PRO CIRCUIT

One-time desert racing pro and motor tuning specialist Mitch Payton, founded Pro Circuit in 1978 at the age of 18. Early Pro Circuit customers were mostly Husqvarna-mounted desert racers and motocrossers who wanted Mitch to provide the same speed set-ups that he and his father had learned to dial in on Mitch’s personal race machines. Word regarding the success of Mitch’s motor building skills traveled quickly around southern California racetracks and in no time the cult of Pro Circuit riders was formed. Mitch closed his family’s Husqvarna dealership in 1980 to focus his energy on the shop’s aftermarket hop-up service business full-time.