# Dean Wilson (motorcyclist)

Dean Wilson (born 28 December 1991) is a British professional motocross and Supercross racer. Wilson won the 2011 AMA Motocross Championship in the 250 class.
Due to his family's relocation at a young age, Wilson has spent the majority of his career competing in the United States, turning professional there in 2010.
In the early years of his professional career, Wilson achieved significant success in both motocross and supercross. Whilst riding for the Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki team, Wilson took eight professional supercross wins and finished runner-up twice in the regional 250 supercross classes.
Wilson has competed at the Motocross des Nations on seven occasions. Due to having a Canadian passport, his first appearance saw him represent Canada, whilst on all subsequent occasions he has represented Great Britain. He formed part of the British team that finished third at the 2017 Motocross des Nations, breaking a twenty-year podium drought for the team.
Outside of America, Wilson won the 2023 Australian Supercross Championship in the SX1 class and has competed in the FIM Supercross World Championship, finishing third overall in the 2023 season.

## Career
### Junior career

Wilson began competing in local motocross races in his native Scotland at a young age and continued to do so after his family moved to Calgary in 1999. After having good results in Canada in the youth ranks, the family moved to California in 2006, where Wilson joined Kawasaki's amateur programme known as Team Green. This move saw Wilson achieve a podium at the AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship the following year, before going on to win his first title at the event in 2008. In his final year as an amateur, Wilson picked up two titles at the event in the 250 A and 450 A/Pro Sport classes.
Due to having both British and Canadian passports, Wilson's results saw him picked to represent the latter at the 2009 Motocross des Nations in what was his first professional event. Despite only being seventeen years old, Wilson impressed at the event, finishing eleventh in his qualifying race and winning the B-Final race ahead of future Grand Prix winner Evgeny Bobryshev. Following these results, the AMA named Wilson as the winner of the 2009 AMA Horizon Award and he signed his first professional contract for the 2010 season with the Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki team.

### 250 Career

Wilson made his professional debut in the SX Lites East class of the 2010 AMA Supercross Championship. Despite being a rookie, Wilson finished sixth on his debut in Indianapolis, improving to fourth the in the following round and landing on the podium with third at his third professional start at Daytona International Speedway. After missing two rounds due to visa issues, Wilson took a second podium by finishing runner-up at the last round and finished the championship sixth in the final standings. His rookie season form continued into that season's AMA Motocross Championship, where he scored his first overall outdoor podium at the second round. Two rounds later, he took his first professional race win and overall win at Budds Creek, backing this up with three podiums in a row at the following three rounds. After picking up a further podium at the ninth round, Wilson went on to win the final round by winning both races to take a perfect score. These results saw him finish fourth in the 250 class final standings and be named the AMA Motocross Rookie of the Year. At the end of the season, Wilson again competed at the Motocross des Nations but this time for Great Britain rather than Canada. Wilson finished sixth and eighth in his main races to finish as the second best MX2 rider at the event, with the team finishing fourth overall.
The successes of his debut season continued into 2011, where finished second in the opening round of the Lites East supercross class before taking his first professional supercross win at the second round in Atlanta. This would give him the championship lead after two rounds but after finishing outside of the top-three in the following two rounds he dropped back in the title race. A second at the fifth round followed by back-to-back wins in Toronto and Arlington saw Wilson finish as runner-up in the series behind Justin Barcia. On the back of this, Wilson had an equally successful start to the AMA Motocross Championship, finishing second overall in all but two of the first eight rounds. He took his first overall win of the season at the ninth round in Unadilla with a double race win, before winning the final two rounds in similar fashion to take the title in his second professional season. Wilson made his second appearance for the British team at the Motocross des Nations at the end of the season, finishing third in his qualifying race and ninth in the opening race, as the team finished fourth again.
Wilson switched to the Lites West class for the 2012 supercross season, taking two event wins in Phoenix and San Diego, alongside two second-place finishes to finish as runner-up to Eli Tomac in the final standings. At the Seattle round, Wilson was involved in an incident with Tomac, which resulted in Wilson crashing and sustaining a shoulder injury. Despite the injury he was keen to compete in the AMA Motocross series following this to defend his title won in the previous season. Riding with the number one plate as defending champion, Wilson had to pull out of the first race at the opening round of the year due to the injured shoulder popping out. This injury would ultimately rule him out for the rest of the season. Wilson initially signed for the Jeff Ward Racing team to compete on a 450 for the full 2013 season. This team folded prior to the start of the season however, leaving Wilson to return to the Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki team. He won the opening round of the renamed 250SX East class in Arlington before finishing second in the following two rounds. Wilson crashed in his heat race at the Indianapolis round, suffering a collapsed lung, broken back, broken rib and a broken shoulder. The scale of the injuries meant he missed the remaining supercross season but did return for the AMA Motocross Championship, stepping up and making his debut in the 450 class for the first time. After only two rounds, Wilson had a practice crash that reinjured the shoulder he had hurt the previous season and would sit out the rest of the series.
After returning from injury, Wilson competed in the 250SX West class of the 2014 AMA Supercross Championship, taking two main event wins at the third Anaheim round and in Las Vegas at the final round to finish third in the standings. In addition to this, Wilson competed in four rounds of the 450SX class that didn't clash with the 250SX West series, filling in for the injured Chad Reed on his Discount Tire Racing/TwoTwo Motorsports Kawasaki. Out of his four starts he finished in the top-ten three times, with a best of seventh at Daytona. In the second race at the opening round of the AMA Motocross Championship, Wilson crashed and suffered a gash in the back of his knee which ruled him out of the following three rounds. Upon his return, he scored four top-six overall finishes as his best results to finish tenth in the final standings. After this tough outdoor season, Wilson competed at the 2014 Motocross des Nations in the Open class, finishing second in his qualifying race before finishing third and fifth in the main races. These results helped the British team finish fourth again with the same amount of points as the third placed American team. Wilson finished as the second placed Open class rider at the event.

