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Supermoto got its start in the late 1970s as a fun side project for many road racers.

Its first exposure to a wide audience came on the American television program ABC's Wide World of Sports in 1979.

UK racing journalist Gavin Trippe envisioned a racing event that would prove who the best motorcycle racer was and from 1980 to 1985, he organized a yearly event called " The Superbikers ," which pitted the top road racers and motocross racers against one another on specially modified bikes raced on special tracks on the television show.

After 1985, the sport died and received little exposure, but in Europe, the sport started gaining popularity, and in 2003 it was revived in the United States, when the name became " Supermoto ".