November 2006, he established Team Monster Energy / Arctic Cat
and returned to the national snocross tour on a limited schedule. During the
08/09 season, he was undefeated on the national tour and won his third consecutive
X Games gold medal. Winter 2010, he won his fourth consecutive X
Games gold and became the first American to win the FIM Snowcross World
Championship.
He moved to California to compete in the AMA Supercross and Motocross Championships but still competed in the X Games Snocross event, winning back-to-back silver medals.
After finishing second in both snocross national championships and taking
bronze at X Games, he announced his retirement from the national tour to race
dirt bikes full-time.
The summer of 2000, he earned his AMA Pro Motocross license and
entered his first national event. That winter, the Pro rookie won the National
Snocross Pro Open Championship and finished second in Pro Stock. He was
leading the X Games Snocross final again but crashed due to a mechanical
failure. The following season, he won both snocross national championships and
the silver medal at X Games.
In 1998, the national snocross tour voted to allow him to skip the
Sport class and move directly to Semi-Pro level of competition. He won 19 of the
24 finals he entered. The following year, he qualified for Winter X Games. He
took the holeshot and won, becoming the youngest gold medalist in history.
In West Yellowstone, he borrowed his dadā€™s Arctic Cat ZR 440 and entered
his first snocross race. With his background in motocross, he introduced a standup
riding style never seen in the sport.
After years of riding three-wheelers and dirt bikes around his family farm,
he raced his first motocross event at age 8.
At 2 years old, Tucker entered his first snowmobile race on his Arctic
Cat Kitty Cat.
