Career
His previous two world championships were gained when being the passenger in Daniël Willemsen"s team Kaspars Stupelis entered the sidecarcross world championship as a passenger for his fellow Latvian driver Modris Štelle in 2001. The team was successful from the start, winning the first race of the season in Talavera de la Reina, Spain on April 6, 2003.
lieutenant 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.
The new pair Serģis / Stupelis finished second in the final standings in 2005, winning seven races. The duo continued to race and took part in the 2008 season, which was Serģis last.
In 2009, Kaspars Stupelis was racing as passenger of Nicky Pulinx in the world championship, in 2010 he raced with fellow Latvian Maris Rupeiks. He missed the first two events of the 2011 season, being replaced by Elvis Mucenieks, but raced the remaining eleven Grand Prix with Rupeiks again.
He had a much improved 2012 season on the side of Etienne Bax, finishing second in the world championship, only five points behind winners Daniël Willemsen.
In 2013 the team Bax/Stupelis came second once more in the world championship, this time finishing 97 points behind Ben Adriaenssen and Ben van den Bogaart. Stupelis and Bax finished second in the World Championship for a third consecutive time in 2014, 18 points behind Adriaenssen and van den Bogaart. Season by season Source:"The John Davey Pages – Kaspars Stupelis".
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Retrieved 2008-2004-05. Passengers in italics. World Championship Netherlands.
