Career
In 2003, Sun was inducted into the American Medical Association Motorcycle Hall of Fame. Chuck comes from an off-road riding family out of rural Sherwood, Oregon. Earnings of $100 from picking beans and strawberries under Oregon’s summer sun in 1968, 12-year-old Chuck Sun bought his first dirt bike.
Chuck’s dad Roger just asked one time “Are you sure this is what you want to spend your money on?” Number question it was that Cat mini bike at the auto parts store.
Bruce Brown’s movie “On Any Sunday” made Malcolm Smith an icon in off-road motorcycle racing and would ignite in Chuck an indistinguishable passion for racing. At age 14 Chuck entered his first motocross race and fell trying to pass everyone in the first turn.
Chuck had learned his first lesson of racing “balance of patience and desire”. #1 Northwest Motocross Series 1978 National Transport-United States of America 250 Champion Husqvarna Motorcycles 1979 United States Podium with a 3rd place 1981 United States Supercross Stadium Championship 3rd Overall 1981 Champion USPG Carlsbad, California American Broadcasting Company Sports televised event Class of 2003 Inducted into the American Medical Association Hall of Fame 2003 Qualified for American Medical Association Supermoto Las Vegas Final Represented in the History of America Motocross Museum -Pickerington, Ohio Phitsanoluk, Thailand Maxxis Asia Open Top American 4th Overall Pro.