Dave Eropkin—2019 REM Number One. Photo: Jon Ortner
REM’s 2019 motocross season came to an end with the announcement that former SoCal 125 Pro Dave Eropkin had earned the most points in the year-long series to be the REM Number One motocross racer. Dave became the 20th different rider to get the #1 plate. Below is the list of every REM Number One rider and a bevy of photos of REM motocross racers from 2019.
REM MOTOCROSS NUMBER ONE RIDERS (1989-2019)
1989 …Curtis Jablonski
1990 …Robert Failing
1991 …Robert Failing
1992 …Jeff Van Camp
1993 …Todd McKay
1994 …George Kohler
1995 …Alan Olson
1996 …George Kohler
1997 …Alan Olson
1998 …Jody Weisel
1999 …Dennis Boulware
2000 …Rich Eierstedt
2001 …Randy Skinner
2002 …Bengt Johansson
2003 …George Kohler
2004 …Billy Musgrave
2005 …Mark Crosby
2006 …Tim Murphy
2007 …Dennis McAdam
2008 …Dennis Boulware
2009 …Dennis Boulware
2010 …Dennis Boulware
2011 …Ray Pisarski
2012 …Randy Skinner
2013 …Jon Ortner
2014 …Jon Ortner
2015 …Jon Ortner
2016 …Tom Holmes
2017 …Val Tamietti
2018 …Val Tamietti
2019 …Dave Eropkin
Val Tamietti—2017 and 2018 REM Number One. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
R.J. Wageman in the mystical light of the afternoon. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Marc Crosby— 2005 REM Number one. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Off-road star Ricky Dietrich. Photo: Jody Weisel
Former Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck (545). Photo: Mark Donaldson
Braden O’Neal—grandson of Jim O’Neal— and Willy Simons, Jr.—son of 1970s star Willy Simons. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
David Moates — brother of Marty Moates. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Richard Taylor — son of former AMA Pro Rich Taylor. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Buddy Feldkamp (183) — son of Glen Helen Raceway owner Bud Feldkamp. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Aryton Ward — son of Jeff Ward. Photo: Jody Weisel
R. J. Wageman—son of former AMA Pro Russ Wageman. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Max Lee — son of Troy Lee. Photo: Dan Alamangos
REM’s Frank Thomason takes a high-speed look at his track layout. Photo: Jody Weisel
6D helmet’s Bob Weber (6) and Robert Reisinger (96) combine racing with product testing. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Sean Collier on his KX500. Photo: Rich Stuelke
Craig Canoy. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Jack Phinn during one of the brief periods when he wasn’t injured in 2019 —mostly from mountain biking. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Former 1970s SoCal Pro Joe Root. Photo: Photo: Jody Weisel
Trevor Stewart. Photo: Jon Ortner
Carson Mumford (122). Photo: Debbie Tamietti
1970s Baja and desert hero Bob Rutten. Photo: Dan Alamangos
Jet Reynolds. Photo: Rich Stuelke
Mitchell Falk with the rain playing tricks with the light. Photo: Dan Alamangos
Jon Ortner — 2013-2015 REM Number One. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Jody Weisel, 1998 REM Number One, in the December fog. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
IT’S NOT RACIN’ WITHOUT RUBBIN’…THE GROUND
Richard Taylor, Jr. and Willy Simons, Jr. end up in a pile. REM promoter Frank Thomason is Johnny-on-the-spot. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Tyler Nichols (55) rides right through Mike Carter. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Tyler Nichols (55) rides right through Alan Jullien (94) to no avail. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Owin Wright (left) said of this crash with John Huegel, “I was trying to avoid him, but he wouldn’t let.” Photo: Jon Ortner
Don’t ask. Mitch Evans (4) tried to squeeze up the inside of the first turn and ended up inside the tractor tire that marks the corner. Photo: Jon Ortner
Mike Monaghan collides with Dave Eropkin, but only one of them went down. Sorry, Mike. Photo: Dan Alamangos
Todd Sibell (background) overshot the first turn. No fear, he just turned later and jumped over the berm. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Brian Medeiros hit the rear wheel of Carter Dubach on this steep drop. It was a lot steeper without the bike to hang on to. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Kayden Fillhart grabs traction. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Mark Moore—all by himself. Photo: Dan Alamangos
Geza Simons overshot this turn and ended up on top of a boulder. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Lance Sloane waited for the white flag to come out and then, when it did, he didn’t get to see it. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
MXA TEST RIDERS AT REM IN 2019
Dennis Stapleton. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Brian Medeiros. Photo: Dan Alamangos
Dan Alamangos. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Former Pro Circuit Husky rider and professional sports car racer Ernie Becker. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Jody Weisel (96). Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Josh Fout. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Josh Mosiman. Photo: Jon Ortner
Lars Larsson. Photo: Mark Chilson
Mike Monaghan. Photo: Dan Alamangos
Luc DeLey. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Randel Fout. Photo: Dan Alamangos
FOREIGN RIDERS AT REM IN 2019
Ireland’s David O’Connor. Photo: Jon Ortner
Norway’s Cornelius Toendel. Photo: Kyoshi Becker
Canada’s Pete DeGraaf. Photo: Kyoshi Becker
Holland’s Ralf Schmidt. Photo: Jon Ortner
Japan’s Yusuke Watanabe. Photo: Jon Ortner
Sweden’s Viktor Bjorkund. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
New Zealand’s Tony Cooksey. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Greece’s Xenofon Andelus. Photo: Jody Weisel
Japan’s Toshiki Tomita. Photo: Dan Alamangos
Australia’s Dan Alamangos. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Japan’s Toa Kishi. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Sweden’s Lars Larsson. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Japan’s Youkei Okura. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Norway’s Vegard Falmar. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Britain’s Kurt Nicoll. Photo: Jody Weisel
Japan’s Toshiki Tomita (718) and Youkei Okura (46). Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Norway’s Runar Sudman. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Japan’s Kai Oshiro. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Britain’s Tony Parsons. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
France’s Ludovic Macler. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Germany’s Lutz Stiebritz (left) and Chris Hoffmaan. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
South Africa’s Alan Jullien. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
Spain’s Joaquim Sunol at the Octobercross race. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
2019 has come to an end. See you in 2020. Photo: Debbi Tamietti
For more info about the 2020 REM motocross season go to www.remsatmx.com
