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Brian Deegan

{{short description|American motorcycle racer (b. 1974)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Brian Deegan

| image = Brian Deegan TORC Pro Light World Champion Reaction.jpg

| caption = Deegan in 2011 after winning the Pro Light class at the 2011 Off-Road Racing

World Championships

| nationality = American

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|5|9}}

| birth_place =

| height = 5 ft 9 in

| spouse = {{marriage|Marissa Deegan|2003}}

| children = 3, including Hailie

| module = {{Infobox racing driver

| child = yes

| current series = Global Rallycross

| first year = 2011

| current team = Chip Ganassi Racing

| former teams = Olsbergs MSE

| car number = 38

| starts = 42

| podiums =18

| wins = 2

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| fastest laps =

| best finish = 2nd

| year = 2012

| last finish = 10th

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{{Medal|Comp|Summer X Games}}

{{Medal|Country|{{USA}}}}

{{Medal|Gold|2003 Los Angeles| Moto X Big Air}}

{{Medal|Gold|2011 Los Angeles| RallyCross}}

{{Medal|Silver|2006 Los Angeles| Moto X Step Up}}

{{Medal|Silver|2010 Los Angeles| Rally Car Racing}}

{{Medal|Silver|2010 Los Angeles| Rally Car Super Rally}}

{{Medal|Bronze|1999 San Francisco| Moto X Freestyle}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2000 San Francisco| Moto X Step Up}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2000 San Francisco| Moto X Freestyle}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2001 Philadelphia| Moto X Big Air}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2002 Philadelphia| Moto X Big Air}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2002 Philadelphia| Moto X Step Up}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2003 Los Angeles| Moto X Freestyle}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2012 Los Angeles| Rally Car Racing}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2012 Los Angeles| Moto X Step Up}}

{{MedalCompetition|Winter X Games}}

{{MedalGold|2002 Aspen|Moto X Big Air}}

{{MedalGold|2005 Aspen|Moto X Best Trick}}

{{Medal|Comp|Gravity Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|2000 Providence|Moto X Freestyle}}

{{Medal|Silver|1999 Providence|Moto X Freestyle}}

}}

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Brian Deegan (born May 9, 1974)"Brian Deegan." Notable Sports Figures. Ed. Dana R. Barnes. Detroit: Gale, 2004. Gale Biography In Context. Web. August 6, 2012. {{ISBN|9780787666286}} is an American professional freestyle motocross rider and racing driver.

Deegan was the first to land a 360 in a freestyle motocross competition. With a total of 16 X Games medals across multiple disciplines, he is one of the most decorated athletes in X Games history,{{Cn|date=December 2024}} with 12 in motocross and 4 in rally car racing.

A co-founder of the Metal Mulisha clothing line, Deegan is one of the most recognizable names in action sports. In the 2010s, Deegan transitioned to rallycross in the Global Rallycross Championship and off-road trucks in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Championship series. In 2010, Deegan earned double silver in Rally Car Racing and RallyCross. In 2011, he took RallyCross gold and came back to earn bronze in 2012.

Racing career

File:Brian Deegan jumping at X Games 17 in Los Angeles.jpg in Los Angeles]]

Deegan became a professional supercross rider with Team Moto XXX at age 17. In 1997 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Deegan won the 125cc main and ghost rode his bike across the finish line.

In 2004, at the Winter X Games, Deegan crashed while attempting a twisting backflip 360 over a {{Convert|100|ft|m|abbr=on}} jump, landing on hard-packed snow and ice and breaking his femur and both wrists. He returned 6 months later to place fourth at the 2004 Summer X Games.

Switching to four wheels in 2009, Deegan ventured into short course off-road racing in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series' Unlimited Lites division. He ultimately won the championship over more experienced off-road drivers.{{cite web|url=http://www.racerxonline.com/article/brian-deegan-wins-off-road-championship.aspx|title=Brian Deegan Wins Off-Road Championship|date=November 16, 2009|publisher=Racer X Online|access-date=January 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120050819/http://www.racerxonline.com/article/brian-deegan-wins-off-road-championship.aspx|archive-date=November 20, 2009|url-status=dead}}

At the 2010 X Games, Deegan competed in the Rally Car event at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. He finished second behind Tanner Foust after making a wrong turn during the race. He also competed in Rally Car Super Rally, again finishing second behind Tanner Foust.

At X Games XVII, Deegan won gold in RallyCross.

In 2011, he won the World Championship race at Crandon International Off-Road Raceway in the Traxxas TORC Series. He also won the Pro Lite Unlimited and Pro 2 class championships in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. In addition, he represented the United States with teammate Travis Pastrana in the Race of Champions (ROC) competition held at the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany.

In 2012, he debuted the Metal Mulisha Monster truck. Todd LeDuc officially debuted it at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas in January 2012. Deegan drove the truck at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. Deegan also won his second championship in the Pro 2 class of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series.

