Jeff Stanton (born June 18, 1968 in Coldwater, Michigan) is a three-time AMA 250cc Motocross and Supercross National Champion, winning the titles in 1989, 1990 and 1992. Stanton rode for Honda for the better part of his career, earning all of his championships with them. Before team Honda, he rode a Yamaha as a privateer. He retired from professional motocross in 1994.
In 2000 he was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame.
Major Career Titles and Accomplishments
1985 -Florida Winter AM 250cc Champion -Florida Winter AM 500cc Champion -NMA 250cc Amateur Champion -NMA 500cc Amateur Champion -AMA 250cc Amateur Champion -AMA 500cc Amateur Champion
1986 -CMC 250 Trans-Cal Champion -CMC 500 Trans-Cal Champion
1987 -AMA Pro Rookie of the Year
1989 -AMA 250 Supercross Champion -AMA 250 National Motocross Champion -Team USA Motocross des Nations (MXDN) Championship Team Member -Mickey Thompson Award of Excellence
1990 -AMA 250 Supercross Champion -AMA 250 National Motocross Champion -Team USA MXDN Championship Team Member -AMA Pro Athlete of the Year. -FIM Masters of Motocross Series Champion
1991 -Team USA MXDN Championship Team Member
1992 -AMA 250 Supercross Champion -AMA 250 National Motocross Champion -World Supercross Champion
1994 -Retired at end of Season to become Team Honda Consultant
2000 -Inducted into Motorcycle Hall of Fame
2002 -Inducted into Red Bud Track & Trail Hall of Fame
2006 -Inducted into Daytona International Speedway Hall of Fame -Red Bud Grass Race - XR single shock class winner -Red Bud Grass Race - XR dual shock class winner
2008 -Mickey Thompson Award of Excellence
2012 PowderPuff world Champion
Famous quotes containing the words jeff and/or stanton:
“Resorts advertised for waitresses, specifying that they “must appear in short clothes or no engagement.” Below a Gospel Guide column headed, “Where our Local Divines Will Hang Out Tomorrow,” was an account of spirited gun play at the Bon Ton. In Jeff Winney’s California Concert Hall, patrons “bucked the tiger” under the watchful eye of Kitty Crawhurst, popular “lady” gambler.”
—Administration in the State of Colo, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“We found nothing grand in the history of the Jews nor in the morals inculcated in the Pentateuch.... I know of no other books that so fully teach the subjection and degradation of woman.”
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902)