Supercross

The AMA Supercross Championship (commercially known as Monster Energy AMA Supercross) is an American motorcycle racing series. Founded by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) in 1974, the AMA Supercross Championship races are held from January through early May. Supercross is a variant of motocross which involves off-road motorcycles on a constructed dirt track consisting of steep jumps and obstacles; the tracks are usually constructed inside a sports stadium. The easy accessibility and comfort of these stadium venues helped supercross surpass off-road motocross as a spectator attraction in the United States by the late 1970s.[1]

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The sport of Supercross is best described as motocross racing that takes place within the confines of a sports stadium. The tracks are typically shorter in length than a standard motocross track. They feature a combination of man-made obstacles such as whoop sections (where riders skim along the tops of multiple bumps), rhythm sections (irregular series of jumps with a variety of combination options), and triple jumps (three jumps in a row that riders normally clear in a single leap of 70 feet or more). Many of the turns have banked berms, but some are flat. It takes roughly five hundred truckloads of dirt to make up a supercross track. Soil conditions can be hard-packed, soft, muddy, sandy, rutted, or any combination thereof.

The 14th Annual Monster Energy Ricky Carmichael Daytona Amateur Supercross (RCSX) returns to Daytona International Speedway for the biggest three-day amateur supercross event on the planet. The action kicks off Saturday evening with the Daytona Pro Supercross. Amateur racers take to the track on Sunday, March 5th with qualifying, concluding Monday, March 6th with Main events. Daytona Vintage Supercross (DVSX) will race on Tuesday, March 7th featuring classes from Vintage (thru 1974) to Revolution (thru 2008). Finally, AMA ATV Pro and Pro Sport Racing will thrill fans once again on Tuesday, March 7th in conjunction with DVSX. Tune in and listen on property at 107.9FM.

After two highly successful pilot events in 2022 that saw more than 85,000 fans enjoy world-class supercross action in Cardiff, Wales and Melbourne, Australia, SX Global announced six events for the 2023 FIM World Supercross Championship (WSX) - including a stop at BC Place in Vancouver, BC on Saturday, October 28, 2023.

WSX will bring its pioneering supercross experience back to the UK, at Villa Park, Birmingham for the opening round on July 1st. The Championship will then cross the channel to France for round two on July 22nd at Groupama Stadium in Lyon-Décines. The series will make its way into South-East Asia on September 30th, before heading to Dusseldorf, Germany on October 14th at Merkur Spiel Arena. On October 28th, WSX will be in Canada at BC Place in Vancouver and, once again, the series finale will take place in Melbourne, Australia at Marvel Stadium, on Nov. 24th and 25th.

The RCA Dome has been the huge success story on Clear ChannelEntertainment's Supercross schedule after being added to the roster in 1992.Since then, the attendance figure has delivered a solid 50,000-plusspectators every year, while in 2001 setting an RCA Dome supercross recordwith 55,912 enthusiastic fans. In 1999 the RCA Dome completed majorrenovations, which included $20 million being spent on new luxury suites,new super suites, two new club lounges, a new state-of-the-art press box,and more accessible seating.

The RCA Dome has been one of the biggest Midwest supercross draws andcontinually pulls from Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Illinois, andWisconsin. The new agreement between the RCA Dome and Clear ChannelEntertainment's motor sports division secures the popular midwest stop foryears to come.

"Clear Channel Entertainment's supercross continually brings fans toIndianapolis from the entire midwest region," said Mike Fox, stadium managerof the RCA Dome, "We are pleased to announce our agreement with them to theentire motorcycle industry. Clear Channel Entertainment will be producingand promoting supercross at the RCA Dome for many, many more years."

"Our new agreement with the RCA Dome is another step in the right directionto keeping our sport at the traditional supercross venues that it belongs,"said Charlie Mancuso, president of Clear Channel Entertainment's motorsports division, "The fantastic people of Indianapolis should be proud ofthe world class venue and the world class sport they will be watching liveat the RCA Dome through 2003 and beyond." 041b061a72