Carson (SMX)
Dignity Health Sports Park
Dignity Health Sports Park is a multi-venue facility in Carson, Calif. a bedroom community 13 miles due south of downtown Los Angeles. It’s home to the LA Galaxy, one of the original charter teams of Major League Soccer.
Fast Facts
Jorge Prado (2-2) won his first SMX post-season overall and left Carson with a massive +16 lead in a wild Playoff #2. At one point during M2, there was a 4-way tie for the overall win but Haiden Deegan (3-3) fell in the sand and then punted his own teammate, Cooper Webb, while getting back up to speed.
The Motos were won by Ken Roczen (1- 4) and Hunter Lawrence (4-1)
One year after a devastating back injury (L3 burst fracture, fractures to L2/L4), Julien Beaumer (1-3) won his first (and KTM’s) SMX Playoff round and kept his 250SMX title hopes alive.
Beaumer had a near perfect day; he topped both qualifying sessions, earned both holeshots, won M1, let 32 total laps and set the fastest lap of the day (in M2) en route to the overall win.
Venue Facts
Originally known as The Home Depot Center, DHSP opened in 2003 and now includes a soccer stadium (SMX race site), a tennis stadium, a track and field facility and a velodrome. The soccer stadium capacity is 27,000 and has held various motorcycle-related events, such as the X Games and the Jeremy McGrath Invitational race.