Motocross Trivia Question Archive
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AMA Supercross (35)
Who won the 2025 AMA Supercross 450 championship?
Answer: Cooper Webb
Cooper Webb clinched the 2025 450SX title by two points over Chase Sexton, his third premier-class championship.
Which rider is known as the 'King of Supercross'?
Answer: Jeremy McGrath
Jeremy McGrath earned the nickname 'King of Supercross' during his dominant 1990s run of seven premier titles.
At which stadium was the first supercross-style event held in 1972?
Answer: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
The inaugural 1972 'Superbowl of Motocross' was staged at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, birthplace of the sport.
How many premier-class supercross championships did Jeremy McGrath win?
Answer: 7
Jeremy McGrath won seven premier supercross titles between 1993 and 2000, still the all-time record.
Which rider holds the record for most Daytona Supercross wins?
Answer: Eli Tomac
Eli Tomac earned his record eighth Daytona Supercross victory in 2026, the most of any racer at the venue.
How many consecutive 450 supercross titles did Ryan Villopoto win?
Answer: 4
Ryan Villopoto won four straight AMA Supercross 450 championships from 2011 through 2014.
What is James Stewart's well-known nickname?
Answer: Bubba
James Stewart, nicknamed 'Bubba,' revolutionized riding with the low-airtime 'scrub' technique over jumps.
Which Southern California city traditionally hosts the AMA Supercross season opener?
Answer: Anaheim
Anaheim's Angel Stadium has long served as the traditional kickoff venue for the AMA Supercross season.
What is a supercross 'Triple Crown' round?
Answer: Three main events in one night
Introduced in 2018, the Triple Crown format runs three main events in a single night using Olympic-style scoring.
How many premier-class main event wins did Jeremy McGrath amass in his career?
Answer: 72
Jeremy McGrath's 72 premier-class supercross main event victories remain the all-time record.
Who won the 2024 AMA Supercross 450 championship in his premier-class debut season?
Answer: Jett Lawrence
Australian Jett Lawrence captured the 2024 450SX title as a rookie in the premier class.
Who was the 2023 AMA Supercross 450 champion?
Answer: Chase Sexton
Chase Sexton won his first premier supercross championship in 2023 aboard Honda.
Who became the first European rider to win a premier AMA Supercross championship?
Answer: Jean-Michel Bayle
Frenchman Jean-Michel Bayle won the 1991 premier supercross title, the first European to do so.
Chad Reed holds the AMA Supercross record for most career...?
Answer: Main event starts
Chad Reed made a record 265 premier-class main event starts across his long career.
Who was the promoter that created the first 1972 'Superbowl of Motocross'?
Answer: Mike Goodwin
Former concert promoter Mike Goodwin conceived the stadium motocross event that launched supercross in 1972.
Which 16-year-old local rider won the inaugural 1972 Superbowl of Motocross?
Answer: Marty Tripes
Sixteen-year-old Marty Tripes won the first Superbowl of Motocross at the L.A. Coliseum in 1972.
How many premier-class supercross championships did Ricky Carmichael win?
Answer: 5
Ricky Carmichael won five premier supercross titles, second only to Jeremy McGrath's seven.
James Stewart's 2007 title made him the first rider of which distinction to win a premier supercross crown?
Answer: First African American rider
James Stewart's 2007 championship made him the first African American to win a premier supercross title.
How many premier-class supercross championships did Ryan Dungey win?
Answer: 4
Ryan Dungey won four 450SX titles (2010, 2015, 2016, 2017) before retiring after the last one.
The 250SX class is split into which two regional divisions?
Answer: East and West
The 250SX class is divided into East and West regional championships that meet at a season-ending Showdown.
How many races did Jeremy McGrath win during his dominant 1996 supercross season?
Answer: 14 of 15
McGrath went 14-1 in 1996, including a still-standing record of 13 straight wins to open the season.
Who won the 2026 AMA Supercross 450 championship?
Answer: Ken Roczen
Ken Roczen edged Hunter Lawrence by three points for the 2026 450SX title, Suzuki's first premier crown since 2010.
With his 2026 win, how many Daytona Supercross victories did Eli Tomac reach?
Answer: 8
Tomac's 2026 Daytona win was his eighth, breaking a tie and setting the venue's all-time record.
Which flamboyant whip-style trick did Jeremy McGrath famously popularize?
Answer: The nac-nac
McGrath's crowd-pleasing 'nac-nac' whip became one of supercross's most iconic signature moves.
In 1992, Jeff Stanton won the title at the final round over which dominant rider?
Answer: Damon Bradshaw
Damon Bradshaw won nine of 16 rounds in 1992 but lost the title to Jeff Stanton by three points at the finale.
How long was Chad Reed's record streak of consecutive premier supercross main event starts?
