Virginia

Virginia covers four geographies inside one state line: Tidewater on the coast, Piedmont through the middle, Shenandoah Valley west, and Appalachian plateau in the southwest. Birch Creek Motorsports Park outside Danville is one of the better-known venues; Lake Sugar Tree, Big Boys Playground, Actiontown USA, the Charles City Dirt Riders down toward Richmond. Soil ranges from coastal sand-loam to red Piedmont clay to rocky valley dirt depending on where you are. AMA District 7 covers most of the points calendar. Season runs March through November. The Loretta Lynn's regional qualifier circuit hits the state hard. Northern Virginia riders cross over into Maryland and West Virginia for variety; Hampton Roads riders chase the North Carolina circuit. The state's small enough geographically to drive across in a day, big enough culturally that the riding scene varies a lot from one corner to the next. Spring and fall are the prime windows; summer humidity earns its reputation here.