Scot Breithaupt

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Scot Breithaupt


fullname = Scot Alexander Breithaupt
nickname = "Old Man", "OM"
dateofbirth = birth date and age |1957|7|14
height = 1.75m(5'9" Imperial)
weight = 70.31kg (155lbs. Imperial)
country = USA
currentteam = Retired
discipline = Bicycle Motocross (BMX)
role = Racer/Promoter/Manufacturer/Sponsor
ridertype = Off Road
amateuryears = 1973-1974
1975
1976
1977
1977
amateurteams = Matthews Motocross
Matthews Motocross/Yamaha
Dan Gurney
FMF
SE Racing
proyears = 1977-1999
2005-2006
proteams = SE Racing
SE Racing
majorwins =
updated = August 13, 2008

Scot Alexander Breithaupt (b. July 14, [ [http://www.roostbmx.com/members/bio_a-f.htm From an old Roostbmx.com post by Scot. Word search for "7/14/???" The post author is under "Scot "The Old Man" Breithaupt".] ] 1957 in Long Beach, California) is an entrepreneur, "Old School" former professional Motorcycle MX and Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer and a founding father of BMX in 1970 whose prime competitive years were from 1970 to 1984. Indeed, in some ways, he is the founder of "Old School BMX" the era roughly regarded to be from 1969 to 1987 or 1988; from its very beginnings to just after its first major slump in popularity of BMX racing from 1985-1988. Racing started to rise in participation again around 1988-89 and is regarded as the start of "Mid School BMX", roughly 1988-2000.

The Pioneer and Entrepreneur

Scot Breithaupt was one of the pioneers of BMX; perhaps its inventor in terms of giving it its modern infrastructure, after he first organized what was called "pedal-cross" at the time on November 14, 1970 and his establishment of a track in a vacant lot in Long Beach, California. He also founded what could be called BMX's first sanctioning body of any kind, the Bicycle United Motocross Society (B.U.M.S). Breithaupt, who was a teenage MX racer for Yamaha, did set up an organizational features around his races very much like how the following sanctioning bodies would base theirs including rulebooks, a point system, a skill level structure, a racing season, trophies and promotions of special races that were the prototype for nationals. He produced the 1st California State Championships in 1972. Scot did not actually invent these structures but adapted them from motorcycle motocross sanctioning bodies, the AMA, CMC and AME, as would other pioneers like Ernie Alexander, the founder of the National Bicycle Association (NBA) and George Esser the founder of the National Bicycle League (NBL) both of whom like Breithaupt had roots in motorcycle motocross as racers or promoters. Scot was only the first to do it in BMX and at the ripe old age of 13 at that. However, the first BMX race was recorded and could be credited back to July 10, 1969 in Santa Monica, California to a motorcycle motocross (MX) racer Ronald Mackler, a teen-aged park attendant who was asked to help organize a race by local kids. The December 1974 pg.10 issue of BMX News says: "Palms Park, the home of Bicycle Motocross with five years tucked under its belt, celebrates with the final OK for a new track!" This indicates that BMXN believed that the Palms park track had been in existence since at least 1969.

His nickname was and is "OM" for "Old Man" which was in part derived from him being older than most of the kids at a time when BMX was seen as a pre-teen and early teen activity by the late 1970s; he was doing things usually beyond his young age, like promoting races, nationwide tours, teaching racing clinics, safety seminars for the C.P.S.C., and starting and consulting with companies while he was still a teenager. Later, it became a running gag as to just how old he was. In the January 1975 issue of "Cycle Illustrated" in its report on the Yamaha Bicycle Gold Cup Finals ( the Bicycle Motocross Championship of California State), which Scot conceptialized, promoted and built a custom track for, has him listed as 17 years old. ["Cycle Illustrated" January 1975 Vol.8 No.4 pg.53] At 17, his age hadn't become a running gag yet, although he could not participate in the Yamaha Bicycle Gold Cup series finals-ironically since he was the race promoter-because he was disqualified after a win in the Expert Class in the first qualifying race at Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California with Brian Ramocinski declared the winner. This was the first of three preceding qualifying races prior to the final to be held in September 1974. Only those 16 years and younger could participate and he had turned 17 between the time he signed up for the race and the day the qualifying race was actually held, July 20, 1974. ["Bicycle Motocross News" August 1974 Vol.1 No.3 pg.14] He turned 17 on July 14, 1974, six days before the race. This would give him a birth year of 1957 and the age of 13 at the time he started organizing races in Long Beach in November of 1970. In fact 9 other riders in the event were over 16! in fact, Ramocinski's sponsor, "Dirtmasters", and it's G.M. Mike Devitt is the one who protested Scot. Further confirmation came in the November 1975 issue of "Bicycle Motocross News" on page 11 which described Breithaupt as an "18 year old dynamo".

