Carey Jason Hart (born July 17, 1975) is an American freestyle motocross motorcycle racer and off-road racer. He and singer Pink have been married since 2006.
Early years
Hart was raised in Las Vegas, Nevada and born in Seal Beach, California. He is of Irish, Italian, Swedish, and Polish ancestry. His parents divorced when he was very young and he and his younger brother Anthony "Tony" Hart were raised by their father, Tom Hart. Hart began competing in motocross races in 1981 at only 6 years old, turned professional in 1993 when he was 18 and began competing in super cross racing at that time. Hart then began competing in freestyle motocross (FMX) in 1996.
Career
During the 2000 Gravity Games, Hart attempted a back flip in a motorcycle competition. He also invented a freestyle motocross trick known as the Hart Attack.
Hart has traveled around the world promoting freestyle Motocross. He jumped the trailer park in Kid Rock's video "Bawitdaba". On the 2000 Australian Warped Tour, he played bass with the band Pennywise. He also appeared in Pink's "Just Like A Pill", "So What", and "Raise Your Glass" videos.
Hart has been featured in nationwide ad campaigns for Ford, Dunkin' Donuts, Fox, DVS and Mountain Dew as well as in such print publications as Paper Magazine, Teen People, ESPN The Magazine, Rolling Stone, Prick and, Skinnie, and has been on the covers of numerous Motocross & tattoo magazines.
Hart has also appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, Inked, MTVs Life Of Ryan, Rove Live (Australia), appeared on The Today Show, was a guest in Talkin' 'bout Your Generation and has starred in ESPN/Touchstone Pictures’ IMAX film, Ultimate X and has cameo appearances in xXx and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.
Hart was a cast member on the fifth season of the VH1 reality show The Surreal Life.
Life after freestyle
Hart competes in AMA Supermoto championship as a member of his Hart & Huntington Tattoo/Rockstar Supermoto Team.
In 2009, Hart teamed up with Premiere MotorSports Group (PMG) to launch the Hart and Huntington OffRoad which is a Short Course Truck Team lead by Ryan Busnardo and Scot Demmer. Carey became attracted to the sport previously from being a fan of CORR (ChampionShip OffRoad Racing Series) which unfortunely ended in 2008. Ryan and Scot operate Hart and Huntington OffRoad and are both veterans to the sport of Short Course Off Road Racing. In 2009, Hart and Huntington OffRoad secured over 40 poduim finishes from Carey's team mates Chris Brant (PRO Light), Chad Leising (SuperLite) and John Fitzgerald (Limited Buggy). Carey competed in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series driving the Team Hart and Huntington OffRoad/ Premiere Motor Sports Group/ General Tire's Unlimited 2 trophy truck (known in the past as a PRO 2).
Hart & Huntington
In 2004, Hart and fellow entrepreneur, John Huntington, opened Hart & Huntington Tattoo Company in the Palms Casino. A&E network followed Hart and the workings of the shop on the reality show INKED.
Since the initial opening, four more Hart and Huntington Tattoo shops have opened: Honolulu, Cabo San Lucas, Orlando at Universal Citywalk, and Niagara Falls Canada. The Cabo store closed in early 2008. Hart also started a clothing line based on the designs of the artists that work at Hart and Huntington Tattoo Company.
In 2006, Promoter John Huntington filed a lawsuit against Hart, alleging he owed large amounts of money for his trademark and likeness. Huntington claimed he sold his 48 percent ownership back to Hart. Hart reportedly hired high-profile Las Vegas attorney Gene Porter to resolve the case through a mediation settlement, which was in turn successful. In 2009, the Las Vegas store was relocated to Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
Hart teamed up with Cory McCormack, Jason Giambi, Benji Madden and Joel Madden to create Wasted Space in July 2008. The club was designed by Hart, McCormack and Zeff Design. Hart hand-picked one of his favorite L.A. artists to create a 30-foot hand-made mural of vintage rock show posters and flyers with the signature Wasted Space winged microphone logo stenciled over them.
In August 2010, Wasted Space closed to make way for the Hard Rock's new race and sports book.
Personal life
Marriage
Hart began dating singer Pink after meeting her in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the 2001 X Games. After four years of dating, Pink proposed to Hart in June 2005 via a pit board during one of his races in Mammoth Lakes, California. She was holding a sign saying "Will you marry me?" Initially, Hart ignored her and completed another lap of the race. Only when Pink changed the sign and held it up again with it now saying, "I'm serious", did Hart pull out of the race to pick Pink up. They married at the Four Seasons resort in Costa Rica on January 7, 2006. After months of speculation, Pink announced in February 2008 that she and Hart had separated. Pink's 2008 song "So What" featured the fact that she and her husband were separated, and she included Hart in the music video for the song.
During their separation, Pink supported her estranged husband after Hart's brother died due to injuries sustained in a motocross competition in August 2008. In March 2009, Hart said he and Pink were "dating". He also said the couple was attempting to work things out, stating, "Sometimes you have to take a couple of steps back to move forward". In April 2009, Pink stated that the couple had gone to marriage counseling and were back together - they were never divorced.
The couple's daughter, Willow Sage, was born on June 2, 2011
