High Point Raceway

High Point Raceway in Mount Morris, Pennsylvania is one of the most iconic stops on the AMA Pro Motocross calendar, a mountain venue tucked against the West Virginia border in southwestern Pennsylvania that has hosted the High Point National every year since 1977. In late 1976 brothers Jack and Robert Carroll Holbert asked promoter Dave Coombs to build a motocross track on their family farm; Coombs broke ground, the Maico factory team gave feedback on the first layout, and the basic course has stayed the same ever since. Racer Productions, the Coombs family operation that also runs the GNCC series and the Loretta Lynn qualifier program, still operates it, and the track hosted a GNCC round from 1987 to 2002.

The headline attribute is elevation. The track weaves around a deep valley with constant climbs and drops, slippery off-camber corners and high-speed runs to and from the valley floor, and no section is completely flat. In 2017 the crew moved more than 150,000 cubic yards of dirt to replace the famous uphill start with a massive first-turn sweeper, a new finish line, a hydraulic starting gate and a stadium-style podium. The valley forms a natural amphitheater, so fans can roam from vantage point to vantage point and still see nearly the whole course, which is why the June national draws one of the biggest crowds in American motocross.

High Point is a race facility rather than a practice park. The 2026 calendar runs the Loretta Lynn Northeast Area Qualifier with PAMX in May, the UFO Plast High Point National on Father's Day weekend with amateur practice Friday, WMX motos Friday and Saturday and amateur racing Sunday, the Mason-Dixon GNCC across the road at Mathews Farm in early October, and Red Bull Day in the Dirt Out East with the Big Dave Vet Homecoming the following weekend. Amateur weekends run $30, $25 and $20 gate by day with $55 pre-entry per class, $25 transponder rentals and $30 pit-vehicle permits for drivers 18 and up (golf carts, side-by-sides and eMTBs only). Occasional posted ride days have opened the national track, a 3-mile GNCC loop, a 2-mile eMTB course, a 50cc track with certified coaching and a free Stacyc course for $40. All minors need a parent present or a notarized parental consent form, and an AMA annual release card skips the registration line.

The track is 218 Taylortown Road, two miles off Route 100: from Pittsburgh take I-79 to Exit 1 at Mount Morris, from Morgantown use Exit 155 and US 19. Morgantown and its hotels are 15 minutes south, Ruby Memorial and Mon General hospitals are closest, and race-day announcements air on 89.1 FM.