Damon Bradshaw truly rode a 250SX earlier than he ever lined up on a 125. In his rookie season of 1989, Yamaha positioned him within the 125 East Area, however allowed him to begin the season within the 250 class out west. He crashed himself out in his warmth race at Anaheim and was pressured to sit down out the Seattle doubleheader that adopted. However he lined up for the ’89 San Diego spherical and completed a powerful third behind solely Rick Johnson and Jeff Stanton. Then Bradshaw dropped right down to the 125 and received the East Area, after which narrowly misplaced the 125 Professional Motocross title to Mike Kiedrowski. One yr later Bradshaw opened the AMA Supercross sequence with wins in each Anaheim and Houston.
Again within the day, earlier than there was a 125 class in AMA Supercross, high 125cc riders like Broc Glover and Johnny O’Mara have been introduced alongside slowly when it got here to racing in stadiums. Crew Yamaha’s Glover was solely allowed to journey restricted 250SX races, and the longer term AMA Bike Corridor of Famer was solely allowed to race 4 SX rounds from 1976 till 1980, throughout which period he received three straight 125 AMA Professional Motocross Championships. Johnny O’Mara turned professional in 1980 on a Mugen Honda however was not allowed to race AMA Supercross. When he signed with Crew Honda correct the next yr, he was allowed to journey 250SX. And when O’Mara went to Europe within the fall of ’81 for the Trophee and Motocross des Nations, it might mark the primary time that he ever raced open air aboard a 250 or a 500. O’Mara got here by way of simply wonderful, and Crew USA swept each races.
Talking of Crew USA, again in 2009, supervisor Roger De Coster, then with Rockstar/Makita Suzuki, wanted a second 450 rider as James Stewart was out with an damage. He tapped his personal 250-class rider in Ryan Dungey, who had raced 250s open air as much as that time, although he did do three 450SX rounds in ’08. Dungey ended up profitable his class and serving to Crew USA get an unlikely win. The next yr (2010) he moved as much as the 450 full-time and received each crowns—450 SX and 450 MX.
