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He never won a title, but I would say Mike Alessi is up there.
Trampas, Bobby, Donny, and Mike Healey don't get their due by Americans IMO. While Pomeroy, Lackey, and LaPorte paved the way, those guys represented us well in Europe
Adding Rodney Smith. He isn't known for this, but did quite well.
It’s crazy to think of how close Mike got to a championship in the big bike class multiple times, that would be a crazy name for the history books
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AC is definitely the craziest one that comes to mind.
Gary Jones?
He went in 72 according to a list I found. He was actually the first guy I thought of.
I thought Gary was on one of the teams in the early 70s? For some reason I’m thinking he was on the team with Pomeroy one year?
This is the list Brave Browser's AI put together for me, no idea of it's accuracy.
1970s
1972 – 7th: Brad Lackey, Jim Pomeroy, Jimmy Weinert, Gary Jones
1973 – 4th: Jim Pomeroy, Mike Hartwig, John DeSoto
1974 – 2nd: Brad Lackey, Jim Pomeroy, Jimmy Weinert, Tony DiStefano
1975 – 9th: Brad Lackey, Jim Pomeroy, Kent Howerton, Tony DiStefano
1976 – 5th: Bob Hannah, Rex Staten, Kent Howerton, Tony DiStefano
1977 – 2nd: Steve Stackable, Gary Semics, Kent Howerton, Tony DiStefano
1978 – 4th: Bob Hannah, Chuck Sun, Rick Burgett, Tommy Croft
1979 – No team
1980 – No team
1980s–1990s
1981 – 1st: Chuck Sun, Danny LaPorte, Johnny O’Mara, Donnie Hansen
1982 – 1st: Danny Chandler, Jim Gibson, Johnny O’Mara, David Bailey
1983 – 1st: Broc Glover, Jeff Ward, Marc Barnett, David Bailey
1984 – 1st: David Bailey, Johnny O’Mara, Jeff Ward, Ricky Johnson
1985 – 1st: Ron Lechien, Jeff Ward, David Bailey
1986 – 1st: Johnny O’Mara, Ricky Johnson, David Bailey
1987 – 1st: Bob Hannah, Ricky Johnson, Jeff Ward
1988 – 1st: Jeff Ward, Ricky Johnson, Ron Lechien
1989 – 1st: Mike Kiedrowski, Jeff Stanton, Jeff Ward
1990 – 1st: Damon Bradshaw, Jeff Stanton, Jeff Ward
1991 – 1st: Mike Kiedrowski, Damon Bradshaw, Jeff Stanton
1992 – 1st: Jeff Emig, Mike LaRocco, Billy Liles
1993 – 1st: Jeff Emig, Jeremy McGrath, Mike Kiedrowski
1994 – 2nd: Jeff Emig, Mike Kiedrowski, Mike LaRocco
1995 – 2nd: Steve Lamson, Jeff Emig, Ryan Hughes
1996 – 1st: Steve Lamson, Jeremy McGrath, Jeff Emig
1997 – 8th: John Dowd, Jeff Emig, Steve Lamson
1998 – 5th: John Dowd, Doug Henry, Ricky Carmichael
1999 – 4th: Mike LaRocco, Kevin Windham, Ricky Carmichael
2000 – Saint-Jean-d’Angély, France
Ricky Carmichael (MXGP)
Ryan Hughes (MX2)
Travis Pastrana (Open)
(Team USA finished 1st – Champions)
2001 - No Team
2002 - No Team
2003 – Zolder, Belgium
Ricky Carmichael (MXGP)
Mike Brown (MX2)
Doug Henry (Open)
(Team USA finished 2nd)
2004 – No Team
2005 – Ernée, France
Ricky Carmichael (MXGP)
Kevin Windham (MX2)
Ivan Tedesco (Open)
(Team USA finished 1st – Champions)
2006 – Matterley Basin, Great Britain
James Stewart (MXGP)
Ryan Villopoto (MX2)
Ivan Tedesco (Open)
(Team USA finished 1st – Champions)
2007 – Budds Creek, USA
Ricky Carmichael (MXGP)
Ryan Villopoto (MX2)
Tim Ferry (Open)
(Team USA finished 1st – Champions)
2008 – Donington Park, Great Britain
James Stewart (MXGP)
Ryan Villopoto (MX2)
Tim Ferry (Open)
(Team USA finished 1st – Champions)
2009 – Franciacorta, Italy
Ryan Dungey (MXGP)
Jake Weimer (MX2)
Ivan Tedesco (Open)
(Team USA finished 1st – Champions)
2010 – Thunder Valley, USA
Ryan Dungey (MXGP)
