Something rather special is happening in Lightwater on Sunday March 24th this year, on the military vehicle test track.
It’s a celebratory running of the first ever Motocross race that took place in Camberley in March 1924. Named Motocross 100, the event will run on some of the same course as the original event, called the Southern Scott Scramble.
The original course was 25 miles over military land in the north and east of Camberley. The Motocross 100 course is shorter than the original course. The arrangements, described in the Facebook page for Motocross 100 are:
“Competitors will be split into two groups based on the class entered. Each group will embark on a one-hour session, with riders leaving at 15 second intervals. Competitors will start as many laps as they can in the hour-long session. At the end of the session, riders will have a ‘gentleman’s lunch stop’ as was the case in 1924, heading to the paddock and awaiting their second session. Group One is for Pioneer/Veteran/ Clubmen Classic (Pre1980 machines) and Road based bikes of any era. Group Two is for Modern bikes, from 1980 onwards, and any classic bike from any era that is ridden at an expert level.
All of the classes in each group will be on the course at the same time. There will be a winner for each class in each group and an overall winner for each group – determined as the rider who has completed the most laps across both sessions, in the shortest possible time – reflective of the original format.”
It should be a great day. Here’s a photo of the Alpine Course, and a bike in the Surrey Heath Museum associated exhibition, and a bike from the Army on the course from a few years ago.
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