LaBaron's MX Track

LaBaron's MX Track in Brown City, Michigan opened in 2024. That makes it new. New motocross facilities are rare in modern America, where most regional tracks have either closed or held on through decades of operating challenges. LaBaron's is the opposite trajectory, a brand new 38-acre facility on the eastern Michigan Thumb that started from scratch in the current era. The track is operated by LaBaron's Power Sports, the local moto shop that has been in business since 1971. The shop's five-decade-plus operating history is what made the track possible. A new motocross facility takes capital, equipment, local relationships, and operating expertise that startup operators rarely have. LaBaron's Power Sports brought all four to the project, and the result is a track built with the kind of intentionality that long-tenured operators produce. The dirt is hard-packed clay mixed with loam. The blend starts loamy after watering and firms up through the day, which is the working description of a Midwest clay-loam track that knows how to manage its surface. The new construction means the layout incorporates current motocross design thinking rather than the legacy choices that older tracks live with, and the dirt mix reflects deliberate soil selection rather than working with whatever was already in the parcel. The 38-acre footprint is modest for a regional facility, and the size matches the property's family-friendly operating identity. Smaller properties tend to produce tighter operating cultures and more attention to per-rider experience, and LaBaron's structure reflects that. The operating schedule runs weekends from May through October. Gates open at 11am, riding from noon to 5pm. The Michigan winter shutdown is standard across the regional motocross scene, and LaBaron's follows the same April-to-November rhythm that defines most Great Lakes tracks. The family-friendly midday weekend window suits households planning Saturday or Sunday riding trips. Family-friendly is the operating culture. LaBaron's Power Sports has spent five decades building local relationships with motocross families, and the new track reflects that orientation. The kind of operator who has been selling parts and service to local riders since 1971 brings a different sensibility to a new facility than a startup operator does. The location is on the eastern Michigan Thumb, in Sanilac County. Port Huron is about an hour east, Flint is roughly 90 minutes south, and Detroit is about two hours southeast. The position pulls riders from across the Thumb region and from the broader southeastern Michigan market. Lake Huron sits a short drive east, putting the property within reasonable weekend range of the lakeshore family-vacation crowd. A brand new motocross track in 2024 is its own kind of story. LaBaron's is one of the few. The shop's history and the family-friendly operating model are what give the new track a real chance to build a multi-generational following.