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 |