Alright, lets toss a few fun SX facts out there in prep for this weekend.
Since the series started keeping points to determine a champ (1977):
Only
557 people have ever scored points in the premier class.
Of those, 18 are from Ohio. That ranks tied for 5th with France:
1 | CA | 170 |
2 | FL | 36 |
3 | TX | 25 |
4 | MI | 20 |
5 | OH | 18 |
5 | France | 18 |
7 | WA | 17 |
8 | can | 15 |
9 | NY | 14 |
10 | AZ | 12 |
10 | OR | 12 |
Top 5 from Ohio are:
Aaron Plessinger | 594 |
Fred Andrews | 360 |
Jeff Gibson | 330 |
Gary Semics | 252 |
Jeff Hicks | 249 |
Ten state have zero riders: Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Montana, North and South Dakota, Vermont, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Top 10 career points are:
1 | Chad Reed | 4503 |
2 | Mike LaRocco | 3729 |
3 | Jeremy McGrath | 3490 |
4 | Kevin Windham | 3366 |
5 | Ryan Dungey | 2780 |
6 | Jeff Ward | 2557 |
7 | Larry Ward | 2546 |
8 | Eli Tomac | 2505 |
9 | Ricky Carmichael | 2358 |
10 | James Stewart | 2260 |
In the 44 years only 20 dudes have ever won the champ.
Of those, Donnie Hanson has the lowest career point total with 555 which ranks him 86th.
In career points, only five of the top 25 are still active:
Tomac is 8th, 41 points behind Larry Ward
Brayton is 11th, 13 behind Stewart
Roczen is 14th, 7 Behind Nick Wey
Anderson is 23rd, 43 behind Kiedrowski
and Barcia is 25th, 38 behind Tim Ferry
Now you can dominate trivia night at the track.