![]() ![]() The intense competition over rugged terrain led to technical improvements in motorcycles. ![]() Off-road motorcycles from that era differed little from those used on the street. The event was the forerunner to supercross competitions. The first motocross race held on an artificial track inside a stadium took place on August 28, 1948, at Buffalo Stadium in the Paris suburb of Montrouge. During the 1930s the sport grew in popularity, especially in Britain where teams from the Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA), Norton, Matchless, Rudge, and AJS competed in the events. The first known scramble race took place at Camberley, Surrey in 1924. ![]() Though known as scrambles racing (or just scrambles) in the United Kingdom, the sport grew in popularity and the competitions became known internationally as "motocross racing", by combining the French word for motorcycle, motocyclette, or moto for short, into a portmanteau with "cross country". When organisers dispensed with delicate balancing and strict scoring of trials in favour of a race to become the fastest rider to the finish, the activity became known as " hare scrambles", said to have originated in the phrase, "a rare old scramble" describing one such early race. Motocross first evolved in Britain from motorcycle trials competitions, such as the Auto-Cycle Clubs's first quarterly trial in 1909 and the Scottish Six Days Trial that began in 1912. The sport evolved from motorcycle trials competitions held in the United Kingdom. Motocross is a form of off-road motorcycle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits. ![]() Off-road motorcycle racing held on enclosed off-road circuitsĪ motocross rider coming off a jump. ![]()
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