Waldo MX Park

from AHRMA MAG, May 2023 - Vol 5, Issue 4

WORDS BY BOB BEAN, PHOTOS BY SHARON BEAN

Sharon and I made the 1,100-mile trek from the frozen north down to sunny skies and warm temps of Florida . Kicking off the start of the 2023 AHRMA National Motocross season for at the Waldo MX Park. We arrived at the track several days early so we could get some practice time and break in some rebuilt motors.

The facility, under new owners Mark and Daryn Page, has an open practice track through the week. A nice camping area with hook ups was full all week and even had rider clinics going on. They have three different tracks on site, all run and maintained by Matt Rucker, the manager of many years. Matt runs the dozer and keeps the water trucks running so there’s no dust on the sand track. Matt also knows how to prep for bintage bikes and and gave us a great track for both days of racing!

A name many AHRMA members will recognize was there doing some training - Plessinger... No, not the Supercross racer currently running in sixth place... another famous Plessinger. Aarons dad, Scott Plessinger, had training classes going on all week. There were also vendors selling parts and accessories, with suspension tuners on hand as well. Many AHRMA members had arrived early to get warmed up and tune bikes, at least a couple dozen that I could see. The track was gnarly and rough from the pounding the modern bikes were giving it, so when we went out we were greeted by just what we needed to get in shape! Deep ruts and big braking bumps with big rollers had our legs quickly feeling like rubber! I even got out of breath in my first practice! Whew. Do that a bunch of times each day and race day will be a piece of cake...

Read the rest of the article at

https://www.ahrma.org/ahrma-mag-may-2023-vol-no-5-issue-no-4/