on the first weekend in January
each year.
The opening round of the
2023 Monster Energy AMA
Supercross season, permanently
embedded at Anaheim, brings
with it all the good vibes of a
new year. The renewed optimism
that only January 1 of each year
brings is felt throughout the pad
-
dock, everyone chomping at the
bit to see the very best riders on
the planet take on a track that is
plain scary to me—and I raced
the Isle of Man TT.
This year was slightly differ
-
ent, as A1 coincided with the
start of the new Super Moto
Cross (sic) World Championship
that combines the motocross
and supercross series into one
31-round behemoth champion-
ship. After the briefest of search-
es, the only series that I could
find that had more
rounds was
NASCAR, which tops out at an
exhaustive 41 rounds for 2023.
This new championship structure
puts even more of a premium on
not getting hurt, which, unfortu
-
nately, is an inevitable part of the
game.
It's hard not think this new
championship isn't a dig at the
recently held three-race World
Supercross Championship, won
by Ken Roczen in his last ride on
a Honda. And it's also interesting
A
naheim Stadium is one
of those special places in
sport where good things
happen.
The home of the ridiculously
named Los Angeles Angels
(which, if you don't know, trans
-
lates to The Angels Angels—se-
riously), the place has an aura
about it that's
hard to replicate
and is the envy of many a sports
stadium across this fine country.
Baseball can get jammed for
all I care. What I'm more con
-
cerned with, as I'm sure you are,
too, if you're
reading this, is what
Anaheim Stadium is used for
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BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
THE ART OF SUPERCROSS
A sellout Anaheim
crowd watched
Eli Tomac take a
thrilling win.
PHOTO: KIT PALMER
