American World Champions So much talent so little room at the starting gate, some­times referred to as a "lost generation:' There were simply more talented riders in America then  there were good-paying jobs. So several riders, most notably Donny Schmit, Trampas Parker, and Bobby Moore, packed their bags and went where the jobs were, in Europe.

Donny Schmit was another member of the so-called "lost generation" of American motocrossers who looked to Europe in the late 1980s when stateside opportunities were hard to come by.
In 1990, and Schmit made a successful move to the FIM championships riding a Suzuki. In his first season overseas, he won the FIM 125cc World Championship, and he followed that up with a 250cc title in 1992.
In January of 1996—just two days after his 29th birthday Donny Schmit died, suddenly and tragically, as a result of complications of aplastic anemia.

Bobby Moore Throughout most of his Grand Prix career, Moore rode under a German license and, in fact, scored three German national championships. But his career reached its zenith in 1994 when he became just the third American ever to win the FIM's 125cc World Championship.
 

Other Americans that crossed the pond to find a ride and are include in this forty card set. Billy Liles, Tyson Vohland, Mike Healey,
 

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 Riding a Cagiva  Dave Strijbos wins the 1986 Motocross World Championship.