AMA Motorcross/Supercross History
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Motocross/Supercross
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Motocross
- Motocross began very slowly after World War 2 and in 1947, the Federation Internationale Motocyclisme (FIM) created the Motocross des Nations, an annual event to determine the World Team Motocross Champions. It was not until 1957, that FIM created the World Motocross Championship Series.
- Early motocross machines were heavy, underpowered, and had only very basic suspension, at best, very primitive compared with today's standards. It was not until the late sixties that motocross took off in the USA — after the AMA held a series of amateur and Pro-Am motocross races. The AMA established a formal National Championship Motocross Series in 1972 and the Americans caught the bug.
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Supercross
- Motocross races had been held in the rural areas up until 1971, when the AMA conducted a professional motocross race at Daytona International Speedway. The idea was taken a step further a year later when motocross was brought into other urban areas. The words Superbowl and Motocross were then combined to coin the phrase Supercross.
- Today, the AMA Motocross and AMA Supercross Championships include two classes of competition based on engine size and type: AMA Supercross and AMA Motocross - have 250cc two-stroke and 450cc four-stroke machinery, and AMA Supercross Lites and Motocross Lites have 125cc two-stroke and 250cc four-stroke equipment.
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