This running joke is done with his complicity. He used to put a "?" mark in the space reserved for the rider's age on the ABA sign up form for when he raced Cruiser class. ["Bicycles and Dirt" December 1982 Vol.1 No.4 pg.55] Also, in part two of a four part series of interviews done by BMXUltra.com profiling Mr. Breithaupt and SE Racing in response to a question "When did you start SE?" he quips "I started SE Racing in Mid 1977 when I was 14." [ [http://www.bmxultra.com/prosection/inside/scotb_seracing.htm/ History of SE Racing section of BMXUltra.com interview with Mr. Breithaupt.] ] Of course the joke being, if true he helped invent BMX in 1970 when he was seven years old.

Young Scot did not just tend to his own track. He designed the Saddleback Park B.M.X. Track in Orange County, California, Westminister BMX, City of Walnut BMX, Signall Hill BMX, Escape Country, and also collaborated with the municipal government of La Palma, California to design the La Palma Youth Village BMX track, and also Fountain Valley Boys and Girls Club Track. Significant accomplishments for a teenager by any standard. ["Bicycle Motocross News" August 1974 Vol.1 No.3 pg.18] In later years, Scot designed and built "Narler Park" in Long Beach, California, the first to have a separate "pro section". It was also the site of the last ever National Bicycle Association (NBA) Grandnationals in December 1982. It was a story in Popular Mechanics in 1974 by Mike Anson, headlined, "Promotional Genius at 16."

During his early years Scot promoted a bevey of races both independent and in conjunction with the necient NBA. He was brought on as their National Public Relations Director in 1975 and announced many of their major events, including the 1975 Shimano Grandnationals which he sat out due to injuries. According to Breithaupt, he also produced and promoted the very first race in which a BMX racer, Thom Lund, won prize money, making him the very first pro. From a BMXUltra.com interview:

BMXUltra.com: "At what stage did the pro class kick in?"
Scot: "I promoted the first ever Pro BMX race at saddleback Park in 1975... $200.00 purse... big $ back then.. the entry was $5.00 Thom Lund won that day... riding for Rick's Bike Shop." [ [http://www.bmxultra.com/prosection/inside/scotb.htm BMXultra interview] ] --Scot Breithaupt August 2003

As Scot claimed, Thom Lund supposedly won first place of US$200 purse prize money at a Saddleback Park race in Irvine, California (located in Orange County) in 1975.* However, Thom Lund claims to have no memory of the incident:

"Scott " [sic] " keeps telling me I won the 1st Pro race at Saddelback, he promoted it but I don't remember." [ [http://www.fatbmx.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=355 February 24, 2003 Fatbmx.com interview with Thom Lund] ] ---Thom Lund, February 24, 2003 FatBMX.com

