Indulge yourself if just for a second because earlier this year, at the inaugural SuperMotocross final in the L.A. Coliseum, I performed a miracle. After not setting foot on a motocross track for almost 20 years, I rode one designed for the world's top 24 motocross and supercross riders. And, technically, though I needed a quick trip to the hospital, I didn’t even break any bones doing it. But I’m getting ahead of myself.
For motorcycle junkies, the L.A. Coliseum is hallowed ground, as it played host to the first-ever Supercross race in 1972, set the stage for the world’s first in-competition double backflip on a motorcycle, and that’s before you consider that it hosted two Olympic games and will hold another in 2028. Some of the greatest riders and drivers of the past 50 years, my idols, competed here. It’s also one of the most dangerous races around.
