Phoenix Tickets Finder

The American Motorcyclist Association Supercross traveling circus (or whatever you call this big honkin’ road show) is invading Chase Field (you know the baseball stadium formerly known as the BOB or Bank One Ball Park) soon. Tickets are sure to sell out but never fear — we’ll help you get your hands on some anyway. A scan of my favorite ticket brokers reveals the following:

1. First, check out these ticket vendors for pricing:

2. Next come back and check our favorite after market vendors:

We Have Seats has tickets starting at $30
Stubhub is coming in at about $34
TicketsNow has good seats too

3. Also, the box office itself is always the cheapest route (even if all the good seats tend to be available only in the choices above)

You ought to find what you need between all of these choices.

Anyway, I’ve never been to one of these events but the supercross marketing machine assures me it is wonderful (take that for what it’s worth…) It looks like the supercross marketers wrote their wiki too because it sounds like the greatest thing ever based on that page:

Supercross is an exciting, highly-competitive, dangerous and extremly demanding cycle racing sport, during which athletes in the truest sense of the word race specialized high performance off-road motorcycles on man made dirt tracks consisting of steep jumps and obstacles. Supercross races are held almost exclusively within professional baseball and football stadiums.

Supercross was derived from the sport of Motocross. While Motocross and Supercross are similar in many respects, there are significant differences as well. For example, the Supercross races themselves are heavily advertised, slickly-produced, and televised motorsports event spectaculars produced within major cities. Motocross events are more grassroots contests, that often are held on small tracks or in rural areas. Motocross “motos” go untelevised and unnoticed by all except a following of devoted fans, who would probobly attend a Supercross event also if be it near or in town. Attendance of spectators in a colosseum during a Supercross contest is much greater and more focused, than at the outdoors Motorcross paved track or ranging overland course. Typically, a Supercross event consists of a set number of qualifying races, heat races, and semi-finals, leading up to the finals race for each contest cycle catagory that is called the “Main Event”. The race lengths can range from as few as 6 laps in some qualifying Supercross eliminations to 20 laps for the highlighted Main Event. Because Supercross events are held in the arena of major stadiums the track sizes tends to be smaller, than the traditional outdoors Motocross program field of competition. Also, Supercross jumps and obstacles tend to be more uniform and precise on their short track. Because Supercross courses of competition are not as long the race duration tends to be shorter as well and more intense, than for the less profiled outdoors Motocross moto events. Supercross races usually last no longer than 22 minutes, while outdoor races can run in excess of 40 minutes per Motocross moto. The Supercross event winner is the rider who qualifies through preliminary races, and finishes first in the Main Event Final. In American Motocross, a winner ordinarily is chosen by combining his or her best scores from two motos. Therefor, a Supercross Champion ordinarily is thought to have superior technical skills for racing on a very tight track under controlled and quickly varying conditions, while a Motocross Champion is lauded for having the strength, endurance and courage to race at high speeds under extreme conditions of heat and physical exertion on a rough track. A moto race is a sort of countryfied and usually off-road motorcycle contest, while a Supercross Main Event Final often takes on the look and feel of a Roman Gladiator spectacle.

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While growing consistantly since the 70’s, in the early part of the 21st Century Supercross’ popularity really took off. In the United States, Supercross races today are the second most popular form of motorsport (behind NASCAR racing). The American Motorcyclist Association awards three Supercross Championship Champs each year. They are Supercross Champion which until 2006 was referred to as 250 class, Supercross Lites East (which was the 125 East) Champion, and Supercross Lites West Champion. World Supercross Champions are named by other racing organizations around the world. Supercross racing classifications were governed by the displacement of the motorcycle’s engine until 2006. In the past, Championships have been awarded in 125cc (also known as “MX2″), 250cc (”MX1″), and 500cc displacement levels (also known as “MX3″). The 250cc Champion has always been generally considered to be the most prestigious.

I dunno how much of that to believe but selling out Chase field must mean it is cool enough to attract a lot of fans. Good luck on you hunt!

Supercross World Championship Winners By Year
Year - Supercross Class (formerly 250cc)
2006 - James Stewart Jr.
2005 - Ricky Carmichael
2004 - Heath Voss
2003 - Chad Reed