Jimmy Button

Jimmy Button, born on June 14, 1973 in Phoenix, Arizona, is an American former professional motocross racer who competed in the AMA Motocross Championships from 1990 to 2000. He won his first professional race at the Charlotte and Indianapolis rounds of the AMA 125 East Region Supercross Series in 1992, took the Daytona, Florida, Irving, Texas and Charlotte rounds of the same series in 1994, and finished fourth in the 125 World Motocross Championships in 1995. In January 2000, at the San Diego round of the 250 cc Supercross Series, he crashed on a Yamaha YZ426 and broke his neck, suffering temporary paralysis. After months of rehabilitation he regained feeling and movement, helped found the Road 2 Recovery Foundation for injured riders in July of that year, and worked as an agent with Action Sports Management.