1. Ricky Johnson competed in AMA motocross and Supercross during the 1980s and, won seven AMA national championships.
25 Facts About Ricky Johnson
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Ricky Johnson won the Pro 2WD Trophy Truck championship in the 1998 Championship Off-Road Racing and 2010 TORC Series.
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Ricky Johnson won the Pro 4WD class at the 2011 and 2012 TORC Series.
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In September 2012, Johnson won the 4x4 world championship race at Crandon International Off-Road Raceway and later that day won the AMSOIL Cup pitting the two and four wheel drive trucks.
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Ricky Johnson won the 2014 Frozen Rush, the first short-course off-road race on snow.
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Ricky Johnson was born in El Cajon, California where his father was an avid motorcyclist who bought his son a mini-bike when he was 3 years old.
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Ricky Johnson won his first 250cc class national championship in 1984 for the Yamaha factory motocross team.
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Ricky Johnson battled his Honda teammate David Bailey throughout the 1986 season, coming away with the 250 title and the Supercross crown.
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Ricky Johnson dominated the 1987 season, winning both the 250 and 500 crowns.
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Ricky Johnson followed this performance by adding the 1988 Supercross and 500 titles to his name.
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Ricky Johnson started the 1989 season strongly but suffered a serious injury when he broke his wrist in a practice session.
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Ricky Johnson soldiered on for a few more seasons but the injury proved too debilitating.
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Ricky Johnson announced his retirement at the beginning of the 1991 season.
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Ricky Johnson was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2012.
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Ricky Johnson went on to have success in off-road racing and stock car racing.
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Ricky Johnson took wins in the famous Baja 1000 twice and was American Speed Association stock car series Rookie of the Year in 1999, driving for Herzog Motorsports as a teammate to unrelated El Cajon, CA off-road racer Jimmie Johnson.
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Ricky Johnson ran twelve races in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series from 1995 to 1997.
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Ricky Johnson founded the Traxxas TORC Series for the 2009 season.
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Ricky Johnson sold the series after the season to the United States Auto Club and he concentrated on being a driver.
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Ricky Johnson won the TORC Series Pro2wd Championship in 2010 after a season long battle with Rob MacCachren, the defending champ.
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In 2012, Ricky Johnson won the Pro 4x4 World Championship race on Sunday at Crandon's second race weekend.
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In 2013, Ricky Johnson joined some Stadium Super Trucks races, with sponsorship from Jegs High Performance.
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Ricky Johnson did not return to the series until 2021 at the Music City Grand Prix.
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Ricky Johnson started 2014 early by competing in the Red Bull-sponsored Frozen Rush race.
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Ricky Johnson beat Johnny Greaves in the final round for the win.