Deegan raced an OlsbergsMSE Ford Fiesta in the Global RallyCross Championship, earning runner-up in 2012, fourth in 2013 and 12th in 2014. He also continued his Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series career, winning the Pro Light Unlimited championship in 2013 and the Pro 2 championship in 2014. In 2015, Deegan was hired by Chip Ganassi Racing to compete in seven Global Rallycross Championship races in an M-Sport Fiesta along with former professional motocross rider Jeff Ward.{{cite web|last=McFadin|first=Daniel|url=http://nascartalk.nbcsports.com/2015/03/18/chip-ganassi-red-bull-global-rallycross-xgames/|title=Chip Ganassi Racing enters world of Global Rallycross|publisher=NBC Sports|date=March 18, 2015|access-date=March 20, 2015}}

Media appearances

During a 2005 taping of MTV's Viva La Bam, Deegan under-rotated a backflip and suffered a strong impact from the handle bars in his midsection, almost losing his life. He lost a kidney, lacerated his spleen, and lost a significant amount of blood. He now has a long scar down his stomach, that he calls his "zipper", spanning almost his entire abdomen, as a result of the accident. While the accident was cut out of the show, Bam Margera dedicated the episode to Brian.

In 2006, Deegan and Berkela films released a film entitled Disposable Hero that follows him through the struggles and rewards that accompany the freestyle motocross sport and lifestyle. Jesse James, Ronnie Faisst, Jeremy Stenberg, Cameron Steele, Chris Ackerman, Nate Adams, and Seth Enslow are a few of the featured cast that talk about Deegan and his life's journeys. The film aired on Spike TV on December 5, 2007.

Deegan performed stunts in the movie Fantastic Four.

He has been on the cover of Transworld MX and Racer X magazines and has been featured multiple times in FHM magazine.

Deegan is in the video game Freekstyle for Game Boy Advance, GameCube, and PlayStation 2. He also appears in the 2000 game Supercross for the PlayStation.

In 2018, Deegan was the subject of the documentary Blood Line: The Life and Times of Brian Deegan.{{cite press release|url= https://racerxonline.com/2018/10/16/blood-line-the-life-and-times-of-brian-deegan-now-available|title="Blood Line: The Life and Times of Brian Deegan" now available|publisher=Racer X Online|date=October 16, 2018|access-date=April 23, 2020}}

Other ventures

In addition to supporting riders, the Metal Mulisha has a clothing line and other related merchandise. Deegan also has a toy line called Heavy Hitters distributed in retail locations such as Walmart. Most recently he teamed up with Illektron to create Battlez FMX, a collectible card and dice game featuring Deegan, Todd Potter and Jeremy Lusk.

He is the former owner of the FMX park, the Compound, which he later sold to Nate Adams. At the 2007 X Games, Deegan stated that he sometimes regrets selling it.

Personal life

He has been married to Marissa Deegan since 2003. Together, they have three children: Hailie, who currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series driving for AM Racing; Haiden, who was recently signed to Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing as an amateur/pro rider; and Hudson, who competes in youth motocross.

Deegan became a born-again Christian after a near-fatal crash in 2005.{{cite news|last1=Higgins|first1=Matt|title=Some X Games Bad Boys Turn to the Bible|work=The New York Times|date=August 2, 2009 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/sports/02xgames.html|access-date=August 1, 2009}}

X Games competition history

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|+ 15px GOLD (4) 15px SILVER (3) 15px BRONZE (9)

YEARX GAMESEVENTSRANKMEDAL
1999Summer X Games VMoto X Freestyle3rd15px
2000Summer X Games VIMoto X Step Up3rd15px
2000Summer X Games VIMoto X Freestyle3rd15px
2001Winter X Games VMoto X Big Air4th
2001Summer X Games VIIMoto X Freestyle7th
2001Summer X Games VIIMoto X Step Up7th
2001Summer X Games VIIMoto X Big Air3rd15px
2002Winter X Games VIMoto X Big Air1st15px
2002Summer X Games VIIIMoto X Freestyle10th
2002Summer X Games VIIIMoto X Step Up3rd15px
2002Summer X Games VIIIMoto X Big Air3rd15px
2003Winter X Games VIIMoto X Big AirInjured
2003Summer X Games IXMoto X Step Up10th
2003Summer X Games IXMoto X Freestyle3rd15px
2003Summer X Games IXMoto X Big Air1st15px
2004Winter X Games VIIIMoto X Best Trick18th
2004Summer X Games XMoto X Best Trick4th
2004Summer X Games XMoto X Step Up4th
2004Summer X Games XMoto X Freestyle9th
2005Winter X Games IXMoto X Best Trick1st15px
2005Summer X Games XIMoto X Step Up3rd
2006Winter X Games XMoto X Best Trick5th
2006Summer X Games XIIMoto X Best Trick8th
2006Summer X Games XIIMoto X Step Up2nd15px
2007Summer X Games XIIIMoto X Best Trick8th
2007Summer X Games XIIIMoto X Step Up2nd
2008Summer X Games XIVMoto X Step Up3rd
2009Summer X Games XVMoto X Step Up6th
2009Summer X Games XVRally Car Racing4th
2010Summer X Games XVIRally Car Racing2nd15px
2010Summer X Games XVIRally Car Super Rally2nd15px
2011Summer X Games XVIIMoto X Step Up4th
2011Summer X Games XVIIRallyCross1st15px
2012Summer X Games XVIIIMoto X Step Up3rd15px
2012Summer X Games XVIIIRallyCross3rd15px
2013X Games Foz do Iguaçu 2013RallyCross5th
2013X Games Munich 2013Moto X Step Up4th
2013X Games Munich 2013RallyCross10th
2013X Games Los Angeles 2013RallyCross7th
2014X Games Austin 2014RallyCross8th
2015X Games Austin 2015RallyCross4th

