James Stewart Jr.

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James Stewart Jr., widely known as James "Bubba" Stewart, (born December 21, 1985) is a professional motocross racer sometimes referred to as the Tiger Woods of supercross. He is known for his tenacity and speed as well as being the first African-Americanto have success at the very top levels of the sport of motocross. He was born in Florida and currently resides in Haines City. His father, James Sr., was a motocross enthusiast and introduced his son to the sport at a young age. Stewart entered his first motocross race when he was just four years old and soon went on to enjoy much success as an amateur racer.

*Lites Motocross/Supercross Career (125cc)Winning multiple Amateur national titles all before the age of 16, James made a name for himself as one of the most promising future stars of the sport. Because of his multiple amateur titles, his pro debut for the 2002 racing season was one of the most anticipated debuts in the history of the sport. While crashes and rookie mistakes kept him from winning the 2002 125 West Supercross title, he went on to dominate the 2002 125cc national championship and was named the 2002 AMA Rookie of the Year. He was also named one of "20 Teens Who Will Change the World" in the April 2003 issue of Teen People magazine.

Stewart went on to easily win the 2003 125 West Supercross Championship but suffered a severe crash at the season ending 125 East/West Shootout in Las Vegas, Nevada. With his collarbone broken in two places as a result of the crash, he was forced to sit out the first few rounds of the 2003 AMA Motocross series, ruining his championship hopes for that series, although it is interesting to note that he won every single race he competed in after coming back from that injury.

His 2004 season went as planned as he won both the 125 East Supercross title and the 125 Outdoor national title, only losing one moto to Mike Brown in the latter due to a broken clutch cover.

*Premier Motocross/Supercross Career (250cc/450cc)For 2005 he moved up to the premier 250cc/450cc class for both the Supercross series and the Outdoor National Motocross series. While Stewart immediately showed that he had the speed to race with the top riders in supercross, a practice crash that resulted in a broken wrist at Round 2 in Phoenix meant that he would have to wait before he notched his first career supercross win.

On April 2 2005, at Texas Stadium (in only his 3rd race), Stewart captured his very first career Supercross victory. James would go on to record many more victories throughout 2005 and 2006, and he eventually won the 2007 Supercross Championship. He was unable to finish the 2007 National series due to a knee injury.

He was unable to compete in the 2008 supercross season as he decided to take time off and have surgery to properly fix his knee. He returned to racing at the first round of the outdoor nationals and went on to win all 24 motos and record a perfect season. He signed with L&M racing for the 2009 season to replace Chad Reed for the supercross season and is planning to compete in the outdoor national series on a limited basis
* [http://www.amamotocross.com]

*OtherLike fellow motocross legend, Ricky Carmichael, Stewart has mentioned that he might like to attempt driving in NASCAR after his two wheel career is over. [ [http://www.nascar.com/2006/news/headlines/cup/03/06/stewart.supercross/index.html NASCAR.com: James Stewart: Next young gun of NASCAR?] ]

Stewart made a guest appearance on the January 7, 2008 showing of Deal or No Deal.

Bubba Scrub

The "Bubba Scrub" or often referred to simply as scrubbing a jump is a racing technique made popular by James Stewart. The technique is used to lower the trajectory of the motorcycle on the face of a take-off ramp. This enables the rider to carry more speed throughout the jump and land on the ground with higher forward momentum.

Although, often appearing similar to a standard "whip" maneuver which will not significantly change the trajectory of the bike, it differs by the pressure that the wheels put on the take-off ramp normal to the ground. The rear wheel will often even lose traction slightly and slide across the tip of the take-off. Because of this it is considered a very difficult maneuver.

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External links

* [http://www.jamesstewartonline.com Official Website]
* [http://myspace.com/thereal7 Official Myspace Profile]