List of Motorcycle Hall of Fame inductees
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The Motorcycle Hall of Fame
has inducted the following people as honorees:
Motorcycle Hall of Fame
The Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum is an offshoot of the American Motorcyclist Association that recognizes individuals who have contributed to motorcycle sport, motorcycle construction and motorcycling in general. It displays motorcycles and riding gear and memoribilia. The museum is located in...
has inducted the following people as honorees:
- J. C. Agajanian (1999)
- Giacomo AgostiniGiacomo Agostini-Non-riding career:Like John Surtees and Mike Hailwood before him, Agostini raced in Formula One cars. He competed in non-championship Formula One races in 1978. He competed in the European Formula 2 series in a Chevron B42-BMW and British Aurora Formula 1 with his own team and a Williams FW06...
(1999) - David AldanaDavid AldanaDavid Aldana is a former motorcycle racer who specialized in dirt track oval racing and road racing. In the 1970s, he was one of the more colorful racers in the A.M.A. Grand National Championship with his wild riding style and extravagant designs on his riding attire...
(1999) - Johnny Allen (1999)
- C.E. Altman (2003)
- Hap Alzina (1998)
- Brad Andres (1998)
- Leonard Andres (1999)
- Leo Anthony, Sr. (1998)
- Sam Arena Sr. (1998)
- Bob Armstrong (1998)
- Erle Armstrong (1998)
- Roy Artley (1998)
- C.R. Axtell (1999)
- Walt Axthelm (2001)
- Speedy Babbs (1999)
- Frank Baer (1998)
- Bill Bagnall (1999)
- David BaileyDavid Bailey (motocross)David Bailey is a broadcaster, motocross school instructor and former professional motocross racer, born December 31, 1961 in San Diego, California. He is the adopted son of Gary "Professor" Bailey, also a former professional motocrosser....
(1999) - Gary Bailey (1999)
- Oscar Seaney (1999)
- Bill Baird (1999)
- Erwin BakerErwin George BakerErwin George "Cannon Ball" Baker was a motorcycle and automobile racing driver and organizer in the first half of the 20th century...
(1998) - Steve BakerSteve Baker (motorcyclist)Steve Baker is an American former Grand Prix motorcycle roadracer. He was the first American to win a road racing world championship when he won the 1977 Formula 750 title....
(1999) - Mike BaldwinMike Baldwin (motorcyclist)Mike Baldwin is a former motorcycle road racer. He was a top contender in AMA Superbike racing during the 1980s who also competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing....
(2001) - Mark BarnettMark BarnettMark Barnett was one of the top American motocross racers in the early 1980s. He won three consecutive AMA 125cc national championships between 1980 and 1982. He was a rider for team America in the 1983 Motocross des Nations Championship.Born in Bridgeview, Illinois, Barnett began racing as an...
(2001) - Dave Barr (2000)
- Mike Bast (2000)
- Jean-Michel BayleJean-Michel BayleJean-Michel Bayle is a semi-retired French professional motorcycle racer. He was one of the most successful riders of his era, achieving success at the highest levels in both motocross and road racing....
(2000) - Vaughn Beals (2008)
- Rex Beauchamp (2007)
- Ernie Beckman (1998)
- Mike Bell (2001)
- Wells Bennett (2000)
- Ralph Berndt (2005)
- Dick Bettencourt (2000)
- Doug Bingham (2003)
- Ron BishopRon BishopRon Bishop is an off-road motorcycle racer from the United States. Bishop is best known for his participation in the Baja 1000, where he holds the distinction of being the only racer to have competed in every Baja 1000 on a motorcycle.Bishop was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in...
(2001) - Mark Blackwell (2000)
- Joe Bolger (2004)
- Ted Boody, Jr. (2000)
- Cliff Boswell (1998)
- Earl Bowlby (1999)
- Jerry Branch (2005)
- Everett Brashear (1998)
- Bob Braverman (2000)
- Mark Brelsford (1998)
- Eddie Brinck (1998)
- Bill Brokaw (2001)
- Becky Brown (2002)
- Bruce BrownBruce BrownBruce Brown is an American documentary film director, known as an early pioneer of the surf film...
(1999) - Don Brown (2001)
- Willard "Red" Bryan (2004)
- Max Bubeck (1999)
- Earl Buck (1998)
- Erik BuellErik BuellErik F. Buell is the founder, former Chairman and Chief Technical Officer of the Buell Motorcycle Company, which eventually merged with Harley-Davidson Corp. Buell is a pioneer of modern race motorcycle technology...
(2002) - Al Burke (1996)
- Edmund Burke (2002)
- Roy Burke (2004)
- Dick BurlesonDick BurlesonRichard Burleson was one of the top American motorcycle enduro competitors in history. He is remembered for winning a record eight consecutive AMA Enduro National Championships. His domination of the national enduro series earned him the nickname King Richard.Burleson began his competitive career...
