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 Deegan in 2011 after winning the Pro Light class at the 2011 Off-Road Racing World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1974-05-09)May 9, 1974 (age 51) Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3, includingHailie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Global Rallycross career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Debut season | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Chip Ganassi Racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Car number | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former teams | Olsbergs MSE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Starts | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best finish | 2nd in2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finished last season | 10th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brian Deegan(born May 9, 1974)[1] is an American professionalfreestyle motocross rider and racing driver.
Deegan was the first to land a 360 in a freestyle motocross competition. With a total of 16X Games medals across multiple disciplines, he is one of the most decorated athletes in X Games history,[citation needed] with 12 in motocross and 4 inrally car racing.
A co-founder of theMetal Mulisha[1] clothing line, Deegan is one of the most recognizable names in action sports. In the 2010s, Deegan transitioned torallycross in theGlobal Rallycross Championship and off-road trucks in theLucas Oil Off Road Racing Championship series. In 2010, Deegan earned double silver in Rally Car Racing and RallyCross. In 2011, he took RallyCross gold and came back to earn bronze in 2012.
Deegan became a professional supercross rider with Team Moto XXX at age 17. In 1997 at theLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Deegan won the 125cc main and ghost rode his bike across the finish line.
In 2004, at the Winter X Games, Deegan crashed while attempting a twisting backflip 360 over a 100 ft (30 m) jump, landing on hard-packed snow and ice and breaking his femur and both wrists. He returned 6 months later to place fourth at the 2004 Summer X Games.
Switching tofour wheels in 2009, Deegan ventured into short course off-road racing in theLucas Oil Off Road Racing Series' Unlimited Lites division. He ultimately won the championship over more experienced off-road drivers.[2]
At the 2010 X Games, Deegan competed in the Rally Car event at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. He finished second behindTanner Foust after making a wrong turn during the race. He also competed in Rally Car Super Rally, again finishing second behind Tanner Foust.
At X Games XVII, Deegan won gold in RallyCross.
In 2011, he won the World Championship race atCrandon International Off-Road Raceway in theTraxxas TORC Series. He also won the Pro Lite Unlimited and Pro 2 class championships in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. In addition, he represented the United States with teammateTravis Pastrana in theRace of Champions (ROC) competition held at theEsprit Arena inDüsseldorf,Germany.
In 2012, he debuted the Metal MulishaMonster truck. Todd LeDuc officially debuted it atReliant Stadium inHouston, Texas in January 2012. Deegan drove the truck atChase Field inPhoenix, Arizona. Deegan also won his second championship in the Pro 2 class of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series.
Deegan raced anOlsbergsMSEFord Fiesta in theGlobal RallyCross Championship, earning runner-up in 2012, fourth in 2013 and 12th in 2014. He also continued his Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series career, winning the Pro Light Unlimited championship in 2013 and the Pro 2 championship in 2014. In 2015, Deegan was hired byChip Ganassi Racing to compete in seven Global Rallycross Championship races in anM-Sport Fiesta along with former professional motocross riderJeff Ward.[3]
During a 2005 taping ofMTV'sViva La Bam, Deegan under-rotated a backflip and suffered a strong impact from the handle bars in his midsection, almost losing his life. He lost akidney, lacerated hisspleen, and lost a significant amount of blood. He now has a long scar down his stomach, that he calls his "zipper", spanning almost his entire abdomen, as a result of the accident. While the accident was cut out of the show,Bam Margera dedicated the episode to Brian.
In 2006, Deegan and Berkela films released a film entitledDisposable Hero that follows him through the struggles and rewards that accompany the freestyle motocross sport and lifestyle.Jesse James,Ronnie Faisst,Jeremy Stenberg, Cameron Steele, Chris Ackerman,Nate Adams, andSeth Enslow are a few of the featured cast that talk about Deegan and his life's journeys. The film aired onSpike TV on December 5, 2007.
Deegan performed stunts in the movieFantastic Four.
He has been on the cover ofTransworld MX andRacer X magazines and has been featured multiple times inFHM magazine.
Deegan is in the video gameFreekstyle forGame Boy Advance,GameCube, andPlayStation 2. He also appears in the 2000 gameSupercross for thePlayStation.
In 2018, Deegan was the subject of the documentaryBlood Line: The Life and Times of Brian Deegan.[4]
In addition to supporting riders, the Metal Mulisha has a clothing line and other related merchandise. Deegan also has a toy line called Heavy Hitters distributed in retail locations such asWalmart. Most recently he teamed up with Illektron to create Battlez FMX, a collectible card and dice game featuring Deegan, Todd Potter andJeremy Lusk.
He is the former owner of the FMX park, the Compound, which he later sold toNate Adams. At the 2007 X Games, Deegan stated that he sometimes regrets selling it.
He has been married to Marissa Deegan since 2003. Together, they have three children:Hailie, who currently competes full-time inIndy NXT driving forHMD Motorsports;Haiden, who was recently signed to Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing as an amateur/pro rider; and Hudson, who competes in youth motocross.
