Welcome to the Minnesota Motorcycle Racing Hall of Fame. The intent of this
collection is to highlight the motorcycle racing careers of the many talented
riders from the Land of 10,000 Lakes.
The goal is to include anyone
from Minnesota who raced motorcycles professionally.
AMA Supercross and Motocross records
are complete and readily available. Finding details for Canadian Motocross, Arenacross, and many other professional racing series, is
much more difficult.
Self-reporting of participation in these races is strongly encouraged.
The
World Supercross Series, or WSX, started late 2022. Existing Hall members Mitchell Oldenburg and Henry Miller both competed in the
initial season. If Minnesota riders are competing, updates will be made on their pages. Otherwise, this website will ignore the series.
Motocross
Active Riders
Index of Motocross riders by last name
Index of Motocross riders by year qualified
These categories for Motocross are made roughly along the lines of how well they did and how many events they qualified for. I know assigning
arbitrary categories can result in disagreements about who should be where, but I really wanted the most accomplished riders to stand out. I hope
these designations don t distract from what any of these riders did.
Gold Level
Championships, Wins, Podiums, other Firsts
Silver Level
At least one podium or many finishes in the Top Ten
Bronze Level
At least one Motocross Top 20 overall or qualified for a Supercross Main
Pros from the 1970s
In the Points
In the top 20 in a least one moto, but not Top 20 overall
Multiple Event Qualifiers
Qualified for the mains in Motocross several times
One Time Qualifiers
Made it into the big show at least once, mostly at Millville
Hall Members Racing Locally
From the MXBob.com race reports, circa 2002-2009
Lorretta Lynns 2023
Other Venues
The other venues are presented here, but are rather incomplete. I m not quite sure who gave me these lists, but if they
were accurate in 2007, they are likely not accurate anymore.
Flat Track
Hill Climb
Cross Country
Road Racing
Background
The idea for this had been periodically debated in the conference rooms of the palatial
MXBob.Com headquarters, but the funding was always lacking. Spurred on by an
offhand comment
by national columnist, and part-time actor, David Pingree, an anonymous donor agreed to pour
in the necessary capital to let the world know about all the great motorcycle riders that have come from Minnesota.
And No Ping, Tom Benolkin is not a 68-year-old physics professor from Maine . Not in 2006, not ever.