Tripes won the first FIM 250cc United States Motocross Grand Prix at Unadilla, New York in 1978, defeating some of the best riders in the world including the defending 250cc World Champion, Guennady Moisseev and 1979 250cc World Champion, Håkan Carlqvist.

Marty Tripes was a leading AMA motocross and Supercross rider of the 1970s and early 1980s. He will always be remembered for winning the Superbowl of Motocross at the Los Angeles Coliseum in July of 1972, just a few weeks after turning 16.

May 17, 2020 · And, true to its emerging form, the first one, named the Superbowl of Motocross, was highlighted by the heroic performance of a young Californian named Marty Tripes. “I had just turned 16 on June 29,” Tripes, already a factory Yamaha rider by then, recalls.

Nov 3, 2006 · Marty Tripes: With Marty Tripes. Menu. Movies. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. ... The Motocross Files. S2.E3. All episodes All. Cast & crew; IMDbPro. All topics. Marty Tripes. Episode aired Nov 3, 2006; YOUR RATING. Rate. Documentary ...

In 1972, Marty, who was only 16 years old at the time, shocked the motocross Superbowl of Motocross in Los Angeles. Motocross would never be the same! The following year, Marty won the Superbowl again, this time aboard a factory Honda.

Marty Tripes was signed by Yamaha in 1972 and after turning 16 he won the first Supercross ever at the L.A. Coliseum. He left Yamaha later in ’72 to race for CZ and took home Top American status at the Euro dominated Trans-AMA series.

Nov 15, 2021 · Here’s Hall of Famer Marty Tripes on his factory Honda RC250 en route to victory in the first moto of the FIM 250cc USGP at Unadilla in 1979. The heat caught up with Marty in the second moto and he pulled out of the race.

Jan 24, 2011 · Marty Tripes won the first supercross ever invented. the 1972 Superbowl of Motocross. Marty also won the 1978 Daytona Supercross. Marty won the 250 USGP in Unadilla in 1978.

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Dec 9, 2010 · Marty Tripes sprang onto the scene in 1972 in unquestionably the most dynamic, fairytale fashion when-just a few weeks after his sixteenth birthday-he stunned the motocross community by winning...