Answer: 116
Reed started 116 consecutive premier main events from the 2003 opener through round two of 2010.
At the 1992 finale, which rider's late pass on Damon Bradshaw sealed the title for Jeff Stanton?
Answer: Jean-Michel Bayle
Jean-Michel Bayle finally passed a struggling Bradshaw, dropping him out of the position he needed to clinch.
Cooper Webb's 2025 crown was his how-many-eth premier supercross championship?
Answer: Third
The 2025 title was Cooper Webb's third premier championship, following his 2019 and 2021 crowns.
Ken Roczen's 2026 title gave Suzuki its first premier supercross championship since which rider?
Answer: Ryan Dungey in 2010
Roczen's 2026 crown was Suzuki's first premier title since Ryan Dungey won for the brand in 2010.
What was the first 1972 stadium motocross event officially called?
Answer: Superbowl of Motocross
The 1972 debut was billed as the 'Superbowl of Motocross,' held at the same Coliseum as the first pro football Super Bowl.
At which round did Jeremy McGrath suffer his lone loss during the 1996 supercross season?
Answer: St. Louis
Jeff Emig handed McGrath his only 1996 supercross defeat at the St. Louis round, ending the perfect-season bid.
Who won the AMA Supercross championship three straight years from 1977 to 1979?
Answer: Bob Hannah
Yamaha's Bob Hannah won three consecutive supercross titles from 1977 through 1979.
How many total career supercross wins did Eli Tomac reach with his 2026 Daytona victory?
Answer: 57
Tomac's 2026 Daytona win was the 57th of his premier-class career, placing him second on the all-time list.
The Daytona Supercross track is traditionally known for a layout that most resembles what kind of racing?
Answer: Outdoor motocross
Run on the Speedway infield, Daytona's rough, sand-laden circuit is famously the most outdoor-motocross-like round of the year.
In which years did Jeremy McGrath win his seven premier supercross championships?
Answer: 1993-96, 1998-2000
McGrath's seven titles came in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000, with Jeff Emig taking 1997.
AMA Pro Motocross (35)
Which rider went a perfect 24-0 in the 2002 AMA Pro Motocross 450 class?
Answer: Ricky Carmichael
Ricky Carmichael won all 24 motos he contested in 2002 for the first-ever perfect outdoor season.
Which rider matched a perfect 24-0 AMA 450 motocross season in 2008?
Answer: James Stewart
James Stewart swept all 24 motos in 2008, joining Ricky Carmichael as the only riders to go undefeated at the time.
Who completed a perfect 22-0 season as a rookie in the 2023 AMA Pro Motocross 450 class?
Answer: Jett Lawrence
Jett Lawrence went 22-0 in 2023, the first rookie ever to achieve a perfect 450 motocross season.
Who holds the record for the most overall AMA national motocross wins with 150?
Answer: Ricky Carmichael
Ricky Carmichael scored 150 combined AMA motocross and supercross wins, including 102 outdoor victories.
Which rider won 10 consecutive AMA national motocross championships?
Answer: Ricky Carmichael
Ricky Carmichael took 10 straight AMA outdoor titles, three in the 125 class (1997-99) and seven in the premier class (2000-06).
Which motocross legend is famously nicknamed 'The GOAT'?
Answer: Ricky Carmichael
Ricky Carmichael's dominance earned him the nickname 'The GOAT,' standing for Greatest of All Time.
Who won the first AMA national motocross title on a four-stroke, aboard a Yamaha YZ400F in 1998?
Answer: Doug Henry
Doug Henry won the 1998 AMA 250cc National Championship on the YZ400F, the first four-stroke to claim an outdoor motocross title.
In what year did Team USA win the Motocross des Nations for the first time?
Answer: 1981
Team USA scored its landmark first Motocross des Nations victory in 1981 in a stunning upset with a squad dismissed as a 'B Team.'
How many consecutive Motocross des Nations did Team USA win from 1981 through 1993?
Answer: 13
Team USA won 13 straight Motocross des Nations from 1981 to 1993, the most dominant run in the event's history.
Which nation won the 2025 Motocross des Nations at Ironman Raceway?
Answer: Australia
Australia won the 2025 Motocross des Nations by 14 points, powered by Jett and Hunter Lawrence, with Team USA second.
Who won back-to-back AMA 250 Pro Motocross titles in 2024 and 2025?
Answer: Haiden Deegan
Haiden Deegan captured the 250 Pro Motocross Championship in both 2024 and 2025 aboard a Star Racing Yamaha.
Ryan Dungey won AMA 450 Pro Motocross titles in 2010, 2012, and which other year?
Answer: 2015
Ryan Dungey earned three AMA 450 Pro Motocross championships, in 2010, 2012, and 2015.
