Kaspars Stupelis

Kaspars Stupelis, born on 7 July 1982, is a Latvian sidecarcross passenger and four time world champion. He entered the sidecarcross world championship in 2001 as passenger to the Latvian driver Modris Štelle, and won his first two world titles in 2003 and 2004 as passenger to Daniël Willemsen. He later rode with Kristers Serģis, Nicky Pulinx and Maris Rupeiks, and from 2012 with the Dutch driver Etienne Bax, with whom he finished second in the world championship three years running before winning the title in 2015 and again in 2019. He also won several Dutch national titles, two with Willemsen in 2003 and 2004 and more with Bax. In sidecarcross the passenger moves around the outfit to keep it balanced through jumps and ruts, so his results are shared with his drivers.