LaRocco's Leap
In 1991, a 120ft triple jump was constructed at Red Bud Motocross track in Buchannon, MI. It was Modeled after a large jump at Larocco's personal track called, called "Kong." Larocco and track co-owner Tim Ritchie decided to build a jump just like it at Red Bud. It was later named after Mike, after he became the first person to clear it, doing so on a 125cc bike, which is considered by the motocross community to be an impressive feat.
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“Dance with a girl three times, and if you like the light of her eye and the tone of voice with which she, breathless, answers your little questions about horseflesh and music—about affairs masculine and feminine,—then take the leap in the dark.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)