Jim Pomeroy, First American
Born in Washington State on November 16, 1952, Jim Pomeroy, in many ways, would be the first American to really leave a mark on motocross history. Pomeroy began riding dirt bikes at age ten, and began racing a year later. At that time, however, there wasn’t a class for 14-year-olds and younger, so he was racing much older guys. He didn’t start winning until he was in his mid-teens. Pomeroy raced and won the Calgary Canadian Championship race at age fifteen, and from there began gaining recognition from Canada and the United States.
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