### 450 Career

At the conclusion of the 2014 season, Wilson signed with the Red Bull KTM Factory Team to compete full-time in the 450 class on a two-year deal. After three rounds of the 2015 AMA Supercross Championship, Wilson crashed whilst training and tore his ACL and MCL knee ligaments. This ruled him out for the remaining supercross season and he did not return to racing until the final three rounds of the AMA Motocross Championship. Towards the end of 2015, Wilson made his debut in the FIM Motocross World Championship when he rode as a wildcard at the season-ending MXGP of USA. He was fastest in the Saturday Timed Practice session and finished the event fourth overall. Following this, he again competed in the Open class at the 2015 Motocross des Nations, finishing fifth in his qualifying race and coming home sixth and eighth in the main races. Wilson's second season in the factory KTM team had a similarly difficult start, when a crash in practice at the third round led to a torn ACL for the second year running. He returned for the final six rounds of the AMA Motocross Championship, recording a best overall result of sixth at the penultimate round. In addition, he rode in the MXGP class at the final two rounds of the 2016 FIM Motocross World Championship which took place in America.
After two injury-plagued years, Wilson was without a ride for the 2017 season. Prior to the start of the season, he announced his intention to compete as a privateer aboard a Yamaha for the year ahead. In the first four events he finished just outside the top-ten, which caught the eye of the Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing team, who signed him from the fifth round onwards. Across the remaining he rounds he recorded nine top-ten finishes, including two fifth places as his best results, to finish eighth in the final standings. Continuing with the team in the 2017 AMA National Motocross Championship, Wilson was one of the front runners in the series, finishing all but two races within the top-ten and recording two overall podiums at Southwick and Spring Creek. After finishing fourth in the series, Wilson was selected for the British team at the 2017 Motocross des Nations, which would see him compete in front of his home crowd. He again performed strongly at the event, qualifying fifth followed by finishing seventh and eighth in the main races, as the team finished third to record their first podium since 1997. Following this, Wilson competed in the season ending Monster Energy Cup, where he finished third overall at the event.
Wilson improved to seventh in the final standings of the 2018 AMA Supercross Championship, finishing second at the twelfth round in Indianapolis for his first 450 supercross podium. When practicing for the outdoor season, Wilson collided with a slower rider mid-air and in the ensuing crash suffered another torn ACL injury. This ruled him out for the entire 2018 AMA National Motocross Championship, with him only returning at the AUS-X Open event in Australia in November, where he finished second. The 2019 AMA Supercross Championship would see Wilson pick up another podium, this time in Houston, as he finished a position higher again in the final standings with sixth. This position was achieved despite missing the final two rounds due to an injured shoulder and kidney contusion that he sustained in a crash at the Denver round. He would return for the final six rounds of the 2019 AMA National Motocross Championship, with several top-eight race finishes within those rounds. The COVID-19 pandemic-impacted 2020 AMA Supercross Championship saw Wilson progress throughout, with several top-six finishes and a third at the final round being the highlights. After five rounds of the 2020 AMA National Motocross Championship, Wilson sustained a slight tear in his left meniscus, which ruled him out for the remainder of the year.
There were further injury issues for Wilson during the 2021 AMA Supercross Championship, where he missed two rounds due to a broken big toe. Throughout the rest of the season he scored seven top-ten overall finishes to end the championship in eleventh. Wilson also had to contend with several issues during the 2021 AMA Motocross season, bruising his liver and kidney area in a crash at the fourth round and missing the final three rounds due to Epstein-Barr virus. After recovering from the illness, Wilson's 2022 AMA Supercross Championship was brought to an end after thirteen rounds, with a big crash in St. Louis causing a laceration. He was able to return for the final four rounds of the 2022 AMA National Motocross Championship, securing two tenth overall finishes in the latter two of these rounds. Wilson returned to compete for the British team at the 2022 Motocross des Nations, riding in the MXGP class, as the team finished tenth overall. The event would be Wilson's last aboard a Husqvarna, as he signed for the Honda Genuine Honda Racing team to competed in the season ending 2022 FIM Supercross World Championship. After two challenging rounds, he finished thirteenth in the final standings.
For the 2023 season, Wilson stayed with the Australian Fire Power Honda team, concentrating on supercross. In the 2023 AMA Supercross Championship, Wilson finished the season tenth overall, finishing the last six rounds in the top-ten. Later in the year, he finished on the podium in two of the three rounds in the 2023 FIM Supercross World Championship, winning a race in Abu Dhabi and ending the championship third behind Ken Roczen and Joey Savatgy. This success was replicated in the Australian Supercross Championship, where he won the SX1 title for the first time. Wilson had a consistent start to the 2024 AMA Supercross Championship, but sustained another shoulder injury at the eighth round. Returning for the final four rounds, Wilson scored a tenth-place finish at the final round. He competed in five rounds of the 2024 AMA National Motocross Championship, before finishing his year in America at the finals of the 2024 SuperMotocross World Championship. Following this, Wilson again competed in the FIM Supercross World Championship, dislocating his shoulder at the third round in a crash with long-time rival Vince Friese. Alongside his regular programme, Wilson also competed in selected rounds of the Brazilian Arenacross Championship in 2024.
He started 2025 by competing in the Arenacross World Tour and the Dortmund Supercross event in Germany, breaking from his usual routine of racing in the AMA Supercross Championship.

