MX207

MX207 in Lyman, Maine is the busiest motocross facility in northern New England, a family-run track on Bartlett Bridge Road about 30 minutes from Portland and 90 from Boston. The main track is long and tree-lined with natural hills, on a mix of loam, sand and gravel that holds tacky lines in the morning and builds real ruts by afternoon. A supercross track sits alongside it, and the Little Legends mini track gives balance bikes, Stacycs and 50s a place of their own.

The race calendar is deep. MX207 hosts Maine Motocross rounds, NEMX and NESC rounds, the AMA Maine State Championship over the Fourth of July, a Quadcross weekend, and its signature weekend, The Maine Event, an AMA featured three-moto format race at the end of August that draws riders from across the Northeast with pro purses, a number one plate for overall winners, track walks, live music and a kids zone. Riding schools from Ronnie Stewart Racing and The MX Factory visit through the season, and the Little Legends program runs for-fun kids race nights on the mini track into late October.

Open practice runs weekdays from 2 to 7 PM, usually Thursday but moved to suit the forecast, and Saturdays and Sundays from 10 to 4 on non-race weekends, spring through fall. The main track is $45 Monday through Thursday and $50 Friday through Sunday, with $10 off in the last two hours; the mini track is $25 and the supercross track $40. Overnight parking is $15 with no riding outside posted hours, and weekday track rentals are available. Every rider files a Registered Guest form and annual waiver for a guest card; riders under 18 need the notarized parental consent and assumption-of-risk forms as well. The one rule the track repeats everywhere: check Facebook or Instagram before you come, because the track closes on normal days more than you would expect.

For Portland, Biddeford, Sanford, Saco and Portsmouth riders MX207 is the home track, and the Boston crowd makes the drive for race weekends. Call (207) 247-3043 or email the track with questions.