In 2009, she became the first woman to be signed to the American Honda Racing factory team and was nominated for an ESPN ESPY Award. In 2008, she was the first female motocross racer to make the cover of TransWorld Motocross magazine. She took the 2012 WMX Pro National Championship at Lake Elsinore, California. She took the overall in that and the following two races in Washougal, Washington, and Southwick, Massachusetts. After almost a month off between races and time to heal, she returned to racing at RedBud MX in Buchanan, Michigan, where she started her run for her next title. She was DNS (Did Not Start) at High Point Raceway, Mount Morris, Pennsylvania. In 2012, she crashed and experienced a concussion and fractured tailbone. She won the WMX Pro Nationals again in 2011. She finished this race in pain with a collarbone fracture due to a spill during the race. She repeated as 2009 WMX Pro National Champion by finishing seventh at Steel City Raceway in Delmont, Pennsylvania, on September 5, 2009. She also won many races in the 2009 season, including Moto 1 at Hangtown and both motos at Glen Helen. She was the 2008 WMX Pro National champion after her first professional win at the WMA Pro National Hangtown. She rode that for several years, with training wheels, accompanied by her parents. Around the age of three, Fiolek's parents gave her a Yamaha PW50, a bike suitable for very young riders. Īs a child, her family often went to her grandfather's cabin in Wolverine, Michigan, and rode through the woods for hours. When Fiolek finished eighth grade, her parents decided to begin homeschooling her. At the school, she studied ballet, ran track and played basketball. Augustine, Florida, so Ashley could attend the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, the largest school of this type in the United States. In August 1998, the Fiolek family, moved to St. Early life įiolek was born in Dearborn, Michigan, and has been deaf since birth, but her parents didn't realize until she was about 3 years old. Fiolek, who is culturally deaf and who communicates via American Sign Language, is notable for being a four-time AMA women's motocross national champion. She competed in the AMA Motocross Championships from 2008 to 2012. Ashley Fiolek (born October 22, 1990) is an American former professional motocross racer and current stunt actor.
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