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  Jeff Ward - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the professional Motocross racer and IRL driver, see Jeff Ward
Jeff Ward (November 18 or 28, 1962 – March 19, 1993) was a drummer for bands including Nine Inch Nails, Revolting Cocks, Ministry and Lard.
He committed suicide in 1993 after struggling with heroin addiction.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jeff_Ward   (80 words)

  
 Motorcycle Daily
Ward was one of the nation's top motocross racers in the 1980s, winning one 125cc National Motocross title (1984), two 250cc National Motocross titles (1985, 1988), two 250cc Supercross titles (1985, 1987), and two 500cc National Motocross titles (1989, 1990).
Ward left the world of motocross for almost 10 years to pursue open-wheel automobile racing, earning podium finishes in some of the most competitive series in the country.
But motorcycles were in Jeff Ward's blood, and he came out of retirement to race the AMA Supermoto series with the Troy Lee Designs team last year.
www.motorcycledaily.com /15november04_ward.htm   (272 words)

  
 Jeff Ward   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Jeff Ward, former AMA Moto Cross Champion stunned the racing world today in the 81st running of the Indianapolis 500.
Ward began the 1995 season in the PPG/Firestone Indy Lights series, where he has proven over and over that he has what it takes to win.
Jeff ended the 1995 season by finishing eighth in the 1995 PPG/Firestone Indy Lights competition.
members.aol.com /RVille9755/ward.htm   (600 words)

  
 Supercross.com-Rick Johnson Says...
Jeff had a very long and successful career in motocross, and he never lost his drive to be better.
Jeff by his nature was quiet and shy, but all in all he's 100% racer.
Jeff and I met with a trainer there and he gave us a nutritional supplement that had a lot of caffeine in it.
www.supercross.com /rjsays/rjsays05_10_01.html   (1361 words)

  
 2WF.com - Online and on the Gas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Jeff Ward has received a nomination for the 2004 AMA Pro Racing SPEED Channel Athlete of the Year.
At 43 Ward is the oldest rider ever to earn a nomination for the Athlete of the Year, which is the highest honor bestowed on a motorcycle racer in America.
Ward, the Scottish-born racer who began his professional racing career in 1978, is launching his third racing career.
www.2wf.com /articles/news/A91F288D-269B-48A0-8601-03CAB1F388E3.asp   (523 words)

  
 Cycle Country Sponsors Motocross Legend And Indy Racer Jeff Ward And Signs Him To A Multi-Year Contract As Company ...
Ward will actively represent Cycle Country as their national spokesperson both on and off the IRL tour.
Ward won the AMA National 500cc Motocross Championship in 1989 to become the first rider to win every major AMA National title.
Jeff Ward enjoyed one of the most prolific racing careers in Motocross history.
www.theautochannel.com /news/2002/02/14/035772.html   (756 words)

  
 Rubber Magazine - Jeff Ward: 2004 AMA Supermoto Champion
Jeff Ward completed a triumphant return to motorcycle racing by winning the 2004 AMA Supermoto Championship Saturday in Las Vegas.
Ward won the title by putting his Troy Lee Designs Honda CRF450R on the podium at all seven rounds, including taking wins at Copper Mountain, Colo., Nashville and the double points paying Las Vegas finale.
Ward said he plans on continuing to race supermoto until he is no longer competitive or until he's not having fun.
www.rubbermag.com /news/041116_5n.html   (545 words)

  
 Jeff Ward   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
JEFF WARD is one of the most accomplished motorcycle racers in U.S. history.
Ward, the 43-year-old racing phenomenon from Newport Beach, is already a member of the Motorcycle Hall of Fame and continues to add to his already impressive racing resume.
Jeff placed his Troy Lee-sponsored Honda CRF450R on the podium at all seven rounds of the AMA Supermoto Championships taking wins at Copper Mountain, Nashville and the double points paying Las Vegas finale where he tallied 186 points to sweep the finals.
www.partsmag.com /0505-Race-Annual/Profiles/Jeff-Ward.html   (264 words)

  
 Road Racer X   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Honda rider Steve Wise was famous for winning AMA nationals in 125cc and 250cc motocross, supercross and road racing, and also finishing on the podium in a dirt track national and winning two Superbikers events.
In addition to his past motocross and supercross success, the veteran has enjoyed success in Indy car racing and is the current AMA Supermoto Champion.
Ward rode only on the third and final day, and his lap times were in the 1'51" range, just a couple seconds off what the top guys had turned in their first stint of day one.
www.roadracerx.com /features_wardinterview.html   (936 words)

  
 www.mxbikes.com 80's Motocross Vintage section   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Jeff Ward (Kawasaki) was third and also very close in the points.
Jeff Ward (Kawasaki) very narrowly won the 250cc class in front of Rick Johnson (Honda) and Ron Lechien (Kawasaki).Micky Dymond (Honda) continued to convince as he won the 125cc class.
Jeff Stanton (Honda) won the 250cc class with a small points margin down to Jeff Ward (Kawasaki) and Ron Tichenor on a Suzuki third.
www.mxbikes.com /vintage/bikes80.php   (3460 words)

