Ricky Carmichael Tells the Story of His Famous Crash with James Stewart 

Such a great rivalry, miss those days.

Luke Anderson hell yeah man, never was a Carmichael fan but watching him race thru the years he grew on me. Definitely one of my favorite riders of all time.

100%

I've been watching motocross and supercross for 30 years now and to this day their battles are at the top of my list, particularly in the outdoors.

Aughts were amazing years to watch

Absolutely, he was one determined little scrapper. There was no let up in the way he rode and he was ready and willing to do battle with whoever the supposed contender might be. I don't feel like that was the case with a lot of riders. They may say they're ready to do battle, but their actions didn't reflect that the way his did to me. If him and whoever the contender was got out front and they passed him, that didn't deter or change he mindset at all and best believe he wasn't going anywhere and was going to MAKE them beat him. It was going to take all you had and the day of your life to get a victory over this guy. A true champion that faced all comers head on with no let up or back down from anyone.

I would put McGrath up there as well..... and also Reedy..... and as a hardcore JS7 fan i can't deny what Villopoto did.

Villopoto had more competition to contend with, he even beat RC on the same track with a smaller bike....

Sure, if you leave McGrath out!

McGrath

They Loved each Other ? I dont think so..

@@backwithabang5842 They shared the same mindset and where respected each other because of it. That respect was a way of them showing love to eachother

@@byshopwilliams8256 Respect aint Love. :D

@@backwithabang5842 They 100% did. They they grew racing with each other at a young age. They were both on fox both on team green but never in the same class. James looked up to Ricky a lot.

two beer James went 24-0 in outdoors too 3 years after

Garrett Gustafson RC did it twice!

@@garrett3234 Not taking anything away from James on his 24-0 season but go back and look at who raced that series. Mike alessi was his toughest competitor.

@@seaeff6428 really doesn’t matter. I mean sure you can say if Reed or someone had been racing then he wouldn’t have won the title maybe. But if you win every single moto, not just overall, but moto. You were darn good. Because you went 24 individual races without bike issues, crashing out, picking a wrong line. There’s so many variables that go into a perfect season, a crash in practice during the week can ruin it for you. Or just having a moto where you’re a little off and get beat straight up. I don’t think anyone will match James and Ricky on this one. You gotta have a lot of talent, and a lot more luck to go 24-0.

@@racingfuel28 I never said he wasn't good. but let's put it this way the 9 guys that finished behind him in points won a total of 450 mx race combined. 1 win. between 9 guys over several years. Jeff alessi finished 6th in points. Come on. Yes definitely impressive but at the same time he was racing the B squad for sure. Racing the lites guys would've be harder. That was 100% the weakest 450 outdoor field ever. He had no Reed, Carmichael, even GL. Let's be real if RC stuck around he'd win that one as well.

what did you want, 4 minutes?

,, good catch...

Why is that pretty ironic?

RC's mom had a LOT to do with this. She was the taskmaster.

Never? He beat RC heads up many many many times....

Carmichael

kdenbrap No questions asked RC is the goat. The records speak for them selves and he had some tough competition to go against.

Same we were all right on the fence after am racing it was quite a spectacle.

squarebag73 amazing, you pretty much witnessed history bro. I'm 16 now, and growing up I never watched any motocross races, like honestly I feel like I missed out on so much; great rivalries, legends of the sport in their prime, nostalgia n all. Oh well :(

Same! I was right by gravity cavity haha I was 15 years old at the time :O

Goat

You do realize that pretty much each sport has it’s own G.O.A.T right? NBA has Michael Jordan, NFL has Brady, Golf would be Tiger I guess. Only thing is that everyone in motocross has pretty much always agreed the RC is the G.O.A.T. Other sports change like every two years, I think now NBA is calling Kobe or Lebron or whoever the G.O.A.T. but idk. Pick one dude and stay with it. Brady definitely got the NFL after winning a Super Bowl at like 46😂

Jason Anderson got landed on and won a title a year later.

Even tho ricky just said that he took the line bubba was gona take ,and that he noticed that he was wrong???

Ricky thought JS was being careless, but then realized it was just a racing incident. No one's fault. Those two dudes never once intended to take each other out.

Could have been prevented, but there was no intent behind the crash.

Yeah he just got passed but was going faster.

What are you on about people usually don’t look better the older they get