Bubba Shobert

Don Wayne Bubba Shobert is an American former professional motorcycle racer, born on 29 January 1962 in Lubbock, Texas. He was a three-time AMA Grand National Champion from 1985 to 1987 and won the AMA Superbike championship in 1988 while riding for American Honda. In 1989 he moved to the Grand Prix world championship with Honda, but his Grand Prix career ended at the third race of the season when he was badly injured in a crash with Kevin Magee on the cool-off lap after the race. He suffered severe head injuries and recovered after months of rehabilitation, never raced again, and afterwards worked as a manager in some teams of the AMA Grand National dirt track series. He was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1998 and the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2007.