Eric Bostrom

Eric Bostrom (born November 19, 1976, in San Francisco, California) is an American professional motorcycle racer and brother of Ben Bostrom, who also races motorcycles professionally.

He is currently racing in the AMA Superbike series for Attack Kawasaki, but he is better known for being a member of the Austin Ducati and Parts Unlmited Ducati teams in 2004 and 2005, and perhaps best known for riding for the factory Kawasaki team from 1999 to 2003. Bostrom raced for Erion Honda in 1998 and Zero Gravity Racing in 1997.

Statistically, Bostrom's best season was the 2001 season. Riding for Kawasaki, he finished a close 2nd to Mat Mladin in the AMA Superbike series and won the AMA Supersport Championship.

Bostrom won the Progressive Insurance Harley-Davidson SuperTwins Championship in 1997, winning 10 of the 11 series races.

Bostrom's AMA Superbike career began in 1998 when he replaced the injured Miguel Duhamel on the Erion Honda, winning his 2nd and 3rd races in the class. He was entered in several Superbike World Championship races as well. Bostrom also won the AMA Formula Xtreme Championship in 1998 riding for the Erion Honda team.

Bostrom raced for Kawasaki from 1999 to 2003 riding the ZX-7R in the AMA Superbike Championship. He also rode the ZX-6R in the AMA Supersport Championship, winning the AMA Supersport championship in 2001. In 2001, Bostrom finished second in the AMA Superbike Championship to Mat Mladin. He also finished second in the AMA Superbike Championship in 2002, this time behind Nicky Hayden. During his career at Kawasaki, Bostrom was able to compete in several World Superbike events. This, coupled with his back-to-back second-place finishes in AMA's highest class lead many observers to believe a transfer to World Superbike, or possibly MotoGP was in Bostrom's future. Injuries marred his 2003 season and Kawasaki pulled out of AMA competitions.

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