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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