| Mike Brown | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Birth Place: | Bluff City, Tennessee |
| Years: | 1990 – 2013 |
| Teams: | Kawasaki, Suzuki, KTM, Husqvarna |
| Championships: | AMA 125cc - 2001 |
Mike Brown (born May 1, 1972) is an American former professional motocross racer and Endurocross racer.[1] [2] He was the 2001 AMA 125cc motocross national champion.[3]
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Brown won his first professional race in 1994.[4] In 1999, he finished third in the F.I.M. 125cc world championship.[5] He followed that performance with another third place in the 2000 125cc world championship.[6]
Brown competed in the United States in 2001 and won the AMA 125cc national championship riding for Kawasaki.[3] In 2006, Brown finished 29th in the AMA MX Lites class and 15th in the MX class, racing for Suzuki.[7] In 2007, he returned to Europe to compete in the MX1-GP championship, finishing in seventh place.[8]
After his motocross career, Brown began competing in Endurocross events.[2] He won the inaugural 2009 World Off Road Championship Series (WORCS), becoming the first AMA rider since Mike Kiedrowski to win an AMA National Motocross Championship and a World Off-Road Championship Series title.[9] In 2011 he competed at the Moto X event at X Games XVII and won the silver medal.[10] The following year, he won the Enduro X gold medal at the X Games XVIII.[11] Brown won another silver medal in EnduroX in the 2013 X Games Los Angeles and a gold medal in the 2015 X Games Austin.[12] [13]
Brown is a playable character in the 2004 motocross video game .As well as in the 2001 Motocross video game Mx Rider.