ARE YOU READY FOR THIS RAW TALENT AND EXPIRENCE FOR HONDA AND REDBULL WELL SHE IS NOT NEW BUT THE GIRL HAS TALENT AND BELONG'S SITTING ON THAT BIKE AT THE GATE AND SHE'S SMASHING FOR HONDA I KNOW GUY'S BUT HEY IT DOESN'T PAY TO DROOL WHEN YOUR SEE HER RIDE PLAY IT OFF ACT LIKE YOUR NOT WORRIED!
Where do you even start with Ashley Fiolek? First of all, the record books show that she’s the defending 2009 AMA/WMA Women’s Motocross Champion. But that doesn’t even begin to describe what this 19-year-old has accomplished. Single-handedly she’s elevated the entire women’s motocross scene to an unprecedented height. She’s the first woman to ever be on the Honda Red Bull factory MX team. And she looks like she’s just getting started.
A little background: Up until 2009, women’s motocross in the United States was overseen by the WMA—the Women’s Motocross Association. But in 2009 women’s motocross went big-time and officially became part of the AMA Motocross Championship series. Fiolek was already the 2008 champion (a championship she won in her first year as a professional), but 2009 would really put her in the spotlight. And the brighter the light, the more this talented young rider shined.
In 2009 she roared out of the gate, winning the first three rounds in the championship series. By season’s end she’d racked up 10 overall wins, easily winning the championship on her CRF250R. But her biggest challenge came at her last race of the season, at Steel City. Fiolek was looking to wrap up the series when, while running in second place, she crashed and broke her collarbone. And this wasn’t just a crack—the X-rays would show a big break and a substantial bone displacement. This would have sidelined any rider, but Fiolek remounted and continued over jumps, ruts and whoops to finish seventh.
“When I crashed, I knew I had to get back up and keep going,” commented the bandaged Fiolek after the race. “I was in a lot of pain, but I couldn’t let my team or fans down.”
This alone would have made her the biggest MX story of 2009. But Fiolek’s story is just getting started. Because you need to know this about Fiolek too: She is profoundly deaf, and has been since birth.
Fiolek shrugs off her handicap and will even tell you she’s turned it into an advantage, claiming that since she can’t hear her competitors’ bikes gaining on her, she just has to ride hard, all the time. What guts this champion has, on and off the MX track.
In addition to her back-to-back titles, Filek also won the X Games Women's Moto-X Gold Medal in 2009 and 2010. For 2011 she's back with Team Honda looking forward to
getting back 2010
2nd AMA/WMA Women's National Motocross Championship
Winner X-Games Women’s Supercross gold medal
2009
1st AMA/WMA Women's National Motocross Championship
Winner X-Games Women’s Supercross gold medal
2008
1st AMA/WMA Women's National Motocross Championship
2nd GNC International Final, Women 99-250F Pro
2007
1st Lake Whitney Spring Classic, Women's 99-250cc 12+ Amateur
1st GNC International Final, Women's 99-250F n/p
1st World Mini Grand Prix, Girls 65-85cc
5th WMA Steel City National
6th AMA/WMA Drill Tech Women's Cup
2007 Xtremey Award - Most Inspirational Athlete
2006
1st Lake Whitney Spring Classic, Girls 12-15 85-105cc
1st GNC International Final, Women's 99cc and up (250 max)
1st NMA National Championships - Women's 125-250cc, Girls 65-85cc
AMA Winter National Olympics - 1st Women's Supercross 99cc and up, 3rd Women's Motocross 99cc and up
AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships - 11th boys 85 Mod 14-15, 14th Women's 99cc-250cc
2005
1st GNC International Final, Women's 99cc and up (450 max)
1st Branson MX National Championship, Girls 12-15 class
7th AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships, Women's 99cc and up
#1 Woman/Girl Amateur Racer of the Year, Amateur MX magazine
2004
*Champion - AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships, Girls 9-13 class
1st AMA Winter National Olympics, Supercross Girls 9-13 class
1st AMA Winter National Olympics, Motocross Girls 9-13 class
AMA Youth Motocrosser of the year
AMA Youth Rider of the Year
AMA Winter National Olympics - Thor MX Outstanding Achievement award
* First deaf person to win an AMA National Championshipher
