A far cry from the old days of being a punk rocker with a dirt bike, going against the grain and ticking off the establishment, life for freestyle motocross star Brian Deegan has come full circle. Father to three young kids — Hailey, Haiden and Hudson — Deegan has been finding himself at the mini bike track or the races more often on the weekends because his oldest son, Haiden, is following in his footsteps by riding dirt bikes and racing karts.
Hanging out with other mini dads, dialing in the mini bikes and packing gates has become life for the 16-time X Games medal winner, four-time off-road truck racing champion, and two-time Lucas Oil Off Road Racing series driver of the year recipient. Appreciative of his past, he likes the basic fundamentals that racing motocross provide youngsters and more specifically how they groom them to be good people in life off the bike. Motocross is no easy sport and to want to win you have to be willing and you have to put in the work. These basic fundamentals to be successful on the bike will drive who a rider will be off the bike and seeing his kids succeed is the most rewarding for Deegan. Deegan’s own career on four wheels has been reaping the benefits of his hard work, dedication and will to win. In the Off Road Racing series, Deegan battled his way back from a big points deficit at the beginning of the season to ultimately win a championship for the second year in a row. In Global RallyCross we saw a battle down to the end with defending champion Tanner Foust, with Deegan having to settle for an impressive second place overall. Deegan acknowledges his success in auto racing is owed partially to his experience racing motocross bikes when he was younger. “Motocross is a tough sport and you have to be tough to succeed at it,” he said.
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