(1998) - Albert "Shrimp" Burns (1998)
- Ben Campanale (1998)
- Ben Nighthorse CampbellBen Nighthorse CampbellBenjamin Nighthorse Campbell is an American politician. He was a U.S. Senator from Colorado from 1993 until 2005 and was during his tenure the only American Indian serving in the U.S. Congress. Campbell was a three term U.S. Representative from 1987 to 1993, when he was sworn into office as a...
(2001) - Chris CarrChris Carr (motorcyclist)Chris Carr is an American motorcycle dirt-track racer and seven-time winner of the A.M.A. Grand National Championship. He has also competed as a motorcycle road racer at the national level and was a motorcycle land speed world record holder.-Racing career:Carr began his racing career as an amateur...
(2004) - Kel CarruthersKel CarruthersKelvin "Kel" Carruthers is an Australian former world champion Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He went on to become a successful race team manager....
(1999) - Woody Carson (2001)
- Allen Carter (2001)
- Woodsie Castonguay (1998)
- Tom Cates (2005)
- Danny ChandlerDanny ChandlerDanny "Magoo" Chandler was a professional motocross racer. He is remembered for his hard-charging, aggressive riding style....
(1999) - Doug ChandlerDoug ChandlerJohn Douglas Chandler is a professional motorcycle racer. He earned a reputation as one of the most versatile racers of the 1980s and 1990s. Chandler is one of only four riders in AMA racing history to win the AMA Grand Slam, representing national wins at a mile, half-mile, short track, TT and...
(2006) - Jimmy Chann (1998)
- Alfred Rich Child (2006)
- T. C. Christenson (2005)
- Bill Church (1998)
- Charles Clayton (2001)
- Sharon Clayton (2000)
- Floyd ClymerFloyd ClymerFloyd Clymer , a pioneer in the sport of motorcycling, was a racer, a motorcycle dealer and distributor, a magazine publisher, a racing promoter, an author, and a motorcycle manufacturer. He was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1998.-External links:* - Hemmings Classic Car...
(1998) - Rod Coates (2008)
- A.B. Coffman (1998)
- Pete Coleman (2000)
- Russ Collins (1999)
- Arthur Constantine (1998)
- Wes CooleyWes Cooley (motorcyclist)Wester Steven Cooley, , better known as Wes, was a motorcycle road racer in the AMA Superbike class. He won the 1979 and 1980 AMA Superbike Championships on a Yoshimura Suzuki GS1000s....
(2004) - Dave Coombs (2000)
- Mike Corbin (2000)
- Carl CrankeCarl CrankeCarl Cranke was a top American motorcycle enduro competitor. He represented the United States in 10 International Six Day Trials in the 1960s and 1970s. Cranke is also remembered for his tuning abilities with two-stroke engines and was also credited with helping develop Penton motorcycles...
(2000) - Al Crocker (1998)
- Wayne T. Curtin (1996)
- Glenn CurtissGlenn CurtissGlenn Hammond Curtiss was an American aviation pioneer and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry. He began his career as a bicycle then motorcycle builder and racer, later also manufacturing engines for airships as early as 1906...
(1998) - Mary Shephard Cutright (1993)
- Wally Dallenbach, Sr.Wally Dallenbach, Sr.Wally Dallenbach, Sr. is a former long-time open-wheeled race car driver in CART from East Brunswick Township, New Jersey. He drove in 180 Indy Car races between 1965 and 1979, winning five times. He is the father of NASCAR driver and commentator, Wally Dallenbach, Jr.-Biography:Dallenbach nearly...
(2006) - Russ Darnell (2002)
- Arthur DavidsonArthur Davidson (Harley-Davidson founder)Arthur Davidson was one of the four original founders of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company. One of Arthur's favorite pastimes was fishing in the beautiful Wisconsin wilderness, which inspired him to create a motorcycle that would "take the hard work out of pedaling a bicycle".Arthur was a natural...
(1998) - Walter Davidson, Sr. (1998)
- William A. Davidson (1998)
- Willie G. DavidsonWillie G. DavidsonWilliam G. Davidson, usually referred to as "Willie G.", is the senior vice president & chief styling officer of Harley-Davidson Motor Company. He is also the head of Harley-Davidson's Willie G. Davidson Product Development Center in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin...
(1999) - William H. Davidson (1999)
- Jim Davis (1998)
- Will Davis (2002)
- Paul Dean (2001)
- Roger DeCosterRoger DeCosterRoger De Coster is a Belgian former world champion motocross racer and current motocross team manager.-Motorcycling career:...
(1999) - Trevor Deeley (1999)
- Babe DeMay (2001)
- Ralph DePalmaRalph DePalmaRalph De Palma was an Italian-American racecar driving champion, most notably winner of the 1915 Indianapolis 500. His entry at the International Motorsports Hall of Fame estimates that he won about 2000 races...
(1998) - Jacob DeRosierJake DeRosierJacob "Jake" DeRosier was one of the first factory-backed motorcycle racers of the early 20th Century. He rode for Indian and then Excelsior, and was the fastest rider in the United States in the early 1900s.- Early years :...
