While searching the vast photo archives in the Racer X offices the other day, I stumbled upon a photo of current 250 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross points leader Zach Osborne as a rookie.
Riding for KTM at the time, it was amazing to see the transformation of Osborne from his 2006 rookie campaign. This led me down a rabbit hole of searching for other current 250 riders to see the differences between now and their rookie years.
Here are some of the ones we found.