Who won the 2001 AMA 125 National title after his rival's rear wheel failed at Steel City?
Answer: Mike Brown
Mike Brown won the 2001 125 National Championship when Grant Langston's KTM rear wheel disintegrated in the final moto.
Which rider, nicknamed 'The Golden Boy,' won three straight AMA 125 titles from 1977 to 1979?
Answer: Broc Glover
Broc Glover took the 125 championship in 1977, 1978, and 1979, becoming the first three-time winner of the series.
Who was the first-ever AMA 125cc national motocross champion, crowned in 1974?
Answer: Marty Smith
Marty Smith won the inaugural AMA 125cc National Championship in 1974 and repeated in 1975.
Which 1970s motocross star was nicknamed 'The Hurricane'?
Answer: Bob Hannah
Bob 'Hurricane' Hannah won seven AMA titles, including 250cc national motocross championships in 1978 and 1979.
Which AMA Pro Motocross venue is famous for its deep, brutal sand?
Answer: Southwick (The Wick 338)
The Wick 338 in Southwick, Massachusetts, is renowned as the most grueling sand track on the AMA schedule.
Which AMA Pro Motocross national is traditionally held on the Fourth of July?
Answer: RedBud
The RedBud National in Buchanan, Michigan, is famous for its Independence Day racing celebration.
Which California race has traditionally served as a season-opening round of the AMA Pro Motocross Championship?
Answer: Hangtown
The Hangtown Motocross Classic near Sacramento has long been an early-season fixture, frequently opening the outdoor series.
The AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship is held each year at whose ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee?
Answer: Loretta Lynn
The prestigious amateur championship is contested annually at country singer Loretta Lynn's ranch in Tennessee.
Each AMA Pro Motocross national consists of two motos of what length?
Answer: 30 minutes plus 2 laps
Every AMA Pro Motocross national is decided by two motos, each run for 30 minutes plus 2 laps.
What are the two class divisions in modern AMA Pro Motocross?
Answer: 450 and 250
AMA Pro Motocross runs two classes at each round, the premier 450 class and the smaller-displacement 250 class.
Glen Helen Raceway, a longtime AMA Pro Motocross venue, is located in which state?
Answer: California
Glen Helen Raceway sits in San Bernardino, California, and is known for its huge hillclimb-style elevation changes.
The historic Unadilla motocross track is located in which state?
Answer: New York
Unadilla, in New Berlin, New York, is one of the sport's most storied and technical natural-terrain circuits.
Four-time WMX champion Ashley Fiolek was the first pro motocrosser to compete while being what?
Answer: Deaf
Ashley Fiolek, who is deaf and communicates in American Sign Language, won WMX titles in 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2012.
What is the nationality of brothers Jett and Hunter Lawrence?
Answer: Australian
Jett and Hunter Lawrence are Australians who became the first siblings to sweep both AMA Pro Motocross titles in 2023.
Who won the 2023 AMA 250 Pro Motocross title the same year his brother swept the 450 class?
Answer: Hunter Lawrence
Hunter Lawrence won the 2023 250 championship as his brother Jett went perfect in the 450 class, a first-ever sibling sweep.
Eli Tomac won AMA 450 Pro Motocross titles in 2017, 2018, 2019, and which other year?
Answer: 2022
Eli Tomac is a four-time AMA 450 Pro Motocross champion, taking titles in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2022.
Who dominated the 2016 AMA 450 Pro Motocross season, scoring 584 of a possible 600 points?
Answer: Ken Roczen
Ken Roczen won the 2016 450 title by nearly 100 points, tallying a remarkable 584 out of 600 points.
Who won the AMA 450 Pro Motocross championships in 2011 and 2013?
Answer: Ryan Villopoto
Ryan Villopoto captured 450 Pro Motocross titles in 2011 and 2013 among his five career outdoor championships.
What is the nationality of two-time AMA Supercross champion and motocross star Chad Reed?
Answer: Australian
Chad Reed is an Australian who became one of the sport's most durable stars across both supercross and motocross.
The Washougal National is held in which state?
Answer: Washington
The scenic Washougal National is run in Washougal, Washington, known for its tree-lined slick-when-wet terrain.
The Millville National, held at Spring Creek MX Park, is located in which state?
Answer: Minnesota
Spring Creek MX Park in Millville, Minnesota, is famous for its off-camber hillside and the sweeping 'Big Air' jump.
During his 2008 perfect season, James Stewart set a record by leading how many consecutive laps?
Answer: 221
James Stewart led 221 consecutive laps in 2008, a streak that ran from Red Bud to the season finale at Steel City.
In which class did Ricky Carmichael win his first three AMA national motocross titles from 1997 to 1999?
