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Also, a film about Roczen would be cool after the end of his career. With the dramatic injuries, the move to the states, the titles, there is a lot to say on him too.
https://youtu.be/xg2y6tIv6-0
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Doug Henry - Breaks his back and comes back and wins. Breaks both arms and comes back and wins. Competitive in other disciplines (winning in supermoto, snowcross and cross country). Get paralyzed and goes on to still compete and break barriers. Straight legend.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Henry_(motocross)
John Dowd - For bucking the system and succeeding even though he did it his own way. Entered his first motocross race at 20 years old. Went on to a regional SX title, many wins in all classes he raced indoor and outdoors. And kept on racing and being competitive into his 40's. He finished on the podium in 3rd place at the 2005 Southwick 250cc National just shy of his 40th birthday, aboard a privateer Suzuki RMZ450. On August 30, 2009 at the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Southwick National at Motocross 338, John Dowd at the age of 44 rode his Kawasaki KX450 on his home track, finishing second in the 450 class Moto-2 and took 3rd overall. He also won the 2006 Endurocross championship.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dowd_(motocross)
A movie about Dungey would be snooze fest.
https://www.amazon.com/Wide-Open-Supercross-Jeremy-McGrath/dp/0060537280
There are so many that might not know how far he came to make it to the top, and then to do it again, and to still exhibit that same love of riding.
Watching him ride with tp199 and on Jay leno's show was just awesome.
He would be an awesome story without the unbelieveable come backs.
He might be the last, true working class hero American moto produces. No long am career, no living at a training faculty growing up. Just clawing his way up through the nesc and on to the national scene.
Doug Henry. There is no story in the annuals of motocross that embody the perseverance and fighting spirit of man like his. There have been who have come back from injury to differing levels of success. None have come back from the type of his injuries to not only win races again, but to win a national title.
An interesting story arc within Doug Henry's career aside from his injuries and race success' was his critical role in the development of the YZ400F through racing, and winning, on a four stroke. Lance Smail tried on the KTM540 but Doug nearly created the modern four stroke era by himself. That in of its self could be its own movie.
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