Steve Stackable

Steve Stackable (born July 3, 1954) is an American former professional motocross racer and current hang glider instructor. He competed in the AMA Motocross Championships from 1974 to 1981.

Motocross career Stackable was born in Wiesbaden, Germany where his father served in the U.S. Military. He was raised in Wyoming and briefly in Japan before his family settled in Austin, Texas when he was 16-years-old. 1975 would mark the peak of Stackable's career. He began the season by winning the Daytona 500cc Supercross race and followed with another victory at the Dallas 500cc supercross race to win the AMA 500cc Supercross national championship ahead of DiStefano and Weinert.

Stackable's good results continued in the 1975 500cc AMA outdoor Motocross National Championship. As the national championship reached the climactic final race of the season in New Orleans, Stackable was one of five competitors with a mathematical chance to win the title including; Suzuki’s Billy Grossi, Honda’s Pierre Karsmakers, Husqvarna’s Kent Howerton, and Yamaha’s Jimmy Weinert. In the first of two motos, he was in second place with only a few laps left in the race when his spokes started coming out of his motorcycle's front wheel. He struggled to finish the race but dropped down in the field of competitors to finish in 11th place. Despite finishing third in both the 250cc and 500cc Outdoor National classes, Suzuki released him at the end of the season because he didn't provide the desired results. He once again placed third in the AMA 500cc motocross national championship, this time behind Bob Hannah and Marty Smith. He continued to race until 1981, but without the same level of success and retired from motocross racing at the age of 27.

After his motocross racing career, Stackable became a tandem hang gliding and paragliding instructor.