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Jeffery Bottema (b. April 14, 1960 from Norwalk, California U.S.) was an American professional "Old School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1976 to 1981. He had the nickname of "Battling".〔''Bicycle Motocross News'' March 1975 Vol.2 No.2 pg.15〕 ==Racing career milestones== Note: In the early days of professional racing, 1977 and prior, many tracks offered small purse prize money to the older racers of an event, even before the official sanctioning bodies offered prize money in formal divisions themselves. Hence some early "professionals" like Stu Thomsen turning "pro" in 1975 at 16 years old where racing for small amounts of money at track events〔''Bicycle Motocross News'' January/February 1978 Vol.4 No.1 pg.22〕 when offered even before the NBA, regarded as the first true national BMX sanctioning body, had a professional division. For the sake of consistency and standardization noted professional first are for the first pro races for prize money offered by official BMX sanctioning bodies and not independent track events. Professional first are also on the national level unless otherwise indicated. Started bacing: Mid 1974 at 14 years old. His father brought him a monoshock BMX bicycle and he tried out racing.〔''BMX Weekly'' October 1, 1976 Vol.2 No.4 pg.13〕 Sanctioning body: First race result: First win (local): Sanctioning body district(s): National Bicycle Association (NBA) District "X" (Southern California/Los Angeles) 1973-1981. First sponsor: Two Wheeler's BMX 1974. First national win: In 14-17 Novice Class at the National Pedal Sport Association (NPSA) Eastern Nationals in Atlanta, Georgia on September 7, 1975.〔''Bicycle Motocross News'' October 1975 Vol.2 No.9 pg.24 (results)〕 Turned Professional: First Professional race * result: First Professional * win: Retired: At the end of the 1983 season. During the last two years of his career he mostly raced 24" Cruiser Class. Height & weight at height of his career: (1983) Ht:5'11 Wt:165 lbs.〔(Murray Dunruss BMX Trading card No.23 )〕 *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 the NBL followed suit a year later. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jeff Bottema」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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