LAISALACR Motox (LA County Raceway)
Data origin10 entries from an importSource: LACR MX, Palmdale - RiderPlanet USASource: Los Angeles County Raceway - WikipediaCheck date not documented
Location
Track details
Dry hardpack turns hard, slick and dusty - little grip reserve, especially on corner exit.
After rain a greasy film forms on the hard base - very slippery until the surface dries.
The name carries history: Los Angeles County Raceway on East Avenue T near Palmdale opened in 1964 as a quarter-mile dragstrip and held its final event on 29 July 2007, after Granite Construction pulled the mineral rights to the land. Motocross came back later: today LACR runs three courses across roughly 60 acres on the Mojave plateau at about 2,750 feet, watered through the day. The ground is described as sand with loam in it, and the layout brings doubles, tabletops, whoops, railing berms and natural elevation change; two of the courses count as fast and flowing with long elevated straights. For weekends, call ahead; midweek the place can be booked privately. Desert ground punishes impatience. On long straights into a rough braking zone you do not gain from more throttle but from an earlier, calmer start to braking - anything else ends in bump-stamping. And that is where the typical problem shows up: in fast corners the bike goes vague and unsettled. First on our cause list is sag - if the ride-height balance is off it feels woolly at speed; set the race sag first.
Track condition today
Hardpack at 17 °C, no rain right now - good conditions to ride.
Low confidence · Based on: Weather model
Next windowtoday 07:00–19:00
Reports from the track
Anyone riding there today can report how the ground is running in 30 seconds. Those reports decide the assessment above - without them it stays a weather forecast.
No report has been filed for this track yet, so the assessment above rests on the weather model alone.
Track profile
Difficulty: Demanding
- Speed5/5
- Technical3/5
- Jumps5/5
- Fitness5/5
Not rated: Grip changes
Automatically derived from the recorded track characteristics - not assessed by LAISA on site.
What to expect
- Biggest challenge
- Front feels vague / low grip on hardpack Go to diagnosis →
- Typical setup problem
- Too much front pressure on hardpack - lower it for a bigger contact patch.
- Riding-technique focus
- Body position in corners (MX) Go to the technique guide →
Automatically derived: this track's attributes combined with LAISA's troubleshooting knowledge.
Organisation and rules
LAISA has nothing confirmed about opening hours, fees or rules for this track. Please check with the operator before travelling.
Short answer for this track
- Recommended starting point
- Hardpack - Motocross - start from the setup computed for your bike. Compute a setup →
- Most important change
- For this track the LAISA engine mainly moves: Fork: Compression, Shock: Compression, Shock: Rebound. The actual values depend on your bike and your rider profile.
- Why
- Surface Hardpack, track character: Jumps, Fast, Whoops, Banked, Elevation.
- How to test it
- Ride two laps on the starting value, then change one setting only and ride the same two laps again.
- Source
- 2 cited sources · 10 entries from an import
Rides similarly
Similar because of Hardpack, Jumps, Fast, Whoops, and Elevation
Similar because of Hardpack, Jumps, Whoops, and Banked
Similar because of Hardpack, Jumps, Banked, and Elevation
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