AMA Motocross Championship
Pichon then moved the United States to compete in the AMA Motocross Championship for the Team Pro Circuit - Kawasaki racing team. In his first full season of AMA competition with Kawasaki, Pichon won the 1995 125cc Eastern Supercross championship and ranked fifth overall in the 125cc outdoor motocross national championship. He successfully defended his crown by winning the 1996 125cc Eastern Supercross championship. Pichon joined the Suzuki factory racing team managed by former world champion Roger De Coster for the 1997 season and, finished the season ranked fourth overall in the 125cc outdoor motocross national championship. He moved up to the 250cc class in 1998 and won the season opening race at Glen Helen Raceway, finishing ahead of Jeremy McGrath and Mike LaRocco. He ended the 250cc outdoor national championship season ranked fourth. In 1999, he joined the Honda factory racing team and finished fourth in the 250cc Supercross national championship. An altercation between Pichon's father and race officials at the High Point Raceway led to Pichon's dismissal from the Honda team.