Bucky Lasek

Bucky Lasek
Personal information
Full name Charles Michael Lasek
Born (1972-12-03) December 3, 1972
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 155 lb (70 kg)
Global RallyCross Championship career
Debut season 2012
Current team Subaru Rally Team USA
Car no. 81
Starts 30
Championships 0
Wins 0
Poles 0
Best finish 6th in 2013
Finished last season 8th (2014)
Sport
Country  United States
Sport Skateboarding, Rallying

Charles "Bucky" Lasek[1] (/ˈlsk/ LAY-sək; born December 3, 1972) is a professional skateboarder and rallycross driver.

Professional skateboarding

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., Lasek started skateboarding at the age of twelve, shortly after his bike was stolen.[1] After entering amateur contests, he was quickly noticed by Powell Peralta talent scouts in 1987. Powell sponsored Lasek, and he made his video debut in the fourth Bones Brigade video, Public Domain (1988).

Lasek attained professional status with Powell in 1990; but, by this time, skateboarding, and vert skateboarding (Lasek's discipline) in particular, began to lose popularity and Lasek's career waned. After vert skateboarding was included as part of the X Games by ESPN in the mid-1990s, Lasek's career was revived. A move from Baltimore to San Diego in the summer of 1998, with his family, helped Lasek's career further.

As of May 2009, Lasek owns a backyard concrete skateboarding bowl named "Lasekland".[2]

Professional racing

In May 2012, Lasek was one of three drivers selected by Subaru Rally Team USA to compete in the 2012 Global RallyCross Championship. Lasek was again selected for the 2013 race.[3]

Video game appearances

Lasek was a playable character in the first five games in the Tony Hawk series: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater through Tony Hawk's Underground.

Film and television

Lasek made a cameo in the low-budget 2003 movie Haggard, in which he hands a skateboard to Bam Margera while he runs from the villain Hellboy. He also appeared in MTV's Viva La Bam and the music video for P!nk's single "Raise Your Glass".[4]

Personal life

As of June 2015, Lasek resides in Encinitas, California, in the United States with his wife Jennifer(m.1996-current) and their three daughters, DeVin, Paris and Tenzin.[5]

Contest results

As of 2006, Lasek has won ten medals at the X Games, including seven gold medals, and is one of only two vert skateboarders to have won three X Games gold medals consecutively—the other is Pierre-Luc Gagnon.[6] Lasek is also one of only three athletes to compete at every X Games since the series' inception in 1995.[7]

Racing record

Complete Global RallyCross Championship results

Supercar

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 GRC Points
2012 Subaru Puma Rallycross Team USA Subaru Impreza GR WRX STI CHA
11
TEX
14
LA
13
LOU
11
LV
8
LVC
7
13th 35
2013 Subaru Puma Rallycross Team USA Subaru Impreza GR WRX STI BRA
MUN1
14
MUN2
11
LOU
8
BRI
12
IRW
11
ATL
12
CHA
16
LV
14
11th 49
2014 Subaru Rally Team USA Subaru Impreza GR WRX STI BAR
13
AUS
2
DC
11
NY
12
CHA
6
DAY
3
LA1
11
LA2
5
SEA
14
LV
3
8th 215
2015 Subaru Rally Team USA Subaru Impreza GJ FTA
10
DAY1
DNS
DAY2
12
MCAS
7
DET1
11
DET2
8
DC
LA1
DNS
LA2
DNS
BAR1
BAR2
LV
8
12th 88

References

  1. 1 2 "Bio". Bucky Lasek. Bucky Lasek. 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  2. "BUCKY LASEK PRO-TEC" (Video upload). Pro-Tec on Vimeo. Vimeo LLC. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  3. "Busky Lasek | GRC". Global Rallycross. Global Rallycross. 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  4. "Bucky & Pink". Skate and Annoy. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  5. "Lasek family, Dina Perouty-Leone's family". The Baltimore Sun. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  6. Colin Bane; David L'Heureux (27 June 2013). "Bucky Lasek Wins Again". ESPN X Games. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  7. "A Retrospective of Bob Burnquist’s 25 X Games Medals Part 1". Backgrinder. Backgrinder. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  8. TWS (12 May 2013). "2013 VANS POOL PARTY RESULTS". Transworld Skateboarding. Bonnier Corporation. Retrieved 16 May 2013.

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