(1998) - John DeSoto (1998)
- Dave DespainDave DespainDave Despain is an American motor sports journalist. He is the host of WindTunnel with Dave Despain on Speed Channel, and formerly the host of Inside Nextel Cup, until the latter underwent a format change at the beginning of the 2008 NASCAR Season.-Early life and career:A native of Fairfield,...
(1998) - Marty Dickerson (2002)
- Tony DiStefanoTony DiStefanoTony DiStefano was a top motocross champion of the 1970s. He won three AMA 250cc National Motocross Championships....
(1999) - Doug Domokos (2002)
- Dick Dorresteyn (1998)
- Floyd Dreyer (1998)
- Linda Dugeau (2004)
- Yvon DuhamelYvon DuhamelYvon Duhamel is a French-Canadian professional motorcycle racer and father to current AMA Superbike roadracer Miguel Duhamel. He won the World Championship Snowmobile Derby in 1970...
(1999) - Paul DuPont (2004)
- Edison Dye (1999)
- Chet Dykgraaf (1998)
- Al Eames (1999)
- Ted Edwards (1998)
- Kenny Eggers (1998)
- Bud EkinsBud EkinsBud Ekins was one of the foremost stuntmen of his generation. Born James Sherwin Ekins in Hollywood, California, he is known to most as the actor who jumped the fence on a disguised Triumph TR6 Trophy 650cc motorcycle in The Great Escape, and who drove the Ford Mustang 390 GT in Bullitt...
(1999) - Dave EkinsDave EkinsDave Ekins is an American off-road racing pioneer having set the first Tijuana to La Paz timed run in under 40 hours aboard a Honda CL72 Scrambler in 1962....
(2001) - Steve Eklund (1998)
- Sprouts Elder (1998)
- Don Emde (1999)
- Floyd Emde (1998)
- Jeff EmigJeff EmigCam Jeffrey Emig was one of the premier motocross racers of the 1990s with 4 major titles for Yamaha and Kawasaki. His main rival was Jeremy McGrath. Emig won more motocross races than any other competitor in the 1990s with 36 wins and 4 titles...
(2004) - Debbie EvansDebbie EvansDebbie Evans is an American stunt actor. She was the first female competitor in FIM Trial World Championship. Evans has appeared in over 200 movies and television shows, including motorcycle stunt work in The Matrix Reloaded. She was inducted to the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2003.-References:...
(2003) - George Everett (2001)
- Michael Farabaugh (2002)
- Jimmy Filice (2000)
- Ed FisherEd FisherEdward Fredrick Fisher was a Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in one game for the Detroit Tigers near the end of the 1902 season...
(2002) - Earl Flanders (1998)
- Peter FondaPeter FondaPeter Henry Fonda is an American actor. He is the son of Henry Fonda, brother of Jane Fonda, and father of Bridget and Justin Fonda...
(2000) - Malcolm ForbesMalcolm ForbesMalcolm Stevenson Forbes was publisher of Forbes magazine, founded by his father B. C. Forbes and today run by his son Steve Forbes.-Life and career:...
(1999) - Bill France, Jr.Bill France, Jr.William Clifton France , nicknamed "Bill Jr." and "Little Bill," was an American motorsports executive who served from 1972 to 2000 as the head of NASCAR, the sanctioning body of United States-based stock car racing. He succeeded the founder of NASCAR, his father Bill France, Sr., as its head...
(2000) - Bill France, Sr. (2000)
- Jeff Fredette (2002)
- Curly Fredricks (1998)
- Rollie FreeRollie FreeRoland "Rollie" Free was a motorcycle racer best known for breaking the American motorcycle land speed record in 1948 on the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah...
(1998) - Walt Fulton, Jr. (1999)
- Joe Gee (1998)
- Johnny GibsonJohnny GibsonJohn A. Gibson was a runner and Olympic athlete.Gibson was born in New York City in 1905, but lived most of his life in Bloomfield, New Jersey. He was the head coach of men's track and field at Seton Hall University from 1945 to 1972. Gibson was a 1928 graduate of Fordham University, where he held...
(2004) - Dick Gilmore (1997)
- Linda Giovannoni (1996)
- Broc GloverBroc GloverBroc Glover was a leading motocross racer in the 1970s and early 1980s. Glover earned six AMA National Motocross Championships, a record which stood for nearly 20 years until 2003, when Ricky Carmichael finally eclipsed the mark...
(2000) - Paul GoldsmithPaul GoldsmithPaul Goldsmith is a motorcycle Hall of Famer, Motorsports Hall of Fame of America inductee and former USAC and NASCAR driver.- Motorcycle career :...
(1999) - Randy Goss (1998)
- Bill Goudy (1998)
- Carl Goudy (1998)
- Ricky Graham (1998)
- Morty Graves (1998)
- Bob GreeneBob GreeneRobert Bernard Greene, Jr. is an American journalist. He worked for 24 years for the Chicago Tribune newspaper, where he was an award-winning columnist. Greene has written books on subjects varying from Michael Jordan, to small towns, to U.S. presidents. His Hang Time: Days and Dreams with Michael...