Answer: 125cc
Ricky Carmichael won his first three championships in the 125cc class in 1997, 1998, and 1999 before moving to the premier class.
MXGP (35)
Which rider holds the record for the most FIM Motocross World Championship titles with 10?
Answer: Stefan Everts
Belgium's Stefan Everts won a record 10 motocross world titles between 1991 and 2006.
Stefan Everts also set the all-time record for Grand Prix race wins with how many career victories?
Answer: 101
Stefan Everts amassed 101 Grand Prix victories, a mark later surpassed only by Jeffrey Herlings.
How many world championships did Italy's Antonio 'Tony' Cairoli win during his career?
Answer: 9
Antonio Cairoli won 9 FIM Motocross World Championships, the second-most in history behind Stefan Everts.
What is the nickname of five-time world champion Jeffrey Herlings?
Answer: The Bullet
Jeffrey Herlings is nicknamed 'The Bullet' for his blistering speed.
Which rider surpassed Stefan Everts' all-time record for most Grand Prix wins in motocross?
Answer: Jeffrey Herlings
Jeffrey Herlings broke Everts' record of 101 GP wins, taking his 102nd victory in 2023.
In 2023 Jeffrey Herlings broke the all-time GP wins record by taking which milestone victory?
Answer: His 102nd
Herlings matched Everts at 101 in Portugal, then broke the record with his 102nd GP win at the next round in Spain.
Slovenia's Tim Gajser won his first premier-class MXGP title in which rookie season?
Answer: 2016
Tim Gajser won the MXGP world title in 2016 as a 19-year-old rookie in the class.
Spain's Jorge Prado won back-to-back premier MXGP world titles in which two years?
Answer: 2023 and 2024
Jorge Prado won the MXGP crown in 2023 and 2024 after taking MX2 titles in 2018 and 2019.
Belgium's Roger De Coster won how many premier 500cc Motocross World Championships?
Answer: 5
Roger De Coster won five 500cc world titles with Suzuki in the 1970s.
Belgium's Joel Robert set a class record with how many 250cc world championships?
Answer: 6
Joel Robert won six 250cc world titles, including five in a row from 1968 to 1972.
Eric Geboers earned the nickname 'Mr. 875' by being the first rider to win titles in which combination of classes?
Answer: 125cc, 250cc and 500cc
Eric Geboers was the first to win world titles in all three classes; 125 + 250 + 500 = 875.
Heikki Mikkola, the original 'Flying Finn,' was the first rider to win world titles in which two classes?
Answer: 250cc and 500cc
Heikki Mikkola won four titles and was the first competitor to be champion in both the 250cc and 500cc classes.
Belgium's Georges Jobe collected how many motocross world championships across the 250cc and 500cc classes?
Answer: 5
Georges Jobe won five world titles: two in 250cc (1980, 1983) and three in 500cc (1987, 1991, 1992).
Who remains the last British rider to win the premier class of the Motocross World Championship?
Answer: Dave Thorpe
Dave Thorpe won three 500cc world titles (1985, 1986, 1989) and is the last Briton to take the premier crown.
Who won the inaugural FIM 500cc Motocross World Championship in 1957?
Answer: Bill Nilsson
Sweden's Bill Nilsson won the first FIM Motocross World Championship in 1957 on an AJS-powered machine.
In which year did the FIM Motocross World Championship first begin, starting with the 500cc class?
Answer: 1957
The 500cc European Championship was upgraded to World Championship status in 1957.
When the FIM restructured the displacement classes in 2004, what was the premier class renamed to?
Answer: MX1
In 2004 the old 500/250/125 classes became MX1, MX2 and MX3, with MX1 as the premier class.
In which year was the premier class rebranded from MX1 to its current name, MXGP?
Answer: 2014
The premier class was renamed from MX1 to MXGP in 2014, with MX2 keeping its name.
The MX2 class restricts riders to a maximum age of what?
Answer: 23
MX2 is capped at riders aged up to 23, funnelling older riders into the premier MXGP class.
At the 2003 finale in Ernee, Stefan Everts made history by doing what in a single day?
Answer: Winning all three GP classes
At Ernee in 2003 Everts became the first rider to win all three Grand Prix classes on the same day.
Stefan Everts followed in the footsteps of his father, who was also a motocross world champion. Who was he?
Answer: Harry Everts
Harry Everts was a four-time world champion; his son Stefan then won a record ten titles.
The Citadelle circuit, often called the 'cathedral of motocross,' wound around an ancient fortress in which town?
Answer: Namur
Namur in Belgium hosted GP motocross around its citadel from 1947 to 2007 and is revered as the sport's most famous track.
Which Belgian circuit is famous as the toughest deep-sand track on the MXGP calendar?
