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After basking in the glory of victory and climbing down from the top step of the podium, Deegan was approached by an AMA official who immediately informed him that he was being fined $1000 for dangerous riding and for his mechanic running out onto the course.Īt the time, Deegan let it go. However, that said, Brian Deegan's well-deserved night of glory ended up being an evening of mixed emotions. I still have the helmet that says "Metal Mulisha" in marker that I won the Supercross with. That night was actually was the fist time I started writing Metal Mulisha on my bike and helmet. It was certainly a move that will go down in the folklore book of Supercross. In fact, the 20 big-time 250cc riders I was standing among behind the starting gate when the move went down all began jumping up and down and screaming in support as well. Just a few moments earlier, Deegan, a true to life, dyed-in-the-wool privateer, had jettisoned off the back of his of his nearly bone-stock Suzuki RM125 and ghosted it over the L.A. "I've always told myself that if I won a race, I was going to do something totally different - something that no one else has ever done," declared Brian Deegan to the nearly 50,000 spellbound spectators sitting in the Los Angeles Coliseum grandstands. Now racing rally cars and trucks, we have yet to see a finish line ghost ride on the four wheels. Fingers smeared in old ink, I finally found it.įrom Supercross winner to X Gamer, Brian Deegan has succeeded at everything he's put his mind to. Thus upon arriving back home in Orange County, California later that evening, I started digging through my huge stack of Cycle News back issues. "Yeah I do, do you still have it? He asked"
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"Hey, remember when we did that column in Cycle News about the ghost riding incident?" I asked Deegan, a few members of the Mulisha listening in. That night in the Coliseum really launched the attitude and the Mulisha." "I think that at moment I was just really rebelling against everything and wanted to do something different. I still have the helmet that says "Metal Mulisha" in marker that I won the Supercross with," said Deegan pulling the helmet off a shelf. "That night was actually was the fist time I started writing Metal Mulisha on my bike and helmet. For within two years, Brian Deegan was a full-time freestyle motocross pilot, and arguably, the most popular in the world. It would be the last race the then empty-pocketed privateer would ever win. That night in the Coliseum really launched the attitude and the Mulisha. I think that at moment I was just really rebelling against everything and wanted to do something different. The 50,000 fans on hand that chilly night went berserk. Upon reaching it, he jumped off the back of his RM125 and ghosted the Suzuki over the finish line. With just a few laps remaining, Deegan passed leader Robbie Reynard (a full-on factory rider) and charged towards the checkered flag. After getting a mid-pack start, Team Moto XXX privateer Brian Deegan methodically picked off riders in a spirited charge to the front of the field. The night Deegan and I were reflecting back on was Saturday, January 18, 1997. I was standing in the infield and was so close to you in one corner I could have reached out and shoved your shoulder." "Man, I remember the night you won that race in the Coliseum in '97," I went on. "How many riders can say they've won an X Games gold medal and a 125cc Supercross first place trophy?" "How many people can say that?" asked Brian Deegan, standing in his trophy room deep within side the Metal Mulisha Compound, holding a medal in his left hand and a trophy in his right.