(2007) - Al Gunter (1999)
- Mike HailwoodMike HailwoodStanley Michael Bailey Hailwood, MBE, GM was a British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer regarded by many as one of the greatest racers of all time. He was known as "Mike The Bike" because of his natural riding ability...
(2000) - Torsten HallmanTorsten HallmanTorsten Hallman was a four-time motocross World Champion. He was one of the men responsible for introducing motocross to the United States in the late 1960s....
(2000) - Fred Ham (2000)
- Dick Hammer (2000)
- Bob HannahBob HannahRobert "Hurricane" Hannah was one of the most successful motocross racers in American history. He won a total of seven AMA national championships....
(1999) - Bob HansenBob HansenRobert Louis Hansen II is an American former professional basketball player...
(1999) - Scot Harden (2008)
- William S. HarleyWilliam S. HarleyWilliam Sylvester Harley was a co-founder of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1880, and received a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1907.He co-founded Harley-Davidson with Arthur Davidson in 1903 and served as...
(1998) - T.K. Hastings (2000)
- Larry Headrick (1998)
- Oscar HedströmOscar HedstromOscar Hedstrom was a co-founder of the Indian Manufacturing Company, makers of the Indian .-Childhood and adolescence:...
(1998) - Tom Heininger (2003)
- George M HendeeGeorge M HendeeGeorge M Hendee was a co-founder of the Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company.- Bicycle racing :George M Hendee took up bicycle racing at age 16. He won the United States National Amateur High Wheel Championship in 1886, setting a new world record over a dirt half-mile track of 2 minutes 27.4...
(1998) - Thomas Henderson (1998)
- William G. Henderson (1998)
- Pat HennenPat HennenPat Hennen is an American former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He is remembered for being the first American to win a 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle road race when he won the 1976 Finnish Grand Prix....
(2007) - Doug Henry (2005)
- Ralph HepburnRalph HepburnRalph Hepburn was a pioneer of American motorcycle racing champion and an Indianapolis 500 racing driver.Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, Hepburn's family moved to Los Angeles, California when he was ten years old...
(1998) - Barry Higgins (2000)
- Bobby HillBobby Hill (motorcycle racer)Bobby Hill is an American motorcycle racer. He won the A.M.A. Grand National Championship in 1951 and 1952 by virtue of his victories on the Springfield Mile. Hill won a total of 12 AMA nationals during his professional racing career spanning the years 1947 to 1959...
(1998) - Jimmy Hill (1998)
- Pete Hill (1990)
- Lester Hillbish (1998)
- Ted Hodgdon (1998)
- J.C. Hoel (1998)
- Pearl Hoel (1991)
- Soichiro HondaSoichiro Hondawas a Japanese engineer and industrialist, and founder of Honda Motor Co., Ltd..Honda was born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan on November 17, 1906. He spent his early childhood helping his father, Gihei, a blacksmith, with his bicycle repair business. At the time his mother, Mika, was a weaver. At...
(2000) - Jules Horky (1998)
- David L. HoughDavid L. HoughDavid L. Hough is an American writer on motorcycle rider safety, education and training.He has been, or currently is a columnist for Motorcycle Consumer News, Sound RIDER! and BMW Owners News magazines, and has several published books...
(2009) - Kent HowertonKent HowertonKent Howerton was one of the top American motocross racers in the 1970s and 1980s. He won three AMA national championships....
(2000) - Billy Huber (1998)
- Larry Huffman (2008)
- Roger Hull (2001)
- Hugh H. Hurt (2007)
- JackPine Gypsies Motorcycle Club (1997)
- Don Johns (1998)
- Bill Johnson (2005)
- Rick Johnson (1999)
- Gary JonesGary Jones (motorcyclist)Gary Jones is an American former professional motocross racer. He won the first three AMA 250cc Motocross National Championships, riding three different brands of motorcycles, a feat that has never been repeated....
(2000) - Hap Jones (1998)
- Maldwyn Jones (1998)
- Erv KanemotoErv KanemotoErv Kanemoto is known as a World Champion motorcycle mechanic and motorcycle race team owner. The son of a farmer, he began boat racing as a child then switched to tuning karts raced by his sister....
(2001) - Buzz KanterBuzz KanterBuzz Kanter is Editor-In-Chief and Publisher of American Iron Magazine and RoadBike magazine, and was inducted into the American Motorcyclist Association Hall of Fame in 2002....
(2002) - Benny Kaufman (1998)
- Neil Keen (2000)
- Harry Kelley, Jr. (1999)
- Mike Kidd (1998)
- Mike KiedrowskiMike KiedrowskiMike Kiedrowski is a four-time AMA Motocross national champion. He was one of only two riders in AMA history to win national championships in the 125, 250 and 500 classes. He was also a four-time member of the U.S...
