Ben Bostrom

Ben Bostrom is an American former professional motorcycle racer, born on 7 May 1974. The son of Dave Bostrom and nephew of Paul Bostrom, both successful dirt track racers, he began by winning the AMA 600 Dirt Track National Championship in 1993 and switched to road racing in 1995. From 1995 to 2011 he competed in the AMA Superbike Championship, the World Superbike Championship and the MotoGP world championship. He took the AMA Superbike national title on a Honda in 1998 without winning a race, won six World Superbike races in 2001 including five in a row on a factory L&M Ducati to finish third overall, and won the 2008 AMA Supersport championship for Graves Motorsports Yamaha. He also won the 2003 AMA Supermoto Championship.