The best place to start any project is at the beginning, so let’s kick-start this review of veteran photographer and moto-journalist David Dewhurst’s new book Motocross The Golden Era with Chapter 1’s opening sentence: “Almost 100 years ago, on a grassy hillside near Camberley in Surrey, England, what we know today as motocross was born.” What follows in Dewhurst’s lead chapter is a 20-page (of 480 total pages) recap on how motocross racing grew to be one of the most popular forms of motorsport competition on our planet.
But Dewhurst (an expatriated Englishman who competed in motocross racing readers are also reminded that, in the beginning, Husqvarna really wasn’t interested in selling off-road motorcycles at all, or even competing against other brands for market shares. Instead, selling everyday commodities such as chain saws, cooking stoves, rifles and sewing machines spurred the Swedish company’s business acumen during the early part of the 20th Century.
