Randy Stumpfhauser

Randy Stumpfhauser
Personal information
Full name Randall Richard Stumpfhauser
Nickname "Stumpdog", "Stumpy"
Born January 27, 1977
Fresno, California, United States
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Team information
Current team GHP
Discipline Bicycle Motocross (BMX)
Role Racer, Math teacher
Rider type Off Road
Amateur team(s)
1990 Hi-Tech Racing
1991-1993 Action Racing
1993-1995 Powerlite Industries
Professional team(s)
1996 Powerlite Industries
1996 ELF
1997-2003 Huffy Bicycles
2004-2008 GT Bicycles/Hyundai
2008-present GHP
Infobox last updated on
May 1, 2009

Randall Richard Stumpfhauser (b. January 27, 1977 in Fresno, California U.S.) is an American professional "Mid School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years are from 1998 to the present. He is sometimes called "Stumpdog"[1] or "Stumpy",[2] all are plays on his last name.

Racing career milestones

Note: Professional firsts are on the national level unless otherwise indicated.

Milestone Event Details
Started racing: August 1986 at age nine, when his father took him to a BMX track in Sanger, California.[3]
Sanctioning body:
First race bike:
First race result: First in 9 novice. He beat one boy and one girl.[4]
First win (local): See above.
First national win:
First sponsor: 1990 Hi-Tech Racing. This was his first sponsor after three years of racing.[5]
Turned Professional: November 1995 at 18 years of age after the American Bicycle Association (ABA) Grandnationals.
First Professional race result: First in Superclass at the National Bicycle League's (NBL) Christmas Classic Nationals in Columbus, Ohio in late December 1995 (Day 1). He also came in fourth in Pro/Super Award (Day 1).[6]
First Professional win: See above
First Junior Men/SX/Pro* race result: See above
First Junior Men/SX/Pro win: See above
First Senior Pro/Elite Men** race result: Second in "AA" pro at the ABA Springnationals in Santa Clara, California on May 24, 1996 (Day 1).[7][8]
First Senior Pro/Elite Men win: In "AA" at the ABA Great Northwest Nationals in Grants Pass, Oregon in July 1996.[8]
Height and weight at height of his career: Ht:5'6.5" Wt:~165 lbs.
Retired: Still active.

*In the NBL "B" Pro/Super Class/"A" Pro/Junior Men/Super X (SX) depending on the era; in the ABA it is "A" Pro.
**In the NBL it is "A" Pro/Elite Men; in the ABA it is "AA" Pro.

Career factory and major bike shop sponsors

Note: This listing only denotes the racer's primary sponsors. At any given time a racer could have numerous ever changing co-sponsors. Primary sponsorships can be verified by BMX press coverage and sponsor's advertisements at the time in question. When possible exact dates are given.

Amateur

Professional

Career bicycle motocross titles

Note: Listed are District, State/Provincial/Department, Regional, National, and International titles in italics. "Defunct" refers to the fact of that sanctioning body in question no longer existing at the start of the racer's career or at that stage of his/her career. Depending on point totals of individual racers, winners of Grand Nationals do not necessarily win National titles. Series and one off Championships are also listed in block.

Amateur/Junior Men/Super X

National Bicycle League (NBL)

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

* See note in professional section.

Notable accolades

BMX product lines

Product Evaluations:
Snap BMX Magazine December 2000 Vol.7 Iss.12 No.50 pg.112 (2001 model year)

Significant injuries

Miscellaneous

2008 Summer Olympics

The dream of Stumpfhauser to participate at the 2008 Summer Olympics not realized because of the 5 th place in the trials.[20]

BMX interviews and articles

BMX magazine covers

Note: Only magazines that were in publication at the time of the racer's career(s) are listed unless specifically noted.

Minicycle/BMX Action & Super BMX:

Bicycle Motocross Action & Go:

BMX Plus!:

Snap BMX Magazine & Transworld BMX:

Twenty BMX:

Moto Mag:

BMX World:

Bicycles Today & BMX Today (The official NBL membership publication under two names):

ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer (The official ABA membership publication under three names):

USBA Racer (The official USBA membership publication):

References

  1. BMXStars.com profile
  2. Fox Secure interview
  3. BMXStars.com profile
  4. Transworld BMX April 2004 Vol.11 Iss.4 No.90 pg.36
  5. 5.0 5.1 BMX Plus! February 1995 Vol.18 No.2 pg.67
  6. Snap BMX Magazine March/April 1996 Vol.3 Iss.2 No.9 pg.76&80 (results)
  7. Snap BMX Magazine September/October 1996 Vol.3 Iss.5 No.12 pg.46 (results)
  8. 8.0 8.1 Gorkgraphics.com page on Stumpfhauser's ABA records
  9. BMX Plus! December 1996 Vol.19 No.12 pg.68
  10. Snap BMX Magazine March/April 1997 Vol.4 Iss.2 No.15 pg.96
  11. ATBMX.com archived January 2004 article "Randy Stumpfhauser Moves to GT/Hyundai". Word search for the title.
  12. Transworld BMX January 2004 Vol.11 Iss.1 No.87 pg.20
  13. Greg Hill's vintagebmx.com announcement.
  14. Gorkgraphics.com site.
  15. BMXtra.com online article.
  16. Snap BMX Magazine July/August 1997 Vol.4 No.4 Iss.17 pg.13
  17. Snap BMX Magazine May 1998 Vol.5 Iss.3 No.22 pg.45
  18. BMXStars.com profile.
  19. Stumpfhauser's blog entry at Go211.com site.
  20. "Robinson, Day and Cisar lead BMX trials field". usatoday.com. June 13, 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2012.

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