B
ack in the days of Chevy
vans with Thrush side
pipes and motocross bikes
with twin shocks, the real AMA
motocross season began at
Hangtown. Winter series events
were for shaking off the rust,
and indoor racing was just for
fine-tuning. The real goal was the
AMA National Championship, and
the Dirt Diggers MC put on one of
the best, most organic motocross
events of the season at the leg-
endary track near Placerville (and
later Plymouth), California.
Hangtown earned its brand-
ing thanks to the efforts of some
frontier-justice-minded Califor-
nians during the Gold Rush days
of the 1850s. It seems a prospec-
tor was robbed by three miners,
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BY KENT TAYLOR
Hangtown has had its share of wet
weather and mud in its long history.
Warren Reid
(16) won
the second
250cc moto
at Hangtown
in 1982 in
his factory
Suzuki debut
outdoors.
