{{short description|American motorcycle racer}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox motorcycle rider | name = Steve Rapp | image = | caption = | nationality = American | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|11|18}} | birth_place = Lafayette, California | Current team = I.M. Racing Hayes BMW | Bike number = 15 | website = | MotoGP Active years = {{MGP|2012}} | MotoGP Manufacturers = APR | MotoGP Race Starts = 1 | MotoGP Race Wins = 0 | MotoGP Podiums = 0 | MotoGP Poles = 0 | MotoGP Fastest laps = 0 | MotoGP Total Points = 2 | MotoGP Last season = 2012 | MotoGP Last position = 26th (2 pts) }} '''Steve Rapp''' (born November 18, 1971, in Lafayette, California) is an American motorcyclist who turned professional in 1996. He races in the MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 Championship aboard a BMW S1000RR.

== Career == Rapp gets wildcard race at Indianapolis and thus became the oldest Rookie to début in MotoGP class era at 41 years old (similar to Toshio Suzuki's feat at 1993 Japanese Grand Prix in Formula One).

== Career Statistic ==

===MotoAmerica Superstock Championship=== ====By year==== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! Year ! Class ! Bike ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! Pos ! Pts |- !2004 !<small>Superstock</small> !<small>Suzuki</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|DAY<br><small>9</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FON<br><small>8</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|INF<br><small>7</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|BAR<br><small>6</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|PPK<br><small>8</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|RAM<br><small>9</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|BRD<br><small>10</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|LAG<br><small>12</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|M-O<br><small>9</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|RAT<br><small>10</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|VIR<br><small>9</small> !style="background:#;" | 7th !style="background:#;" | 244 |- !2005 !<small>Superstock</small> !<small>Suzuki</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|DAY<br><small>8</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|BAR<br><small>6</small> |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|FON<br><small>3</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|INF<br><small>4</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|PPK<br><small>6</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|RAM<br><small>8</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|LAG<br><small>6</small> |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|M-O<br><small>3</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|VIR<br><small>7</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|RAT<br><small>6</small> | !style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 255 |- !2006 !<small>Superstock</small> !<small>Suzuki</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|DAY<br><small>Ret</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|BAR<br><small>7</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FON<br><small>6</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|INF<br><small>7</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|RAM<br><small>6</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MIL<br><small>6</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|LAG<br><small>5</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|OHI<br><small>Ret</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|VIR<br><small>6</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|RAT<br><small>5</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|OHI<br><small>4</small> !style="background:#;" | 7th !style="background:#;" | 227 |}

===AMA Supersport Championship=== ====By year==== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! Year ! Class ! Bike ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! Pos ! Pts |- !2004 !<small>Supersport</small> !<small>Suzuki</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|DAY<br><small>9</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FON<br><small>7</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|INF<br><small>12</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|BAR<br><small>5</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|PPK<br><small>6</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|RAM<br><small>15</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|BRD<br><small>17</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|LAG<br><small>6</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|M-O<br><small>6</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|RAT<br><small>8</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|VIR<br><small>5</small> !style="background:#;" | 6th !style="background:#;" | 255 |- !2007 !<small>Supersport</small> !<small>Kawasaki</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|DAY<br><small>7</small> |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|BAR<br><small>3</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FON<br><small>4</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|INF<br><small>6</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|RAM<br><small>8</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MIL<br><small>10</small> |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|LAG<br><small>3</small> |style="background:#;"|OHI<br> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|VIR<br><small>7</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|RAT<br><small>7</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|LAG<br><small>10</small> !style="background:#;" | 4th !style="background:#;" | 247 |}

===AMA Formula Xtreme Championship=== ====By year==== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! Year ! Class ! Bike ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! Pos ! Pts |- !2007 !<small>Formula Xtreme</small> !<small>Kawasaki</small> |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|DAY<br><small>1</small> |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|BAR<br><small>3</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FON<br><small>6</small> |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|INF<br><small>3</small> |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|RAM<br><small>2</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MIL<br><small>6</small> |style="background:#;"|LAG<br> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|OHI<br><small>9</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|VIR<br><small>7</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|RAT<br><small>4</small> |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|LAG<br><small>3</small> !style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 279 |}

