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Danny
LaPorte helped the United States make the transition
from underdog to world leader in the sport of motocross.
The rider from Los Angeles scored an AMA 500cc National
Motocross Championship in 1979 before going on to become
the first American to win the FIM 250cc World Motocross
Championship in 1982. LaPorte was also a key member of
the 1981 Team USA Motocross and Trophy des Nations squad
that brought America its first win in the prestigious
international Olympic-like competition.
LaPorte was born in Los Angeles on December 3, 1957. His
dad was an avid off-road motorcyclist and young Danny
grew up riding in the desert and in the numerous small
vacant lots and informal motocross tracks near his
Torrance, California, home.
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