(2007)
- Dick Klamfoth (1998)
- Evel KnievelEvel KnievelEvel Knievel , born Robert Craig Knievel, was an American daredevil and entertainer. In his career he attempted over 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps between 1965 and 1980, and in 1974, a failed jump across Snake River Canyon in the Skycycle X-2, a steam-powered rocket...
(1999) - Hazel Kolb (1998)
- Ed KretzEd KretzEd Kretz, Sr. , aka Ed "Iron Man" Kretz, was a motorcycle racer in the 1930s and 1940s.Kretz was known for riding rough. He strove to finish, and win, every race. He rode #38, usually on an Indian motorcycle.Kretz was best known for winning the first Daytona 200 race in 1937, riding an Indian...
(1998) - Ed Kretz Jr. (2002)
- Linton Kuchler (2003)
- Del Kuhn (2003)
- Allen La Fortune (2003)
- Brad LackeyBrad LackeyBrad Lackey is a former professional motocross racer and the first American to win the 500cc Grand Prix Motocross World Championship. He was known as "Bad Brad" to his fans....
(1999) - Wilbur "Lammy" Lamoreaux (1998)
- Danny LaPorteDanny LaPorteDanny LaPorte was one of the top American motocross racers in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the first American to win a 250cc motocross world championship....
(2000) - Lars Larsson (2002)
- Eddie LawsonEddie LawsonEddie Lawson is a former four-time Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champion. His penchant for not crashing & consistently finishing in the points earned him the nickname "Steady Eddie".-Biography:...
(1999) - Mert LawwillMert LawwillMert Lawwill is an American dirt-track and road racer, born on September 25, 1940 in Boise, Idaho.He started his racing career as an amateur racer on the local TT track in Boise and, later, scramble races across the United States Northwest ....
(1998) - Aub LeBard (1998)
- Jay LenoJay LenoJames Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno is an American stand-up comedian and television host.From 1992 to 2009, Leno was the host of NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Beginning in September 2009, Leno started a primetime talk show, titled The Jay Leno Show, which aired weeknights at 10:00 p.m. ,...
(2000) - Oscar Lenz (1998)
- Joe LeonardJoe LeonardJoe Leonard , is a retired American motorcycle racer and racecar driver.Leonard won the first A.M.A. Grand National Championship Series in 1954 and won it again in 1956 and 1957. His record totals 27 wins, including the 1957 and 1958 Daytona 200...
(1998) - Woody Leone (1998)
- Clifford "Windy" Lindstrom (1998)
- Gunnar Lindstrom (2000)
- Carey LoftinCarey LoftinCarey Loftin was an American actor and stuntman. One of his most famous roles was as the truck driver in Steven Spielberg's Duel, although his face was never seen...
(2001) - Fred Ludlow (1998)
- Ken Maely (1999)
- Walt Mahony (2002)
- Larry Maiers (2001)
- Randy MamolaRandy MamolaRandy Mamola born in San Jose, California is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He is considered one of the most talented riders never to have won a world championship.-Career:...
(2000) - David MannDavid Mann (painter)David Mann was a California graphic artist whose paintings celebrated culture, and choppers. Called "the biker world's artist-in-residence," his images are ubiquitous in biker clubhouses and garages, on motorcycle gas tanks, tattoos, and on t-shirts and other memorabilia associated with biker...
(2004) - Dick MannDick MannDick Mann is an American motorcycle racer born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a two-time winner of the A.M.A. Grand National Championship. He was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1993, and the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1998...
(1998) - Denis Manning (2006)
- Bart Markel (1998)
- Freddie Marsh (2002)
- Billy Mathews (1998)
- Robert McClean (2002)
- Jim and Phyllis McClure (2001)
- Tom McDermott (2000)
- Jeremy McGrathJeremy McGrathJeremy McGrath is one of the most popular American Motocross/Supercross champions in the history of the sport. He was most active in the 1990s earning the title the "King of Supercross." His tricks during jumps on the supercross track, the most famous of which he called the "Nac Nac", helped spawn...
(2003) - Victor McLaglenVictor McLaglenVictor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen was an English boxer and World War I veteran who became a successful film actor.Towards the end of his life he was naturalised as a U.S. citizen.-Early life:...
(1999) - John McLaughlin (2001)
- Steve McLaughlin (2004)
- Steve McQueenSteve McQueenTerrence Steven "Steve" McQueen was an American movie actor. He was nicknamed "The King of Cool." His "anti-hero" persona, which he developed at the height of the Vietnam counterculture, made him one of the top box-office draws of the 1960s and 1970s. McQueen received an Academy Award nomination...
(1999) - Fred MerkelFred MerkelFred Merkel is an American former motorcycle road racer and two-time Superbike world champion....
(2001) - Joseph Merkel (1998)
- Heikki MikkolaHeikki MikkolaHeikki Antero Mikkola was a four-time World Champion motocross racer. Known as the "Flying Finn", and characterized by a fierce, determined style, he was the first Finn to win a motocross world championship....
