# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-spies
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:28:15.756Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-spies"
name: "Ben Spies"
slug: "ben-spies"
description: "Ben Patrick Spies, is an American team principal for a MotoAmerica Supersport (600cc) professional motorcycle road racing team who previously was a racer himself. He was sometimes nicknamed \"Elbows\" due to his riding style, in which his elbows protruded outward. Spies won the AMA Superbike Championship for Yoshimura Suzuki in 2006, and successfully defended it in 2007 and 2008."
tagline: "American motorcycle racer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Spies_2010_Qatar.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1984-07-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.7
  momentum:             0.1686340640809443
  historical:           16.70854
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/BenSpies11"
    handle:    "BenSpies11"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/bspies11/"
    handle:    "bspies11"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ben.spies.18"
    handle:    "ben.spies.18"
sources:
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    title: "Бен Спіс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "بن سبايس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "بن سبايس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Spies"
    title: "Ben Spies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Spies"
    title: "Ben Spies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Spies"
    title: "Ben Spies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Spies"
    title: "Ben Spies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Spies"
    title: "Ben Spies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Spies"
    title: "Ben Spies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Spies"
    title: "Ben Spies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Spies"
    title: "Ben Spies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Spies"
    title: "Ben Spies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Spies"
    title: "Ben Spies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA"
    title: "ベン・スピーズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Spies"
    title: "Ben Spies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Spies"
    title: "Ben Spies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Spies"
    title: "Ben Spies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Spies"
    title: "Ben Spies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD_(%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%BA)"
    title: "Спис, Бен (мотогонщик)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Spies"
    title: "Ben Spies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q468424"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump