Jeremy Mcgrath Legend

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Edited Date/Time 1/8/2014 11:24am
Cool read
sorry if posted before ive never seen it
Good Read
interesting that he only Raced three years before
turning pro.
I had heard in the past that he won his first ever
Race he entered on a YZ80
Link attached---》
Jeremy McGrath – Legend - MX Large
http://www.mxlarge.com/2013/12/13/jeremy-mcgrath-legend/
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such a sick picture, thanks for the new wallpaper!

i still have my Bell Moto 6 replica of this helmet, although it's pretty beat up it's a collectors item to me. this dude is the reason i ever got interested in moto. i used to have a pair of the replica Fox Honda stuff from '95, i'll have to try to find it.
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FlaNard 1/7/2014 1:26pm
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That last shot...daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn! That was at Powder Mountain wasn't it? The King is and will always be moto for me. Just my age group I guess. King of cool.

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RACERX69 1/7/2014 2:18pm
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MC simply epitomized "Cool". The guy was/is a bad azz.
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CamP 1/7/2014 2:51pm
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Both McGrath and Stefan Everts started racing at 15. Goes to show that chasing the dream doesn't need to start at 4.
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In his book he talks about a jump he came up short and broke his ankle in the outdoors, that was a bad idea. If he hadn't he might of won two outdoor titles and not be considered a Supercross specialist.
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CamP wrote:
Both McGrath and Stefan Everts started racing at 15. Goes to show that chasing the dream doesn't need to start at 4.
Really? Everts? Whose father is a World MX Champion. I have never heard that before and I wasn't around to witness for myself.
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Deetsmx 1/7/2014 8:39pm
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CamP wrote:
Both McGrath and Stefan Everts started racing at 15. Goes to show that chasing the dream doesn't need to start at 4.
Everts was riding world championships at 17. I think back then you could start later, getting difficult to do that now.
GeorgiePorgie 1/7/2014 8:54pm
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CamP wrote:
Both McGrath and Stefan Everts started racing at 15. Goes to show that chasing the dream doesn't need to start at 4.
I think those days are long gone.

How many other pro's and current pros started riding 15 years old or later? And were able to just dominate for many years. Talk about raw talent......I doubt we will ever see another McGrath. But history repeats itself.

Before someone swings an axe at my head, I'm not arguing, just asking a question.
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TX24 wrote:
In his book he talks about a jump he came up short and broke his ankle in the outdoors, that was a bad idea. If he...
In his book he talks about a jump he came up short and broke his ankle in the outdoors, that was a bad idea. If he hadn't he might of won two outdoor titles and not be considered a Supercross specialist.
Ya i cringe when i hear MC as a SX specialist or when people discredit his MX skills. Imo he is very underated when it comes to moto. Style like no other, plus he knew how to have fun during his prime lol.
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CamP wrote:
Both McGrath and Stefan Everts started racing at 15. Goes to show that chasing the dream doesn't need to start at 4.
Mc never rode a dirtbike until 15. Everts started riding at 4 or 5 yrs old
NorCalRedRyder 1/8/2014 1:28am
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Emig was way cooler imo. He got me into mx, that championship photo from 97 in the hot tub with the chicks in afros from vegas was pimp.....I guess MC's nipple rings and bleached hair was cool too?
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BobbyM wrote:
Mc never rode a dirtbike until 15. Everts started riding at 4 or 5 yrs old
Think you got your facts wrong Bobby.... Mc was riding way younger than that. Its in his autobiography "Wide Open"

Pretty sure he started on a JR 80 around 5-6 years old, and i'm sure that he started racing younger as well
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Way cool and my favorite rider of all time. He oozed style and flow on a bike. Made it look effortless.

