Johnny O'Mara
Van Nuys, CA 250SX Champion
1984
250MX Runner-Up
1985
250MX 3rd place
2x
- 50 Years of Pro Motocross: 1991April 28, 2022What started in 1972 as a quaint, scattered affair of four different championships had boiled down to a thriving series that overlapped with AMA Supercross, now the biggest series in dirt bike racing.
- 50 Years of Pro Motocross: 1986April 25, 2022At the end of the year, Team's USA's trio of Johnson, Bailey, and O’Mara would put down the most dominant win ever in Motocross des Nations history.
- 50 Years of Pro Motocross: 1984April 21, 2022A very confusing year for everyone, including a conflict between the AMA and the supercross promoters of the time. Then two riders wore #1 in the 500 Nationals!
- 50 Years of Pro Motocross: 1983April 20, 2022The 1983 season was going to bring something different to the table. The rider with the most points in their respective class in both AMA Supercross and Motocross for 1983 would be named the AMA/Wrangler Grand National Champion.
- 50 Years of Pro Motocross: 1982April 19, 2022Building on the successes of the previous year’s Team USA effort at the FIM Motocross and Trophee des Nations races, the overall confidence and competitiveness of the Americans could be felt at many levels—and on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
- 50 Years of Pro Motocross: 1981April 19, 2022One big thing happened in 1981 that helped define the year in American motocross, as well as its future: an underdog Team USA lineup of four young Americans shocked the world by winning both the FIM Trophee des Nations and FIM Motocross des Nations.
- Racer X Films: Honda Works Bikes - Part 1January 3, 2022A look at some very trick works bikes inside the private Honda museum in Torrance, California, with Dave Arnold.
- Read Out: Blue Plate SpecialSeptember 9, 2021Revisiting a popular but short-lived experiment in AMA Supercross and Pro Motocross that came to be known as the Wrangler Super Series, as well as the AMA Grand National Motocross Championship (read or listen).
- The List: Title Defense DisastersJuly 6, 2021Davey Coombs recalls champions whose following year as #1 did not go as planned.
- Read Aloud: Outside The BoxMay 6, 2021Not every supercross has been run inside a stadium, and not every outdoor national is held “outdoors.” A look at the odd history of unique AMA Supercross/Pro Motocross venues. (Read or listen)
- One Race, One Page: 1984 Talladega SupercrossApril 30, 2021One of the most overlooked AMA Supercross races of all time took place on a March afternoon in 1984 in Talladega, Alabama.
- Read Aloud: The Deepest FieldsMarch 11, 2021If you’re looking for the most competitive years in Monster Energy AMA Supercross, look no further than the era of 1979 to 1986. (Read or listen)