him and his brother to local
and regional races until Johnny
found sponsors and was old
enough to travel on his own.
But his rise to the top was not
without struggles.
"I started out racing moto
-
cross at Southwick, Maine,
New England, New Hampshire,
all over, before getting into
off-road," Girroir said. "My
dad raced a little bit with me
and my brother. A little bit of
motocross, but he was more
into off-road, while me and
my brother were more into
motocross, like 65s and 85s.
We raced a lot of motocross in
different regional series.
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sprint series, winning all eight
rounds (16 separate day-wins),
plus all three days of the Sprint
Enduro World Championships.
And we can't forget that Johnny
was also a member of last
year's winning U.S. World Trophy
Team in Argentina in 2023.
For Johnny, it all started as
many dirt bike careers start,
with a Yamaha PW 50. Geogra
-
phy might have played a part in
Johnny's enthusiasm for racing
at an early age since he grew up
in Southwick, Massachusetts,
just about a mile from The Wick
338 (aka Southwick) motocross
track, where, as a young teenag
-
er, he watched names like Car-
michael, Stewart, Dungey and
the like do battle in the sand.
Johnny's father rode dirt bikes
throughout his life, although in
his youth, his mother wouldn't
let him race until he was 19 and
had a job so he could buy his
own bike. This is probably the
reason the Sr. Girroir started
Johnny at a young age, taking
"It's good to practice
both moto and off-road.
It's good to go in the
woods a little bit for
technical stuff, and it's
good for sprint speed to
ride moto. I think they
translate very well."
Girroir's specialty
is going fast!
Real fast.
