“With wins in the Superbikers, AMA road race, Supercross, and Motocross Nationals,
Steve Wise might be the best all-around American motorcycle racer ever.”
--Eric Johnson, Racer X Illustrated
"Steve Wise was born to race motorcycles." Don't let the phrase fool you into thinking he pulled a stellar racing career out of a hat like magic, he didn’t. The magic was in Steve's uncanny ability to squeeze every ounce of forward motion out of a motorcycle -- any motorcycle, on any terrain, and in any form of competition. He is the only motorcycle racer in world history to stand on the victory podium in 6 major categories of Professional motorcycle racing. He was a pioneer and innovator of the sport of Supermoto which got its roots from a made for television program in the seventies. ABC’s Wide World of Sport created the event to pit motorcycle racers from around the world and from all disciplines to battle it out and see who the best overall racer was. Steve won the even two years in a row and would’ve been the only three time winner had Magoo Chandler not been given a works 500cc motor from the Honda motocross team that Steve had recently left to race for Honda’s road racing squad.
Steve was inducted into the American Motorcycle Association (AMA) Hall of Fame in 2001. He was also inducted into the Rio Grande Valley Sports Hall of Fame and Motocross Action Magazine Hall of Fame. Steve was also named the 1982 Road Race rookie of the year and is most proud of the large silver cup he received at the AMA awards banquet in 1982, for being the AMA “Pro Athlete of the Year.” No other racer in history has duplicated these truly amazing feats, nor is anyone likely to for many years to come. Along with Dick Bugsy Mann and Jeff Ward, Steve is in a very rare group of ‘once in a lifetime’ athletes.
The amiable racer-turned-preacher lives in San Antonio and McAllen, Texas and has always been busy since the glory days of racing for Team Honda and setting records that can’t be broken. His ministry centers on fathers and sons bonding the way they were meant to, with passion and compassion towards each other, with God at the center. His book goes into much more detail about his personal life and his relationship with his own father. Drop him a line at www.stevewise.com to read more about this most interesting man. I am proud to be the writer chosen by Steve to write his upcoming biography titled “The Roads I Have Traveled_The Steve Wise Story.”
Steve Wise might be the best all-around American motorcycle racer ever.”
--Eric Johnson, Racer X Illustrated
"Steve Wise was born to race motorcycles." Don't let the phrase fool you into thinking he pulled a stellar racing career out of a hat like magic, he didn’t. The magic was in Steve's uncanny ability to squeeze every ounce of forward motion out of a motorcycle -- any motorcycle, on any terrain, and in any form of competition. He is the only motorcycle racer in world history to stand on the victory podium in 6 major categories of Professional motorcycle racing. He was a pioneer and innovator of the sport of Supermoto which got its roots from a made for television program in the seventies. ABC’s Wide World of Sport created the event to pit motorcycle racers from around the world and from all disciplines to battle it out and see who the best overall racer was. Steve won the even two years in a row and would’ve been the only three time winner had Magoo Chandler not been given a works 500cc motor from the Honda motocross team that Steve had recently left to race for Honda’s road racing squad.
Steve was inducted into the American Motorcycle Association (AMA) Hall of Fame in 2001. He was also inducted into the Rio Grande Valley Sports Hall of Fame and Motocross Action Magazine Hall of Fame. Steve was also named the 1982 Road Race rookie of the year and is most proud of the large silver cup he received at the AMA awards banquet in 1982, for being the AMA “Pro Athlete of the Year.” No other racer in history has duplicated these truly amazing feats, nor is anyone likely to for many years to come. Along with Dick Bugsy Mann and Jeff Ward, Steve is in a very rare group of ‘once in a lifetime’ athletes.
The amiable racer-turned-preacher lives in San Antonio and McAllen, Texas and has always been busy since the glory days of racing for Team Honda and setting records that can’t be broken. His ministry centers on fathers and sons bonding the way they were meant to, with passion and compassion towards each other, with God at the center. His book goes into much more detail about his personal life and his relationship with his own father. Drop him a line at www.stevewise.com to read more about this most interesting man. I am proud to be the writer chosen by Steve to write his upcoming biography titled “The Roads I Have Traveled_The Steve Wise Story.”
12/20/2009 9:59pm
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