For Immediate Release 07-23-09
Chuck Sun to be honored at the
Bruce Brown’s movie “On Any Sunday” made Malcolm Smith an icon in off-road motorcycle racing and would ignite in Chuck an indistinguishable passion for racing. At age 14 Chuck entered his first motocross race and fell trying to pass everyone in the first turn. Chuck had learned his first lesson of racing “Balance of patience and desire” Take a journey traveling throughout the U.S. and the World with what many people said at the time were pipe dreams of making a living racing motorcycles. Learn how adversity was turned into opportunity and drive to achieve the unbelievable, becoming the AMA National Motocross Champion and a member of the first U.S. team to win the prestigious World Championship Motocross of Nations. For more info on Chuck, visit www.ChuckSun.com Come and see Sun at Fan Fest on Friday afternoon and visit the Legends & Heroes Tour display at the Washougal National.
About the Tour |
Chuck
comes from an off-road riding family out of rural Sherwood, Oregon.
Earnings of $100 from picking beans and strawberries under Oregon’s
summer sun in 1968, 12 year old Chuck Sun bought his first dirt
bike. Chuck’s dad Roger just asked one time “Are you sure this
is what you want to spend your money on?” No question it was that
Cat mini bike at the auto parts store.