Pleasure Valley Raceway
Data origin11 entries from an importSource: operator site →Source: Pleasure Valley Raceway - General Information | MX SportsCheck date not documented
Location
Track details
Dry loam is the ideal case: grippy, forms lines and forgives mistakes.
After rain loam turns heavy and sticky - knobs pack up and the bike feels noticeably heavier.
Pleasure Valley Raceway sits near Seward in Pennsylvania and is an AMA-sanctioned motocross facility; Jeff Cernic is named as the contact. The track measures 1.1 miles and runs over a topsoil and sawdust surface with many elevation changes. The start is from a cement starting gate and goes uphill. Camping costs nothing extra, you just pay the gate admission price; dogs are allowed on a leash for the weekend. For water there is a fee-based city water connection plus a pond-fed tank where you can fill your wash barrels. The calendar carries an AMA Northeast Area Qualifier in late April 2026, among other events. Regular practice times and gate prices are not publicly documented. An uphill start and constant elevation change set you the same task over and over: traction on the climb. If the rear spins there, top of our cause list is too much rear tire pressure, because it shrinks the contact patch. Let some out - easy to do with a mousse - and the rear tire finds grip on the slope again.
Track condition today
Loam at 13 °C, no rain right now - good conditions to ride.
Low confidence · Based on: Weather model
Next windowtoday 08:00–20:00
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
- Jumps5/5
- Fitness5/5
Not rated: Technical, Grip changes
Automatically derived from the recorded track characteristics - not assessed by LAISA on site.
What to expect
- Biggest challenge
- Headshake under acceleration Go to diagnosis →
- Typical setup problem
- Too much rear ride height steepens the geometry and lightens the front on the gas - lower the rear a little.
- Riding-technique focus
- Throttle control on corner exit (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
- Loam - 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, Fork: Rebound. The actual values depend on your bike and your rider profile.
- Why
- Surface Loam, track character: Jumps, Fast, Hilly.
- How to test it
- Ride two laps on the starting value, then change one setting only and ride the same two laps again.
- Source
- Operator site · 1 cited source · 11 entries from an import
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