Glen Helen Regional Park is a county park located in San Bernardino , California, United States adjacent to the Cajon Pass . It was the site of both US Festivals of the early 1980s. It is also home to the Glen Helen Amphitheater , the largest outdoor amphitheater in the United States. The park also hosts several off-road races since 1985.
16-587: Glen Helen Regional Park is the site of California Historical Landmark NO. 573 Sycamore Grove, designation given on April 1, 1957. Its location is at Glen Helen Regional Park, 2555 Devore Rd, 0.7 mi W of Devore . Sycamore Grove was the first rest stop after the old Native American Mohave Trail left the West Fork Mojave River , following the trail, to cross the San Bernardino Mountains at Monument Peak , descending into Cajon Canyon on
32-408: A point in the championship. The winner of the bracket is rewarded with pole position for the next day's races. The second day features a series of qualifying races to reach the final, with the top two in each race advancing. The first pair of heat races have eight cars and last five laps apiece, and those remaining are placed into two semi-final races. Drivers who fail to qualify for the final via
48-752: A round of the Motocross World Championship from 1990 to 1992, later from 2010 to 2011, and from 2015 to 2016. It held Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series races from 2010 to 2020, as well as Nitro Rallycross and Great American Shortcourse since their inaugural seasons in 2021. From November 30 to December 2, 2018, Glen Helen hosted the Robby Gordon Off-Road World Championships, overseen by Gordon's Stadium Super Trucks series. In addition to SST, motocross and other off-road vehicles participated. California Historical Landmark A California Historical Landmark ( CHL )
64-645: A stop on the Mormon Road , a wagon road between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles . In 1850, David W. Cheesman, a lawyer heading west to California with his family from Indiana on the Mormon Road, described what became Sycamore Grove: For several months in 1851 the grove was the camp for the Mormon colonists who were negotiating the purchase of the Rancho San Bernardino , that became the site of their colony, later
80-479: Is a building, structure, site, or place in the U.S. state of California that has been determined to have statewide historical landmark significance. Historical significance is determined by meeting at least one of these criteria: California Historical Landmarks numbered 770 and higher are automatically listed in the California Register of Historical Resources . A site, building, feature, or event that
96-535: Is of local (city or county) significance may be designated as a California Point of Historical Interest . Nitro Rallycross Nitrocross is an American rallycross racing series. Created by rallycross driver Travis Pastrana and the Nitro Circus production in 2018, its inaugural season began in 2021. The championship is sanctioned by the United States Auto Club . From 2018 to 2019, rallycross
112-521: The 2022 Race of Champions . Ahead of the 2023–24 season , the series was renamed from Nitro Rallycross to Nitrocross to reflect its deviation from the traditional rallycross format. Nitrocross tracks are purpose built with mixed surfaces and jumps. Speaking with DirtFish in March 2020, Pastrana stressed the construction of such courses with an emphasis on dirt, high-banked corners, and large jumps, comparing his plans to motocross courses as "every track
128-594: The city, of San Bernardino . In 1847, the wagon road known as the Mormon Road, between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, was pioneered by a party of Mormons under Captain Jefferson Hunt . This wagon road closely followed the western part of the Old Spanish Trail from Parowan , diverting where necessary to allow wagons to pass. Sycamore Grove was the stop on that road at the foot of the Cajon Pass . This wagon road
144-499: The electric Group E class was introduced in 2022. Group E's electric vehicles are built using a battery-powered SUV platform called the FC1-X, which is developed by First Corner – a joint venture between QEV Technologies and Olsbergs MSE , the project received manufacturer support such as Ford , Subaru , and Volkswagen . The FC1-X began testing in February 2021 and made its racing debut at
160-569: The main Supercar class, the NEXT developmental division, and the electric Group E class. While the Supercars have one race per weekend, NEXT runs two. A weekend is split into two days, with the first consisting of qualifying while racing takes place on the second. After single-lap qualifying is conducted, drivers are paired up into a bracket tournament called battles, with the winner of each battle receiving
176-491: The ridge between Cable Canyon and Devil Canyon . This route was used by Father Francisco Garcés in March 1776 and Jedediah Smith in 1826. Sycamore Grove, named by the 1851 Mormon colonists, later called Martin's Ranch , Sycamore Valley Ranch , and Glen Helen Ranch , was a rest and water spot at the bottom of Cajon Pass on the Old Spanish Trail mentioned as a camp in the itinerary of Antonio Armijo in 1830. It
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#1732851948555192-549: The site reads: Glen Helen has hosted off-road races since 1985. Its motocross track is known for its steep hills, jumps and banking. It hosted a round of the AMA Motocross Championship in 1993, later from 1996 to 2009, and from 2014 to 2018. It is typically held in May, originally on Mother's Day and currently on Memorial Day, except from 2004 to 2007, when it held in mid September as the final round. Glen Helen has hosted
208-691: Was a sport in the Nitro World Games at Utah Motorsports Campus . In late 2020, it expanded into its own series with plans of running the inaugural season in 2021 and debuting an electric class in 2022. Although American rallycross leagues like the Global Rallycross Championship and Americas Rallycross Championship had failed, Nitrocross founder Pastrana envisioned the series as an inexpensive discipline that did not need to rely on heavy manufacturer support. Nitrocross cars raced with exclusively internal combustion engines in 2021 while
224-510: Was also located at the mouth of a pass at 34°12′17″N 117°24′39″W / 34.20472°N 117.41083°W / 34.20472; -117.41083 , (informally known as Devore Pass), between Sycamore Grove and Sycamore Flat that the trail passed over and then followed westward to the Mission San Gabriel . Sycamore Grove also lay within the boundaries of the 1843 Rancho Muscupiabe land grant. From 1848, Sycamore Grove served as
240-571: Was unique." As part of the series' development, Pastrana built a test circuit near his house. The series also races on short course dirt tracks used in the defunct Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series such as Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in Arizona. For the second season in 2022–23, the series expanded to include races in Canada , Sweden , and Lydden Hill Race Circuit in England . Race weekends feature
256-685: Was used during the California Gold Rush by Forty-niners and later immigrants to California seeking to avoid the fate of the Donner Party , crossing the snow-bound Sierra Nevada in winter. Between June and September 1851, Sycamore Grove was the first camp of the parties of Mormon colonists, who founded the city of San Bernardino. They included groups led by Captain Jefferson Hunt, Amasa Lyman , Charles C. Rich , David Seely , and Andrew Lytle . Sycamore Grove California Historical Mark at
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