Answer: Lommel
Lommel's punishing deep sand makes it widely regarded as the toughest track in the world.
The scenic Matterley Basin circuit hosts the MXGP of which country?
Answer: Great Britain
Matterley Basin near Winchester hosts the British round and has staged the Motocross of Nations multiple times.
At the 1988 Belgian GP at Namur, Hakan Carlqvist famously did what before going on to win?
Answer: Stopped mid-race to drink a beer
Carlqvist stopped for a beer during the race at Namur in 1988 and still won the overall.
Which nation is the most successful in Motocross of Nations history?
Answer: United States
Team USA leads all nations with 23 Motocross of Nations victories, ahead of Great Britain and Belgium.
Frenchman Romain Febvre won the 2025 MXGP world title on which manufacturer's machine, a first for the brand in the premier class?
Answer: Kawasaki
Febvre's 2025 MXGP crown, ten years after his first, was the first premier-class title for Kawasaki.
Who won the 2025 MX2 World Championship, holding off Kay de Wolf at the finale?
Answer: Simon Langenfelder
Germany's Simon Langenfelder took his first MX2 title in 2025, finishing 9 points ahead of Kay de Wolf.
Which Dutch rider won the 2024 MX2 World Championship?
Answer: Kay de Wolf
Kay de Wolf won the 2024 MX2 title at age 20, beating teammate Lucas Coenen.
In his rookie 2025 MXGP season, Lucas Coenen achieved what notable feat?
Answer: Became the youngest premier-class GP winner and finished runner-up
Coenen won six Grands Prix as the youngest-ever premier-class race winner and finished second to Febvre in 2025.
Antonio Cairoli claimed his very first world championship in 2005 in which class?
Answer: MX2
Cairoli won the MX2 title in 2005 before dominating the premier MX1/MXGP class.
Before dominating MXGP, Tim Gajser won the MX2 World Championship in which year?
Answer: 2015
Gajser won the MX2 world title in 2015, then took the premier MXGP crown the following year.
Jorge Prado in 2018 became the first rider from which country to win the MX2 World Championship?
Answer: Spain
Prado was the first Spanish rider to win an MX2 title, taking it in 2018 at age 17.
Stefan Everts made his Grand Prix debut in the 125cc class at 17 and won his first world title how long after?
Answer: Two years later
Everts debuted in 125cc at 17 and secured his first world championship two years later, in 1991.
Jeffrey Herlings holds the record for most premier-class GP wins, but how many total world titles has he won?
Answer: 5
Herlings won five world titles: three in MX2 (2012, 2013, 2016) and two in MXGP (2018, 2021).
Freestyle (FMX) (35)
Which rider landed the first double backflip in competition history, at X Games 2006?
Answer: Travis Pastrana
Travis Pastrana landed the first-ever competition double backflip at X Games 2006 in Los Angeles, scoring 98.60 for Moto X Best Trick gold.
Who won the first-ever Moto X Freestyle gold medal at the X Games in 1999?
Answer: Travis Pastrana
A 15-year-old Travis Pastrana won the inaugural X Games Moto X Freestyle event in 1999 in San Francisco.
After his 1999 gold-medal run, Travis Pastrana famously rode his bike off a berm into what body of water?
Answer: San Francisco Bay
Pastrana capped his 1999 X Games win by launching off a course berm into San Francisco Bay; his prize money was withheld to help fund the cleanup.
Mike Metzger earned which nickname for his pioneering role in freestyle motocross?
Answer: The Godfather of FMX
Mike Metzger is widely known as the 'Godfather of FMX' for helping pioneer the backflip on dirt bikes.
Travis Pastrana co-founded which action-sports collective and stunt show?
Answer: Nitro Circus
Nitro Circus was co-founded in 2003 by Travis Pastrana, growing from backyard-stunt DVDs into an MTV show and global live tour.
In 2015, Josh Sheehan became the first rider to land which trick on a motocross bike?
Answer: Triple backflip
Josh Sheehan landed the world's first motorcycle triple backflip in April 2015 at Travis Pastrana's Pastranaland compound in Maryland.
Which 1970s daredevil is widely credited as the inspiration behind modern freestyle motocross?
Answer: Evel Knievel
Evel Knievel attempted more than 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps and is cited by countless action-sports athletes as their original inspiration.
Freestyle rider Jeremy Stenberg is nicknamed 'Twitch' because of which condition?
Answer: Tourette's syndrome
Jeremy 'Twitch' Stenberg was diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome at age eight, and its tics gave him his enduring nickname.
At X Games 17 in 2011, Jackson Strong landed the first-ever competition version of which trick?
Answer: Front flip
Australian Jackson Strong landed the first competition front flip on a dirt bike to win Moto X Best Trick gold at X Games 17 in 2011.