In any case, Scot Breithaupt had a hand in virtually every aspect of BMX: racing, promoting, announcing, designing tracks, manufacturing, sponsoring and managing teams. He even had a hand in founding and/or guiding the existence of the founding four BMX publications; "Bicycle Motocross News" where he wrote some of the first articles and was the first racer interviewed by a nation spanning BMX publication. He was a contributing writer and staff product tester on "Minicylce/BMX Action",** later to be known as "Super BMX", when it began transitioning from combined minicycle and BMX racing coverage to BMX only reporting. He was an on of the first staff writers with "Bicycle Motocross Action" having a monthly editorial article; and he was a co-founder of "BMX Plus!" with Jim Stevens. [ [http://www.23mag.com/mags/bpl/bpl78.htm www.23mag.com publication section: "BMX Plus!"] ] After he gave up racing to devote more time to his company, SE Racing, he turned it to be one of the more innovative in the niche industry of BMX. At least two products bicycle frames conceived in the mid 1970s survive on the market today in modernized form: The Quadangle and the P.K. Ripper the former known for its highly distinctive configuration the other for being the first truly successful aluminum bicycle frame. They are sold by SE Racing-now known as Sports Engineering Racing-to this day, long after many beloved but now obsolete 1970's and 1980's era frames have become beloved museum pieces. Over this was a persistent dark cloud was over Breithaupt; that of drug abuse, that has been with him since the late 1970s and tied to the untimely lost of his father. It has resulted in his incarceration on three different occasions including presently. None of that has or ever will overshadow his accomplishments in the BMX world he almost brought into being single handedly in almost all aspects of the sport; organizing, promoting, publishing, manufacturing, track designing. He started the first large wheel (26") Cruiser Classes with the sanctioning bodies, attracting more adults to the sport. He even set bicycle long distant jump (assisted by being towed by a motorcycle) records. He had a hand in starting the first attempt of a racer's Professional Guild in 1976. The list goes on. His being one of the organized sport's first champions (NBA National Champion in 1976) is almost a footnote. Many of the sport's early stars can trace their career beginnings to Scot's Long Beach B.U.M.S. course. He may not have been the very first to put on a BMX race, but it would be very difficult to come up with any other single person who has left a bigger mark on the sport.

*The "BMX Plus!" 1988 Calendar has it allegedly happening on October 23, 1974
**This publication is not to be confused with "BMX Action" that was founded in late 1976

Racing career

Note: In the early days of professional racing, 1977 and prior, many tracks offered small purse prize money to the older racers of an event, even before the official sanctioning bodies offered prize money in formal divisions themselves. Hence some early "professionals" like Stu Thomsen turning "pro" in 1975 at 16 years old where racing for small amounts of money at track events ["Bicycle Motocross News" January/February 1978 Vol.4 No.1 pg.22] when offered even before the NBA, regarded as the first true national BMX sanctioning body, had a professional division. For the sake of consistency and standardization noted professional first are for the first pro races for prize money offered by official BMX sanctioning bodies and not independent track events. Professional first are also on the national level unless otherwise indicated.

----Started Racing: November 14, 1970 when he was 13 years old at an old field that would become his first track called BUMS which would retroactively be called Bicycle United Motocross Society (B.U.M.S) in Long Beach, California on the corner of 7th and Bellflower strees. ["Super BMX" November 1981 Vol.8 No.11 pg.13]

Sanctioning Body: None. Started the B.U.M.S proto sanctioning body.

First race result:

First win (local):

First sponsor: Matthews Motocross

First national win: Yamaha Bicycle Gold Cup series proto national on July 20, 1974 at Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California, but was disqualified for being over aged at 17 years old. This helped established the "Old Man" moniker. Turned professional: 1977

First Professional win:

Retired: From 20" racing on May 15, 1977 at the Two Wheeler's/RC Cola Race of Champions national to devote more time to his business and promotional career and his associate editorship at "Bicycle Motocross Magazine" among other commitments, all of which was infringing on his racing career. ["Bicycle Motocross Action" Vol.2 No.3 pg.35] He then started racing a 26" Beach Cruiser beginning in 1979. Due largely to the lack of training time incurred because of his responsibilities of running a company and his promotions, he retired altogether from pro racing in May of 1983. He himself reclassified an amateur in the ABA's 22-30 and NBL's 25-35 Cruiser Classes. It was joked in the August 1983 issue of "BMX Action" that they could start figuring out his age by the cruiser class he raced. ["BMX Action" August 1983 Vol.8 No.8 pg.18] He raced intermittedly in these older amateur cruiser classes in between commitments with his business. He raced in Vet and Hall of Fame races in his spare time. In May 2005 it was announced that Mr. Briepthaupt at then 49 years of age (approximately) would race for SE Bikes (see below in "Factory sponsors, professional, SE Bikes).

