Who is the biggest name to never race the MXdN?

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Edited Date/Time 10/2/2025 3:03pm

With Deegan out for this weekend and his antics/fear of the Atlantic Ocean maybe hurting his chances for future spots on the team, who is the biggest name to never race the event?

Brownie? Got robbed twice. Maybe Josh Grant or Millsaps or someone like that? AC?

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spitinabucket 10/2/2025 3:16pm
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Donny Schmit got robbed by the AMA they told him he was in then changed to Kiedrowski because he finished better in SX. He even had a custom Helmet painted typical AMA shit.

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ATKpilot99 10/2/2025 3:33pm
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Kent Howerton .  Micky Dymond got passed over for the 125 ride when he was national champ . Took Hannah instead . 

Edit : I was way off on Howerton . He was on the team 3 times in the 70s 

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Doug Henry? 

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early wrote:

Doug Henry? 

Didn’t he go to Foxhill?

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Brad Lackey?

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J Law......doh!

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FWYT wrote:

Brad Lackey?

Brad was on the team 4 times. 1972,73,74,75

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Not sure but I came across this good story of the1999 MDdN while trying to see if or what year Ezra Lusk raced here

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10/2/2025 4:01pm Edited Date/Time 8/19/2026 5:50pm
FWYT wrote:

Brad Lackey?

Brad  raced MX des Nations in 72 and 74 

Screenshot 2025-10-02 at 4.00.39%E2%80%AFPM

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FWYT 10/2/2025 4:09pm
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FWYT wrote:

Brad Lackey?

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Brad  raced MX des Nations in 72 and 74 

Brad  raced MX des Nations in 72 and 74 

Screenshot 2025-10-02 at 4.00.39%E2%80%AFPM

Oh, awesome, thanks for the correction. Man, look at that team! Whole bunch of characters!!! Legends.

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TriRacer27 10/2/2025 4:09pm
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In the last 30 years, I can only think of two national champs who've never been - Mike Brown and AC. Brown would've gone in 2001 and 2002 but '01 was after 9/11 and we didn't send a team and I think 02 was the year we tried to build a track or something for it and it fell through, so neither were totally the fault of the selection committee.

I can't remember why AC didn't go in '19 when he was national champ. What he hurt?

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I had to look at an MXA page with a list I didn't see Marty Smith listed anywhere . . .

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inthebadboycorner 10/2/2025 4:17pm
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Controversial, the Australian 1996 Team should have had Shane Watts, as he was the current 500cc champ.

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Davi Millsaps is another name i would have expected to compete in at least one MXON for team USA? Team USA really had a stacked line up of options for a while

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TriRacer27 wrote:
In the last 30 years, I can only think of two national champs who've never been - Mike Brown and AC. Brown would've gone in 2001...

In the last 30 years, I can only think of two national champs who've never been - Mike Brown and AC. Brown would've gone in 2001 and 2002 but '01 was after 9/11 and we didn't send a team and I think 02 was the year we tried to build a track or something for it and it fell through, so neither were totally the fault of the selection committee.

I can't remember why AC didn't go in '19 when he was national champ. What he hurt?

Bump for an answer on AC. As I type this I just realized why. Kawi wouldn't send him. Mfer

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TriRacer27 wrote:
In the last 30 years, I can only think of two national champs who've never been - Mike Brown and AC. Brown would've gone in 2001...

In the last 30 years, I can only think of two national champs who've never been - Mike Brown and AC. Brown would've gone in 2001 and 2002 but '01 was after 9/11 and we didn't send a team and I think 02 was the year we tried to build a track or something for it and it fell through, so neither were totally the fault of the selection committee.

I can't remember why AC didn't go in '19 when he was national champ. What he hurt?

Phil Nicolette is a North American National Champion.

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ATKpilot99 wrote:
Kent Howerton .  Micky Dymond got passed over for the 125 ride when he was national champ . Took Hannah instead . Edit : I was way...

Kent Howerton .  Micky Dymond got passed over for the 125 ride when he was national champ . Took Hannah instead . 

Edit : I was way off on Howerton . He was on the team 3 times in the 70s 

Mike Bell?

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Mike alessi

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Jeremy Macduff wrote:

Trampas Parker

Trampas rode the MXdN for Italy in 1989. 

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ATKpilot99 wrote:
Kent Howerton .  Micky Dymond got passed over for the 125 ride when he was national champ . Took Hannah instead . Edit : I was way...

Kent Howerton .  Micky Dymond got passed over for the 125 ride when he was national champ . Took Hannah instead . 

Edit : I was way off on Howerton . He was on the team 3 times in the 70s 

Micky was a 2X 125 champ (86 & 87) and got hosed both years. George Holland won the championship in 88 and he didn't get chosen that year either.

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aeffertz 10/2/2025 6:09pm
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Did LaRocco ever race MXoN?

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aeffertz wrote:

Did LaRocco ever race MXoN?

Manjimup Australia I think 92. LaRocco, Emig, and Billy Liles won. 

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Benchracer101 10/2/2025 6:20pm
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aeffertz wrote:

Did LaRocco ever race MXoN?

willbilly wrote:

Manjimup Australia I think 92. LaRocco, Emig, and Billy Liles won. 

100%

Also who ever said Alessi. there was a time e should of went. But being an Alessi prevented that. But not the biggest name not to go

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