Who landed the first backflip on a dirt bike in X Games competition, in 2002?
Answer: Mike Metzger
Mike Metzger landed the first backflip on a dirt bike in X Games competition at Philadelphia in 2002, winning Moto X Freestyle gold.
At the 2000 Gravity Games, Carey Hart is credited with the first competition attempt of which trick, though he did not cleanly ride away?
Answer: Backflip
Carey Hart is credited with the first competition backflip attempt on a 250cc bike at the 2000 Gravity Games, over-rotating and losing the seat on landing.
In the 2002 X Games Moto X Freestyle, Mike Metzger stunned crowds by landing what during his run?
Answer: Back-to-back backflips
Metzger claimed 2002 X Games Freestyle gold by landing the first-ever back-to-back backflips over two large gaps in a single run.
In 2006, Mike Metzger set a Guinness record by backflipping his bike over what Las Vegas landmark?
Answer: The Caesars Palace fountains
On May 4, 2006, Metzger backflipped his bike 125 feet over the Caesars Palace fountains, a tribute to Evel Knievel's famous 1968 attempt there.
On New Year's Eve 2008, Robbie Maddison jumped his bike onto and off a Las Vegas replica of which monument?
Answer: The Arc de Triomphe
Maddison launched onto the roughly 96-foot replica Arc de Triomphe at Paris Las Vegas, then dropped 60-plus feet to a landing ramp below.
Robbie Maddison's 2015 film 'Pipe Dream' showed him riding a modified dirt bike where?
Answer: On ocean waves in Tahiti
In 'Pipe Dream,' Maddison rode a modified KTM fitted with ski-like paddles across the waves at Teahupoo and Papara in Tahiti.
Which rider landed the first-ever Bike Flip in FMX competition, at Red Bull X-Fighters Madrid in 2014?
Answer: Tom Pages
France's Tom Pages landed the first competition Bike Flip to dirt at Red Bull X-Fighters Madrid on June 27, 2014.
Ronnie Renner set an X Games Moto X Step Up record in 2012 by clearing a bar at what height?
Answer: 47 feet
Renner cleared 47 feet at X Games Los Angeles 2012 to win Step Up gold, a Guinness-recognized record height.
In 2013, Vicki Golden became the first woman to compete in and medal in which X Games Moto X event?
Answer: Best Whip
Vicki Golden earned bronze in Moto X Best Whip at X Games Los Angeles 2013, the first woman to compete in and medal in the event.
At the 2004 Gravity Games, which rider became the first to defeat Travis Pastrana in a freestyle motocross contest?
Answer: Nate Adams
Nate 'The Destroyer' Adams became the first rider to beat Travis Pastrana in a freestyle motocross competition at the 2004 Gravity Games.
New Zealand's Levi Sherwood won the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour championship in which year?
Answer: 2012
Levi Sherwood won three tour stops and clinched the 2012 Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour title in Sydney.
Red Bull X-Fighters events are iconically associated with which Madrid bullring?
Answer: Las Ventas
The Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas in Madrid hosted 16 Red Bull X-Fighters events between 2002 and 2017, its most emblematic venue.
X Games discontinued the Moto X Best Trick event in which year, citing safety and format changes?
Answer: 2013
X Games announced in March 2013 that it was dropping Moto X Best Trick and Snowmobile Best Trick, following broader safety scrutiny.
Japan's Taka Higashino won X Games Moto X Freestyle gold in which year?
Answer: 2013
Taka Higashino took Moto X Freestyle gold at X Games Los Angeles 2013 and also won the Red Bull X-Fighters stop in Osaka that year.
The X Games Moto X Best Whip winner is decided by what?
Answer: Fan voting
Moto X Best Whip is decided by fan vote; Vicki Golden's 2013 bronze came from 21 percent of the vote.
Which FMX crew and clothing brand was co-founded by Brian Deegan?
Answer: Metal Mulisha
Brian Deegan is a co-founder of the Metal Mulisha, one of freestyle motocross's most recognizable crews and clothing brands.
The 'Volt' body varial and the 'Special Flip' are signature tricks invented by which innovative French rider?
Answer: Tom Pages
Tom Pages built his career on invented tricks like the Volt, the 540 Flair and his own Special Flip rather than backflip combos.
Brian Deegan, nicknamed 'The General,' landed the first competition 360 and named it what?
Answer: The Mulisha Twist
Deegan landed the first freestyle motocross competition 360, a trick often called an underflip that he dubbed the 'Mulisha Twist.'
Travis Pastrana's winning 1999 X Games Freestyle run earned what then-record score?
Answer: 99.00
Pastrana posted a then-record 99.00 in the 1999 X Games Moto X Freestyle, the highest freestyle run score to that point.