Approximate Height and Weight at the height of his career (1974-1978) Ht:5'9 Wt:155lbs. ["Bicycle Motocross News" July 1974 Vol.1 No.2 pg.10]

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 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.

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Amateur

*Matthews Motocross Products (a division of Leisure Recreation Vehicles (LRV)):* 1973-Early 1974

*Matthews Motocross/Yamaha International:* Early 1974-December 1974 He consulted with Yamaha to create and refine their famous Moto-bike, a BMX bicycle that was designed to mimic the look and feel of a motocross motorcycle, including having shock absorbers built into its frame and fork. It is a famous milestone in BMX with early BMX stars like David Clinton winning the first BMX titles on it but it with its energy robbing shock absorbers was not the future that the BMX bicycle would take.

*Dan Gurney All American BMX Bicycles/Bell Helmets:* January 1975-

*FMF (Flying Machine Factory):* Early 1976-December 1976

:*He was employed with these companies as consultant, team manager official tester as well as a racer.

*SE (formerly Scot Enterprises, now called Sports Engineering, Inc.) Racing: January 1977-1999. Scot would turn professional with this company he founded. More below.

Professional

*SE (formerly Scot Enterprises, now called Sports Engineering, Inc.) Racing: January 1977-November 1999. Scot Enterprises, Originally founded and owned by Scot Breithaupt, started as an advertising and promotional company that expanded into Scot Enterprises Racing Division, which made and sold stickers, T-shirts and hats. In 1978 it produced its first BMX component the JU-6 frame (JU stood for Jeff Utterback, a top racer at the time, the six referred to his status as the number six rider in the country in the National Bicycle Association (NBA) after the 1977 season). Scot's friend Mike Devitt, took over SE Racing in the late 1980s. After a failed bid to buy out foreign investors Scot Breithaupt and Mike Devitt lost control of SE Racing's trademarks and the control of the company past to the foreign investors on October 15, 1999 [ [http://www.bmxtreme.com/news/news_prev_11011999.htm bmxetreme article. Word search for "Change Hands" (without the quotation marks)] ] Mike Devitt and Breithaupt left SE Racing as a result. Later with Gary Turner (the Co-founder of GT Racing, later called GT Bicycles) they founded Alliant Bicycles. ["Snap BMX Magazine" February 2000 Vol.7 Iss.2 No.30 pg.28] after Breithaupt and Devitt left the company, a Taiwanese firm acquired SE Racing, but it lay dormant for several years with no bikes sold or manufactured. Sports Engineering is now owned by Advanced Sports Inc. through Fuji Bicycles, which bought SE in August 2002.
*SE Bikes (Sports Engineering Bikes, formerly Scot Enterprises Racing Division): 2005-2006 Showing that BMXers never really retire, on May 15, 2005 Scot announced he had signed a contract to race for SE Racing the old company he had founded but left in 1999, in the BMX cruiser class. [ [http://www.bmxonline.com/bmx/biz/article/0,15737,1060580,00.html/ Press release announcing that Scot will race for SE Bikes.] ] At an approximate age of 50 in 2006 this would mean he would race in the 46-51 Cruiser class in the American Bicycle Association (ABA) and 50-54 Cruiser class in the National Bicycle League (NBL).

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. Series and one off Championships are also listed in block.

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Amateur

Bicycle United Motocross Society (B.U.M.S)

*1972 California State Championship.

