Ex pro motodads

Indubitably! 

Some examples?

^Chad Reed, Brian Deegan, Tim Ferry all come to mind.

Surely there must be more…

Deegan, Ferry, Reed, Wey, Grant, Short, Everts, Townley

Wey

RV

Vohland

Villo and Baggett 

Coppins, Bervoets, Pichon, Leok's

Vialle, Oehlhof

Events, 

Scott Plessenger 

Kevin Sherman from Florida.

Todd Bennick- Dax Bennick, Jim Neese-Luke Neese

Lusk 

Rich Taylor

Craig

Nick wey Talon Vohland

I hear he’s in talks with HRC now 

Pretty awesome to see the knowledge passed down and also see the kids execute and show hints of their dad’s style but in their own way. 

Those are some lucky kids. 

( Of course they have to put in the work but being born into the sport like that is a luck of the draw that most of us can only dream of. )

pretty amazing we are onto the 3rd generation of Everts leading world championships, 

Gibson 

Whatever happened to Dowds kid? 

R J Wageman….How bout Lil Haney or Willy Surratt’s kid

I'm a former pro (struggling privateer) that has 3 kids that all raced moto. They all started in BMX then transitioned to Moto. We never did it with the expectation that it would lead to making a living. We did it because it was fun and we spent a lot of time together. All three of my kids spent most of their weekends together with me and their Mom (my wife) and we still spend a lot of weekends together into their 20's and 30's. Priceless!!!

Ironically they all went to Loretta's when they were 20 and then got a college degree. Oldest is close to 40 has a 2023 KX450 and rides occasionally. Daughter is mid 30's, doesn't ride Moto but does ride MTB. Youngest is finishing up his degree, been married 1 year. Has a 2023 KX450 and still rides. What's even better is we are both on staff (part time) at Fellowship Of Christian Athlete's and we do Trackside Ministry together. 

doug dubach

I has wondered about the "Pro" motodad mindset compared to a regular motodad. I would assume a family banking on their kid being a professional racer probably are less aware of how slim the chances are to actually "make it", where you basically need to race for a factory team and win at least a championship to earn a decent ROI (on the probable 15 years of expenses leading up). Earning 100k a year racing I don't think is worth it, if your parents are hundreds of thousands in debt (and the unaccounted opportunity costs whilst supporting racing).

I would think / hope a "Pro" motodad would perhaps be less inclined to think their kid could be the diamond in the rough that has the potential. I mean, given Deegan's racing ability, I would not have thought Haiden would be this fast. Comparatively, Reed's kid I would have thought would be faster. So it seems their dad's skills have a poor translation to the kids. Anyway, I just wonder if they taken as seriously as other non-Pro families do. I would hope for the kid's sake they are just proud parents, keeping it fun.