At Melbourne's 2008 Crusty Demons Night of World Records, Robbie Maddison set a long-distance jump record of roughly how far?
Answer: 351 feet (107 m)
Maddison covered about 106.98 meters (351 feet) at Melbourne's Etihad Stadium in March 2008, a ramp-to-dirt distance world record.
Freestyle rider Jeremy Lusk, who died in 2009 after a crash, was competing at an event in which country?
Answer: Costa Rica
Jeremy Lusk, a Metal Mulisha rider, suffered a fatal crash under-rotating a backflip variation at an event in San Jose, Costa Rica, in February 2009.
Axell Hodges won 2018 X Games gold and set a record in which high-flying Moto X event?
Answer: QuarterPipe High Air
Hodges won Moto X QuarterPipe High Air gold at X Games Minneapolis 2018 with a record height of 34 feet 3 inches above the takeoff.
Colby Raha won 2022 X Games Moto X QuarterPipe High Air gold with a peak height of how high?
Answer: 49 feet
Colby Raha soared 49 feet on his final attempt to defend his QuarterPipe High Air title at X Games 2022, edging Axell Hodges by 12 inches.
The inaugural Red Bull X-Fighters event, in 2001, was held in which Spanish city?
Answer: Valencia
The first Red Bull X-Fighters was held in Valencia in 2001 before the series moved to Madrid's Las Ventas bullring in 2002.
American Mike Jones won the very first Red Bull X-Fighters contest in 2001, ahead of which Spanish rider?
Answer: Edgar Torronteras
Mike Jones won the 2001 inaugural Red Bull X-Fighters in Valencia, with Spain's Edgar Torronteras second and France's Xavier Fabre third.
Ronnie Renner's 2012 Step Up record of 47 feet broke the previous X Games mark, set by Matt Buyten, by how much?
Answer: 10 feet
Renner's 47-foot Step Up clearance at X Games 2012 broke Matt Buyten's previous-year record by a full 10 feet.
Legends (35)
What was the nickname of American motocross star Bob Hannah?
Answer: The Hurricane
Bob Hannah earned the nickname 'The Hurricane' for his aggressive, all-out riding style in the late 1970s.
How many 500cc world motocross championships did Roger De Coster win?
Answer: Five
Roger De Coster won five 500cc FIM world championships (1971, 1972, 1973, 1975 and 1976).
Which movie star helped finance and appeared in the 1971 motorcycle film 'On Any Sunday'?
Answer: Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen's production company helped finance 'On Any Sunday,' and he appeared riding in the 1971 documentary.
What was the 1972 stadium motocross race at the Los Angeles Coliseum called?
Answer: Superbowl of Motocross
The 1972 Los Angeles Coliseum event was billed as the 'Superbowl of Motocross,' the first stadium motocross race and forerunner of Supercross.
Who became the first American to win the 500cc motocross world championship, in 1982?
Answer: Brad Lackey
Brad Lackey became the first American 500cc motocross world champion in 1982 after roughly a decade of trying.
Which rider was known as the 'Flying Finn' of 1970s motocross?
Answer: Heikki Mikkola
Finland's Heikki Mikkola, nicknamed the 'Flying Finn,' won four world titles between 1974 and 1978.
Versatile champion Jeff Ward spent his AMA career racing for which factory team?
Answer: Kawasaki
Jeff Ward raced his entire factory AMA career for Kawasaki, winning titles across every class.
Which nation began a 13-year Motocross des Nations winning streak in 1981?
Answer: United States
Team USA won its first Motocross des Nations in 1981 and went on to win 13 straight through 1993.
David Bailey and Rick Johnson's famous 1986 Anaheim duel was between teammates on which brand?
Answer: Honda
David Bailey and Rick Johnson were both Honda riders when they traded the lead in their legendary 1986 Anaheim Supercross.
Marty Smith won the very first AMA national championship in which class in 1974?
Answer: 125cc
Marty Smith won the inaugural AMA 125cc National Motocross Championship in 1974 at age 17.
Roger De Coster won his five 500cc world titles aboard which manufacturer's bikes?
Answer: Suzuki
Roger De Coster earned his greatest success and all five 500cc world titles on the Suzuki factory team.
How many AMA national championships did Bob Hannah win in his career?
Answer: Seven
Bob Hannah won seven AMA national championships across motocross and supercross between 1976 and 1979.
Who won the inaugural AMA 250cc national motocross championship in 1972?
Answer: Gary Jones
Gary Jones won the first AMA 250cc National Motocross Championship in 1972, then repeated in 1973 and 1974.
Jim Pomeroy became the first American to win a motocross Grand Prix in 1973 riding which brand?
Answer: Bultaco
Jim Pomeroy rode a privateer Bultaco to victory in the 1973 Spanish 250cc GP, the first GP overall win by an American.
