John Dowd
The ultimate lunch-pail-carrying, hard-hat-wearing racer, the “Junkyard Dog” scored podium finishes as a privateer Yamaha racer in the beginning of his career, which led to the factory Yamaha team giving him a motorcycle on which he promptly delivered two overall victories, in Minnesota and New York. Those results netted him a full factory Yamaha ride, which resulted in him winning the 1998 AMA 125cc Western Region Supercross Championship.
Motocrossers Doug Henry, John Dowd; off-roaders Barry Hawk, Randy Hawkins; Supermoto ace Mark Burkhart are inducted to the Yamaha Wall of Champions.