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Capeway Rovers began in 1934 in
Bourne, Massachusetts and moved to Middleboro in 1951.
The track is the oldest motocross track on the East
coast. The original track was located behind Chase Chevrolet
however that land was taken over by eminent domain.
The Capeway Rovers Motorcycle Club purchased
the current 60 acre lot, situated amid the cranberry
bogs for scrambles/TT purposes but now only hosts motocross
events. Every hot New England rider has tasted the dirt
here at Middleboro. New England legends like Dick Bettencourt,
Jo Jo Keller, Jim Meenan, Jimmie Ellis, Doug Henry,
John Dowd, Pat Barton and Keith Johnson have all put
in countless laps at Middleboro. Over 800 motocross
races have been held here.
A bit of motocross trivia .... Although
Southwick's Bernie Yelin has the credit for being the
first to employ the use of a backward falling gate,
old timers claim that Bob Roy (father of the ex-factory
KTM pilot Dwight Roy) built Middleboro's gate years
before Bernie's. It seems every great invention centers
around some form of controversy!
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