Mike Brown (motorcyclist)

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Mike Brown
NationalityAmerican
BornMay 1, 1972 (1972-05) (age 52)
Bluff City, Tennessee
Motocross career
Years active1990 – 2013
Teams Kawasaki, Suzuki, KTM, Husqvarna
Championships AMA 125cc - 2001

Mike Brown (born May 1, 1972) is an American former professional motocross racer and Endurocross racer. [1] [2] He was the 2001 AMA 125cc motocross national champion. [3]

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Motorcycle racing career

Brown won his first professional race in 1994. [4] In 1999, he finished third in the F.I.M. 125cc world championship. [5] He followed that performance with another third place in the 2000 125cc world championship. [6]

Brown competed in the United States in 2001 and won the AMA 125cc national championship riding for Kawasaki. [3] In 2006, Brown finished 29th in the AMA MX Lites class and 15th in the MX class, racing for Suzuki. [7] In 2007, he returned to Europe to compete in the MX1-GP championship, finishing in seventh place. [8]

After his motocross career, Brown began competing in Endurocross events. [2] He won the inaugural 2009 World Off Road Championship Series (WORCS), becoming the first AMA rider since Mike Kiedrowski to win an AMA National Motocross Championship and a World Off-Road Championship Series title. [9] In 2011 he competed at the Moto X event at X Games XVII and won the silver medal. [10] The following year, he won the Enduro X gold medal at the X Games XVIII. [11] Brown won another silver medal in EnduroX in the 2013 X Games Los Angeles and a gold medal in the 2015 X Games Austin. [12] [13]

Brown is a playable character in the 2004 motocross video game MTX: Mototrax . As well as in the 2001 Motocross video game Mx Rider.

References

  1. ↑ "Mike Brown profile". bestsports.com. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  2. 1 2 "Mike Brown profile". husqvarna-motorcycles.com. Retrieved 2016-03-01.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. 1 2 "2001 125cc AMA motocross national championship final standings". racerxonline.com. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  4. ↑ "Mike Brown AMA motocross statistics". racerxonline.com. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
  5. ↑ "1999 125cc world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  6. ↑ "2000 125cc world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  7. ↑ "2006 AMA motocross national championship final standings". racerxonline.com. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  8. ↑ "2007 MX-1 world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  9. ↑ "Motocross Veteran Mike Brown Becomes Off-Road Star With Inaugural WORCS". dirtrider.com. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  10. ↑ "X Games 17: Moto X Enduro X Men's Final Results". vitalmx.com. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  11. ↑ "X Games Los Angeles 2012: Men's Moto X Enduro X Final Results". espnmediazone.com. July 2012. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  12. ↑ "Blazusiak Takes Enduro X Gold at Los Angeles X Games". motocross.transworld.net. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  13. ↑ "X Games Austin 2015 - Men's Enduro X". ESPN. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2016-03-01.


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