[Defiant]

McGrath lives a couple miles away, in Encinitas, and when I saw the headline, I was worried it was him. We started following motocross around 1996, and it was McGrath, Emig, Lusk, Windham and Doug Henry. Those guys are considered old timers now, but they are still pretty young. My kids got into riding, and one rode at halftime at Supercross. They got autographs from all those guys.

Ricky Carmichael was just a kid, and now, he's retired already. We watch James Stewart and the new crew of riders, but are not following as closely as we used to. Probably because I'm more of an old fart now, so we don't get to the desert as often. But it's a great sport, requires tremendous courage, skill and athletic talent.

[papasmurf]

Amazing, isn’t it? Carmichael retired already. Stewart on top.

Jeremy Lusk grew up in S.D. and lived in Temecula of late.