Mercedes Gonzalez (born 11 July 1963) is a Spanish former professional motocross racer.
[1] Her experiences competing against male racers helped her dominate the women's division of motocross racing.
[1] After dominating women's motocross, Gonzalez made the decision to switch to stadium off-road racing competing in the superlight cars class of the Mickey Thompson off-road series with future NASCAR racer Jimmie Johnson as her teammate.
[1] She won a race at Denver's Mile High Stadium to become the first woman to win a Mickey Thompson off-road event.
[6] After her racing career, Gonzalez was hired by Honda to work at the Honda Rider Education Center in Colton, California where she organizes staff schedules and rider education programs.