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John George (b. May 20, 1958 in Canoga Park, California USA) was a professional American "Old School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from (1972–1978). ==Racing career milestones== Note: In the early days of professional racing, 1976 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 early professionals like Stu Thomsen turning "pro" in 1975 at 16 years old 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. The NBA started the first pro division Class in 1977 called Open Pro a pro/am class in which racers 14 and over could race in. 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 racing: September 1972〔''Bicycle Motocross News'' December 1974 Vol.1 No.7 pg.17〕 Sanctioning body: None. This was the era before official sanctioning bodies and individual tracks had their own race series and championships. First race result: Unknown, but over the first two years of his career he won 40 trophies of which 36 were for first place〔 First win (local): See above. Home sanctioning body district(s): National Bicycle Association (NBA) District "X" (Orange/Los Angeles County); First sponsor: First national win: He won the very first official National in BMX history in both his class and overall, the National Bicycle Association (NBA) Winternationals held in Phoenix, Arizona on March 29, 1975. He won both 14 & Over Expert and the Trophy Dash, which made him the overall event Champion.〔''Bicycle Motocros News'' May 1975 Vol.2 No.4 pg.16〕 Turned professional: 1977 First professional race result: First professional win: Retired: The May 1976 issue of ''Bicycle Motocross News'' implies he retired around March 1976.〔''Bicycle Motocross News'' May 1976 Vol.3 No.5 pg.9〕 However, George would frequently come out of "retirement" after not racing for a few months and compete in large races. He retired from active competition for good after the 1978 NBA Grandnational getting a first in Open Pro winning USD$180 and a second in Trophy Dash〔''Bicycle Motocross Action'' March/April 1979 Vol.4 No.2 pg.23〕 but even then in 1980 and a few years after that he raced once a year being employed by Mongoose as a Plant Manager and representing Mongoose at races they sponsored once a year.〔''Bicycle Motocross News'' March 1982 Vol.7 No.3 pg.40〕 Height & weight at height of his career (): Ht:" Wt:lbs. 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「John George (BMX rider)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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