Dean Wilson, one of Scotland’s most successful motocross athletes is returning home to race in Aberdeen for the first time ever!.
With round five of the Arenacross Tour calling in at the P&J Live Arena on Saturday 8th February, it will be a fantastic homecoming for the Scottish legend in front of a packed out, partisan crowd.
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Wilson, who is affectionately simply known as ‘Deano’ due to his status in the world of motocross, is fiercely passionate about his Scottish roots and nationality and is one of the sport’s most popular and approachable athletes due to his fun and laid-back personality which is evident on his YouTube channel.
Dean started riding a motorcycle at the age of three in East Kilbride before attending his first motocross race at Drumclog Moto Parc, Strathaven. In 1999, aged nine, Dean and his family emigrated to Canada where his career really started to blossom taking him and his family onward to California, the mecca of motocross in the United States. From there on Dean’s career really accelerated and in 2011 he became the 250cc National motocross champion of America, one of the most prestigious championships in the sport, and the first and only British rider to win a national motocross title in the United States.
After an illustrious career Stateside and racing all around the globe over the past 15 years as one of the sports best, 32-year-old Wilson is returning home to Scotland to race again for the first time since his departure 26 years ago. Although he has a home in Scotland and comes back as much as his schedule will allow, he’s never had the opportunity to race in his beloved homeland since his journey in the sport began.
It will be a welcome home coming both for Dean and his many British fans. During his career he has represented Team Great Britain on six occasions at the ‘Motocross of Nations’, which is effectively the sport’s ‘World Cup’ and has built a brilliant rapport with fans in the U.K who have been starved in seeing him race over the years.
Dean commented:
“I’m excited to be coming back to the UK to race the Arenacross World Tour and British championship and in particular going back home to Scotland to race. I’ve never raced a national championship in Britain and it’s something I’ve wanted to do before hanging up my boots and helmet. Of course, I want to win the British and AX World Tour championships.
Once the show and racing starts, I’ll be focusing on the win, but I also want to embrace the experience. From what I’ve seen it’s one hell of a show and I’m looking forward to catching up with all the British fans and a lot of my friends in the U.K. I’m genuinely pumped about racing Arenacross and coming back home for a while. I’m even getting to sleep in my own bed and not in a hotel!”
The Aberdeen date is the only Scottish one on the 2025 Arenacross tour schedule, which also takes in the rest of the UK as well as Abu Dhabi and the Middle East.
For more information on Arenacross, check out https://www.axworldtour.com or https://www.pandjlive.com
