Scott Clark

Scott Clark (born June 8, 1962, in Morgan Hill, California, United States) is an American "Old School" former professional Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1978 to 1985.

Scott was and still is known for his easygoing, affable manner, as in the case of Tommy Brackens and Eric Rupe and in contrast to Greg Hill's intensity and abruptness.

Like Eric Rupe, he had no well-known nickname despite being a top pro.

Note: Professional first are on the national level unless otherwise indicated.

Started Racing: Late 1974 at 12 years old.

Sanctioning body: Local Police Athletic League (PAL)

First race bicycle: He borrowed a friend's Schwinn Sting for his first race.

After the race he purchased a Webco.

First race result: First Place.

First win (local): See Above

Home sanctioning body district(s): National Bicycle Association (NBA) District "N" (Northern California);

First sponsor: 1974, The Bicycle Hut of San Jose; one month after he started racing.

First national win: In 12-13 Expert at the first annual National Bicycle Association (NBA) Grandnational Championship in Newhall, California on November 23, 1975.

This was the first ever BMX Grandnational Championship.

Turned professional: 1976 at 14 years of age.

He was the third racer to turn professional at the time.

David Clinton and Byron Friday were the first two in that order.

First Professional race* result:

First Professional* win: 1977 in a Colorado National with the National Bicycle Association (NBA).

Height & weight at the height of his career (1977–1985): Ht:5'7" Wt:~185-200 lbs.

*At the time there was no separate pro class for pros due to the relatively small number of pros.

They raced with the 16 Experts, making it a Pro/Am class essentially.

This is why during the early years of the pro division the national number one racer of a sanctioning body could be either an amateur or professional.

This practice continued until the NBA's 1979 season in which the pros earned separate pro points and a separate pro plate from the amateurs.

The ABA and NBL followed suit for the 1980 season.

Note: This listing only denotes the racer's primary sponsors.

At any given time a racer could have numerous co-sponsors.

Primary sponsorships can be verified by BMX press coverage and sponsor's advertisements at the time in question.

When possible exact dates are given.

Note: Listed are District, State/Provincial/Department, Regional, National, and International titles in italics.

"Defunct" refers to the fact of that sanctioning body in question no longer existing at the start of the racer's career or at that stage of his/her career.

Depending on point totals of individual racers, winners of Grand Nationals do not necessarily win National titles.

Series and one off Championships are also listed in block.

National Bicycle Association (NBA)

National Bicycle League (NBL)

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

Independent Invitationals and special race series:

National Bicycle Association (NBA)

Retired: Late 1986 Age 24 during "the year of no sponsors" when even some of the most respected top pros could not find sponsorships due to manufacturers cutting back or dropping entirely their factory racing teams.

The cause of this were in part to the financial problems brought on by the advents of the revival of skateboarding, the high price of producing bicycles in the United States and most importantly companies trying to start and make room for freestyle teams with the huge boom in BMX Freestyle.