Word: motocrosses
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...This is motocross, or two-wheeled insanity as its called by some observers, and according to the World Sporting Authority only soccer demands more from a man. The most grueling version of motorcycle racing, motocross requires that besides fighting the myriad obstacles along the one-and-a-half to two mile track, the rider must also battle gravity and centrifigul force in order to keep his bike upright. The result, says American motorcycle Associaties (AMA) efficial Don Woods, is that "you spend almost as much time in the air as on the ground...
...year-old Woods, dark haired and rattilly dressed, becomes animated when he talks about motocross. "The young people are really interested in this sport," he said in his mild Southern accent. "A motocross race is the kind of place a young couple can go out and drink beer and have a good time...
Although he admits that many of the people who come to see a motocross race own motorcycles themselves. Woods said: "More and more just come to watch it. It gets bigger every year...
Statistics bear him out. A motocross race at Daytona drew 25,000 last spring, while "The Superbowl of Motocross" held in the Los Angeles Coliseum this summer drew close...
...Daytona races were unusual, though, in that they were held on manufactured courses that were easily accessible to the public, while the usual motocross race is held away from cities on naturally rugged terrain. But if attendance is rocketing in the United States, it has already reached astronomical levels in Europe, where crowds of 190,000 have turned out to watch men and machines battle mother earth...