Bubba Shobert

Bubba Shobert
Nationality	American
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1988 - 1989 First race 1988 250cc United States Grand Prix Last race 1989 500cc United States Grand Prix Team(s) Honda Championships 0 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 4 0 0 0 0 23

Don Wayne "Bubba" Shobert (born January 29, 1962 in Lubbock, Texas) was a three-time A.M.A. Grand National Champion from 1985 to 1987 and was AMA Superbike Champion in 1988 while riding for American Honda.

In 1989 Shobert moved up to the Grand Prix world championship riding for Honda. Unfortunately, Shobert's Grand Prix career was cut short at the third race of the season. Although it has been alleged that Magee had been performing a burnout in the track, thus obscuring Shobert's vision, Magee had actually run out of fuel during a heated fight for third place, and his motorcycle was in the middle of the track at a dead stop. A YouTube clip from the 1989 American 500cc GP shows nothing but the aftermath of the accident, but the commentary indicates Magee's machine was stopped without fuel on the track, and that the wreck occurred while Shobert was congratulating racer Eddie Lawson. Eddie Lawson narrowly missed hitting Magee's bike after he and Shobert had just finished congratulating each other moments earlier. Shobert suffered severe head injuries but was able to make a full recovery after months of rehabilitation. He never raced again, taking instead roles as manager in some teams of AMA Grand National dirt track .

Shobert was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1998.

External links

• Bubba Shobert at the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame

Preceded by Wayne Rainey

AMA Superbike Champion 1988

Succeeded by Jamie James