Best Walk-Off Rides

11.) So yes, now it's Stewart atop the all-time 125 (now 250F) class leader board, as he broke RC's record with his wins from 2002-2004. Stew's last ride in the class was special, though, as he parked the Kawasaki KX125 on which he'd been dominating, and jumped on a KX250F four-stroke. That day at Glen Helen, in his last small-bore ride, Stewart dominated even more than usual! That's saying a lot!

10.) Another 125-class-only walk-off, though this one was a crusher: MX2 Team USA rider Ryan Villopoto absolutely devastated the field in both motos—and all sizes of motorcycles—at the 2007 Motocross of Nations at Budds Creek, which also happened to be the last race of Ricky Carmichael's career, but RC fell in the first turn in the moto he shared with RV. Carmichael did win his last moto going away.

9.) After battling with a wrist injury for more than a year and a half, Team Honda legend Ricky Johnson won the last AMA Motocross National he ever entered—the 1990 Unadilla 500cc National. At the time Johnson planned to return for a full season in 1991, but after a few supercross rounds in January it was clear his wrist was not right. He retired and never raced another national, meaning RJ's Unadilla win was a walk-off in Pro Motocross.

8.) Although he didn’t know it was his last race at the time, Jeff Emig rebounded from being let go from factory Kawasaki by winning the 1999 U.S. Open in Las Vegas on a privateer Yamaha, with help from FMF. Successive major injuries while preparing to race in 2000 ended Fro's career shortly thereafter.

7.) Broc Glover walked it off twice! He won the last professional moto of his career, the '89 250cc Grand Prix of Belgium on a KTM. It was his only win on a bike other than Yamaha. The previous year, Glover also won the last professional AMA race he ever entered, the '88 Los Angeles SX at The Coliseum.

6.) Villopoto really defined the idea of going out on top. He won both the last AMA Pro Motocross National of his career and the last AMA Supercross of his career. His last national took place at Lake Elsinore in 2013, where he went 1-1. His last supercross took place at Las Vegas in 2014, and he won. In fact, Villopoto won the last four supercross races of his career, and led all 80 laps in those races, and also retired with a streak of four-straight AMA Supercross Championships. In America, at least, you can't end it any better than that.

Villopoto did not quite retire, but instead moved to the FIM MXGP World Championship for 2015. There, his career ended with a whimper via a crash. Two few weeks before that, he did grab a GP win in Thailand.

5.) Five-time 500cc World MX Champion Roger DeCoster went 1-1 in his last GP at Luxembourg in 1980. It was the only professional race he won on a Honda, which he rode in only the last year of his career after a decade at Suzuki.

4.) We mentioned above that Carmichael went out with a moto (and class, and team) win at the 2007 Motocross of Nations at Budds Creek. In his last AMA points-paying race, he threw down a dominant 1-1 ride in at the 2007 Millville National earlier that summer. 

3.) Hakan Carlqvist celebrated his career and his last win in Grand Prix motocross by stopping for a beer in front of the Monument Cafe at Namur, Belgium. Don't believe it? Watch:

2.) Riding for Team Belgium, ten-time world champion Stefan Everts swept both motos of the 2006 Motocross of Nations. Everyone knew this would be the last race of Everts' storied career, so the walk-off win was celebrated as the storybook ending that it was.

1.) Martin's walk-off second moto win at Millville (he was actually second overall with 3-1 scores behind Haiden Deegan's 1-2) might have packed more emotion than any. Like Everts win mentioned above, everyone knew this would be the final pro race of his career. Other races above, like RJ's win at Unadilla, or Emig at the U.S. Open, or Villopoto's final races in America, were not expected to be the last ones when they happened.

J-Mart's win was extra special, too, because he is not even a full-time racer anymore, had not won a moto in four years, and the Millville track is literally his home race, because his parents own the track and he grew up at a house on the property. Home race walk off win while already easing into retirement? Maybe it's recency bias, but it's hard to top that.