National Bicycle Association (NBA)
*1976 Open Grandnational Champion.
*1976 National No.1

National Bicycle League (NBL)
*1980 16 Expert Grandnational ChampionAmerican Bicycle Association (ABA)
*NoneUnited States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)
*NoneInternational Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)
*NonePro Series Championships

Professional

National Bicycle Association (NBA)
*None (Came in National No.3 in Pro Cruiser in 1980. Jeff Kosmala was Pro Cruiser No.1 in 1980.)National Bicycle League (NBL)
*None American Bicycle Association (ABA)

*None (Came in National No.3 in Cruiser class in 1980. The ABA did not have a pro cruiser class during the 1980 season. Jeff Kosmala was Cruiser Class No.1 in 1980.)

United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)
*NoneInternational Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)
*NonePro Series Championships

Notable accolades

*Co-founded "BMX Plus!" magazine and was contributing editor to both "Bicycle Motocross Action" and "Minicycle/BMX Action" (not to be confused with "Bicycle Motocross Action" which would later condense its name to "BMX Action") which would subsequently become "Super BMX". He therefore had a large hand in all three of the major founding BMX magazine periodicals.

*The first to put on what could be called a pro class race anywhere in 1975 at Saddleback Park in Orange, California (US$200 purse).

*He was a founding member and President of the Professional Racing Organization (PRO) the first attempt to form a BMX professional racers guild. ["Bicycle Motocross Action" August 1977 Vol.2 No.3 pg.22] ["BMX Action" December 1986 Vol.11 No.12 pg.30]

*He both invented the modern BMX racing Cruiser and the Cruiser class to race them with. In September 1978 Scot showed up at the famous Corona Raceway on a converted Emory beach cruiser. It had 26 inch diameter wheels and low rise handlebars from a motorcycle. That same year he convinced the National Bicycle Association (NBA) to start the Cruiser class. ["BMX Plus!" August 1993 Vol.16 No.8 pg.63]

*He also invented the inverted BMX racing bicycle stem (also known as a "gooseneck"). Unlike the standard "quill gooseneck" stem, BMX bicycles in need of a stem with a much tighter clamping force on the bars to eliminate movement forward or back. That could be caused by the more violent physical abuse racers put upon it like pulling with maximum force during racing and jumping their bicycles, these stems were four point block clamps secured with Allen bolts, unlike the single point quill gooseneck that had a single "pinchbolt" configuration to clamp the bars. Most other stems of this type, like the standard gooseneck, raised the bottom level of the handlebars up, the inverted stem dropped them down. Breithaupt was heading to an NBA National in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1979 to race cruiser class a new division in BMX that at the time was made up of BMX bicycles (during this time most were converted Beach Cruisers with 26" diameter wheels, built for the larger rider as opposed the the standard 20" vehicle. As he was fitting his handle bars onto the stem of the bicycle he noticed that it was to high for his liking and presumably it couldn't be lowered far enough down to get the feel and leverage he desired. he then removed the clamp the part that actually held fast to the handlebars, from the stem, that was inserted into the head tube and into the fork's neck. He flipped it over and reattached it. He was able then to drop the bottom of the bars another few millimeters to his liking. He later won his Cruiser class at this national using that configuration. He would then persuade "Tuff Neck", a leading manufacturer of BMX bicycle parts at the time, to mass produce the new component. ["BMX Plus!" August 1993 Vol.16 No.8 pg.64]

*Held the long distance jump record for bicycles in 1979 at an average 76 feet.* He accomplished it on a SE OM Flyer 26" Cruiser. The record held for 10 years. [ [http://www.bmxultra.com/prosection/inside/scotb.htm/ BMX Ultra Interview. Word search for "Distance jumping record"] ]

*He won the very first Pro Cruiser Main of the first Pro Cruiser class in BMX history at the ABA Northwest National in Seattle, Washington in January 1981 defeating Tim Lillethorupt and Jess Goymon who came in second and third respectively. ["Bicycle Motocross Action" May 1981 Vol.6 No.5 pg.32 (photo caption)]

*Scot is a 1990 Inductee of the ABA BMX Hall of Fame.

