Known for his vibrant personality and big smile, James has been featured in news outlets like Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Maxim, ESPN The Magazine, GQ and many more. James has made many other impressions on the world of sports by being the first motocross athlete to truly transcend his endemic world into mainstream media. He capped off his perfect season with the AMA Speed Athlete of the Year award and earned the title, “Fastest Man on the Planet”. Four years later, and after coming back from knee surgery, he became the second rider in history to complete a perfect motocross season - 24 wins in 24 races - to run away with the 2008 Motocross National Championship. In 2004, he won both the AMA 125 East Supercross Championship and the AMA 125 Motocross National Championship.
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After racking up a record-breaking 11 American Motorcyclist Association Amateur National titles James was named the 2002 Rookie of the Year in his debut professional season. With his sons promising career ahead of him, in 1997 Big James purchased 40 acres in Haines City, FL, in order to create a practice track in the family’s backyard.įine-tuning his trade at the “Stewart Compound”, James “Bubba” Stewart became the first African-American to dominate the sport of motocross. Big James trained his son from the outset and the duo eventually developed James’ innovative riding style to shave seconds off the fastest competitors. Success soon followed as he won the first of his 11 amateur titles when he was just six years old. Three years later “Little James” started riding his own motorcycle and entered his first race the following year. “Big James” loved motorcycles so much that just two days after James was born, he took his first son on a ride. followed in the footsteps of his father, James Stewart Sr. The son of a motocross dad, James Stewart Jr.
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