Gravity Games

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YEARGRAVITY GAMESLOCATIONEVENTSRANKMEDAL
1999Gravity Games IProvidence, RIMoto X Freestyle2nd15px
2000Gravity Games IIProvidence, RIMoto X Freestyle1st15px
2001Gravity Games IIIProvidence, RIMoto X Freestyle8th

Career highlights

  • 1997 Los Angeles Supercross 125cc – 1st place
  • 1999 World Freestyle Champ
  • 2000 Air MX Champ
  • 2000 Bluetorch Ride and Slide FMX Champ
  • At the 2002 Winter X Games, Deegan pulled off the Mandatory Suicide (Super Can to Side Saddle Lander), its named after his favorite band Slayer and wins his first ever Winter X Games Gold medal.
  • 2003 Featured Rider on Tony Hawk tour
  • 2003 EXPN Rider of the year nominee
  • First to land a 360 in an FMX competition
  • 2004 ESPY award nominee
  • At the 2004 Winter X Games, Deegan tried to pull off the 360 over the 90-foot ice gap, but broke both of his wrists, he has 7 screws and 1 steel plate in his left femur and blacked out from the pain.
  • Holds the 2nd most medals in FMX X Games history: 12 medals
  • 2004 ESPN top 100 athlete of all sports
  • 2007 Winner Best Biography X Dance Action Sports Film Festival for Brian Deegan: Disposable Hero
  • 2009 Awarded The Lifetime Achievement Award At The Transworld Motocross Awards In Las Vegas.
  • 1 gold and 5 medals at the X Games rally events.
  • 2nd at the 2012 Global RallyCross Championship.
  • 4th at the 2013 Global RallyCross Championship.
  • 2009, 2011 and 2013 Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Pro Lite Unlimited champion
  • 2011, 2012 and 2014 Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Pro 2 Unlimited champion
  • 2011 World Championship race winner in the Pro Light truck class
  • 2022 Summit Racing Freedom 500 race winner at the Freedom Factory

Racing record

=Complete Global RallyCross Championship results=

==Supercar==

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Year

! Entrant

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! GRC

! Points

2011

!Olsbergs MSE

!Ford Fiesta

| IRW1

| IRW2

| SEA1

| SEA2

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| PIK1
3

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PIK2
8

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LA1
10

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| LA2
1

|

|

|

|

!9th

!54

2012

! Olsbergs MSE

! Ford Fiesta

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"|CHA
16

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"|TEX
3

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"|LA
3

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"|LOU
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"|LV
2

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| LVC
2

|

|

|

|

|

|

!style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

!style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 84

2013

! Olsbergs MSE

!Ford Fiesta ST

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"|BRA
5

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MUN1
7

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MUN2
9

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| LOU
3

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRI
3

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IRW
7

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
6

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"|CHA
2

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LV
13

|

|

|

!4th

!106

2014

! Rockstar Energy Drink

!Ford Fiesta ST

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BAR
3

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS
8

| DC

| NY

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"|CHA
9

| DAY

| LA1

| LA2

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SEA
3

| LV
9

|

|

! 12th

! 140

2015

! Chip Ganassi Racing

! Ford Fiesta ST

| FTA

|DAY1

| DAY2

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCAS
10

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DET1
4

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DET2
5

| DC

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LA1
6

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"|LA2
2

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BAR1
6

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BAR2
9

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LV
5

!10th

!229

2016

! Chip Ganassi Racing

! Ford Fiesta ST

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| PHO1
3

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PHO2
6

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAL
7

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY1
2

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY2
5

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCAS1
2

| MCAS2{{dagger}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DC
4

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AC
3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SEA
7

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"|LA1
4

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| LA2
1

!style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

!style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 473

{{dagger}}Race cancelled.

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

{{Commons category|Brian Deegan}}

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20131211153541/http://www.briandeegan.com/ Brian Deegan official website]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20131201040125/http://www.metalmulisha.com/ Metal Mulisha website]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070626153544/http://www.disposableheromovie.com/ Disposable Hero website]
  • {{IMDb name|id=1146662|name=Brian Deegan}}

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