*The third and last jump for the average was only 58 feet, so the average was brought down and therefore the previous two jumps were significantly longer than 76 feet.

ignificant injuries

*Broke ankle in November 1974 during photograph session for a book. Was thought never to be able to race again. [ [http://www.bmxultra.com/prosection/inside/scotb.htm/ Multipart interview by BMXUtra.com.] ] He was laid up until March 1975. ["Super BMX" April 1984 Vol.11 No.4 pg.27]

Life Problems

*Like many people Breithaupt had a drug problem going back some 25 years, before he sold SE Racing in the late 1990s according to his girlfriend at the time (now wife) Jamie:

: [http://www.vintagebmx.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=022853;p=1/ Vintage BMX post by Jamie. She posted under Scot's account, his screen name "Scot OM Breithaupt".]

*In November 2004 Scot was arrested on drug related charges and for leading the police on a chase. Stu Thomsen, who is a California Sheriff's deputy provided a police report on the incident. As reported on the Fat BMX website:

"The Old Man in jail. Yes Scott Breithaupt (sic) is in jail for drug related and evading arrest. Stu Thompsen (sic) provided a Sheriff's report on the incident. Scott lead the authorities/police on a two hour low speed pursuit I.E. he ran form the police for two hours in his vehicle. He is scheduled for release at the end of 2004. FREE SCOTT BREITHAUPT!" (sic) [ [http://www.fatbmx.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=99 FatBMX.com article Word search for "Breithaupt"] ]

*On April 16, 2006 he was again arrested for drug possession. evading a police officer and wanton disregard for safety in Long Beach, California.

: [http://www.vintagebmx.com/community/index.php?s=&showtopic=1023094&view=findpost&p=91172 Breithaupt's May 13, 2006 apology to friends and associates on VintageBMX forum (under the screen name of SHADES.]

: [http://www.vintagebmx.com/community/index.php?s=&showtopic=1023485&view=findpost&p=71292 The charges against Breithaupt as posted by poster "MADmanRAN" at Vintagebmx.com.]

:His then girlfriend (Now wife) Jamie informed his friends on the Vintagebmx.com discussion website:

: [http://www.vintagebmx.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=022853#000000/ Vintage BMX post by Scot's girlfriend about Scot's 2006 arrest and replies to her post (she posted under Scot's account.]

:He did time in Folsom State Prison on a previous drug conviction. He has a prior conviction to that. If he is convicted on this latest charge he could be subjected to California's three strikes law in regard to thrice convicted drug felons. However, being given madatory drug treatment by a judge is still an option.

:Scot used to promote special anti-drug BMX races like the Palm Springs Race Against Drugs event in early 1988. The BMX press, sanctioning bodies and sponsors took an active anti-drug stance in light of Ronnie Anderson's admission of drug use in the December 8, 1986 issue of "Sports Illustrated" and Pete Loncarevich's alleged anabolic steroid use (never substantiated). ["BMX Action" December 1987 Vol.12 No.12 pg.18 "The Steroid Controversy"] Other racers where caught using illicit drugs or in possession of drug paraphernalia. For instance Terry Tenette was caught in possession of marijuana which resulted in his dismissal as a factory racer with GT Racing. ["Super BMX & Freestyle" November 1987 Vol.14 No.11 pg.8] This was perhaps the time when Scot was into drug use himself.

:After spending several weeks in jail Scot was able to reply to his many friends and well wishers with a June 14, 2006 post to VintageBMX.com under is own account:

: [http://www.vintagebmx.com/community/index.php?s=&showtopic=1023562&view=findpost&p=3229 "I've missed you all!"]

*As with manycases of drug addiction he had a relapse and Breithaupt was again arrested for drug possession in October 2006. One of his close friends of many years broke the news on Vintage BMX.com:

: [http://www.vintagebmx.com/community/index.php?showtopic=1024735&hl=jamie October 8, 2006 Vintagebmx.com post "Sad News. Please read"]

:In May of 2008 he was in custody pending charges at the [http://www.sbcounty.gov/sheriff/detentions/ADC.asp Adelanto Detention Center] in Adelanto, California, a Type II facility.

