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Event: Oakland Supercross (Round 2)
Venue: Oakland Coliseum
Branded: RingCentral
Address: 7000 Coliseum Way.
Capacity: 46,847 Vurbmoto Fans
Stadium Style: Hybrid (football and baseball)
Best place to grab a bite: If you can’t convince one of the teams to fork over some leftovers and Denny’s isn’t your thing, grab a slice at Round Table Pizza.
Best spot to grab a pint: Thirsty? Belly up to the bar at RBG Bar & Grill! Beer, cocktails or an ice-cold Pepsi cola. Get some much-needed refreshment before heading into the stadium.
Featured team to visit: Heartbeat Hot Sauce/Team Solitaire! One of the most engaging teams in the pits. Ask from Chris or Ryan and be ready for a warm welcome. With their partnership with Heartbeat Hot Sauce, Team Solitaire is running a special collab with Ryan Ellis Racing of NASCAR.
Soil Type: Hard pack dark clay with small rock mix. This makes the racing surface often breaks down in every section of the track.
Ten years before the Super Bowl of Motocross (first ever Supercross race) was held at LA Coliseum, Oakland Stadium broke ground. Having been built in 1964, this makes Oakland’s venue one of the oldest on the supercross schedule. With the three major cities—San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland—in the Bay Area, it is very common for supercross promoters to pick one or two to visit in any given year. That makes tickets to races in the Bay Area a hot commodity even during some cool January and February nights.
The pits are very easy to navigate as all three main areas reside in one parking lot. The activation area contains all the exciting sights and sounds supercross fans come to expect from a day at the races. Two lanes of factory supported haulers sit back-to-back making it easy to locate your favorite factory teams. The back of the final lane is where you’ll typically find the privateer teams with the biggest pit presence: TPJ Racing, Madd Parts Kawasaki and Team Solitaire. Beyond that, the back or outskirts of the pit area are where you’ll find many privately funded racers. Word to the wise, privateers are often the most accessible and welcoming athletes in the pits so don’t sleep on these dudes.
Maybe the biggest knock on the Oakland’s stadium location in that the supporting infrastructure is lack luster at best when it comes to grabbing a pint before the lights go down for opening ceremonies. A Vurbmoto favorite is a quick trip over to In-n-Out for a couple double doubles… Animal Style. If you’ve got a suggestion, leave it in the comments below as some local advice is always welcomed.
This weekend’s weather report for Oakland:
Sunny
High: 61F
Low: 41F
Night show predicted temp: 55F.
Weekly Local Track Featured
Hmmmmm… there should be more here but we didn’t get any suggestions so this is where you would normally see a weekly feature written about a motocross facility or track located in close proximity to the venue on the horizon.
Got a suggestion for Arlington? Drop it in the comments or send us a tweet @vurbmoto with a track you feel is deserving of being featured.
Big Dog, out.
Main image: KTM Images/Aaron Plessinger at Oakland 2022
