Ezra "Yogi" Lusk


Ezra Lusk
Birth Date: August 31, 1975
Birthplace: Bainbridge, Georgia
Residence: Bainbridge, Georgia
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 160 lbs. (why do they list their weight? Are you going to pick them up?)
Turned pro: 1991
National number: 11
Career Highlights
1998 - Lusk won four rounds of the 250cc Supercross series and earned eight additional podium finishes, ending the season as the runner-up for the championship. He won the Mt. Morris, Penn., round of the 250cc Mazda Truck Motocross Nationals, and had three additional overall podium finishes...finished outside the top-10 just once all season...rode for Factory Honda team.

1997 - Won the Atlanta and Orlando, Fla. 250cc Supercross rounds and had four podium finishes... Took the overall 250cc National Motocross win at Budds Creek, Md. and took third overall at the San Bernardino round... Finished in the top-10 overall at all but three of thirteen rounds... Rode for Team Yamaha .

1996 - Returned from an injury-plagued 1995 and surprised a lot of people by finishing as the third-ranked AMA Supercross rider... Best Supercross finishes were a pair of second place finishes (Indianapolis and Denver) and a third at Pontiac... Highest 125cc Motocross finishes was a second at Southwick, Mass. and a third at Buchanan, Mich... Seventh-ranked 125cc Motocross rider.

1995 - Signed two-year contract with factory Suzuki team... Had three top-ten Supercross finishes, best was seventh at Houston... Finished a promising sixth in the 250cc Motocross opener at Gainesville, Fla., but only raced one more race during the season due to injuries.

1994 - Won the AMA 125cc East Region Supercross Championship on a Suzuki... Won five of ten East Region Supercross rounds (Orlando, Houston, Tampa, Atlanta and Indianapolis)... Raced the final three Supercross races of the season and took two top-ten finishes... Finished with two podium finishes in 125cc Motocross (Gainesville, Fla. and Sacramento, Calif.).

1993 - Won the Orlando round of the East Region 125cc Supercross... Raced in the final three Supercross rounds and finished in the top ten each race including a fifth at Las Vegas... Had four top-ten finishes in 125cc Motocross including a second at Southwick, Mass.

1992 - Earned three podium finishes in 125cc East Supercross en route to finishing fifth in that series... Took three top-ten finishes in 125cc Motocross and finished a season high third at Buchanan, Mich... Earned his first AMA National points with an eighth-place finish at Gainesville, Fla.

Personal
Was dropped from Kawasaki support team early in his career for fighting... Hired Gary Semics (Jeremy McGrath's trainer) to help improve his conditioning... Enjoys playing tennis, golf, mountain bike riding, jogging and water skiing.
Lara's comments:
Ezra is back this year and ready to go. I hope he has a HUGE year :)