Matt Hadan
Personal information
Full nameMatthew Merle Hadan
Born (1970-06-04) June 4, 1970 (age 53)
Azusa, California, United States
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight81.6 kg (180 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineBicycle Motocross (BMX)
RoleRacer
Rider typeOff Road
Amateur teams
1981–1983Monirovia Schwinn
1983–1984Bandito Racing
1984Cycle Pro/GHP
1984–1985Diamondback
1986S&K Cycle Center
1986–1987Free Agent
1987–1989Diamondback
Professional teams
1989–1991Diamondback
1991Snap-On Tools
1991Aggro Tech
1991Super Tech
1991–1992U.S. Boss
1993–1994Kastan Engineering
1994–1995Balance
1995–1996Redline Bicycles
1996–1997Trek/Gary Fisher
1998–2000Torker Bicycles
2000–2001Redline Bicycles
2003Capri

Matthew Merle Hadan (b. June 4, 1970 from Azusa, California U.S.) is an American professional "Old/Mid School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1985 to 1995. Hadan was nicknamed early in his career as "The Master"[1] and later "The Diesel".

Racing career milestones

Note: Professional first are on the national level unless otherwise indicated.

Started racing: At 10 years old in 1981. He first noticed BMX in a BMX magazine in 1980 featuring racer Jason Jensen and his involvement in the sport and young Matt wanted to try it.[2] His father took him to the Azusa, California, track and Matt thought it looked like fun.[3]

Sanctioning body:

Sanctioning body home district(s): American Bicycle Association (ABA) District California 13 (CA-13) (1985)

First race result: First place in 10 beginner class. He would win two more consecutive beginner races and then a few months later turn expert.[2]

First win (local):

First sponsor: Monrovia Schwinn 1981

First national win: See above.

Turned Professional: December 1989.

First Professional race result: Sixth place in Pro class at the National Bicycle League (NBL) Christmas Classic on December 28, 1989. He won US$80[4] (US$132.71 in 2007). Cost of Living Calculator He also came in third place in Pro Award-winning US$60 (US$99.53 2007). Beginning with the 1990 season the NBL "B" pro became the Pro/Am "Superclass" and the Senior "A" Pro class became simply the Pro Class. First Professional win: In Pro Open at the American Bicycle Association (ABA) Silver Dollar Nationals in Reno, Nevada on January 14, 1990.[5]

First Junior Pro* race result: See "First Professional race result". Any pro could race pro class, skipping the then new NBL Pro/Am superclass.

First Junior Pro win: In "A" pro at the ABA Winternationals in Chandler, Arizona on February 18, 1990.[5]

First Senior Pro** race result: See "First Professional race result".

First Senior Pro win: In "A" pro at the NBL Easter Classic in Sarasota, Florida on day two of the national on April 15, 1990.[6]

Retired: 2002

Height & weight at height of her career (1987–1997): Ht:5'11" Wt:180 lbs.[7]

*In the NBL "B" Pro/Super Class/"A" Pro/Junior Elite Men depending on the era; in the ABA it is "A" Pro.
**In the NBL it is "AA" Pro/Elite Men; in the ABA it is "AA" Pro.

Career factory and major bike shop sponsors

Note: This listing only denotes the racer's primary sponsors. At any given time a racer could have numerous ever changing co-sponsors. Primary sponsorships can be verified by BMX press coverage and sponsor's advertisements at the time in question. When possible exact dates are given.

Amateur/Junior Men

Professional/Elite Men

Career bicycle motocross titles

Note: Listed are District, State/Provincial/Department, Regional, National, and International titles in italics. "Defunct" refers to the fact of that sanctioning body in question no longer existing at the start of the racer's career or at that stage of his/her career. Depending on point totals of individual racers, winners of Grand Nationals do not necessarily win National titles.

Amateur/Junior Men

National Bicycle Association (NBA)

National Bicycle League (NBL)

*National Age Group

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

*DAG District Age Group, NAG-National Age Group
In 1985 the ABA experimented with dividing the district points season from one year lasting from January 1 to December 31 to three four-month-long time periods at which a racer could earn a plate number for that time period and/or their age group and could race the rest of the year with it. The experiment lasted only for a year before the ABA reverted to a single year long points gathering season in 1986.

United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

*See Professional section.

Other titles:

Professional/Elite Men

National Bicycle Association (NBA)

National Bicycle League (NBL)

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

*Note: Beginning in 1991 the IBMXF and FIAC, the amateur cycling arm of the UCI, had been holding joint World Championship events as a transitional phase in merging which began in earnest in 1993. Beginning with the 1996 season the IBMXF and FIAC completed the merger and both ceased to exist as independent entities being integrated into the UCI. Beginning with the 1996 World Championships held in Brighton, England the UCI would officially hold and sanction BMX World Championships and with it inherited all precedents, records, streaks, etc. from both the IBMXF and FIAC.

Pro Series Championships

BMX product lines

Notable accolades

Significant injuries

Racing habits and traits

Miscellaneous

Post BMX career

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BMX and general press magazine interviews and articles

BMX magazine covers

Note: Only magazines that were in publication at the time of the racer's career(s) are listed unless specifically noted.

Minicycle/BMX Action & Super BMX:

Bicycle Motocross Action & Go:

BMX Plus!:

Total BMX:

Bicycles and Dirt (ABA Publication):

Snap BMX Magazine & Transworld BMX:

Twenty BMX:

BMX World:

NBA World & NBmxA (The official NBA/NBmxA membership publication):

Bicycles Today & BMX Today (The official NBL membership publication with one name change.):

ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer (The official ABA membership publication with two name changes):

USBA Racer (The official USBA membership publication):

Notes

  1. ^ American BMXer July 1991 Vol.13 No.6 p.14
  2. ^ a b c BMX Plus! October 1990 Vol.13 No.10 p.65
  3. ^ bmxultra.com January 2000 interview
  4. ^ BMX Plus! April 1990 Vol.13 No.4 p.30
  5. ^ a b American BMXer May 1990 Vol.12 No.4 p.6
  6. ^ BMX Plus! August 1990 Vol.13 No.8 p.72
  7. ^ BMX Plus! October 1990 Vol.13 No.10 p.67
  8. ^ American BMXer June 1986 Vol. No.5 p.22
  9. ^ BMX Plus! August 1991 Vol.14 No.8 p.34 (race results)
  10. ^ BMX Plus! September 1991 Vol.14 No.9 p.8 (ABA & NBL points breakdown)
  11. ^ BMX Plus! September 1991 Vol.14 No.9 p.49 (race results)
  12. ^ BMX Plus! October 1991 Vol.14 No.10 p.47
  13. ^ Snap BMX Magazine September/October 1996 Vol.3 Iss.5 No.12 p.8
  14. ^ a b BMX Plus! October 1983 Vol.6 No.9 p.53
  15. ^ ABA Action May 1983 Vol.6 No.4 p.11 (photo caption)
  16. ^ BMX Plus! November 1984 Vol.7 No.11 p.48
  17. ^ Super BMX Magazine April 1986 Vol.13 No.4 p.41
  18. ^ BMX Action October 1988 Vol.13 No.10 p.22
  19. ^ BMX Plus! November 1988 Vol.11 No.11 p.78
  20. ^ Snap BMX Magazine May 1999 Vol.6 Iss.3 No.31 p.77
  21. ^ BMX Plus! July 1998 Vol.21 No.7 p.8
  22. ^ The numberplate the same as on page 21 where he is identified as Matt Hadan)

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