SOUTHWICK, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - It’s one of the biggest pro motocross championships in the country — and this year, they’re celebrating five decades of community.

Western Mass News has more after speaking with event officials and racers, who told us this year’s Wick 338 is shaping up to be the biggest one yet.

“We’ve been here since ‘77 as a family. This is going to be the most exciting race we will have ever seen,” Johnson said. For fifty summers now, Southwick has been a staple of blood, sweat, and gears.

“If you look today compared to three or four years ago, there are far more people coming from Europe, from South America, from Asia to race here because competition is better,” the ‘Wick 338’ Southwick Pro Motocross National is back this weekend, and General Manager Rick Johnson told us, the course out here in western Mass. Is unlike any other in the professional circuit, “a lot of it is natural terrain, a lot of uphill and downhill, but the tricky part of it is the sand. You know, the sands of Southwick. And this is called the fastest sandbox in the world. And it’s the most difficult track in the world because of it.”

It’s a hometown advantage that can lead to some pretty big upsets, “here, when you go through, you move the sand. And then 39 riders behind you move the sand. So, when you come back in the next lap, a couple of minutes later, it’s a different track. So, you’re really flying by the seat of your pants. You can’t memorize the track and hope for the best,” Johnson said.

“I think I got an upper hand when it comes to that because I’ve got a lot of experience here, a lot of laps,” though racers like Connecticut’s Joe Tait emphasized, beyond any experience behind the wheel — the real home-track experience comes from behind the stands, “because it’s a home race, there’s going to be a lot of locals there going crazy for all of us and showing us a lot of love, which is nice. That’s what keeps us coming back all of these years.”

The race is taking place from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and tickets are still available. You can find all the info you need here on their website.

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