Deegan became aborn-again Christian after a near-fatal crash in 2005.[5]
| Year | X Games | Events | Rank | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Summer X Games V | Moto X Freestyle | 3rd |  |
| 2000 | Summer X Games VI | Moto X Step Up | 3rd | |
| 2000 | Summer X Games VI | Moto X Freestyle | 3rd | |
| 2001 | Winter X Games V | Moto X Big Air | 4th | |
| 2001 | Summer X Games VII | Moto X Freestyle | 7th | |
| 2001 | Summer X Games VII | Moto X Step Up | 7th | |
| 2001 | Summer X Games VII | Moto X Big Air | 3rd | |
| 2002 | Winter X Games VI | Moto X Big Air | 1st |  |
| 2002 | Summer X Games VIII | Moto X Freestyle | 10th | |
| 2002 | Summer X Games VIII | Moto X Step Up | 3rd | |
| 2002 | Summer X Games VIII | Moto X Big Air | 3rd | |
| 2003 | Winter X Games VII | Moto X Big Air | Injured | |
| 2003 | Summer X Games IX | Moto X Step Up | 10th | |
| 2003 | Summer X Games IX | Moto X Freestyle | 3rd | |
| 2003 | Summer X Games IX | Moto X Big Air | 1st | |
| 2004 | Winter X Games VIII | Moto X Best Trick | 18th | |
| 2004 | Summer X Games X | Moto X Best Trick | 4th | |
| 2004 | Summer X Games X | Moto X Step Up | 4th | |
| 2004 | Summer X Games X | Moto X Freestyle | 9th | |
| 2005 | Winter X Games IX | Moto X Best Trick | 1st | |
| 2005 | Summer X Games XI | Moto X Step Up | 3rd | |
| 2006 | Winter X Games X | Moto X Best Trick | 5th | |
| 2006 | Summer X Games XII | Moto X Best Trick | 8th | |
| 2006 | Summer X Games XII | Moto X Step Up | 2nd |  |
| 2007 | Summer X Games XIII | Moto X Best Trick | 8th | |
| 2007 | Summer X Games XIII | Moto X Step Up | 2nd | |
| 2008 | Summer X Games XIV | Moto X Step Up | 3rd | |
| 2009 | Summer X Games XV | Moto X Step Up | 6th | |
| 2009 | Summer X Games XV | Rally Car Racing | 4th | |
| 2010 | Summer X Games XVI | Rally Car Racing | 2nd | |
| 2010 | Summer X Games XVI | Rally Car Super Rally | 2nd | |
| 2011 | Summer X Games XVII | Moto X Step Up | 4th | |
| 2011 | Summer X Games XVII | RallyCross | 1st | |
| 2012 | Summer X Games XVIII | Moto X Step Up | 3rd | |
| 2012 | Summer X Games XVIII | RallyCross | 3rd | |
| 2013 | X Games Foz do Iguaçu 2013 | RallyCross | 5th | |
| 2013 | X Games Munich 2013 | Moto X Step Up | 4th | |
| 2013 | X Games Munich 2013 | RallyCross | 10th | |
| 2013 | X Games Los Angeles 2013 | RallyCross | 7th | |
| 2014 | X Games Austin 2014 | RallyCross | 8th | |
| 2015 | X Games Austin 2015 | RallyCross | 4th |
| Year | GRAVITY GAMES | LOCATION | Events | Rank | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Gravity Games I | Providence, RI | Moto X Freestyle | 2nd | |
| 2000 | Gravity Games II | Providence, RI | Moto X Freestyle | 1st | |
| 2001 | Gravity Games III | Providence, RI | Moto X Freestyle | 8th |
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | GRC | Points |
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| 2011 | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta | IRW1 | IRW2 | SEA1 | SEA2 | PIK1 3 | PIK2 8 | LA1 10 | LA2 1 | 9th | 54 | ||||
| 2012 | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta | CHA 16 | TEX 3 | LA 3 | LOU 3 | LV 2 | LVC 2 | 2nd | 84 | ||||||
| 2013 | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | BRA 5 | MUN1 7 | MUN2 9 | LOU 3 | BRI 3 | IRW 7 | ATL 6 | CHA 2 | LV 13 | 4th | 106 | |||
| 2014 | Rockstar Energy Drink | Ford Fiesta ST | BAR 3 | AUS 8 | DC | NY | CHA 9 | DAY | LA1 | LA2 | SEA 3 | LV 9 | 12th | 140 | ||
| 2015 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Ford Fiesta ST | FTA | DAY1 | DAY2 | MCAS 10 | DET1 4 | DET2 5 | DC | LA1 6 | LA2 2 | BAR1 6 | BAR2 9 | LV 5 | 10th | 229 |
| 2016 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Ford Fiesta ST | PHO1 3 | PHO2 6 | DAL 7 | DAY1 2 | DAY2 5 | MCAS1 2 | MCAS2† | DC 4 | AC 3 | SEA 7 | LA1 4 | LA2 1 | 3rd | 473 |
†Race cancelled.
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