BACKGROUND: 'THE MATRIX: RELOADED' STUNT STAR TO BE INDUCTED INTO MOTORCYCLE HALL OF FAME

Two wheels or four, nose wheelies or roll-overs, it's all about precision, passion and performance. Award-winning Hollywood stuntwoman and championship motorcycle competitor Debbie Evans has plenty of these qualities. That's just one of the reasons that she will be inducted into the prestigious Motorcycle Hall of Fame this October 5. This year's inductees also include racing stars Jeremy McGrath, Jay Springsteen and Scott Parker, as well as eight additional industry legends and pioneers.

If you saw the 20-plus minute car/motorcycle chase in The Matrix: Reloaded, you already know that it's one of the greatest chase sequences of all time. In addition to handling both motorcycle and car stunt work in this movie, Debbie Evans has worked on hundreds of motion picture, television, and commercial stunts. She's earned plenty of awards and accolades during her career, including Best Driving and Overall Stunt for her work in the movie Fast and Furious, but considers her upcoming induction in the Motorcycle Hall of Fame as the most meaningful honor of all.

Debbie's stunt career began when she was just 18 years old and she was called to do a motorcycle jump over a 30-foot ravine for the movie Death Sport. Since then she has been in over 200 movies and TV shows. Her career really launched when she tied for second overall in the CBS Stunt Competition--and she was the only female competitor. Since then she has pioneered stunt work for women, doing stunts that at one time only men were allowed to do (everything from cannon rolls to car hits). She has mastered just about every type of stunt imaginable, including setting world long and high jump records for an air ramp.

Debbie is also a superb trials rider and racer. Most recently, she won the 2003 U.S. Women's Open and she racked up some blistering lap times road racing at Daytona earlier this year. In 1998 Debbie came out of an 18-year retirement from competitive motorcycling to become America's top rider in the FIM Women's World Championship.

Debbie has been married for 23 years and has 3 children, proving that a woman can balance even the most non-traditional career, sport, and family life.

The Motorcycle Hall of Fame Class of 2003 will be inducted on October 5 at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum, located on the grounds of the American Motorcyclist Association in Pickerington, Ohio.