How many 250cc world championships did Belgium's Joel Robert win?
Answer: Six
Joel Robert, the 'enfant terrible' of motocross, won six 250cc world titles (1964 and 1968-1972).
Who was the 16-year-old surprise winner of the first Superbowl of Motocross in 1972?
Answer: Marty Tripes
A recently-turned-16 Marty Tripes beat a field of American and European stars to win the 1972 Superbowl of Motocross.
Who directed the acclaimed 1971 motorcycle documentary 'On Any Sunday'?
Answer: Bruce Brown
Bruce Brown directed 'On Any Sunday,' which was nominated for the 1972 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Heikki Mikkola was the first rider to win world titles in which two classes?
Answer: 250cc and 500cc
Riding for Husqvarna, Heikki Mikkola became the first rider to win both the 250cc and 500cc world championships.
Who won the lead-swapping 1986 Anaheim Supercross duel with Rick Johnson?
Answer: David Bailey
David Bailey narrowly beat Rick Johnson in the classic 1986 Anaheim Supercross, though Johnson took that year's title.
Jeff Ward became the first rider to win AMA motocross titles in which three classes?
Answer: 125, 250 and 500cc
By 1989 Jeff Ward became the first rider to win AMA national motocross championships in the 125, 250 and 500cc classes.
Which importer is credited with bringing motocross to America, staging Torsten Hallman demo races in 1966?
Answer: Edison Dye
Importer Edison Dye brought Swedish champion Torsten Hallman to tour the U.S. in 1966, introducing Americans to motocross.
An injury to which body part ended Rick Johnson's dominant career?
Answer: Wrist
A wrist broken at the 1989 Gainesville national never fully healed and effectively ended Rick Johnson's career.
The 1981 Team USA squad that won America's first Motocross des Nations included Chuck Sun, Danny LaPorte, Johnny O'Mara and who?
Answer: Donnie Hansen
The 1981 Team USA of Chuck Sun, Danny LaPorte, Johnny O'Mara and Donnie Hansen shocked Europe to win the first American des Nations.
What was three-time 125 national champion Broc Glover's press nickname?
Answer: The Golden Boy
Broc Glover, dubbed 'The Golden Boy,' became the first three-time winner of the AMA 125 series (1977-1979).
Bob Hannah retired holding the record for most career AMA national wins, with how many?
Answer: 70
Bob Hannah amassed 70 AMA national wins, a record at the time he retired in the late 1980s.
Which American famously won all four motos at the 1982 Trophee and Motocross des Nations?
Answer: Danny Chandler
Danny 'Magoo' Chandler swept all four motos across the 1982 Trophee and Motocross des Nations, a unique feat.
Roger De Coster set a career record of how many 500cc Grand Prix victories?
Answer: 36
Roger De Coster scored a record 36 500cc Grand Prix victories during his career.
Brad Lackey clinched his 1982 500cc world title in a final-round battle with which fellow Suzuki rider?
Answer: Andre Vromans
Brad Lackey passed Suzuki teammate Andre Vromans late in the final round in Luxembourg to secure the 1982 500cc crown.
Gary Jones won three straight AMA 250 titles (1972-74) aboard how many different brands?
Answer: Three
Gary Jones won his three consecutive 250cc national titles on three different brands, a feat never repeated in AMA motocross.
Which Czech marque dominated 500cc motocross in the 1960s, taking the world title from 1966-68 with Paul Friedrichs?
Answer: CZ
CZ dominated 1960s motocross, with Paul Friedrichs winning three straight 500cc world titles (1966-1968) on the two-stroke CZ.
Joel Robert's record of 50 Grand Prix wins stood for nearly how long?
Answer: 30 years
Joel Robert won 50 Grand Prix races, a record that stood for nearly 30 years.
Before the events merged, the Trophee des Nations was contested by which engine class, as opposed to the 500cc Motocross des Nations?
Answer: 250cc
Pre-merger, the Trophee des Nations was the 250cc team event while the Motocross des Nations was for 500cc machines.
At which Florida national did Rick Johnson suffer the wrist injury that derailed his career in 1989?
Answer: Gainesville (Gatorback)
At the 1989 Gatorback national in Gainesville, another rider landed on Rick Johnson's right wrist, an injury that ended his prime.
Which German brand's decals adorned over half the expert-class bikes at many 1970s American motocross races?
Answer: Maico
In the 1970s Maico was so popular that over half the machines in an American expert-class race often carried Maico decals.
How old was Marty Smith when he won the 1974 125 title, making him the youngest AMA motocross champ to that point?
Answer: 17
Marty Smith was just 17 when he won the inaugural 1974 125cc title, the youngest AMA motocross champion up to that time.
