Nascar driver Ernie Ervan was called The Comeback Kid after his win at Michigan in 1997. He had nearly died in an accident at that same track three years earlier.

Jeremy McGrath is a Supercross racer and has won a record of 72 250cc Main Event wins and captured seven 250cc Championships between 1993 to 2000. He is often referred to as "MC", "Showtime" or "The King" meaning, the King of Supercross.

Mark McGwire played first base for the Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals. In 1987, he broke the single-season home run record for rookies, with 49. In 1998, he broke the single-season home run record by hitting 70, (later eclipsed by Barry Bonds with 73 in 2001). For his career, he averaged a home run once every 10.61 at bats, the lowest at bats per home run ratio in baseball history (Babe Ruth is second at 11.76). Ad from 2/97.

Sunny Garcia is a famous American surfer from Maile, Oahu. He was the 2000 world surfing champion and several computer games use his name. Ad from February 1997.