{{short description|American motorcycle racer}} {{Infobox Motocross rider | name = Steve Lamson | image = | caption = | nationality = American | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|March 24, 1971}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | years = 1988 – 2007 | teams = Honda | races = | championships = AMA 125cc – 1995, 1996 | wins = 21 }} '''Steve Lamson''' (born March 24, 1971) is an American former professional motocross racer and racing team manager.<ref name="Where Are They Now?: Steve Lamson">{{cite web|url=https://racerxonline.com/2014/06/30/where-are-they-now-steve-lamson |title=Where Are They Now?: Steve Lamson |publisher=racerxonline.com |accessdate=22 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="MXA Interview Steve Lamson">{{cite web|url=https://motocrossactionmag.com/the-mxa-interview-steve-lamson/ |title=MXA Interview Steve Lamson |publisher=motocrossactionmag.com |accessdate=22 December 2018}}</ref> He competed in the AMA Motocross Championships from 1988 to 2007. He is a two-time AMA motocross national champion.<ref name="Steve Lamson career results">{{cite web|url=https://vault.racerxonline.com/rider/steve-lamson/points |title=Steve Lamson career results |publisher=racerxonline.com |accessdate=22 December 2018}}</ref>
==Motorcycle racing career== Lamson is a native of Orangevale, California where he attended Casa Roble High School.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sacbee.com/sports/nascar-auto-racing/article18724860.html |title=Local motor sports notes: Steve Lamson stays busy as AMA SuperCross team manager |publisher=sacbee.com |accessdate=22 December 2018}}</ref> He began competing in the AMA Motocross Championship in 1988. Lamson won the 125cc AMA motocross national championship in 1995 and 1996 as a member of the Honda factory racing team.<ref name="Steve Lamson career results"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://vault.racerxonline.com/1996/mx/intro |title=1996 Motocross Season |publisher=racerxonline.com |accessdate=22 December 2018}}</ref>
Lamson was a member of the victorious American 1996 Motocross des Nations team that included Jeff Emig and Jeremy McGrath.<ref name="MXA Interview Steve Lamson"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mxofnations.blogspot.com/2011/09/1996.html |title=1996 Motocross Des Nations |publisher=mxofnations.blogspot.com |accessdate=22 December 2018}}</ref> At the 1996 Motocross des Nations in Jerez, Spain, he won the combined 500cc/125cc field in the first moto on a Honda CR125M, becoming the first competitor in Motocross des Nations history to win a moto outright on a 125cc motorcycle against larger machines.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://racerxonline.com/2013/09/11/team-usa-top-25-countdown-18-steve-lamson |title=25 Best Motocross des Nations Racers of All-Time |publisher=racerxonline.com |accessdate=1 April 2023}}</ref>
He competed in his final AMA motocross race in 2007 for career that spanned 20 years, one of the longest in AMA history.<ref name="Where Are They Now?: Steve Lamson"/> He was ranked 24th all-time among AMA motocross racers by the online web site Racer X.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://racerxonline.com/2018/04/26/30-greatest-ama-motocrossers-24-steve-lamson |title=30 Greatest AMA motocrossers |publisher=racerxonline.com |accessdate=22 December 2018}}</ref>
After his motocross racing career, Lamson served as the racing team manager for the MDK Honda team and the Star Yamaha Racing Team.<ref name="MXA Interview Steve Lamson"/>
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