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I'm really dating myself here but at least its on topic.
Joe Leonard was multi time AMA grand national champ and Daytona 200 winner that went on to a very successful auto racing career. He also did some broadcasting after he retired from car racing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Leonard
Kevin Sherman from Florida.
Well, since others have strayed from the "Motocrossers to other forms of Motorsport ", I'll put forward :
John Surtees - 7 Time World Road Racing Champion - 4 of which were in the Premier 500 class, and, 1 time F1 World Champion.
The only man to achieve that, and, I doubt we'll ever see it happen again.
Though, like most MC riders, he started off the Tar - racing Grasstrack, as an early teenager.
Van Gisbergen, currently races in the NASCAR Cup series and has 7 wins on road courses and is considered the best road racer in the series. He also has 5 xfinity series road course wins. I think he’s only been in NASCAR this being his 4th year.
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Alan Morrison was an Irish MX rider who won several 125 GP’s in the ‘90’s and then went on to have a successful career in the British Touring Car Championship.
Steve Wise (RIP) Moto, dirt track and road racing at the highest level
Truck racing is Huge 50 k spectators, they raced at Crandon since 1970. I know people that were at McGrath,s 1st win , he was fired up & Really happy. It might hv been in Bark River, wo left, rt sweeper then a huge launch.
Gobert
Don, he got divorced a few years back and I believe he's back in New England now. Dude was an absolute beast.
One of the sadder stories in motorcycle racing. Incredible waste of talent. R.I.P.
The bottom picture he’s riding a ZX-7RR. Had a ‘97, awesome bikes. Alloy tank, adjustable swingarm pivot, flat slide carbs.
He was a good driver in Indy Car….
Former National Number holder Kenny Adams was a prolific sprint car racer
My good friend’s cousin worked for the IRL matching up sponsors with teams. We went to the Atlanta race and were on the grid pre-race. I met and talked to Jeff Ward. Before he got in the car I said to him, “Show them what a motocrosser can do.” He just grinned. It was pretty awesome being right there when they fired ‘em up!
Goebert, Maladin.
Indeed many road racers started on dirt bikes because it was easier to begin as a kid (lower minimum age to race), then transitioned to road racing to try to make a living out of it.
They still love dirt bikes because that's their hobby while MotoGP is their work.
Casey was doing alright on a dirt bike as a kid
And here's Marquez on a Yamaha
But he was racing anything and anywhere (local championships on go kart tracks, supermarket parking lots) he could as a kid.
Sorry for the off topic.
I smoked pot with Johnny Hopkins. It was Johnny Hopkins and Sloan Kettering. And they were blazing that sh*t up every day!
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Jack Miller popped up at an AusMX last year or the year before, can't remember which. Not sure if it counts since it was more of a one time side quest and I don't know his history but I'm assuming he had an MX background at some point to feel comfortable doing that. In any case, remember watching the race on YouTube and thinking it was cool he gave a run at it. Didn't place great but was cool nonetheless.
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Jonathan Rea - Northern Irish Motocrosser turned Road Racer.
6 time WSBK Champion.
Can't believe I forgot to mention "the Go Show", dude was an absolute phenom on 2 wheels. Tragic story.
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