by European motocross racers.