Can you name some lesser-known riders?

There’s a lot of unknown former professional riders, but I don’t know who any of them are. 🤔 

Chad Smanjak

Kyle Chisolm

I’ve been lucky enough to spend some afternoons with Larry Wosick and his son, me and his son are the same age and rode at a mutual friends track almost every weekend for a long time. Crazy that so many other people riding at the track everyday had no clue who he was or what he’s accomplished. Great family. 

Robbie Raynard, Denny Stephenson, Larry Brooks, Ron Lechien, Mike Jones, Jeff Matiasevich, Damon Bradshaw, Brian Swink, Damon Huffman, Brad Lackey, Danny LaPorte, Mike Healy, Bob Moore, Donny Schmit, Trampas Parker, Scott Sheak, Jeff Dement,...

Greg Schnell, Mike Healey, Donny Schmidt, Paul Currie, Bobby Bonds, Broc Sellards, Craig Decker, Jeff Leisk

Zach Bell, Jimmy Decotis, couple rippers who got unlucky 

Wow. He had steeze before there was such thing as steeze. I bet yall were flipping out watching him ride in the 70s lol.

Larry Lipshire

Nobody’s mentioned Sean Hamblin. Dude had a solid run there for a couple years. Same with Michael Byrne!

Great style.

Larry, Lisa and Levi are first class folks. Lisa and myself grew up together in South Africa. Lisa's brother,  Mad Murdock (Derek Graham) and myself were team mates for three years on the Malboro Yamaha team in South Africa.

I'm so happy that you got to spend quality time with Larry and Levi, they are so down to earth.

Furthermore, if you are still riding and racing then please note, there will always be an open door for accommodation in Cape Town, South Africa should you wish to visit. The exchange rate is hugely in your favor, the weather is great and we have some awesome tracks..

Andi Carson.

turbo reif

chris pugrab

nick paluzzi

joe motocross

Jesus Rosales

Nick Wey

Evan Laughridge

Michael Willard 

Chris Whitcraft

Brian Gray

Teddy Maier

Donnie McGourty

Who was that one kid that made his pro debut in the 450 class?

He had a ton of hype but never really won anything.

His name is really escaping me right now........
He rode for a few different teams but their bikes weren't ever up to his standards.

I can see his face, just can't put a name on it.............
You know, he went to Canada, then was going to do the GP's, then decide not to for some reason?

Oh well, guess we'll never know his name.  Fascinating career trajectory though.

Wait I got it! Phil Nicoletti!    No, nevermind, that's not him.  Phil Nicoletti is just some kid that he and his dad mentored.

 

Regis Harrington

Jim Chamberlin

Rich Taylor

Bob Kiniry

Tyler Keefe

I think you are correct.  That was at the final round of the Rodi (sp?) cup supercross series.  Jim Holley won the championship that year. Rick Johnson had his famous speech about riding the privateer Yamaha and not sandbagging like the factory guys.

All guys I grew up racing locally. Some have been mentioned.

Troy Adams

Brain Grey RIP

Matt Georke 

Shauwn Skinner

Kyle Chisholm 

Matt Boni

Mav somehow left out these two guys

Ross "Rollerball" Pederson (voted hardest guy to pass, meaning his was aggressive and often up front, by top national sx/mx pros in a MXA survey back in the Jeff Ward days. Used to spend his summers racing the Laurentide series in Quebec. Got lapped by him pretty regularly...)

Jean-Sebastien "JSR" Roy. Top "second tier" guy in sx. Watched him show up in a sticker-less white box van at a Broome-Tioga national one year and give Emig and Albertyn all they could handle.

Rich Taylor is super popular on here. 

It’s crazy when you look at some of those names, plus throw in JT, Donnie McGourty, and Stewy and think how many guys relatively the same age from the same area could be so fast. 

1980s John Finkelday of CT.  Was on the KTM team. Saw him double a couple jumps that probably would be typical now but that day in New England no one thought of them as a double. 

The Sheriff Josh Demuth and James Marshall the Outlaw . RIP .

Lessor known from many years back, Trey Jorski.  He was smokin fast rider from Oklahoma City.  I think he is here on Vital every now and then.  I remember him blowing past me in practice at 59th and Douglas MX in Oklahoma City early 70’s, 73, 74 ish.  

He made mains back in the day.  Finished pretty good in some of the early days of SX races at the Colosseum.

Everybody that raced in Oklahoma back in the day know who Trey Jorski was.

Matt Maximoff 

John kidd jr.

Damon Plotts the quick start privateer.  

Heath Voss

Clint Shealy

Jesse Casillas

Doug DeHaan is another Canadian that had a pretty good US career. 

Edit: Darcy Lange.