SuperMotocross Set For LA Return
T
hree new venues are set to
highlight this year's Super-
Motocross Playoff rounds as the
postseason kicks off after the
conclusion of the Pro Motocross
Championship. The three-week
run of races takes place with the
first round in Columbus, Ohio, on
September 12 followed by Los
Angeles, California, on Sep
-
tember 19, and lastly the World
Championship finale at the
Thunder Ridge Nature Arena in
Ridgedale, Missouri, on Septem
-
ber 26.
Last week we visited Dig-
nity Health Sports Park in Los
Angeles to get a better look at
what Playoff two will look like.
This location actually has a long
history of motorsport events.
From 2004 to 2009 when it was
called the Home Depot Center,
it held the Summer X Games.
During that time, the Jeremy
McGrath Supercross Invitational
also took place in the stadium
as a one-off Supercross race
in 2006. The venue was set to
hold the annual Monster Energy
Cup back in 2020 (but the race
was canceled). SMX is the latest
two-wheel sport to take over
the venue, after the inaugural
season finale was held a short
distance away at the Los Ange
-
les Memorial Coliseum.
"Obviously, we're on a soccer
field, so we're back in four walls
for SMX," said Bill Heras, Direc-
tor of Operations for Monster
Energy Supercross. "We've seen
a lot of speedways and drag
strips in the past few years. But
[we're] bringing it home here to
LA. We had our inaugural SMX
race in LA in 2022. California is
the lifeblood of motocross and
supercross. This is kind of where
it all started over 50 years ago,
so it kind of makes sense to pay
homage and get back into the
LA market. Obviously, we have a
huge fan base here in California."
"Really excited to welcome
SMX here in just a few weeks,"
said Adam Duvendeck, Gen
-
eral Manager of Dignity Health
Sports Park. "We have a rich
history I think in in motorsports
stemming back from the early
2000s. We're excited to welcome
dirt back into the stadium, which
we haven't had in some time. I
think one of the things that we
really pride ourselves here is just
the versatility that we have here
on this campus. So, whether it
was the X Games or the CrossFit
games that we had, we really
pride ourselves in our ability to
change our facility to whatever
the needs of the event are."
For more information regard
-
ing the SuperMotocross Playoff
rounds, visit www.supermoto-
cross.com/playoffs.
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Round two of the SMX Playoffs will be
held at the Dignity Health Sports Park in
Los Angeles on September 19.
