The Birth of Motocross: An Illustrated History of the Early Years of America's #1 Dirt Sport - The Tracks - The Riders - The Machines

by Robert Schleichert and Robert Schleicher

In the Fifties and Sixties American dirt track motorcycle racing fans' attention was focused on half-mile and mile oval flat track races and the occasional TT race looped inside the half-mile tracks to include a jump. There were a few "scramble" races on tracks but the surfaces were graded and smoothed so they were more-or-less flat track races with a few more left hand turns and a jump or two. Motocross, as we know it today was the sport of Europeans...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583883312
• ISBN13: 9781583883310
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Enthusiast Books
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.9"