James Decotis
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1991 (33 years old)
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Peabody, MAPosition
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White
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47
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Supercross Riders
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Pro Motocross
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AMA Supercross
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The Decotis name has been recognizable across the New England motocross community for decades.
In thanks to Jimmy’s father Carl, who was a fast local expert racer. After older brothers Carl Jr. and Billy both showed promise on the track, it was Jimmy who quickly stole the spotlight.
The Early Days
Through his amateur days, Jimmy regularly raced with a mod that viciously padded the humiliation of his competitors – his welded double footpegs. You see, Jimmy was so short that he needed a set of footpegs welded on top of his bike’s actual footpegs, of course along with modified brake and shift levers, so his tiny legs could reach. What’s more, he regularly won with that set-up all the way up to the big bikes. Picture racing 450B and getting passed by a kid who’d get cut from a 5th grade basketball team. Now you know what it was like to race Jimmy Decotis in the early 2000s. After several top 10 amateur national showings, his was a name of mythical lore in New England motocross.
Savage SX Debut
But it was his Supercross debut that put his name on national radar. After racing the final three AMA Pro Motocross Nationals of 2009, Jimmy entered the 2010 250SX East series opener on a privateer Honda along with his perennial mechanic/guardian/sensei Keith Clickstein. In his heat, Jimmy passed the then-rookie sensation Justin Barcia and led several laps. He went on to make every main event for the rest of the series, with a season high 5th.
Jimmy’s breakout rookie season was enough to garner the attention of the GEICO Honda team in 2011, and just like that the New England moto community rejoiced – Jimmy D had a factory ride. Though injuries hampered the remainder of his 2011 and 2012 seasons, several breakout showings in both Supercross and Motocross (along with some viral wide-open CR125 videos) kept Jimmy in bench-racing conversations in tracks across the U.S.
Jimmy entered 2013 as a privateer, and again immediately made noise in Supercross. This time, he caught some attention from inquiring minds overseas. Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s MXGP team called Jimmy up to see if he’d like a chance at the Motocross World Championship series. However, the lack of familiarity with the cultures and the track styles of the World Championship overwrote the fact that Jimmy was again on a factory bike. He returned to the US ready to get his focus back to the AMA series.
Through 2014 and 2015, Jimmy raced as a privateer and once again caught tremendous attention with his phenomenal Supercross rides against factory bikes. More calls to race overseas came, and Jimmy not only won the high profile Geneva Supercross in MX2, but also stood atop the podium in the Australian MX2 Supercross Championship, his first title as a professional. His efforts were again enough to land him a spot on the GEICO Honda team for 2016 and 2017 Supercross.
2017 Supercross Season Recap
Jimmy finished the best season of his career in 2017 with a 5th place overall finish aboard a factory ride with GEICO Honda. “The Rippa” scored inside the top 8 at all of the nine rounds, including back-to-back fourth place finishes at round 5 in Oakland and round 6 in Arlington.
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