(2006) - Bill Miller (1998)
- Herby Miller (1998)
- Sammy MillerSammy MillerSamuel Hamilton "Sammy" Miller, MBE is a championship winning motorcycle racer, in both road racing and trials. He was awarded an MBE in the 2009 New Year Honours.-Career:...
(2007) - Cordy Milne (1998)
- Jack MilneJack MilneJack Milne was an international Speedway rider. He became the first American to win a motorcycling world championship when he won the Speedway World Championship in 1937...
(1998) - Chuck Minert (1999)
- Howard Mitzel (1998)
- Emmett Moore (1998)
- Steve Morehead (2004)
- Putt Mossman (1999)
- Eddie Mulder (1999)
- Dave Mungenast Sr. (2000)
- Burt MunroBurt MunroHerbert James "Burt" Munro was a New Zealand motorcycle racer, famous for setting an under-1,000 cc world record, at Bonneville, 26 August 1967. This record still stands today...
(2006) - Clem Murdaugh (1998)
- Cook NeilsonCook NeilsonCook Neilson is an American former journalist and motorcycle racer made famous for his win on a Ducati 750SS at Daytona in 1977. He was hired as Associate Editor of Cycle in September, 1967; promoted to Editor in 1969, and is credited for making that magazine successful through the 1970s...
(2006) - Arlen NessArlen NessArlen Ness is an American entrepreneur and motorcyclist, who is best known for his customized choppers and hot rods. Ness is internationally recognized as a master builder.- Career :...
(1992) - Ed Netterberg (1999)
- Jody Nicholas (1999)
- Nick Nicholson (2005)
- Freddie Nix (1999)
- Gary NixonGary NixonGary Nixon was an American motorcycle racer who, when on Triumph motorcycles, most notably won the A.M.A. Grand National Championship in 1967 and 1968. He was also a former winner of the Daytona 200 motorcycle race on a 500cc Triumph, claiming a victory in the 1967 event...
(1998) - Dick O'Brien (2000)
- Johnny O'Mara (2000)
- Bruce OgilvieBruce Ogilvie (motorcycle racer)Bruce Ogilvie was an American off road motorcycle racer. He was a top American Motorcyclist Association District 37 desert racer, winner of multiple Baja 500 and Baja 1000 races, and a long-time manager of American Honda’s off-road race team...
(2010) - Tom Paradise (1998)
- Scott ParkerScott Parker (motorcyclist)Scott Parker is an American professional motorcycle dirt track racer.- Racing career :Parker is a nine-time winner of the A.M.A. Grand National Championship...
(2003) - Trampas ParkerTrampas ParkerTrampas Parker is an American former two-time Grand Prix motocross world champion.He was the 1989 F.I.M. world champion in the 125cc class on a KTM. In 1991 he won the 250 world championship on a Honda. He was the first American to claim two motocross world championships...
(2007) - Joe Parkhurst (2001)
- Leslie "Red" Parkhurst (1998)
- Mike Parti (2001)
- Leo Payne (2001)
- Bruce PenhallBruce PenhallBruce Lee Penhall is a retired American motorcycle speedway racer who also starred in television and in film. He was the World Speedway Champion in 1981 and 1982 and rode for the successful Cradley Heath Heathens speedway team in the United Kingdom...
(1999) - Duke Pennell (2003)
- Jack Penton (1999)
- John Penton (1998)
- Tom Penton (2000)
- Dave Perewitz (2003)
- Dudley Perkins (1998)
- Bob Perry (1998)
- Joe Petrali (1998)
- Preston Petty (1999)
- Jimmy Phillips (1998)
- Reggie Pink (1998)
- Doug PolenDoug PolenDoug Polen is a former world champion motorcycle road racer. He raced successfully in AMA Superbike, Japanese Superbikes, Superbike World Championship and Endurance racing....
(2011) - Jim PomeroyJim PomeroyJim Pomeroy was a professional motocross racer. In 1973, he became the first American rider to win a FIM world championship motocross race when he rode a Bultaco Pursang to victory in the 1973 250cc Spanish motocross Grand Prix...
(1999) - Terry Poovey (2008)
- Ray Price (1993)
- Reg PridmoreReg PridmoreReginald Charles Pridmore III is a former motorcycle road racing national champion. He is remembered for winning the first AMA Superbike Championship in . He is the father of retired AMA racer Jason Pridmore....
(2002) - Wayne RaineyWayne RaineyWayne Wesley Rainey, born in Downey, California, United States, is a former American Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, he won the 500cc World Championship three times and the Daytona 200 once. He was characterized by his smooth, calculating riding...
(1999) - Ronnie Rall (2001)
- Cal Rayborn IICal RaybornCalvin Rayborn II was a top American motorcycle road racer in the 1960s and early 1970s.Born and raised in San Diego, California, Rayborn began riding motorcycles at an early age. He began his racing career in dirt track events in Southern California and in 1964, he began racing professionally in...
