“I got up and sat on the hay bale and they had it on camera, and I’m sitting there and said, ‘I’m done racing.’ That was it. James Stewart retired in 2012 at the Houston Supercross.”

James Stewart was incredibly close to retiring from professional racing after a crash at the 2012 Houston Supercross while racing for JGR Yamaha. He was later contacted by Suzuki with an offer and was testing with the team three weeks later/Bubba’s World podcast