Triumph Factory Racing won its first AMA Supercross with Jordon Smith. Who was the last Factory Triumph rider to win an AMA National prior to Jordan?

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I won my first AMA National 1/2 Mile on the Factory Triumph in June 1974.  Even through all the acqusitions its good to see Triumph back on top after 51 years! Congrats Jordan and the Triumph race team.  Mike Kidd1974TRIUMPH

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philG
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2/9/2025 3:11pm

Flat track guys rock. 

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dsmith
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2/9/2025 3:13pm

Couldn't you make a longer title for this..

 

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2/9/2025 3:13pm

That is an awesome bit of history. Right on, Mike!

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2/9/2025 3:17pm Edited Date/Time 2/9/2025 3:18pm

Raced your track at Boyd in 87, Cow Palace a couple ot times in the mid 80's ... thank you for your dedication to our sport. 

And congratulations to Triumph!!

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Kidd
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2/9/2025 3:27pm
dsmith wrote:

Couldn't you make a longer title for this..

 

Yea probably, but I shortened it the best I could... 😜 Hey it got your attention.

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2/9/2025 3:31pm

Me being older than most on here.  I grew up around guys that raced both flat track and early days of MX.  Those guys were bad ass.  They really knew how to get around a corner, no matter what kind of track.  Those guys forgot more about making a two stroke scream than most.  Fun times back then.  I dabbled in short track and TT, but wasn’t my deal.  MX track suited me much better.  AMA forced 4 strokes down flat tracks throat and hurt the sport.  

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2/9/2025 4:05pm

How bad ass is that? Honestly in Mike Kidd's day even qualifying was a big deal. How many riders even attempted to make that race you won Mike? What was the time difference between making it in and not? People have no idea how competitive is was back then. 

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