Mike Goodwin Supercross Essay

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The history of supercross and today's supercross. Who invented supercross? Mike Goodwin did in July of 1972. Mike Goodwin is in jail because he was he was a suspect for the hiring of the killing of his business partner Mickey Thompson and his wife in their driveway. The prison is located in susanville California, its is in the high desert above reno with about 14,000 people not including the two prisons.When he was sent to prison he was 69 in 2007, when the shooting of his business partner happened it was in 1988. So it was 19 years after when he got sent to jail. Mike Goodwin says “He was killed in a gun robbery of $250,000 in gold coins he purchased weeks before his death. The inventor of motocross is Edison Dye, he brought it over from Britain in 1960s. They call him “The father of American motocross” because he brought motocross to America. Edison Dye became the United States importer for husqvarna dirt bikes, all because he had a strong interest to bringing motocross to America. No Edison Dye isn't in jail for anything like Mike Goodwin. Edison Dye passed away on May 10, 2007 on his 89th birthday.

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The first thing i'm gonna do is harescramble/enduro. Harescramble/Enduro harescramble you race in the woods for 2 hours without stopping and it hurts after words because of cramps. Enduro is very hard it's a lot of bug obstacles you have to ramp like hugs tires huge logs etc.. It is not as dangerous as motocross and supercross but it can still be really dangerous. I race harescramble. Motocross is like supercross but faster bigger jumps and a lot more people and a lot more wrecks. Motocross is how people die because like i said more people and a lot of wrecks. I could race motocross but i don't want to because i don't feel like getting hurt that much. Supercross you have to be very good. Ride a dirt bike every day, train everyday. Some supercross racers race motocross in the off

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