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Just weeks after the Monster Energy Supercross championship successfully completed in a bubble in Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, the rescheduled start of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship has been delayed again due to concerns over the resurgence in cases of COVID-19.
The plan announced a month ago called for an opening round of the outdoor motocross season on July 18 with the Circle K Ironman National in Indiana, followed by the GEICO Motorcycle WW Ranch National in Florida on July 25. The plan was to race in front of fans, unlike the last nine rounds of the compressed Supercross season. Those plans are now on hold and organizers hope to begin the series in August.
“Following the recent spike in positive cases around the country, a pause is warranted as we evaluate the impact of the stall in state-issued reopening phases and newly implemented travel quarantines,” said Carrie Russell, CEO of MX Sports Pro Racing, which runs the outdoor AMA motocross series. “As a result of recent developments, MX Sports Pro Racing needs to take the definitive and proactive step of postponing the start of the season indefinitely, which will allow us to work through the current challenges we face.”
Florida, scheduled to host the second round of the revised series schedule, is among the states showing recent spikes in the number of coronavirus infections after restrictions were loosened on businesses and public events. Because the motocross series races are scattered across the country, there is also the potential that local and regional travel restrictions could prevent teams and riders from getting to the races and complying with quarantine requirements.
“It is our sole focus to host a successful season that will not only allow us to crown a pair of AMA National Champions, but will also allow our incredibly loyal fanbase to celebrate the return of racing by cheering on their favorite riders,” said Russell. While MotoAmerica was able to host a round of its road racing events this past weekend at Road America with fans in attendance, it's not a sure bet that other areas, many of which are experiencing worse outbreaks of COVID-19, will allow events that draw thousands of people, even to a spread-out outdoor venue like a motocross track.
Perhaps even more uncertainty hangs over the planned season opener for the American Flat Track series, a double-header scheduled for July 17 and 18 in Florida at the Volusia Half-Mile. Maintaining social distancing is going to be a lot more difficult for fans at a half-mile dirt track than it was for fans at Road America for the MotoAmerica event or for anyone who was going to the motocross round at Ironman Raceway in Indiana, for that matter.
So far this year, exactly one weekend of professional motorcycle racing has taken place in front of fans, and although many others are planned, how many will actually happen is still a very open question.