## Honours

Motocross des Nations
* Team Overall: 2017
FIM Supercross World Championship
* WSX: 2023
AMA Supercross Championship
* SX Lites East: 2011
* SX Lites West: 2012
* 250SX West: 2014
AMA Motocross Championship
* 250: 2011
* AMA Motocross Rookie of the Year: 2010
Australian Supercross Championship
* SX1: 2023 , 2024
Monster Energy Cup
* Monster Cup: 2017
AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship
* 450 A/Pro Sport: 2009
* 250 A: 2009
* Motocross B Modified: 2008
* MX Lites B Stock: 2008
* Four Stroke 201cc-650cc: 2007
AMA Horizon Award
* 2009

## Career statistics
### Motocross des Nations

| Year | Location | Nation | Class | Teammates | Team Overall | Individual Overall |
| 2009 | Franciacorta | CAN | MX2 | Tyler Medaglia Mitchell Cooke | 27th | N/A |
| 2010 | Thunder Valley | GBR | MX2 | Jake Nicholls Brad Anderson | 4th | 2nd |
| 2011 | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | GBR | MX2 | Tommy Searle Brad Anderson | 4th | 5th |
| 2014 | Ķegums | GBR | Open | Shaun Simpson Tommy Searle | 4th | 2nd |
| 2015 | Ernée | GBR | Open | Shaun Simpson Max Anstie | 18th | 4th |
| 2017 | Matterley Basin | GBR | Open | Max Anstie Tommy Searle | 3rd | 3rd |
| 2022 | Red Bud | GBR | MXGP | Max Anstie Tommy Searle | 10th | 10th |

