Vital Statistics
| Statistics | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded: | November 1, 1973 | |
| Motto(s)/Slogan(s): | ||
| Years of operation: | 1973–1981 | |
| Original Headquarters: | Newhall, California | |
| Original Owner: | Ernie Alexander (1973–1981) | |
| Original President: | Ernie Alexander (1973–1981) | |
| Original Vice President: | ||
| Last Owner: | National Bicycle League | |
| Last President: | Peter DeRaffaele (1981) | |
| Last Vice President: | Joseph DiFilippo (1981) | |
| Last Headquarters: | ||
| Employees (peak): | ||
| Span: | National, with most of the tracks west of the Mississippi River. | |
| First track: | Soledad Sands Park in Acton, California. | |
| First National: | March 30, 1975 at the Kartland Track in Phoenix, Arizona. By 1978 the NBA had 50 tracks and 5,000 racers. | |
| First Grand National: | Sunday, November 23, 1975 at Randall Ranch in Newhall, California. 457 racers attended. | |
| Claimed number of tracks (peak): | ||
| In house newspaper: | NBA World later called NBmxA World | |
| In house magazine: | None | |
| Number of nationals per year (peak): | Approximately --- (including Grand National) | |
| Last Grand National: | On December 11–13, 1981 on the grounds of Veterans Memorial Stadium (part of the stadium parking lot) in Long Beach, California. Approximately 800 racers attended with 89 motos. Small by race standards of the time, particularly for year ending Grand Nationals. In contrast the 1981 National Bicycle League (NBL) Grand Nationals held during the previous September in St. Louis, Missouri had approximately 1,300 entries comprising 181 motos. and the approximately 2,500 racers that comprised the 1981 American Bicycle Association (ABA) Grand Nationals in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma few weeks before in late November. | |
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