{"id":123439,"date":"2026-01-07T09:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T09:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/123439\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T09:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T09:36:10","slug":"angel-stadium-field-turned-into-dirt-racing-track-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/123439\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Stadium field turned into dirt racing track \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before the lucious green outfield is shaped and manicured for the upcoming baseball season in Anaheim, it is being transformed by crews this week into a dirt pit.<\/p>\n<p>Angel Stadium traditionally hosts AMA Monster Energy Supercross and Monster Jam events in January and February \u2014 a rip-roaring couple of weeks that require some 500 truckloads of dirt to be hauled in to cover the field of the stadium, with mounds formed to create giant ramps for the riders and drivers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"While Feld Entertainment workers are busy shaping about 400 dump...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OCR-L-Supercross-Dirt-01-MS.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>While Feld Entertainment workers are busy shaping about 400 dump trucks of dirt inside Angel Stadium, Fred Mendez hoses down bleachers on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, in preparation for Saturday\u2019s AMA Supercross Championship series. The work started the day after Christmas and will be finished on Thursday. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An Angel Stadium of Anaheim worker cleans the bleachers on...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OCR-L-Supercross-Dirt-03-MS.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OCR-L-Supercross-Dirt-03-MS.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>An Angel Stadium of Anaheim worker cleans the bleachers on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, in preparation for Saturday\u2019s Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship series. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Heavy equipment bustles inside Angels Stadium of Anaheim on Tuesday,...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OCR-L-Supercross-Dirt-06-MS.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OCR-L-Supercross-Dirt-06-MS.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Heavy equipment bustles inside Angels Stadium of Anaheim on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 as workers transform the usual green baseball field into a dirt track as they prepare for Saturday\u2019s AMA Supercross Championship series. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Angel\u00c2\u00a0Stadium of Anaheim gets a dirt makeover on Tuesday, January...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OCR-L-Supercross-Dirt-02-MS.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OCR-L-Supercross-Dirt-02-MS.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Angel\u00a0Stadium of Anaheim gets a dirt makeover on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, in preparation for Saturday\u2019s Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship series. Each track is a unique\u00a0design and is shaped with about\u00a06,000 yards of dirt, said Director of Track Construction, Kenny Henry. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Angel Stadium of Anaheim starts to transform into a curvaceous...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OCR-L-Supercross-Dirt-04-MS.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OCR-L-Supercross-Dirt-04-MS.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Angel Stadium of Anaheim starts to transform into a curvaceous dirt track in preparation for Saturday\u2019s Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship series. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Angel Stadium of Anaheim starts to transform into a curvaceous...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OCR-L-Supercross-Dirt-05-MS.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OCR-L-Supercross-Dirt-05-MS.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Angel Stadium of Anaheim starts to transform into a curvaceous dirt track in preparation for Saturday\u2019s Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship series. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Angel Stadium of Anaheim is transformed from a green baseball...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OCR-L-Supercross-Dirt-08-MS.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OCR-L-Supercross-Dirt-08-MS.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Angel Stadium of Anaheim is transformed from a green baseball field into a dirt track on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, in preparation for Saturday\u2019s AMA Supercross Championship series. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Heavy equipment bustles inside Angels Stadium of Anaheim on Tuesday,...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OCR-L-Supercross-Dirt-07-MS-1.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OCR-L-Supercross-Dirt-07-MS-1.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Heavy equipment bustles inside Angels Stadium of Anaheim on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 as workers transform the usual green baseball field into a dirt track as they prepare for Saturday\u2019s AMA Supercross Championship series. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 8<\/p>\n<p>While Feld Entertainment workers are busy shaping about 400 dump trucks of dirt inside Angel Stadium, Fred Mendez hoses down bleachers on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, in preparation for Saturday\u2019s AMA Supercross Championship series. The work started the day after Christmas and will be finished on Thursday. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The rest of the year, the 5,500 cubic yards of dirt are kept nearby and used for employee parking.<\/p>\n<p>Supercross motorcycles will kick off their off-road racing season at the stadium on Saturday, Jan. 10. The high-octane event starts with a FanFest from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fans can get autographs and watch as the teams prepare. The main racing starts after an opening ceremony at 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Monster Jam\u2019s over-sized trucks will wheel into town for shows Jan.17-18, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, and Feb. 21-22. It also offers a pit party; find out more at <a href=\"http:\/\/monsterjam.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">monsterjam.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Supercross will be back in Anaheim for more racing on Jan. 24; find out more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercrosslive.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">supercrosslive.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before the lucious green outfield is shaped and manicured for the upcoming baseball season in Anaheim, it is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,19753,7,179,23,611,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-123439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anaheim","8":"tag-anaheim","9":"tag-anaheim-headlines","10":"tag-anaheim-news","11":"tag-angel-stadium","12":"tag-california","13":"tag-community","14":"tag-local-news","15":"tag-orange-county","16":"tag-top-stories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}