GYPSY TALES

Chapter 422

Jeremy McGrath

16 Oct 2026 · 3h 15m

With Jeremy McGrath

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The King of Supercross is back for round two. Jeremy McGrath won 72 supercross main events, 15 more than Eli Tomac and 24 more than Ricky Carmichael, and nobody has got near that standard since. This one is three hours on how it actually ended for him, what he would do differently, and what he sees when he watches the current field.

Jeremy McGrath is a seven time supercross champion with more main event wins than anyone in the history of the sport. In Chapter 422 he sits down with Jase Macalpine to go through the Yamaha offer that cut his salary in half, the KTM that was never ready and made the decision for him, the two fourth places that finally let him stop, and why he is in the gym five mornings a week at 54.

Chapters 61

  1. 0:00Intro
  2. 1:13The Gambling Money Behind a Factory Team
  3. 7:00Sports Betting Is a Pandemic
  4. 10:38A Word on Subscribing
  5. 12:21The King of Gypsy Tales Is Back
  6. 13:17Beast Mode at 54
  7. 14:34Empty Nesters
  8. 18:54Six Guys and an 8:30 Start
  9. 25:52A Hip, a Knee and the Ankle Left to Fix
  10. 30:37Jase's Dad, Cambodia and Riding Till the Wheels Fall Off
  11. 31:50What He Made of Jett's Ankle
  12. 33:47Mars Men
  13. 36:10Nobody Races the Off Season Anymore
  14. 37:19Flying Race to Race Across Europe in the 90s
  15. 46:12Why the Sport Moved to Florida
  16. 48:40Still Driving the 2015 Prius
  17. 50:01The Strait of Hormuz and China's Hidden Reserves
  18. 54:09Telling the Truth and Becoming the Enemy
  19. 59:02Written Off, Then a World Champion
  20. 1:03:46Chase Sexton and the Same Crash Every Time
  21. 1:10:59Silly Season and Eli Tomac Retiring
  22. 1:11:55The Day a Racer Knows It's Over
  23. 1:17:28BRUNT Workwear
  24. 1:19:36Did He Ever Feel Like the King?
  25. 1:20:51He Got Hurt More After He Retired
  26. 1:23:47Advice for Guys Who Beat the Game Early
  27. 1:28:43How Fans Turn on You, Then Love You
  28. 1:33:07Which Criticism Is Worth Listening To
  29. 1:35:15What He Makes of Deegan's 450 Year
  30. 1:38:22Learning Outdoors by Watching Jeff Emig
  31. 1:41:07Decoding Ricky Carmichael's Riding Style
  32. 1:43:13The Best Deegan Interview He Has Heard
  33. 1:49:12Prado vs Deegan on the Last Lap
  34. 1:51:07The Pass on Cooper Webb
  35. 1:53:11Riding the New Two Stroke at Ironman
  36. 1:57:35The Colorado 500
  37. 1:59:53Swing Arm City and Missing Ken Block
  38. 2:03:59Winning King of the Hammers Back to Back
  39. 2:06:36Where He Has Ridden in the World
  40. 2:10:25AG1
  41. 2:11:31A Thousand Miles of Baja in Five Days
  42. 2:16:26Why the Lawrence Brothers Are Ahead of the Field
  43. 2:19:01The Biggest Turnover in Years
  44. 2:20:28Twenty Years of Monster Energy Supercross
  45. 2:22:50How the Monster Deal Happened in 2008
  46. 2:24:32How Energy Drinks Funded the Sport
  47. 2:32:38The Crash That Overshadowed Hunter's Title
  48. 2:36:41Predictions for Next Year
  49. 2:37:38Riding a Defensive Line
  50. 2:40:47You Cannot Make Enemies of Everyone
  51. 2:43:49Moving Up to the 450s
  52. 2:45:37Larry Brooks, the Unsung Hero
  53. 2:48:36The Cinderella Story of the Season
  54. 2:51:36Watching the Tomac Tribute
  55. 2:54:20Squashing Twenty Years of Beef with Emig
  56. 2:55:57Where the Rivalry Started
  57. 2:59:35FIST
  58. 3:01:01Tomac's 57 Wins
  59. 3:05:14The Two Fourths That Let Him Walk Away
  60. 3:08:47Yamaha Halving His Salary
  61. 3:12:47What He Was Actually Being Paid Monster Energy

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