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I knew this wouldnвЂ™t be my last trip to Namur, and while I did miss those great 1970s and 80s events at this circuit, I didnвЂ™t miss another until the final one in 2007. It was 1993 and Jacky Martens would win the GP on the way to his first and only World 500cc championship. With the Belgian Grand Prix around the same time as one of our trips I decided it might be a great idea to attend the Grand Prix at this place called Namur.

I had only been living in Europe for six months and often travelled to Belgium with my then Dutch wife and our small baby for camping trips. I canвЂ™t even imagine what this place was like for the riders, but for a fan, WOW!!!ДЇor me personally, I remember my first trip to Namur, unfortunately long after the legendary 1970s or 1980s when names like De Coster, Mikkola, Malherbe, Carlqvist, Thorpe, Geboers and Jobe won at Namur, but still, it was a memory I will never forget.

Used for major motocross events since the 1950вЂ™s the circuit started on the esplanade in front of the that coliseum type stadium, then drops off and swoops through the woods, under ornamental metal bridges, past massive drop offs to emerge in front of the Old Cafe Monument, where fans would be swelling up as much beers as possible, before the riders would climb a steep hillside, back up alongside the ancient fortвЂ™s moat to emerge from the darkness of the woods out onto the esplanade again. This wasnвЂ™t just a motocross track it was way more than that.

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Namur, the circuit on top of the hill, way above the ancient city of Namur was something very special and you can be sure, the echo of motocross bikes probably still ring through countryside, and for anyone who has visited this seemingly mythical place, our memory bank is full of emotion and maybe even some sadness.ДЄ circuit where you take a long climb up a cobblestone road, arriving and this coliseum like stadium, a place it would be easy to imagine some roman solider fighting a lion, or Roman emperor Nero barking orders. Many beautiful circuits around the World have something special, but NO circuit could come close to Namur when it came to mystery and atmosphere. Between 1957 until 2007 the Namur circuit was the crown jewel in the FIM World Motocross Championship.

For 50 years it was the most important stop in the FIM Motocross World championships.