Kaspars Stupelis

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Kaspars Stupelis
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Nationality	Latvia
Date of birth	July 7, 1982 (1982-07-07) (age 25)
Place of birth	Latvia


Website	Official website
Sidecarcross record
Bike number	19
World championships	2003, 2004
Race starts	112
Race Wins	39
Podium finishes	77
Championship Points	1962
2007 Championship position	3rd (242pts)

Kaspars Stupelis (born July 7, 1982) is a Latvian sidecarcross passenger and double world champion.

As of 2008, he is part of the Team Serģis, operated by five times world champion Kristers Serģis. However, his two world championships were gained when being the passenger in Daniël Willemsen's team. In his time with Willemsen, he also won two Dutch titles in 2003 and 2004.

1 Sidecarcross world championship results
- 1.1 Season by season
2 Sources
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Sidecarcross world championship results

Kaspars Stupelis entered the sidecarcross world championship as a passenger for his fellow Latvian driver Modris Stelle in 2001. His first two seasons alongside Stelle were not particularly successful and it came as a surprise when the reigning world champion, Daniël Willemsen, picked him as his passenger for the 2003 season. The team was successful from the start, winning the first race of the season in Talavera de la Reina, Spain on April 6, 2003.

It was Stupelis first race victory and he gained another 30 in this and the next season with Willemsen, winning two world titles in the process. Willemsen, who has exchanged passengers frequently over the years, did something of a swoop with Kristers Serģis after the 2004 season, with Stupelis joining his fellow Latvian former world champion and, in exchange, Sven Verbrugge from Belgium joining Willemsen from Serģis.^[1] The new pair Serģis / Stupelis finished second in the final standings in 2005, winning seven races.

2006 was not a good year for the combination and they only raced in two events, failing to win any of the four races they participated but archiving three podium finishes. In 2007, they were back, won their home GP and finished third overall, becoming the only team to snatch a victory from the world champion Willemsen. The duo continues to race and will take part in the 2008 season.

[edit] Season by season

Season	Team	Equipment	Position	Points	Races	Wins	Second	Third
2001	Modris Stelle / Kaspars Stupelis	Zabel-AYR	27	14	10	—	—	—
2002	Modris Stelle / Kaspars Stupelis	Zabel-AYR	23	69	12	—	—	—
2003	Daniël Willemsen / Kaspars Stupelis	Zabel-VMC	1	561	24	13	9	—
2004	Daniël Willemsen / Kaspars Stupelis	Zabel-VMC	1	572	24	18	4	1
2005	Kristers Serģis / Kaspars Stupelis	MTH-BSU	2	440	22	7	12	—
2006	Kristers Serģis / Kaspars Stupelis	KTM-Mefo	19	64	4	—	2	1
2007	Kristers Serģis / Kaspars Stupelis	KTM-Mefo	3	242	16	1	8	1
2008	Kristers Serģis / Kaspars Stupelis	KTM-AYR	3 *	136	8	2	3	1
	Overall 2001 - 2007			1962	112	39	35	3