User:Deibertal96

Hello! My name is Ashton Deibert! I am a student at Everett Community College. This is my 2nd quarter attending this school. I have also attended Olympic College and the College of Western Idaho. My program of study is Business Administration with a focus in Logistics Management. I am a U.S. Navy veteran. I currently work for an aerospace supply company for Boeing. My hobbies outside of work and school include: hiking, riding my motorcycle, dirt bikes, atv's and just about anything you can do outdoors!

I am excited to be writing about different subjects on Wikipedia. I can see myself writing a lot about the outdoors and motorcycling. I can see myself getting into publishing posts on this website. I already use this website for numerous occasions and it will be a wonderful opportunity to write my own articles!

Article Critique

I visited the AMA Motocross page on Wikipedia, and found three aspects of it worth commenting on: history, locations and sponsors. The original article is well developed and has most of the information pertaining to AMA Motocross readily available. However, being a huge motocross fan, I found a couple areas that could use an update. First off, I would like to comment on the history section of this article. Motocross was originally founded in Europe before it made its way to the United States. The first bikes that were imported to the United States was the Swedish company Husqvarna. The (AMA), American Motorcyclist Association was started in 1970 and was turned into a series of races and only the top Americans would be declared the U.S. National Champ. The first American champion was a college student from the University of Michigan. His name was Dick Burleson. The first AMA championship in 1972 started out in Atlanta,GA on April 16^th. Followed by Memphis, TN on May 7^th, Sacramento, CA on May 14^th, Orange, CA on May 21^st, Carlsbad, CA on May 28^th, Washington, IN on June 11^th, Lake Tahoe, NV June 18^th  and ended with the final race of the series on September 2^nd in Talladega, AL.  Sponsorship is huge in racing, any type of racing really. Sponsorship started with motocross in 1974, with the first big sponsor being Yamaha “Super Series”. A couple years later a bigger sponsor came on board to show their love for the sport, Toyota. Toyota was a big sponsor for years until the 2003 super cross series when THQ took over sponsorship and then the 2006 super cross series when Amp’d Mobile sponsored their first series. The current and biggest sponsor of motocross is Monster Energy. They took over in 2008 and have continued to amp up this sport!