  
 ::::::SXDIRT.COM::::::
Jeff Ward has worn many titles, and most of them have something to do with Champion.
Ward is a racers racer, he is an ambassador of the sport, always looking out and doing what is best for the racers and the community.
Ward: Of course the bikes are 100 times different, the tracks (different), all the kids have to learn to double jump and triple jump at an early age to be fast, and there is a lot more injuries because of it.
www.sxdirt.com /interviews/jeff_ward.htm   (1318 words)

  
 ESPN.com - COMMUNITY - Chat wrap: Jeff Ward   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Ward, the son of a former professional European soccer player, began his Indy Racing League career in 1997.
Ward has come close to winning the Indianapolis 500 in three of his four times entered in the race.
In 2001, Ward has a pole and two top-10 finishes in just two races and is currently tied for fourth in the IRL points standings.
espn.go.com /community/s/2001/0424/1185657.html   (768 words)

  
 WARD READY FOR RENO SUPERMOTO FINAL
Ward won seven AMA Motocross and Supercross Championships during the 1980s, so he knows a little bit about the pressure of hanging on to a points lead coming into a season finale.
Ward’s return to motorcycle racing after a successful Indy Car racing career was perhaps one of the most unexpected stories in the first three years of the AMA Supermoto Championship.
At 44, Ward is twice the age of many of his competitors, but he still has the aggressive riding style that he had as a young motocross champion 20 years before.
www.supercrossking.com /newsitem.aspx?newsID=995   (848 words)

  
 Rubber Magazine - A Word With Motorcycle Champion Jeff Ward
Throughout his motocross career Jeff was the consummate professional as he took seven AMA Championships and an incredible 56 wins ­ including membership on seven winning Motocross des Nations teams.
You know, it was a very long year, but my teammate Doug (Henry) had a problem in one of the races, and I got a little points gap, so it gave me a little cushion to play with.
Then we got out our motocross bikes with the street tires on them the very next day and went and raced; and were like, "Guys, let's do some more of this!" We put together a team and AMA Pro Racing came out with the series about the same time -- and off we were going.
www.rubbermag.com /news/041130_2n.html   (1500 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Veteran Ward ready to cap amazing Supermoto comeback   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Jeff Ward will attempt to add to his diverse résumé this weekend in the AMA Supermoto Championship finale at Bally's Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
Ward has compiled more than 70 career wins in motocross and supercross racing and racked up seven AMA championships from 1984-90.
Ward made his comeback to motorcycle racing last year and competed in the inaugural AMA Red Bull Supermoto Championship season, winning three of six races and finishing third in the Las Vegas final event.
www.usatoday.com /sports/motor/2004-11-11-supermoto-ward_x.htm   (349 words)

  
 MTX-Sponsored Rider Jeff Ward Wins 2004 Ama Supermoto Championship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
This is Ward’s 1st AMA Supermoto championship but it marks his eighth career AMA championship and his first since winning the now defunct AMA 500 Motocross Series in 1990.
Jeff placed his MTX / Troy Lee Designs Honda CRF450R on the podium at all seven rounds of the AMA Supermoto Championships taking wins at Copper Mountain, Nashville and the double points paying Las Vegas finale where he tallied 186 points to sweep the finals.
Ward, Doug Henry and Chris Fillmore scored 306 points while the second place team was 75 points off the mark at 231.
www.carsound.com /articles/publish/printer_392.shtml   (265 words)

  
 Magura announces Jeff Ward Supermoto sponsorship
Magura is capitalizing on its European roots by establishing itself in the blossoming stages of the new-to-America AMA Supermoto series with a sponsorship deal with former Supercross legend and Indy Car racer Jeff Ward.
Magura will be sponsoring Jeff Ward's efforts in the inaugural five race 2003 AMA Supermoto series.
Ward will be running the series on a highly-modified Honda CRF-450, which will feature both Magura JACK hydraulic clutch, and a Magura 190 Radial Pump Master Braking Cylinder assembly.
www.dirtrider.com /164_0306_ward   (348 words)

  
 Motorcycle Hall of Fame: Jeff Emig
Jeff Emig was one of the top AMA Motocross and Supercross riders of the 1990s.
Jeff began making a name for himself in the amateur ranks in the early 1980s, winning many of the big amateur races of the day such as Ponca City and four titles at the AMA Amateur Motocross Nationals at the Loretta Lynn Ranch in Tennessee.
Emig continued to be involved in racing as a team owner and later became an ambassador for motocross by making appearances at various amateur racing events across the country.
home.ama-cycle.org /forms/museum/hofbiopage.asp?id=318   (1871 words)

