Why it was Started

Jimmy Button lived and breathed motorcycles and had his whole future ahead of him. He was 26 years old and was starting his 10th year as a professional rider, and his 2nd year with factory Yamaha. However, on January 22, 2000 his whole life would drastically change in a split second. While practicing for the evening's Supercross at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, Jimmy went down in the whoop section and immediately went numb. As Jimmy lay there the fans and his teammates watched silently as he was carried off the track.
That evening his family and friends were told he would probably never walk again. He had bruised his spinal cord at his 2nd and 3rd vertebrae and was paralyzed from the neck down.

What doctors did not know was how powerful Jimmy's spirit and courage was. He came back not to ride but to win something much bigger, to win the race of walking again.

Following his injury, Jimmy was left in a very difficult situation, both physically and financially. Since a riders union didn't exist there was a critical need for an organization that would provide financial and emotional assistance when an extreme situation arose.

In the fall of 2000 Bob Moore, Bob Walker, and Jimmy Button created the Road 2 Recovery Foundation, a 501 (c)3 non-profit organization to enhance the sport of motocross through assistance to AMA licensed professional Motocross and Supercross riders who sustain career ending injuries.

The Foundation

The Road 2 Recovery Foundation is dedicated to helping professional AMA licensed motocross members with financial assistance if they sustain career-ending injuries as well as providing motivational, emotional, and spiritual support to these individuals and their families.

Our goal of Road 2 Recovery would be to become large enough to completely provide for a rider for the duration of their life if they are unable to ever generate revenue again. We can strive towards this goal with the help of everyone in the motocross community who is passionate about this sport. The Road 2 Recovery is out there to make our sport a better safer place.

Concept

The Road 2 Recovery has teamed up with Dr. Steve Augistine and the Action Sports Medical Foundation (ASMF) to approve:

·        A mobile medical safety unit at the top of amateur Nationals; Loretta Lynn; Lake Whitney; Oak Hill; Mini Olympics; Ponca City; Amateur open and World Mini.

·        Financial assistance for a life time is a rider sustains a career-ending injury.

·        Catastrophic insurance policy to cover all riders competing in AMA Supercross and Motocross series.

·        Support riders injured outside a race event.

National Ride Day

The Road 2 Recovery National Ride Day is a one weekend event held across the nation, Sept 20th and 21^st in 2008 to promote the mission of the Road 2 Recovery Foundation.

Started in 2000, the Road 2 Recovery Foundation has been dedicated to helping AMA licensed professionals in the event of a career-ending injury. With an expanded focus on rider safety and education, the National Ride Day will be used to promote and fund our programs.

The Road 2 recovery Foundation is dedicated to helping AMA licensed motocross members with

·        Financial assistance if they sustain career-ending injuries.

·        The board of Directors has established an Insurance Endowment Fund effective January 1, 2008. The purpose of the fund is to provide catastrophic insurance to riders who suffer a career ending injury while practicing, testing or racing in conjunction with the AMA SX Series or the AMA Outdoor National. They as well will be providing motivational, emotional, and spiritual support to these individuals and their families.

·        Amateur Medical / Safety Unit on site medical unit would provide treatment from qualified trainers and doctors that have a back ground in motocross injuries.

To learn more about the Road 2 Recovery Foundation logon on to www.road2recovery.com