Ron Bishop

Ron Bishop (March 12, 1943 – September 20, 2014) was an American off-road motorcycle racer. He was a long-term participant in the Baja 1000 and other desert off-road races.

Early life Bishop was born at Woodland, Washington, and moved with his family to Escondido in Southern California when he was 10 years old.

Racing career Bishop became caught up in the off-road racing scene. He began racing in 1960 at a TT race on Friday nights at Cajon Speedway and would convert the bike to for scrambles later in the weekend. He didn't like the wait between races so he switched to enduro, hare scramble, and desert off-road racing to eliminate the boring wait between races. His top finish was a second place overall in 1972 when he co-rode with Don Bohannon. He was a factory rider for Kawasaki and Rokon. He was also inducted in the Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2011.