(1999) - John Reed (2001)
- Herb Reiber (1998)
- Roger Reiman (1998)
- Carroll Resweber (1998)
- Gene Rhyne (1998)
- Jim Rice (2001)
- Branscombe RichmondBranscombe RichmondBranscombe Richmond is an American character actor and stuntman. He is sometimes credited in films as Richmond Branscombe, Ranscombe Richmon, Ranhome Quickman or Branscom Richmond....
(2003)
- Derek and Don Rickman (2007)
- Joel RobertJoël RobertJoël Robert is a Belgian motocross racer who won the 250cc Motocross World Championship six times including five times in a row....
(2000) - J.N. RobertsJ.N. RobertsJames Nelson "J. N." Roberts is a semi-retired off road and enduro motorcycle racer from Southern California. In the 1960s and 1970s he was a top desert racer on two wheels in the United States....
(1999) - Kenny RobertsKenny RobertsKenneth Leroy Roberts is a former motorcycle racer and racing team owner. In 1978, he became the first American to win a Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championship. He was also a two-time winner of the A.M.A. Grand National Championship...
(1998) - Dot Robinson (1998)
- Earl Robinson (1998)
- Roxy Rockwood (1999)
- George Roeder (1999)
- Larry RoeselerLarry RoeselerLarry Roeseler is a professional off-road racer in motorcycle and Trophy Truck classes. He is a 10-time overall winner of the Baja 1000, 12-time overall winner of the Baja 500 and a 10-time gold medalist in the International Six Days Enduro. He has spent the past 25 years racing in numerous...
(1999) - Gene RomeroGene RomeroGene Romero is a former motorcycle racer who won the 1970 A.M.A. Grand National Championship and the 1975 Daytona 200. He competed in the 200 fourteen times, finishing second in 1970 and 1971....
(1998) - Sylvester H. RoperSylvester H. RoperSylvester H. Roper was an inventor from Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, and a pioneering builder of early automobiles and motorcycles. In 1863 he built a steam carriage, one of the earliest automobiles...
(2002) - Rip Rose (2000)
- Scott RussellScott Russell (motorcyclist)Raymond Scott Russell , aka Mr. Daytona, is an American sportscar racer and former championship motorcycle road racer, born in East Point, Georgia. He is a former World Superbike and AMA Superbike Champion, has won the Daytona 200 a record five times, and won the Suzuka 8 Hours in 1993...
(2005) - Perry Sands (2004)
- Robert Schanz (2004)
- Phil SchillingPhil SchillingPhil Schilling was an editor at Cycle magazine from 1970 until approximately 1988, including nine years as editor-in-chief. For his contributions to journalism and motorcycle racing, he was inducted to AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2011.-Racing:...
(2011) - Donny SchmitDonny SchmitDonny Schmit was an American motocross racer. He was a two-time Motocross World Champion, winning the 125cc title in 1990 and the 250cc championship in 1992.-Career:...
(2002) - Bernie Schreiber (2000)
- Dave Schultz (2001)
- Kevin SchwantzKevin SchwantzKevin Schwantz is an American former World Champion motorcycle road racer during the late 1980s and early 1990s.-Early life:...
(1999) - Ignaz Schwinn (1998)
- Gary Scott (1998)
- Hank Scott (2000)
- Bubba ShobertBubba ShobertDon Wayne "Bubba" Shobert was a three-time A.M.A. Grand National Champion from 1985 to 1987 and was AMA Superbike Champion in 1988 while riding for American Honda....
(1998) - Tom Sifton (1998)
- Dale Singleton (2002)
- Dal Smilie (2004)
- Donnie Smith (1995)
- E.C. Smith (1999)
- Erwin Smith (1995)
- Jeff SmithJeff Smith (motorcyclist)Jeffrey Vincent Smith MBE is a former world champion motocross racer.His achievements include two FIM 500cc Motocross World Championships , two British Trials Championships, multiple British Experts Trial wins, four individual race wins in the Motocross des Nations, one Scottish Six Days Trial win...
(2000) - Malcolm SmithMalcolm Smith (motorcyclist)Malcolm Smith is a Hall of Fame American off-road racer.-Career:Smith first raced in 1956 atop a 1949 Matchless 500cc motorcycle. Later, he was associated with Husqvarna motorcycles. His renown grew as he won races in the 1960s and 1970s...
(1998) - Marty SmithMarty SmithMarty Smith is a former professional motocross racer. He won three AMA National Motocross championships, all aboard Hondas, and was runner-up twice...
(2000) - George J. Smith Sr. (1994)
- Roger Soderstrom (2006)
- Cristine Sommer-Simmons (2003)
- Freddie SpencerFreddie SpencerFreddie Spencer , known by the nickname Fast Freddie, is an American former World Champion motorcycle racer. Spencer is regarded as one of the greatest motorcycle racers of the early 1980s.-Biography:...
(1999) - Johnny Spiegelhoff (1998)
- Jay SpringsteenJay SpringsteenJay Springsteen is a professional motorcycle dirt track racer.He began his professional racing career in 1973 by winning the AMA's Rookie of the Year award. As a member of the Harley Davidson factory race team, he went on to win three consecutive A.M.A. Grand National Championship in 1976, 1977,...