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TX24 wrote:
In his book he talks about a jump he came up short and broke his ankle in the outdoors, that was a bad idea. If he...
In his book he talks about a jump he came up short and broke his ankle in the outdoors, that was a bad idea. If he hadn't he might of won two outdoor titles and not be considered a Supercross specialist.
I was at that race. Cant remember the year but he was leading Emig in point heading into the Broome National. In practice he tried turning two tabletops into one!!!
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CamP wrote:
Both McGrath and Stefan Everts started racing at 15. Goes to show that chasing the dream doesn't need to start at 4.
BobbyM wrote:
Mc never rode a dirtbike until 15. Everts started riding at 4 or 5 yrs old
Exactly what I was thinking. There's no way Everts didn't start until he was 15.
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TX24 wrote:
In his book he talks about a jump he came up short and broke his ankle in the outdoors, that was a bad idea. If he...
In his book he talks about a jump he came up short and broke his ankle in the outdoors, that was a bad idea. If he hadn't he might of won two outdoor titles and not be considered a Supercross specialist.
It was at Millville, I watched it happen. During morning practice he took an inside line through a left hand turn with a single jump right after it and tried to seat bounce onto a table top that was too far away. He landed on the face of the table top (not even close) and bounced almost all the way over it. I remember watching him size it up and thinking that there was now way he would try it. It was too far, even if you railed the outside in that corner. The title was his to lose that year and that injury helped Emig win the title.
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CamP 1/8/2014 6:31am
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CamP wrote:
Both McGrath and Stefan Everts started racing at 15. Goes to show that chasing the dream doesn't need to start at 4.
BobbyM wrote:
Mc never rode a dirtbike until 15. Everts started riding at 4 or 5 yrs old
mx836 wrote:
Exactly what I was thinking. There's no way Everts didn't start until he was 15.
Both MC and Everts were play riding before 15, but that's when they started racing. It's been mentioned many times over the years.
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Tarz483 1/8/2014 9:16am
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BobbyM wrote:
Mc never rode a dirtbike until 15. Everts started riding at 4 or 5 yrs old
Aussie_power_sports wrote:
Think you got your facts wrong Bobby.... Mc was riding way younger than that. Its in his autobiography "Wide Open" Pretty sure he started on a...
Think you got your facts wrong Bobby.... Mc was riding way younger than that. Its in his autobiography "Wide Open"

Pretty sure he started on a JR 80 around 5-6 years old, and i'm sure that he started racing younger as well
The attached article at the bottom of the first post
states that he didnt race motocross
until he was 15
It doesn't really say anything about play riding
but still pretty impressive imo to advance that fast

When I think of other guys that started late John Dowd
Always comes to mind
I remember hearing the chicken Jeff Matasavich
started late too .

I think it would . Harder now a days
maybe not impossible but Harder.
trying to compete with riders who have been trained
since they were Tate Reeds age Smile
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jeffro503 1/8/2014 11:13am
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I had thought Dowd didn't start racing until his late teens and actually turned pro in his 20's. I know he was a late starter....just not 100% sure how old he was.
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Darryl916 1/8/2014 11:22am
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jeffro503 wrote:
I had thought Dowd didn't start racing until his late teens and actually turned pro in his 20's. I know he was a late starter....just not...
I had thought Dowd didn't start racing until his late teens and actually turned pro in his 20's. I know he was a late starter....just not 100% sure how old he was.
I always heard the same thing
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DP#201 1/8/2014 11:24am
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BobbyM wrote:
Mc never rode a dirtbike until 15. Everts started riding at 4 or 5 yrs old
Aussie_power_sports wrote:
Think you got your facts wrong Bobby.... Mc was riding way younger than that. Its in his autobiography "Wide Open" Pretty sure he started on a...
Think you got your facts wrong Bobby.... Mc was riding way younger than that. Its in his autobiography "Wide Open"

Pretty sure he started on a JR 80 around 5-6 years old, and i'm sure that he started racing younger as well
Tarz483 wrote:
The attached article at the bottom of the first post states that he didnt race motocross until he was 15 It doesn't really say anything about...
The attached article at the bottom of the first post
states that he didnt race motocross
until he was 15
It doesn't really say anything about play riding
but still pretty impressive imo to advance that fast

When I think of other guys that started late John Dowd
Always comes to mind
I remember hearing the chicken Jeff Matasavich
started late too .

I think it would . Harder now a days
maybe not impossible but Harder.
trying to compete with riders who have been trained
since they were Tate Reeds age Smile
Joel Smets started riding at 17 or 18 years old, and he became a World Champion..

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