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Team Honda Facts

 

 

 

Honda's 2004 Factory Motocross Team

 

 

 

Ricky Carmichael

 

Age: 24

 

Class: 250 Supercross and 250 outdoor Nationals

 

Bike: Honda CR450R

 

National #: 4

 

Nickname: RC

 

Current AMA250 Supercross and 250 Motocross champion

 

 

 

Ernesto Fonseca

 

Age: 22

 

Class: 250 Supercross and 250 outdoor Nationals

 

Bike: Honda CR250R

 

National #: 24

 

Nickname: Fonz

 

 

 

Nathan Ramsey

 

Age: 29

 

Class: 125 West Region Supercross and 125 outdoor Nationals

 

Bike: Honda CRF250R

 

National #: 25

 

Nickname: Nate Dog

 

 

 

- Honda riders have won 15 of the last 22 AMA 250 Supercross championships, including a run of nine Supercross titles in a row.

 

 

 

- Total number of AMA 250 Supercross and 125, 250 and 500 outdoor National titles captured by American Honda: a record 50.

 

 

 

- Number of AMA 250 Motocross races won by Honda riders in 2003: 11 of a possible 11.

 

 

 

- Honda team riders completed the entire 2003 season without a single mechanical failure.

 

 

 

- It takes two semis to house all the equipment needed for Team Honda’s three riders and race team staff.

 

 

 

- Rider who leads the all-time AMA win list with 96 career victories; Honda’s Ricky Carmichael.

 

 

 

- Only rider in history to score a perfect season by winning all 24 motos in 2002: Ricky Carmichael.

 

 

 

- First year Honda produced a production motocross bike: 1973, Honda CR250M Elsinore™.

 

 

 

- First AMA 250 National Champion: 1973, Gary Jones, Honda CR250M Elsinore.

 

 

 

- First Honda CR125M: 1974

 

 

 

- First AMA 125 National Champion: 1974, Marty Smith, Honda CR125M.

 

 

 

- First 250 Supercross title for Honda: 1982, Donnie Hansen.

 

 

 

- Number of hours it takes to prepare a Honda race bike between events: 16 to 24 hours.

 

 

 

- Annual miles driven to transport the team equipment from event to event: 35,000 miles.

 

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