Marty Smith
San Diego, CA 500MX Champion
1977
250MX Runner-Up
1977
500MX 3rd place
2x
- Read Out: 1972 - Pro Motocross at DawnMay 6, 2022As Lucas Oil Pro Motocross celebrates its 50-year history in 2022, we take a look back at the first season of the AMA National Motocross Championship. (Read or listen)
- 50 Years of Pro Motocross: 1987April 26, 2022Today, the countdown takes us back to one of the more complicated years for the sport.
- 50 Years of Pro Motocross: 1980April 18, 2022Nineteen-eighty saw both AMA Motocross and Supercross gaining more traction, but unfortunately, the year ended with tragedy: the passing of highly respected veteran Gaylon Mosier in a cycling accident.
- 50 Years of Pro Motocross: 1979April 16, 2022The “Hurricane” was at the peak of his powers, but all of the sudden the most dominant rider in American MX and SX history to that point was knocked out for more than a year after a serious leg injury while water-skiing.
- 50 Years of Pro Motocross: 1978April 15, 2022Going into the 1978 season Yamaha had two defending champions on the AMA circuit (Hannah was AMA Supercross #1 and Glover was 125cc AMA Motocross #1), and ‘78 was simply the year of the Yamahas.
- 50 Years of Pro Motocross: 1977April 14, 2022The year all three AMA Motocross titles went down to their very last rounds, and we saw the single most controversial pit board in motocross history: “Let Brock Bye.”
- 50 Years of Pro Motocross: 1976April 13, 2022If there is a single word that sums up just how game-changing 1976 was, it’s “Hurricane.” This was the year a Hurricane arose out of seemingly thin air!
- 50 Years of Pro Motocross: 1975April 12, 2022The year that the landscape of American motocross really began to change.
- 50 Years of Pro Motocross: 1974April 11, 2022The third year of AMA Motocross in the U.S. brought the introduction of both the 125cc class and the very short Yamaha/AMA Super Series of Stadium Motocross (aka modern-day Monster Energy AMA Supercross).
- 50 Years of Pro Motocross: 1973April 10, 2022Recapping the second year of AMA Motocross in the U.S. and introducing some of the sport’s earliest American stars.
- Racer X Films: Honda Works Bikes - Part 1January 3, 2022A look at some very trick works bikes inside the private Honda museum in Torrance, California, with Dave Arnold.
- 2021 AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Honors Eight InducteesOctober 18, 2021Event brings together motorcycling legends, industry leaders, enthusiasts from across the country.