(2003) - Jeff StantonJeff StantonJeff Stanton is a three-time AMA 250cc Motocross and Supercross National Champion, winning the titles in 1989, 1990 and 1992. Stanton rode for Honda for the better part of his career, earning all of his championships with them. Before team Honda, he rode a Yamaha as a privateer...
(2000) - Orie SteeleOrie SteeleOrie Steele was an American motorcycle hillclimb national champion in the 1920s and 1930s. Steele was born in Paterson, New Jersey....
(2007) - Gary L. Stevens (2002)
- Bessie StringfieldBessie StringfieldBessie Stringfield , nicknamed "The Motorcycle Queen of Miami", was an African American woman credited with breaking down barriers for both women and African American motorcyclists. She was the first African-American woman to ride across the United States solo and during World War II she served as...
(2002) - Babe Tancrede (1998)
- Sammy Tanner (1999)
- Lee Taylor (1998)
- Shell Thuet (2001)
- John Tibben (2004)
- Rolf TibblinRolf TibblinRolf Tibblin is a former world champion motocross racer. He was one of the top riders in the Motocross Grand Prix World Championships during the 1960s...
(2008) - Walter and Lucille Timme (1995)
- Fred Toscani (2003)
- Elmer Trett (2000)
- Marty TripesMarty TripesMarty Tripes was a leading AMA motocross and Supercross rider of the 1970s and early 1980s. He is remembered for winning the Super Bowl of Motocross at the Los Angeles Coliseum in July 1972, just a few weeks after turning 16...
(2001) - Gavin TrippeGavin TrippeGavin Trippe is a motorcycle racing promoter, journalist, and publisher who was inducted to the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2005. Trippe was a motorcycling journalist in the UK until he founded a motorcycling magazine, Motor Cycle Weekly, in the United States in 1969...
(2005) - Bill Tuman (1998)
- U.S. Trophee and MX des Nations Team, 1981 (2003)
- Joe Uebelacker (1998)
- Pete Uebelacker (1998)
- Billy UhlBilly UhlBilly Uhl was a top American motorcycle enduro competitor. He represented the United States in the International Six Day Trials in the 1970s, winning five gold medals....
(2007) - Skip Van Leeuwen (1999)
- A.F. Van Order (1998)
- Adeline and Augusta VanBuren (2002)
- Terry Vance (1999)
- Don Vesco (1999)
- Craig Vetter (1999)
- Ed Waldheim (2007)
- Gene WalkerGene Walker-Gene Walker:In 1910, Walker obtained his first motorcycle, an Excelsior. At 17 he worked as a postal delivery person in Birmingham using an Indian motorcycle for delivering mail. Walker entered his first motorcycle race at the 1912 Alabama State Fair and won the five-mile final...
(1998) - Otto Walker (1998)
- Theresa Wallach (2003)
- Miny Waln (1998)
- Buzz Walneck (2004)
- Bruce Walters (2003)
- Jeff WardJeff Ward (motocross)Jeff Ward is the first motocross rider in history to win every major AMA motocross national championship...
(1999) - Joe WeatherlyJoe WeatherlyJoseph "Joe" Weatherly was a two-time NASCAR championship driver. Weatherly was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2009 after winning NASCAR's Grand National championships in 1962 and 1963, three A.M.A...
(1998) - Jimmy WeinertJimmy WeinertMitchell Nelson Weinert was a pioneering motocross and supercross rider in the early years of the sport in the United States. In the 1970s he won 22 AMA Nationals and three AMA championships. In 1973, Weinert became the first American to defeat international-level riders in the Trans-AMA motocross...
(1999) - Ray WeishaarRay WeishaarLawrence Ray Weishaar was a Class A Racing Champion in the 1910s and 1920s. He rode for the Harley-Davidson 'Wrecking Crew,' and helped to popularize the nickname 'hog' in reference to Harley-Davidson by carrying the team's mascot, a small pig, around on victory laps.- Early life :Lawrence Ray...
(1998) - Bill Werner (2000)
- Ralph White (2001)
- Earl Widman (1998)
- Jack Wilson (2001)
- Margaret Wilson (2004)
- Melbourne Wilson (2006)
- Leroy Winters (1999)
- Steve Wise (2001)
- Charles "Red" Wolverton (1998)
- George Wyman (2000)
- Pops YoshimuraPops YoshimuraHideo "Pops" Yoshimura was a motorcycle tuner, race team owner and manufacturer of speciality motorcycle accessories. He is remembered for his ties to the beginnings of AMA Superbike racing and the Suzuki factory racing team...
(2000) - Ed Youngblood (1999)
- David ZienDavid ZienDavid Allen Zien is an American politician. He is a former member of the Wisconsin State Senate, who represented Wisconsin's 23rd Senate district. He is a member of the Republican Party of Wisconsin....
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