LACR MX (Los Angeles County Raceway)

LACR MX, Los Angeles County Raceway, was one of Southern California's most distinctive motocross facilities: three tracks in the high desert north of the Los Angeles basin, built on the bones of an old granite mine that gave the property a sand base deeper and more forgiving than anything else in the region. The Barbacovi family called it home for more than 40 years.

It is closed, and it is not coming back under that name. After shutting down in late 2024, the family spent 18 months trying to reopen, working through broker after broker and insurance company after insurance company. They were either denied outright or quoted rates so high that reopening at a gate fee riders could afford was impossible. A handover to new ownership was paused in 2025 when sponsorship and insurance prospects appeared, then both fell through by the end of the year. One final attempt at coverage collapsed in May 2026, and on May 8 the family announced LACR would not reopen as it was.

The property itself may yet ride again. Several groups have expressed interest, and the family noted that a new name and new ownership would make insurance far easier to obtain. If that happens it will be a different track with a different name, and this listing will point the way when it does.

For a generation of Southern California riders this was the place: the sand, the hills, the night races, and four decades of memories the Barbacovis built and shared.