As of round 17 Race · updated 10/13/2026, 07:18 PM (Japan time)

Riders

Bubba Shobert

Nationality: United States
Born: January 29, 1962(age 64)

Photos (2)

2011
Rikita · CC BY-SA 3.0
2014
Rainmaker47 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Freely licensed photos from Wikimedia Commons. Tap a photo for its source page (photographer, licence). The year is when it was taken.

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Laguna Seca in 1988.

In 250cc (1988): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1989): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 3 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 0 podiums (within the official results database).

Written automatically from the official results database (no opinions about the rider)

Season by season

250cc500cc ★ Champion

The strip shows each year's team (team colour). Tap for team and machine

Scope: official results DB, 1988–1989 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

250cc1988–1988

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P5.0

11 pts · Poles 0

500cc1989–1989

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P10.0

12 pts · Poles 0

1 of these races have no result in the official data; their results come from the Italian Wikipedia.

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1988–1989 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1988. Of the 55 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Greats: 2+ world titles or 30+ MotoGP / 500cc wins. Up to 4 who shared 10+ races, most titles first. A finisher counts as ahead of a non-finisher.

Results by condition (races)

All classes 4 races · 250cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Laguna Seca250cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P7.0

Suzuka500cc 1avg P11.0

Phillip Island500cc 1—

Average finish across classes (Moto3, Moto2, MotoGP and so on together). See each class below for class-only figures. Only circuits with 3+ races count as a best track.

500cc 3 races · 1989

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Laguna Seca1 racesavg P9.0

Suzuka1 racesavg P11.0

Phillip Island1 races—

500cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; always on the grid Grid 10–15.

250cc 1 races · 1988

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; always on the grid Grid 10–15; one circuit only.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1988–1989 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)2 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 149 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 53 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 18,357 miles
0.7× around the Earth · at least 1.6 days

From 1949. Every session in the seasons with the lap analysis documents, races only before. Tests not included. Laps × that year's lap length.A minimum, calculated from straight-line distances between circuits. Connections, tests and trips home are not included, so the real figures are longer.

Every race

No season as a regular (starting at least half of the races)

? How the estimate is made

Estimate = average of the last 3 races before each absence

Seasons in which at least half of the races were started | Scope: official results DB, 1988–1989 (the rider's racing years)

1989	Suzuka	grid 14	11 +5
1989	Phillip Island	grid 13	DNF
1989	Laguna Seca		9 +7