The South Park BMX track was started with a lot of help from the Allegheny County Parks Department. Bob Tedesco, of the National Bicycle League (NBL), originally built the South Park BMX track in 1978. It was the sister track to the North Park BMX track that Bob also built and was the first BMX track in Allegheny County. Bob was the Track Director of both these tracks and the indoor BMX track in Schoonamaker Hall at the South Park Allegheny County Fairgrounds for many years.

The South Park BMX track still has the original track layout as when it was first built. Many times throughout the years BMX publications and professional riders have voted it as the best BMX track in the country and in the world. The location and natural flow of the land is what makes this track so exceptional.