  
 Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum - 1985 KX250 MX Racer
In fact, in one frenzied eight-day period, Jeff Ward rode works KX250s to clinch not one, but two national championships.
Ward’s hot streak started one Saturday in August, when he rode his KX250 to victory in the final round of the AMA Supercross Championship in Pasadena to take the title over five-time motocross Champ Broc Glover by 2 points.
But the era of works motocross bikes was coming to a close at the end of that watershed ’85 season.
www.motorcyclemuseum.org /classics/bike.asp?id=94   (379 words)

  
 amaproracing.com: Official website of the AMA Red Bull Supermoto Championship
Motorcycle racing legends such as Jeremy McGrath, Kevin Schwantz, Jeff Ward and Doug Chandler, to name just a few, are slated to compete in the competition that combines elements of motocross, flat track and road racing all into one circuit.
Jeff Ward is one of the all-time greats in AMA Motocross.
His motocross background gives him an advantage in the dirt portions of the track and his Indy Car experience has helped him become a threat on the high-speed pavement sections, too.
www.amaproracing.com /releases/r03136.asp   (891 words)

  
 Motorcycle Daily
I believe the saying is "old age and treachery", but it was "old age and motocross experience" that made the difference in the opening round of the AMA Supermoto Series 450cc class today at Laguna Seca, California.
McGrath and Ward have 15 supercross/motocross National championships between them, and Nicoll is a former World motocross champion.
McGrath appeared to be holding up Ward and Nicoll during the first half of the race, but they eventually passed him to finish first and second, respectively, with McGrath third.
www.motorcycledaily.com /13july03amasupermoto_lagunaseca.htm   (170 words)

  
 mxlarge.com - Featuring exclusive Motocross, Supercross and Off Road news   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Ward made history between 1984 and 1990, when he won all major U.S. Motocross titles, becoming the first rider to do so with one manufacturer (Kawasaki).
The win didn´t come easy for Ward though, who had to deal with strong opposition in the form of KTM´s Jürgen Künzel.
On the last two laps, Jeff was a little better on the dirt and he passed me," he said.
www.mxlarge.com /article.php?article_file=1100507843.php   (487 words)

  
 AMA Red Bull Supermoto A Go-GO - The Grand Finale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Ward is one of the most accomplished competitors in American motorsport history.
In 1992, Ward retired from Motocross racing, but he still had the racing bug.
Ward is still actively building his legend, and even at age 43, might just be the best Supermoto racer in the States.
www.redbullsupermoto.com /riders.php?ath=21   (267 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Still Super
DEL MAR – For Jeff Ward, and the 19 riders chasing him, yesterday's Superbikers finale at the Del Mar Fairgrounds was more of an exhibition than a race.
Ward posted the fastest qualifying time on the seven-tenths-mile course designed to include elements of motorcycling's three main racing disciplines – motocross, road racing and flat track.
Ward's age hasn't softened the seven-time motocross champion, who finished third in the world's first Superbikers competition back in 1979 at nearby Carlsbad Raceway.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20031005-9999_1s5cycles.html   (501 words)

  
 rpm.espn.com: Jeff Ward   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Season Highlight: In just their second race together, Ward and Hertiage put their car on the pole for the Miami race.
While his IRL career has been filled with promise, Ward has little to show for his efforts except isolated moments, including his third-place finish at the 1997 Indy 500 -- the first IRL race of his career.
With Ganassi's expertise, this should be the season where Ward scores the first win of his IRL career.
espn.go.com /rpm/irl/spot/ward.html   (390 words)

  
 Supercross: RJ Says - Jeff Ward
Jeff by his nature was quiet and shy,but all in all he's 100% racer.
There is one race that I feel really stands out in Jeff's career,and I know a lot of the riders who were there that day feel the same way.No one in the world would come close to him at the 1984 Trophee desNations in Varberg, Sweden.
Jeff and I met with a trainer there andhe gave us a nutritional supplement that had a lot of caffeine in it.
www.supercross.com /rjsays.php?id=21   (1285 words)

  
 JEFF WARD HEADLINES MOTORCYCLE HALL OF FAME MUSEUM`S DAYTONA 2004 BREAKFAST
PICKERINGTON, OHIO -- Jeff Ward, one of the most successful racers of all time, will be the keynote speaker at the 16th Annual Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum Friend-Raising Breakfast, to be held during Daytona Bike Week at the Holiday Inn in DeLand, Florida, on Friday, March 5 at 8:00 a.m.
Ward, a five-time AMA Motocross and two-time AMA Supercross champion will address what has traditionally been a sell-out crowd of industry, AMA member and media guests.
A Motorcycle Hall of Fame member and long-time supporter of the Museum's mission and activities, Ward's passion for motorcycling and racing has been the fuel for one of the longest careers in the industry--and should be an inspiration to Daytona-bound enthusiasts.
home.ama-cycle.org /newsroom/amarelease.asp?rnum=M04001   (640 words)

  
 MTX Motorsports MotorCycle Racing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
MTX Audio is honored to announce that Jeff Ward, Supermoto rider and member of the MTX / Troy Lee Designs team, has won the AMA Supermoto Championship of 2004.
Team Troy Lee Designs' Jeff Ward claimed his second consecutive AMA Supermoto victory Saturday night at the Music City Motorplex in Nashville TN in a race very reminiscent of his last win.
Riders Jeff Ward, Chris Fillmore, Doug Henry and Troy Lee joined forces with MTX last month just in time for the team to make its sponsorship debut at the 2004 X Games in August.
www.mtxaudio.com /sponsorships/motorsports/motorCycleRacing.cfm   (2040 words)

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