Ryan Dungey

He finished with 50 Points total and 28th in the overall 250 MX standings.

His first full year in the professional ranks started in the AMA Supercross 250 East division.

While Dungey won his debut professional Supercross race, he would struggle the rest of the Supercross season, either winning or going down trying.

He bounced back at Round 5 with his second career win.

He finished third in round 6 and won the final round of the Supercross East series for fifth overall.

At the season finale Dave Coombs East–West Shootout in Las Vegas, Ryan won by 4.7 seconds over second-place Jake Weimer.

Ryan Dungey (born December 4, 1989) is an American retired professional motocross and supercross racer.

Ryan Dungey was born in 1989 to Troy and Michelle Dungey in Belle Plaine, Minnesota.

He has one older brother, Jade and one younger brother, Blake.

Dungey's brothers and father were amateur racers as well.

Dungey, who attended Guardian Angels Catholic School in Chaska, Minnesota, routinely expresses his Christian faith in interviews.

Dungey capped his amateur career by winning the 2005 Loretta Lynn's Amateur Championship and was expected to repeat the following year.

Ryan Dungey began the year in the amateur 250cc ranks.

He competed in the AMA Motocross Championships from 2006 to 2017 and again in 2022.

He is a four-time 450cc AMA Supercross Champion, a three-time 450cc AMA Motocross Champion, a one-time 250cc AMA Supercross West & 250cc AMA Motocross Champion.

In 2006, at the age of 16, Dungey auditioned for and was signed to a pro contract.

As an amateur Dungey, did not shine in the mini classes.

Once on the full-size bikes he started to improve to the point of winning races.

Ryan was named 2007 Supercross rookie of the year.

In his first full season of AMA Motocross, Dungey would place 3–3 in Round 1 for his first professional career podium.

Showing his consistency, Ryan would place a 4–4 in round 2, 3–3 in round 3 and 5–4 in round 4 and wind up on the podium a total of 4 times.

Despite leaving the series due to an injury, he finished fifth for the season.

Dungey was expected to win the 2008 Supercross West title in his second pro season.

Throughout the early half he built a sizeable points lead, but by mid-season his advantage had dwindled and dropped to a two-point deficit behind his rival, Jason Lawrence who took the championship.

In his final year in the 250 class he dominated the 250 West Supercross while battling Kawasaki’s Christophe Pourcel for the AMA Motocross Championship.

The US was not expected to be competitive in the 2009 Motocross des Nations due to James Stewart and Ryan Villopoto both being out with injuries.

Dungey, having never raced a 450cc bike, was nominated as team captain and entered the premier MX1 (450) class.

In a contest that came down to a battle between the US, French and host Italian teams, Dungey ultimately took 1st in the final moto and secured the USA’s 20th MXoN victory.

Ryan Dungey was predicted to have a modest rookie season in 450 Supercross.

James Stewart was the heavy favorite coming off of his second Championship.

Dungey started off strong leading most of the first season race until James made a pass with 2 laps to go.

Dungey battled back and almost made a last lap pass.

He came back strong with 2 straight wins in rounds 2 and 3.

Dungey went on to win six races that season and become the first rider since Jeremy McGrath to win the Supercross Championship as a rookie.

Dungey had a slow start at Hangtown, the first race of the outdoor Motocross season.

Despite being a "B" rider and generating mostly 10th-place finishes he attracted the attention of Suzuki team manager, Roger De Coster.

Dungey entered his first professional race at his home track of Spring Creek in Millville, Minnesota.

Dungey would show that this result was no fluke finishing with 13-13 results for 15th in the overall the next week in Broome-Tioga, NY.

Dungey struggled the last 4 rounds, only finishing above 20th place 2 times in the final 4 motos.

Dungey, number 142 on his plate, finished an impressive 8th in Moto 1 and 8th in Moto 2 for a 7th in the overall at one of the muddiest outdoor nationals on record.