=== AMA Pro Road Racing === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" |Year ! rowspan="2" |Class ! rowspan="2" |Team ! colspan="1" |1 ! colspan="2" |2 ! colspan="2" |3 ! colspan="2" |4 ! colspan="1" |5 ! colspan="2" |6 ! colspan="1" |7 ! colspan="2" |8 ! colspan="2" |9 ! colspan="2" |10 ! rowspan="2" |Pos ! rowspan="2" |Pts |- !R1 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 |- !2005 !<small>SuperBike</small> !<small>Suzuki</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|DAY<br><small>10</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|BAR<br><small>7</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|BAR<br><small>Ret</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FON<br><small>8</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FON<br><small>7</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|INF<br><small>6</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|INF<br><small>Ret</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|PPK<br><small>6</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|RAM<br><small>Ret</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|RAM<br><small>8</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|LAG<br><small>8</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|M-O<br><small>18</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|M-O<br><small>6</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|VIR<br><small>11</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|VIR<br><small>9</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|RAT<br><small>15</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|RAT<br><small>10</small> !style="background:#;" | 8th !style="background:#;" | 305 |}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center" |- valign="top" !valign="middle" rowspan=2 style="width: 40px;"| Year !valign="middle" rowspan=2 style="width: 40px;"| Class !valign="middle" rowspan=2 style="width: 100px;"| Team !valign="middle" rowspan=2 style="width: 120px;"| Bike !colspan=2| DAY<br>{{flagicon|Florida}} !colspan=2| INF<br>{{flagicon|California}} ! MIL<br>{{flagicon|Utah}} !colspan=2| RAM<br>{{flagicon|Wisconsin}} !colspan=2| BAR<br>{{flagicon|Alabama}} !colspan=2| M-O<br>{{flagicon|Ohio}} ! LAG<br>{{flagicon|California}} !colspan=2| N-J<br>{{flagicon|New Jersey}} !valign="middle" rowspan=2| Pts !valign="middle" rowspan=2| Pos |- !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R1 !R2 |- !rowspan=2| 2011 |rowspan=2| SBK | San Diego BMW Motorsports | BMW S1000RR | | |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 17 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 12 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 8 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 7 | | !rowspan=2| 139 !rowspan=2| 9th |- | Cycle World Attack Performance | Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 19* |}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center" |- valign="top" !valign="middle" style="width: 40px;" rowspan=2| Year !valign="middle" style="width: 40px;" rowspan=2| Class !valign="middle" style="width: 120px;" rowspan=2| Team !valign="middle" style="width: 100px;" rowspan=2| Bike !DAY<br>{{flagicon|Florida}} !colspan=2| BAR<br>{{flagicon|Alabama}} !colspan=2| FON<br>{{flagicon|California}} !colspan=2| INF<br>{{flagicon|California}} !colspan=2| RAM<br>{{flagicon|Wisconsin}} !colspan=2| MIL<br>{{flagicon|Utah}} ! LAG<br>{{flagicon|California}} !colspan=2| M-O<br>{{flagicon|Ohio}} !colspan=2| VIR<br>{{flagicon|Virginia}} !colspan=2| RAT<br>{{flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)}} !M-O<br>{{flagicon|Ohio}} !valign="middle" rowspan=2| Pts !valign="middle" rowspan=2| Pos |- !R1 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 !R1 !R2 !R1 |- ! 2006 |SBK | Michael Jordan Motorsports Suzuki | Suzuki |style="background:#efcfff;"|DNF |style="background:#dfffdf;"|11 |style="background:#dfffdf;"|12 |style="background:#dfffdf;"|12 |style="background:#dfffdf;"|11 |style="background:#dfffdf;"|9 |style="background:#dfffdf;"|9 |style="background:#dfffdf;"|10 |style="background:#dfffdf;"|11 |style="background:#dfffdf;"|11 |style="background:#dfffdf;"|9 |style="background:#dfffdf;"|10 |style="background:#dfffdf;"|6 |style="background:#efcfff;"|DNF |style="background:#dfffdf;"|10 |style="background:#efcfff;"|DNF |style="background:#dfffdf;"|9 |style="background:#dfffdf;"|11 |style="background:#efcfff;"|DNF ! 314 |style="background:#dfffdf;"|'''11th''' |}

=== Grand Prix motorcycle racing === (key) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! Year ! Class ! Bike ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! Pos ! Pts |- !align="left"| 2012 !align="left"| MotoGP !align="left"| APR | QAT | SPA | POR | FRA | CAT | GBR | NED | GER | ITA |style="background:#ffcfcf;"| USA<br><small>DNQ</small> |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| INP<br><small>14</small> | CZE | RSM | ARA | JPN | MAL | AUS | VAL ! 26th ! 2 |}

== External links == *{{sports links}} * [http://www.amaproracing.com/rr/riders/rider.cfm?did=3266 Steve Rapp's profile at AMAProRacing.com]

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