: [http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/adelanto_6223___article.html/inside_reaching.html May 2, 2008 The Victorville Daily Press.com article.]

:Noticing inaccurate rumors, misinformation, innuendos and other falsehoods about his case prompted him to post two responses on Vintagebmx.com:

: [http://www.vintagebmx.com/community/index.php?s=&showtopic=27013279&view=findpost&p=550249 Breithaupt's June 10, 2008 Vintagebmx.com response.]

: [http://www.vintagebmx.com/community/index.php?s=&showtopic=27014414&view=findpost&p=561177 Breithaupt's June 27, 2008 Vintagebmx.com response.]

:He also explained his situation on the bmxactiononline.com :

: [http://bmxactiononline.com/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=26&func=view&id=19093&catid=3&limit=10&limitstart=30 June 15, 2008 post under the TheOMofBMX screen name.]

:He has started a website to warn young people of the dangers of substance abuse and to guide them into constructive pursuits called Faasthelp. [http://www.faasthelp.com/founders.htm Within was his testimonial as to why he became a substance abuser.]

Post BMX career

*After a failed bid to buy out foreign investors Scot Breithaupt and Mike Devitt lost control of SE Racing trademarks and the control of the company past to the foreign investors on October 15, 1999 [ [http://www.bmxtreme.com/news/news_prev_11011999.htm bmxetreme article. Word search for "Change Hands" (without the quotation marks)] ]

*Scot was in the Promotional and Real Estate business, but he still was involved with the sport he helped create on a casual basis including racing. In 2005 Scot was racing for SE Racing, now called SE Bikes, in the amateur cruiser classes, showing that for most BMXer's there is no real "post BMX career". Still, his recurrent personal problems have conflicted with his first love in life.
*Currently he is in Adelanto Detention Center in Adelanto, California on his latest drug conviction. However he regularly keeps in touch with his BMX friends and family.

Miscellaneous and Trivia

*His pants motto* was: "C-YA" ["BMX Action" May 1983 Vol.8 No.5 pg. 66 & 98]

*Riders often put slogans on the seat of their pants instead of their surname or nickname as a small psychological ploy against their competitors behind them to read.

BMX magazine covers

"Bicycle Motocross News:"
*July 1974 Vol.1 No.2 with Brian Ramocinski "Minicycle/BMX Action" & "Super BMX:"

"Bicycle Motocross Action" & "Go:"
*June 1981 Vol.6 No.6 with Perry Kramer and R.L. Osborn."BMX Plus!:"
*May 1980 Vol.3 No.5"Total BMX:"

"Bicycles and Dirt" (ABA Publication):
*None"NBA World" & "NBmxA World" (The official NBA/NBmxA publication under two names):

"Bicycles Today" & "BMX Today" (The official NBL membership publication under two names):

"ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer" (The official ABA membership publication under three names):

"USBA Racer" (The official USBA membership publication):

BMX press magazine interviews and articles

*"Interview with Scot Breithaupt" "Bicycle Motocross News" June 1974 Vol.1 No.1 pg.7
*"Scott Breithaupt" "Bicycle Motocross News" August 1974 Vol.1 No.3 pg.18 article in which Scot gives racing pointers.
*"Talkin' Twenty-Fours" "BMX Action" May 1982 Vol.7 No.5 pg.53 side bar
*"The Origins of BMX" "Super BMX" March 1984 Vol.11 No.3 pg.60
*"The Origins of BMX" (part II) "Super BMX" April 1984 Vol.11 No.4 pg.27

End Notes

External links

* [http://www.bmxultra.com/prosection/inside/scotb.htm An August 2003 multipart interview by BMXUtra.com. See under "The OM Interview" for the links to the other parts.]
* [http://www.ababmx.com/ The American Bicycle Association (ABA) Website.]
* [http://www.nbl.org/ The National Bicycle League (NBL) Website.]
* [http://www.vintagebmx.com?refer=scot_om_wikipedia/ vintagebmx.com]
* [http://www.faasthelp.com/ Breithaupt's faasthelp.com site against Drug Abuse.]