Author: Brett Smith

Part 3: Ricky Carmichael’s agent drops a bomb on Honda David Moorman was good enough in his youth to attend Notre Dame on a golf scholarship. He graduated in 1984 and in 1987 earned a juris doctorate from the University’s law school. The Muncie, Indiana-born Moorman spent two years practicing law in Texas before he … Continued

Part 2: Honda snatches Ricky Carmichael away from Kawasaki Almost four years before Chuck Miller’s job was to keep Ricky Carmichael on a Honda, he devised a plan to get Carmichael to switch to Honda. The light bulb moment came while sitting on a hillside at Spring Creek Motocross Park in Millville, Minnesota. It was … Continued

Part 1: Carmichael takes an “unbelievable” $4.7 million guarantee Ricky Carmichael’s phone rang. Looking at the name on the small display, he knew taking this call determined where he would spend the rest of his professional motorcycle racing career. Deep down, he didn’t want to make changes but that was before his agent found a … Continued