Racer X Illustrated — October 2017

Marty Moates became the

first American rider to win

a USGP in the 500 Class

when he won at Carlsbad.

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Exactly 201 years after the United States of

America claimed its independence from the

British, Brad Lackey became the first Ameri-

can to win a 500cc GP in Great Britain.

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PHOTOS FROM RACER X ARCHIVES

EQUIPMENT USED:

Bulldozers, excavator,

skid-steer, dump trucks

TIME TO BUILD:

14 days

DIRT MOVED:

30,000 yards. Six weeks

spent to form large pond

THE POND:

Originally a cow watering

hole, it’s 5-6’ deep

MAN-HOURS:

336

SOIL TYPE:

Clay and sand

FEATURED OBSTACLES:

Feature jump Mt.

Ruthless, lots of rollers

and tabletops, some

split-late corners

MT. RUTHLESS:

35’ above pre-existing

elevation, made with

16,500 yards of dirt (750

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7-4-1977

Time Americans won

a United States Grand

Prix on the same day.

Colorado’s Eli Tomac and

North Carolina’s Cooper

Webb did it in 2016 at the

Dirt Track in Charlotte.

Marty Tripes

became the first

American rider

to win a USGP

in the 250 Class

when he won at

Unadilla.

1978

1980

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