45 Facts About Ryan Dungey

Ryan Dungey was born on December 4,1989 and is an American former professional motocross and supercross racer.

Ryan Dungey competed in the AMA Motocross Championships from 2006 to 2017 and again in 2022.

Ryan Dungey has won every major title in American motocross and supercross.

Ryan Dungey won the world's largest international motocross race, the Motocross des Nations three times.

Ryan Dungey is tied for sixth place in all-time 450 Supercross race wins and sixth place in all-time Supercross combined wins.

Ryan Dungey holds the record for consecutive podium finishes in Supercross at 31.

Ryan Dungey is third place in all-time combined motocross overall wins.

Ryan Dungey was born in 1989 to Troy and Michelle Dungey in Belle Plaine, Minnesota.

Ryan Dungey has one older brother, Jade and one younger brother, Blake.

Ryan Dungey, who attended Guardian Angels Catholic School in Chaska, Minnesota, routinely expresses his Christian faith in interviews.

In 2006, at the age of 16, Ryan Dungey auditioned for and was signed to a pro contract.

Ryan Dungey capped his amateur career by winning the 2005 Loretta Lynn's Amateur Championship and was expected to repeat the following year.

Ryan Dungey began the year in the amateur 250cc ranks.

Ryan Dungey entered his first professional race at his home track of Spring Creek in Millville, Minnesota.

Ryan Dungey did struggle the last 4 rounds, only finishing above 20th place 2 times in the final 4 motos.

Ryan Dungey finished with 50 Points total and 28th in the overall 250 MX standings.

Right out of the gate, Ryan Dungey schooled the field and won his first-ever professional Supercross race.

Ryan Dungey bounced back at Round 5 with his second career win.

Ryan Dungey finished third in round 6 and won the final round of the Supercross East series for fifth overall.

Ryan Dungey was expected to win the 2008 Supercross West title in his second pro season.

The US was not expected to be competitive in the 2009 Motocross des Nations due to A-list riders James Stewart and Ryan Dungey Villopoto being out with injuries.

Ryan Dungey, having never raced a 450cc bike was nominated as team captain and entered the premier MX1 class.

Ryan Dungey was predicted to have a modest rookie season in 450 Supercross.

Ryan Dungey started off strong leading most of the first season race until James made a pass with 2 laps to go.

Ryan Dungey battled back and almost made a last lap pass.

Ryan Dungey came back strong with 2 straight wins in rounds 2 and 3.

Ryan Dungey went on to win six races that season and become the first rider since Jeremy McGrath to win the Supercross Championship as a rookie.

Ryan Dungey had a slow start at Hangtown, the first race of the outdoor Motocross season.

Ryan Dungey won 10 out of the final 11 rounds and captured his first AMA Motocross 450 Championship.

Ryan Dungey led the US team to its 21st victory in the 2010 MXoN.

Ryan Dungey still came in a respectable 3rd in the Supercross season behind Ryan Villopoto and Chad Reed, but word of a team change was going around.

Ryan Dungey came in to the 2011 outdoor season bearing the number one plate.

At round 10 Ryan Dungey won the first moto but missed the start of moto 2 due to another malfunction of his 450 Suzuki, finally getting onto the track a minute behind the pack.

Ryan Dungey battled back to a 7th-place finish by the end of the moto, salvaging a 3rd-place finish for the day.

Ryan Dungey finished the season 2nd only 12 points behind Villopoto.

Ryan Dungey led the US team to its 22nd and 3rd consecutive victory in the 2011 MXoN.

Ryan Dungey joined De Coster at KTM and they literally built a production bike to his liking for the 2012 AMA Supercross.

Ryan Dungey raced round 9 with a cracked collar bone but missed rounds 10 thru 14 after surgery and wound up 3rd for the season.

Ryan Dungey put in a stellar performance in the outdoor MX.

Ryan Dungey finished 3rd behind Villopoto and Davi Millsaps in Supercross and 2nd behind Villopoto at the outdoors.

Ryan Dungey finishing 2nd to Ryan Villopoto in Supercross and 2nd, 14 points behind Ken Roczen in Motocross.

The 2015 season was vintage Ryan Dungey, showing his diesel consistency and adding incredible speed, clicking off ride after flawless ride.

Ryan Dungey took the championship at the season finale by 5 points in one of the best Supercross races of all time.

Ryan Dungey ended up racing the full 12 rounds, where he managed a solid 6th, in the overall point standings.

Ryan Dungey became a Global Envoy for Livestrong after losing his grandmother to cancer in 2005.