Motcross in Japan

One of my greatest passion is motor sport. There are many deciplines of motor sports, but I am particularly interested in Motocross. Motocross is competitive motorcycle racing in dirt and gravel environment with jumps, tight corners, uphills, and downhills. Motocross was first originated in England, then spread to the United States. Motorcycles were manufactured in Europe, but by the end of the 20th century, dominate manufactures of motocross bikes are Japanese made, which is Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki, and Suzuki. One of interesting points in sport of motocross is comparson in publicity between Japan and the United States. Despite Japan's dominate manufacture line ups of motorcycles, Japan competes poorly in the sport compare to the U.S. racers. There are several explanations as to why the United States dominates motocross compare to Japan, however, one of the obvious reason is publicity. America has far more publicity than Japan. Number of published magazines is different, America has four major magazines issued monthly, where as Japan publishes only one magazine. Second factor is numbers of race series held is different as well. America holds, two championship series which are the Motocross and the Supercross, plus a sub event held each summer called X-Games, where as Japan holds only one. In addition, all of the races held in America are broadcasted through normal cable TV channels, where as Japan broadcasts through only subscription satellite cables. Conclusion, it is unfortunate that Japan makes finest motocross bikes, yet does poorly in racing.

Result of Motocross of Nation
AMA Racing (American Motorcylist Association)
MFJ (Japanese Motocross Organization)