Trey Canard (MX2)
Andrew Short (Open)
(Team USA finished 1st – Champions)
2011 – Saint Jean d’Angely, France
Ryan Dungey (MXGP)
Blake Baggett (MX2)
Ryan Villopoto (Open)
(Team USA finished 1st – Champions)
2012 – 3rd: Ryan Dungey, Blake Baggett, Justin Barcia
2013 – 2nd: Eli Tomac, Ryan Dungey, Justin Barcia
2014 – 3rd: Eli Tomac, Ryan Dungey, Jeremy Martin
2015 – 2nd: Jeremy Martin, Cooper Webb, Jason Anderson
2016 – 3rd: Alex Martin, Cooper Webb, Jason Anderson
2017 – 3rd: Zach Osborne, Cole Seely, Thomas Covington
2018 – 5th: Eli Tomac, Aaron Plessinger, Justin Barcia
2019 – 6th: Zach Osborne, Justin Cooper, Jason Anderson
2020 – No team (Canceled due to COVID-19)
2021 – No team (Canceled due to COVID-19)
2022 – 1st: Eli Tomac, Chase Sexton, Justin Cooper
I don't know how you can say anyone other than Marty Smith.
Brown wasn’t on the P..C. Team in 2005. He was riding Hondas and had Pro Circuit doing the engines. He was leading the points and then his results started going down. He switched engine builders mid season. There were rumors that he didn’t think he was getting the same engines he was at the beginning of the year. I don’t know if any of that is true but it was on the message boards back then .
Marty Smith said he hated racing in Europe.
This list is missing 2000 and 2003 thru 2011 ?
Added, thanks.
Agreed. I think the most egregious omissions in order have been:
Marty Smith (1974 and 1975 125, 1977 500)
Bell (1980 SX champ)
Ellis (1975 SX champ)
Bobby Moore (1994 125 World Champ)
Adam Cianciarulo (2019 250 Champ)
How is it that you have Michael Byrne on the U.S. team in 2004 ? He is Australian.
Looks like the AI that compiled the list made an error.
Edit: The US wasn't at the event in 2004.
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It will be cool when the Lawrences are US citizens in about 2 years. 🇺🇸 Then we can have them and Kenny as a team with Reed as the team manager. Only downvote if you are Australian. 😁
I found a few other errors I fixed, god only knows how many still exist. I did have AI search try and argue with me it was still only June 2024 last week, and wouldn't acknowledge current events.
pc was still doing brown's engines. and the rumor he was getting shafted on hp was pretty rampant in NE TN at the time.
Marty Smith should definitely have gone, but after Honda had him running 125 nationals and the gps in the same season it is not surprising he had little interest in returning to Europe.
Alessi? please........
Erik Kehoe should have gone.
Darrell Schultz,'82 500 mx champ, should have gone in but his knee was so trashed he had to use crutches to get to the bike the last few races.
AC was moving up to the 450 class and I think that was the reason AC said he couldn’t/wouldn’t go when he won the 250 title in ‘19. Kawi also could’ve told them to use that as a reason because they weren’t supporting it. AC did go win 100k at Monster cup that year tho.
Yaa I remember reading that PC was letting valves or something internal in his engines go for longer than they should’ve been. And Yaa he had PC doing his engines on his Honda. I think PC was even doing the FC Honda motors at the time too lol
Kenny Roberts, Jay Springsteen, Dick Mann or Mert Lawwill never got to go.
I would have liked to see Guy Cooper go in 90 after winning the 125 title. Same with Dymond after 87 title.
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