### FIM Motocross World Championship
#### By season

| Season | Class | Number | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Race Wins | Overall Wins | Race Top-3 | Overall Podium | Pts | Plcd |
| 2015 | MX2 | 215 | KTM | Red Bull KTM Factory Team | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 31st |
| 2016 | MX2 | 15 | KTM | Red Bull KTM Factory Team | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 30th |

### FIM Supercross World Championship
#### By season

| Season | Class | Number | Motorcycle | Team | Overall Wins | Overall Podium | Pts | Plcd |
| 2022 | WSX | 15 | Honda | Honda Genuine Honda Racing | 0 | 0 | 57 | 13th |
| 2023 | WSX | 15 | Honda | Fire Power Honda Racing | 0 | 2 | 167 | 3rd |
| 2024 | WSX | 15 | Honda | Fire Power Honda Racing | 0 | 0 | 148 | 10th |
| Total | | | | | 0 | 2 | 372 | |

### AMA Supercross Championship
#### By season

| Season | Class | Number | Motorcycle | Team | Overall Wins | Overall Podium | Pts | Plcd |
| 2010 | SX Lites East | 108 | Kawasaki | Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki | 0 | 2 | 105 | 6th |
| 2011 | SX Lites East | 15 | Kawasaki | Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki | 3 | 5 | 165 | 2nd |
| 2012 | SX Lites West | 15 | Kawasaki | Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki | 2 | 4 | 154 | 2nd |
| 2013 | 250SX East | 15 | Kawasaki | Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki | 1 | 3 | 87 | 7th |
| 2014 | 250SX West | 15 | Kawasaki | Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki | 2 | 4 | 163 | 3rd |
| 2014 | 450SX | 15 | Kawasaki | Discount Tire Racing/TwoTwo Motorsports | 0 | 0 | 47 | 24th |
| 2015 | 450SX | 15 | KTM | Red Bull KTM Factory Team | 0 | 0 | 23 | 28th |
| 2016 | 450SX | 15 | KTM | Red Bull KTM Factory Team | 0 | 0 | 18 | 26th |
| 2017 | 450SX | 15 | Yamaha | | 0 | 0 | 185 | 8th |
| 2017 | 450SX | 15 | Husqvarna | Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing | 0 | 0 | 185 | 8th |
| 2018 | 450SX | 15 | Husqvarna | Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing | 0 | 1 | 208 | 7th |
| 2019 | 450SX | 15 | Husqvarna | Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing | 0 | 1 | 223 | 6th |
| 2020 | 450SX | 15 | Husqvarna | Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing | 0 | 1 | 239 | 8th |
| 2021 | 450SX | 15 | Husqvarna | Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing | 0 | 0 | 165 | 11th |
| 2022 | 450SX | 15 | Husqvarna | Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing | 0 | 0 | 152 | 10th |
| 2023 | 450SX | 15 | Honda | Fire Power Honda Racing | 0 | 0 | 200 | 10th |
| 2024 | 450SX | 15 | Honda | Fire Power Honda Racing | 0 | 0 | 91 | 16th |
| Total | | | | | 8 | 21 | 2225 | |

### AMA National Motocross Championship
#### By season

| Season | Class | Number | Motorcycle | Team | Races | Race Wins | Overall Wins | Race Top-3 | Overall Podium | Pts | Plcd |
| 2010 | 250 | 108 | Kawasaki | Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki | 24 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 437 | 4th |
| 2011 | 250 | 15 | Kawasaki | Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki | 24 | 11 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 538 | 1st |
| 2012 | 250 | 1 | Kawasaki | Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| 2013 | 450 | 15 | Kawasaki | Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 26th |
| 2014 | 250 | 15 | Kawasaki | Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 230 | 10th |
| 2015 | 450 | 15 | KTM | Red Bull KTM Factory Team | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 23rd |
| 2016 | 450 | 15 | KTM | Red Bull KTM Factory Team | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 19th |
| 2017 | 450 | 15 | Husqvarna | Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 340 | 4th |
| 2019 | 450 | 15 | Husqvarna | Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 13th |
| 2020 | 450 | 15 | Husqvarna | Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 15th |
| 2021 | 450 | 15 | Husqvarna | Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 16th |
| 2022 | 450 | 15 | Husqvarna | Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 18th |
| 2024 | 450 | 15 | Honda | Fire Power Honda Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 24th |
| Total | | | | | 166 | 14 | 5 | 37 | 20 | 2250 | |