20 Facts About Jeff Emig

Jeff Emig competed in the AMA Motocross Championships from 1988 to 1999.

Jeff Emig was one of the top American motocross racers of the 1990s.

Jeff Emig was inducted to the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2004.

Jeff Emig was born in Kansas City, Kansas where he began trail riding on motorcycles with his family.

Jeff Emig followed his older brother in taking up the sport of motocross.

Jeff Emig was successful as an amateur racer winning four titles at the AMA Amateur Motocross Nationals at the Loretta Lynn Ranch in Tennessee.

In 1990, Jeff Emig joined the Kawasaki factory racing team earning a fifth-place finish in the 1990 125cc national championship.

In 1992, Jeff Emig won his first AMA national race in the 125 class in Buchanan, Michigan then, went on to win six of the seven nationals to earn his first AMA National Championship.

In 1996, Jeff Emig returned to the Kawasaki team and had one of his best seasons in 1997.

Jeff Emig won 17 of the 26 motos that year claiming the 250cc motocross national championship as well as the 250cc supercross championship.

Jeff Emig pled guilty to possession of drug paraphernalia, and the charges for marijuana possession were dropped however, he lost his job with the Kawasaki racing team.

Jeff Emig gained respect from his peers for taking full responsibility for his actions and blaming only himself.

Jeff Emig had his last major victory just a few weeks after being dropped by Kawasaki; winning the US Open of Supercross in Las Vegas.

On December 30,1999, at the track of fellow Yamaha rider and neighbor Stephane Roncada in Riverside County, California, Jeff Emig came up short on a triple jump, reportedly snapping both forearms above the wrist.

The end of Jeff Emig's career came on May 4,2000, when he was preparing for the National Motocross Championship later that year.

Jeff Emig suffered another horrific crash where he crushed a vertebra in his back and compound fractured his right lower leg, forcing him into retirement.

Jeff Emig was notoriously hard to pass, and always rode with his elbows high up in an outward position.

Jeff Emig is still involved in motocross on several levels, including television color commentary on Speed and CBS.

Jeff Emig was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2004.

Mid year 2016 it was announced that Jeff Emig will become Husqvarna ambassador and spokesman.