Foxhill is one special place in the hearts of the motocross public. A circuit that drove thousands and thousands of fans to the track in the 1990s, when British motocross was in a very healthy state.

Dozens and dozens of British riders’ races GP back in the 1990s, names like Kurt Nicoll, Paul Malin, Carl Nunn, Paul Cooper, Mark Eastwood, Justin Morris, Jeremy Whatley, Merv Anstie, Brian Wheeler, Rob Herring, Stephen Sword, James Dobb, Neil Prince, Chris Burnham and many, many more.

Former GP mechanic, promoter of the VMXdN, and all-round good guy, Rob Walters is very much a veteran of the MXGP scene. Maybe not as involved now in Grand Prix racing, but very much a major part of the VMXdN event, which has run at Foxhill over a few years.

The Foxhill circuit is one of very few amazing circuits in the UK, which has a strong bond with Grand Prix racing, the others of course being Farleigh Castle, Hawkstone Park and Matterley Basin. With Foxhill running this year’s British GP, I thought I would pull out this cool little interview with DocWob, as we chatted about our experiences at this legendary circuit.

MXlarge: When did Foxhill start, because I can’t even remember?

DocWob: Foxhill, started getting better around the time the 500cc GPs started tapering off and the 250s and 125s were getting good. The factories started pulling out support for the 500s, because they stopped selling them basically. It was early 90s, they started getting big at Foxhill, because as you know, the GPs used to be 125s in Germany, 500s in France or 250s in England, so they you suddenly they had the double headers at Foxhill, with the likes of Trampas Parker, Bobby Moore, Puzar, those guys never rode 500s, so the early 90s the events we remember so well from Foxhill.

MXLarge: I moved to Europe in 1993 and I had been to the Nations or USGPs before in the 80s, but my first ever European GP was Foxhill in 1994, the year Bobby Moore won and I remember just pulling up, setting up my tent on the spectator hill and leaving it sitting there for the day as I went off taking photos or interviews. It is a lot different now.

DocWob: Yes, back in those days, health and safety weren’t like it is now. We have to be so aware of health and safety, access, fire, we have to jump through hoops with that stuff. Which is more drama than it used to be. I remember, you used to just tip up, park and nobody cared. I always wonder how they go so many people into Foxhill for the GPs, but nobody was keeping an eye on where people parked or pitched their tent. Farmers would give you fields, but now you have to have rules for people walking down the road. It’s a different time now kid.

MXlarge: As you said, the double headers were very special.

Docwob: The double headers in the mid-90s, when you had Malin winning there against Tortelli, Carl Nunn did well there, Brits often did well there and the place would just erupt, wouldn’t it. The valley would just be alive, and the commentary would all wind the crowd up and be it Malin or Nunn, they would just step it up.

MXLarge: I am a bit older than you, but we are a similar age and I had only arrived in Europe in the early 90s, so it was a really big deal for me, but that era, with Everts on the Honda, Tortelli, Vohland, Beirer, Albertyn, Chiodi, Puzar, Parker, what an era. The two strokes, it was just sensational.

Docwob: I was involved in the 1980s (as a mechanic in GP), but for me, it didn’t really pick up for me until the 1990s. It started getting really rock star like. Also, in American, McGrath came on board, and I know there were guys like Rick Johnson before, but for me, the 90s was a golden era for me. It seemed as though; you had McGrath and Emig in the states and Everts and Tortelli and a lot of factory involvement. Bigger crowds and, it was just great. Everyone likes the nostalgia from the 1990s.