Jeff Ward at MX des Nations...1989

Throwback Thursday: Jeff Ward Soars in Motocross Des Nations (1989)

Larry Lawrence | September 22, 2022

Team USA with Jeff Ward, Jeff Stanton and Mike Kiedrowski, managed by Roger DeCoster, won the event

Nate Rauba photo

In this week’s Throwback we dial back the time machine to 1989 and travel to Gaildorf, West Germany, site of that year’s Motocross des Nations. This photo shows Jeff Ward (No. 1) soaring past Team Norway’s Håkon Huseby as a packed crowd watched Team USA dominate the international competition. Team USA Manager Roger DeCoster directed a strong team. Ward was already part of five winning American squads coming into that year’s event and he was joined by pair of Motocross des Nations rookies in Jeff Stanton and Mike Kiedrowski. Ward won the first moto, Stanton the other two. And Kiedrowski did a great job as well, finishing as the top 125 class rider in the first moto and the second in Moto 2.  As a result, Team USA won with 4 points, Italy was second with 11, Great Britain third with 15.

Here’s hoping Team USA break its 11-year dry spell and turns in another strong performance this weekend at the 2022 edition of the Motocross des Nations at RedBud MX in Buchanan, Michigan.

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