The city of Jerez has always had a close relationship with motor sport and more specifically with motorcycling. Already in the early sixties, Jerez had the Merced Trophy, a highly prestigious international race that saw great motorcycling figures of that time pass. Pilots of the category of Ángel Nieto, Ricardo Tormo, Sito Pons, Benjamín Grau, Víctor Palomo or the internationals Marco Lucchinelli, Barry Sheene, Jan de Vries, Borje Jansson competed through the streets of Jerez.