Jeremy McGrath - The Full Story

Posted on January 04, 2023

Jeremy McGrath will always be the King of Supercross in my eyes, the charisma, and style of this amazing talent just had you in awe every time you saw him race and even talked to him in the paddock.

Not only for his AMA championships, but his victories at the Bercy Supercross or his performances at the Fastcross, Parc de Prince, Barcelona supercross and anywhere else he performed. He was the perfect athlete and oh, so cool.

McGrath began racing motocross at the age of 15 after a successful career in BMX. He placed 8th in the 125cc West Region Supercross season of 1989. In 1990 he won his first supercross race and placed 2nd in that season. McGrath won the 125 West Supercross title in 1991 and 1992.

With seven Supercross titles - a feat no other racer in Supercross history has even come close to, two additional 125 Western Region Supercross Championships, one 250 Outdoor National Championship and two FIM World Supercross Championships, most within this spectacular sport feel Jeremy McGrath helped catapult the sport of Supercross into the mainstream.

Truly the most successful rider in AMA Supercross history, with a record 72 250cc Supercross wins, the dirt bike racing icon retired from the sport he helped shape in 2003, only to return in the 2005 season to race select events throughout the 16 week pro Supercross season.

Post Supercross, Jeremy entered the 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 Summer X-Games competing in Step-Up, SuperMoto and Super X garnering Gold, Bronze and Silver medals; he created and produced the Jeremy McGrath Invitational, a never-before-seen, two-day Supercross event featuring a $500,000 purse; penned a best-selling autobiography, WIDE OPEN - with ESPN Mag writer Chris Palmer, culminating with a stint on the New York Times Best Seller List; podium finishes racing the Championship Off Road Racing (CORR) series; became a co-owner of Pole Position Raceway, southern California’s largest indoor public carting facility and became the proprietor of So Cal’s Thing Valley Ranch.

Jeremy McGrath Bio

Birth Date: 11-19-71

Height: 5’ 8”

Weight: 160 lbs.

Hair Color: Brown

Marital Status: Married

Birth Place: San Francisco, CA

Residence: Encinitas, CA

Eye Color: Green

OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES -12

- 7 Supercross Championships – 1993-1996; 1998; 1999; 2000

- 2 125 Western Region Supercross Championships – 1991; 1992

- 1 250 Outdoor National Championship - 1995

- 2 FIM World Championships

OVERALL CAREER WINS -101

- 2008 – Silver Medal - Moto X Racing

- 2006 - Bronze – Step Up

- 2005 – Bronze – Step Up

- 2005 – Silver - Supermoto

- 2004 – Gold - Step Up

* OVERALL X GAMES MEDALS - 5

* AMA MOTORCYCLE HALL OF FAME – 2003

* BMX HALL OF FAME - 2010

* SIGNATURE MOVE: Nac-nac