Mark Melton

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Mark Melton

09-17-06
Mark Melton, #800, started flat tracking at the youthful age of four on a Fantachino, an Italian bike. He and his father, Ed, used to race hare scrambles and motocross. The father and son racing team, in those early years, practiced their riding on the family farm new Odon, Indiana where his Mom (Judy) and Dad still reside today. At six years old, Melton went to his first motocross race at Red Fox in Lynnville, IN to compete on his MR50 Honda. (His parents still have this bike.) From here the path led to several amateur national motocross championship titles. In 1984, he won the 125 B at the AMA Loretta Lynn's Amateur Nationals. In his first year of competition at the AMA Amateur Nationals held in Iowa, Melton finished 2nd in the 0-65 and 6th in the 85 Stock (7-11). His second year of AMA Amateur Nationals competition was held in Reidsville, North Carolina. Here he finished sixth in the 85 Stock (12-15) and 6th in the 85 Mod (12-15). The third and fourth years, he competed were held at Loretta Lynn's in Hurricane Mills, TN. In his third year, he finished sixth in the 85 Stock (12-15) and took a fourth in the 85 Mod (12-15). In 1983, his last year to ride the minis at the AMA event, he took second in the 85 Stock (12-14) and 8th in the Modified class. In 1984, he won the 125 B Stock at Loretta Lynn's at the AMA Amateur Nationals. In 1985, he won the 125 A Stock at Loretta Lynn's. In 1986 at the NMA Amateur Nationals at Ponca City, Oklahoma, Mark won the 250 Pro Modified. In 1986, he moved up to compete in the 125cc AMA Supercross series finishing 2nd in Atlanta, 4th and 5th in Detroit, 4th in Daytona to tally a 3rd overall in the series. Some of his past sponsors were WP, Honda, Team Tamm, Hi-Point, and Scott Goggles. He then decided to quit racing in order to focus on college. He graduated from Rose-Hulman in Terre Haute, IN with a B.S. degree in electrical engineering in 1990. He has ran several marathons and he currently rides his bicycle over 200 miles a week and dabbles in racing it occasionally. He is currently the co-founder of an investment management firm that trades securities, derivatives and currencies worldwide which accounts for about 1% of global trading. He lives in Austin, Texas with his fourteen year-old daughter, Annie and his wife, Ragan. He also has a younger brother, Brett, who also is a former motocross competitor. His only brush with fame to date has been racing bicycles against Lance Armstrong in an off-road duatholon--unfortunately, Armstrong defeated Mark.

Mark Melton Former Odon, IN resident	#800 - Mark Melton pursued by #332 Keith Turpin at the 1985 NMA Nationals	Mark Melton 1985 NMA Nationals
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Ed and Judy Melton - Mark's Parents	#331 Mike Morris - KY (Kaw) leading #800 Melton with #45 Eddie Cleveland-in third at the AMA Qualifier at Lincoln Trail MX in Casey, Illinois.	Melton with Tommy Watt's in pursuit at Midway MX in Mitchell, IN April, 1985.
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