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Brian Deegan (born May 9, 1974) [1] is an American professional freestyle motocross rider and racing driver. Deegan was the first to land a 360 in a freestyle motocross competition. With a total of 16 X Games medals across multiple disciplines, he is one of the most decorated athletes in X Games history, [ citation needed ] with 12 in motocross ...
The 1968 Motocross World Championship was the 12th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles.
ACU Maxxis British Motocross Championship- MX2- 2008 MX1- 2014–2015, Belgian Championship- MX1- 2011 – – Joël Smets: 1989–2005 500cc- 1995, 1997–1998, 2000, 650cc- 2003 – – 57 Jeff Smith: 1955–1970 500cc- 1964–1965 – – 30 Brett Martin Smith (motorcyclist) 1974-1977 250 Expert in Arizona Marty Smith: 1974–1982 –
The X Games are a series of action sports events founded by ESPN Inc. and aired on ESPN networks and ABC. In late 2022, ESPN sold the long-running property to MSP Sports Capital, a private equity firm co-founded by Jahm Najafi and Jeff Moorad, though the event is still aired on ESPN and ABC despite the ownership change.
Smith's win riding a BSA Victor would mark the last time that a four-stroke engine powered motorcycle would win the 500cc motocross world championship for the next several decades as, two-stroke engine technology began to dominate off-road motorcycle racing until 2003 when, mounting government environmental regulations caused the FIM ...
The origins of the group can be traced to 1994, when filmmakers Jon Freeman and Dana Nicholson had been accumulating footage to showcase a behind the scenes expose of the lifestyle of an American pro motocross rider in action, featuring 145 ft plus jumps, 45 ft high in the air soaring over sand dunes, mountains, houses, buses and anything else secure and steep enough to hold the weight of bike ...
The championship was an international series established by the American Motorcyclist Association as a pilot event to help establish motocross in the United States. The series was based on a 500cc engine displacement formula, although the first year of the event featured both 250 and 500cc events.
The victory marked a turning point in motocross history as, it was the first win by a two-stroke powered motorcycle in the premier division of the Motocross World Championships. [ 3 ] Tibblin's Husqvarna teammate Torsten Hallman also claimed his second consecutive 250cc motocross world championship in dominating fashion by winning 8 of the 14 ...