Gary Johnson

Gary Johnson Gary Johnson

Name (First name and surname) Gary Johnson
Race Numbers Current: 25 Prior to VMXWA: 25
Current grade you usually race (eg: A, B, C, Over 55, Sidecars) A grade sidecars pre 65 over 55 125-250-and open class
Year you were born 1957
What type of job/industry have you been in most of your life coppersmith by trade now work in the mining industry
Age you started riding 9
Years of Competitive Racing

Eg: 1950-1980 MX, Speedway, Trials, Sidecar, 1995 to now VMX

1968-1978 motocross vmxwa 1999—–
Motor Cycle Club/s you’ve been a Member of AJS Vintage Motorcycle Club. Australian Sidecar Club. and VMXWA.
First bike/s you rode

Year/Make/Model

1953 BSA 250
Favourite bike/s you’ve had BSA B50, Honda XL 420, WASP Sidecar 840
Your current bike/s too many to put in this space
Your Motocross Highlights

(eg: treasured memories, titles you hold, best win, best event (as rider or spectator)…anything MX related that sticks in your mind from years gone by (or last week…haha)

-Regularly beating the gun junior AJS rider who’s 125 Bultaco we purchased when he traded up for a new one.

-When Brook Lawson who had just turned 16 hopped on to my first sidecar a match made in sidecar heaven

Most memorable (funny or painful) Motocross accident too many of both
Your Motocross Hero (past or present) Phil Hopwood [ quiet achiever]
Family Motocross History

(who else rides or is involved in MX in some form in your family)

my father Allen Johnson
What are your favourite hobbies/interests outside of motocross anything to do with motorbikes and any sport to do with the ocean
What made you join VMXWA my father went and watched a vmxwa state race at Noble Falls back in 1998 the rest is history