Scot Breithaupt

Scot Breithaupt
Personal information
Full nameScot Alexander Breithaupt
NicknameOld Man, OM
Born(1957-07-14)July 14, 1957
Long Beach, California, U.S.
DiedJuly 4, 2015(2015-07-04) (aged 57)
Indio, California, U.S.
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70.3 kg (155 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineBicycle motocross (BMX)
RoleRacer/promoter/manufacturer/sponsor
Rider typeOff-road
Amateur teams
1973–1974Matthews Motocross
1975Matthews Motocross/Yamaha
1976Dan Gurney
1977FMF
1977SE Racing
Professional teams
1977–1999SE Racing
2005–2006SE Racing

Scot Alexander Breithaupt (July 14, 1957 – July 5, 2015) was an entrepreneur, old school professional motorcycle MX and bicycle motocross (BMX) racer. He was the founding father of BMX in 1970. His prime competitive years were 1970 to 1984. Many consider him, in some ways, a founder of "Old School BMX", an era from roughly 1969 to 1987/1988, from its very beginnings to just after its first major slump in popularity from 1985 to 1988.