Legends & Heroes Tour to Honor Moto-Great Jimmy Button at San Diego SX! !

February 8, 2012 ~ Merced, CA: Jimmy
Button, one of the most successful riders of Motocross, Supercross and
champion for spinal research, will honored for his accomplishments this
Saturday, February 11, 2012 during round six of the 2012 Monster Energy
AMA Supercross series at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego California.

It
was 1992 when Mr. Button won his first series of pro races at the
Charlotte and Indianapolis rounds of the AMA 125 East Region Supercross
Series. His early career saw him serge though the ranks with speed and
prominence  A repeat of wins during 1994 saw Button winning the Daytona
Florida, Irving Texas and Charlotte rounds of the AMA 125 East Region
Supercross Series taking him to the next level of competition. The next
year he finished 4th in the 125 World Motocross Championships. 1999 was
the year of his overall win at the Washougal 250 MX National. With Jimmy
Button’s career on track, the 2000 season was looking like his year for
a championship.  Unfortunately, January 22, 2000 Button had a career
ending spinal cord injury during a crash.  It would be an injury that
ended his racing career, but open new doors for the champ.

After his accident, that same year in July, Jimmy Button assisted in the formation of the “Road 2 Recovery Foundation”, helping riders suffering from injuries like his.  He also helped form “Action Sports Management”
to represent riders as an agent.  Being ever active and a champion for
spinal research, Jimmy rode his bicycle 2475 miles from San Diego to
Daytona Beach Florida to raise awareness for spinal cord research in
2011.  This same year, he was presented the Monster Energy AMA
Supercross, an FIM World Championship, “Road 2 Recovery Main Jet Award”.

Jeremy
McGrath states “Congratulations to Jimmy on receiving the Legends &
Heroes award. He is a legend and to many of us a hero, a great guy and a
phenomenal athlete. Great job my friend!

Steve Astephen from
Wassweman agrees “Jimmy has been an amazing addition to Wasserman. His
experience in his career allowed him to share valuable advice to his
clients”.

Tom White of the Early Years of Motocross Museum shares
“Jimmy Button teamed with Jeremy McGrath on the powerful Chaparral
Motorsports team and was always a force to be reckoned with!  What
defines Jimmy to me is how he dealt with the career ending injury! 
Instead of focusing on his loss, he has spent his time and energy to
help other riders with significant injuries find their way and show them
strength in the face of adversity!  “Road 2 Recovery” is a wonderful organization and should be supported by all of us!”

“So
good to see Jimmy Button receive this award.  What is so cool about
being a part of this is that I was there at Charlotte when Jimmy won
that first one and I have the video I took as well. I had been watching
Jimmy move forward from that time on, watching him win races. Then when
he got on the McGrath team, I saw him start to show some real potential.
What I saw was the few things that may have been missing were coming
together. As he started to look more and more like McGrath in the little
things he would do on the track (that wasn't a bad thing either). This
next part hit home again as I was at the race when Jimmy crashed and as
he was lying on the ground.  All I could hope for is that he would get
up and be fine.  Well, the get up part did not happen, so now it was
hope for the best.  After a crash like that, it is so good to see Jimmy
doing all the things he is doing to help and to motivate others. The
guys like Jimmy and my son, David, are the REAL CHAMPIONS.
The ones that fall down and come back fighting and never give up. Jimmy
Button is a real champion and I am so happy to be a part of this
presentation to an awesome rider and all around nice guy.” Gary “The
Professor” Bailey remembers.

“Every champ has a legend and that’s
what makes them our heroes. In Jimmy’s case it’s what he was able to
achieve after his racing career that has made him a hero too many. The “Road to Recovery”
organization is out there helping those in need and we are honored to
recognize Jimmy Button as our Legend & Hero for San Diego” states
Alex Moroz and Mike Owens of the Legends and Heroes Tour.

Jimmy
is currently the Executive Director of Motorsports at Wasserman Media
Group and helps some of the world’s best motorsports athletes.  On stage
presenting the award to Mr. Button will be multi time National AMA SX
and MX champ Jeremy McGrath.