With Gary Bailey’s help, he laid out a track on the infield of Daytona International Speedway, which was celebrating its tenth birthday, and held a round of the Florida Winter-AMA Series. It was March of 1971 and Bill France, the owner of the speedway and NASCAR, decided to let dirt bikes be a part of Bike Week. It all started on a Saturday afternoon on the infield of Daytona International Speedway. With the return of pro motocross after so long, we thought we would review some of the big races that happened in Florida in both MX and AMA Supercross. The last time Florida hosted an outdoor national came back in 1997 at Gatorback Cycle Park, coincidentally the first outdoor national ever won by Florida’s own Ricky Carmichael, the future GOAT. After 22 years, the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship finally returns to the Sunshine State of Florida with Saturday’s Florida National at WW Motocross Park in Jacksonville.
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