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

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

Motorcycle racing career

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

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

After his motocross career, Brown began competing in Endurocross events. 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. In 2011 he competed at the Moto X event at X Games XVII and won the silver medal. The following year, he won the Enduro X gold medal at the X Games XVIII. Brown won another silver medal in EnduroX in the 2013 X Games Los Angeles and a gold medal in the 2015 X Games Austin.

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.
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  3. ^ "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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