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Supercross is an unforgiving sport, It involves the worlds toughest compeditors all competing for the supercross title, Supercross involves racing dirtbikes, this sport is raced indoors. the bikes can range from 125, 250, 250f and 450fcc. The main bikes raced are 450f's these bikes are the biggest and the most powerful, the higher the cc, the faster the bike. Compeditors race different bikes, Kawasaki (Green), Yamaha (Blue), Suzuki (yellow), Ktm (orange), Honda (red). Supercross bikes can cost up to $80000. these bikes are 10000 stock and the rest for power parts.

This sport is dominated by one compeditor. James 'Bubba' Stewart, james was raised in 1 room house and worked his way up. james' dad had to get a second job then had resort to collect cans and bottles to fund his sons sport. james began racing at the age of 5, he recieved alot of racism and hate due to the fact he was an african american athlete in a white majority sport. now james is one of the best supercross racers in the competition, quote "i grew up with nothing, and now im the fastest man on the planet". James is now one of the most succesful athletes earning over 4 million dollars in 1 year alone. james is now a role models to all kids with african american culture, wanting to get into the sport.

Supercross converted from motocross in 1972. Basically motorcross is a race that is heald outside but with the same rules. the rules of supercross are quite simple. no aggressive contact with other racers, time penalty if ridden off track, no flaming towards other riders. supercross is a fairly simple sport, although there is no agressive contact, if you do hit a rider or bar bang (when your bars hit another peoples bars). In every sport there are accidents, accidents in supercross are unforgiving people have been seriously injured breaking many bones and several concussions.