Ron lechien mammoth mountain motocross

There are too many things—for better and for worse—to say about Ron Lechien, a bonafide motocross legend/folk hero/cautionary tale. We'll start with the good: From the moment Lechien showed up on the national radar as the 14-year-old winner of Mammoth Mountain's 125 Pro class, people talked about the El Cajon kid as if he were bigger than life. Ronnie was tall, technically precise, and astonishingly fast. Like fellow San Diego-area talents Marty Smith, Marty Tripes, Broc Glover, Scott Burnworth, and Ricky Johnson, Lechien—by now nicknamed “Dogger” (either because he w