Randall Richard Stumpfhauser (born January 27, 1977) is an American professional "Mid School"Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years started in 1988. He is sometimes called "Stumpdog"[1] or "Stumpy",[2] all are plays on his last name. He is a 2022 USA BMX Hall of Fame inductee in the category of Racer.[1]
First in Superclass at theNational Bicycle League's (NBL) Christmas Classic Nationals inColumbus, Ohio, in late December 1995 (Day 1). He also came in fourth in Pro/Super Award (Day 1).[6]
*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.
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.
ELF (Extra Light Frames):[9] February 1996-Late December 1996. Stumpfhauser's last race for ELF was the 1996 NBL Christmas Classice in December 1996.[10]
Huffy Bicycles: January 1997-December 2003. Huffy decided to drop its entire BMX team and pull out of its BMX effort after the 2003 season.[11][12]
GT (Gary Turner) Bicycles/Hyundai: January 7, 2004-October 2008
GHP (Greg Hill Products): October 29, 2008–Present.[13]
Note: Listed are District, State/Provincial/Department, Regional, National, and International titles initalics. "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.
Randy Stumpfhauser has been very prolific in terms of winning the cruiser class of various sanctioning bodies. As of November 2006 he has 15 National and World Championships, 14 of them as a professional; he has won the ABA Pro Cruiser title five consecutive times between 2001 and 2005. He has won the NBL Pro Cruiser division six times, five of them consecutively between 2001 and 2005. He has won the UCI Elite Men Cruiser World Championship four consecutive times between 2002 and 2005. Isolating one block of time he was the Cruiser champion in three different sanctioning bodies-ABA, NBL, UCI-simultaneously for three consecutive years: 2002, 2003, and 2004. In the midst of this accomplishment he won the NBL "AA" National No.1 Pro for the 20" division in 2003. Not to be forgotten are his amateur NBL National age group cruiser titles; his 1995 ABA Amateur National Cruiser No.1 and 1995 ABA World Cup Cruiser championship titles and his 1998 NBL Pro Cruiser National No.1.
He was called one of the top amateurs in the country byBMX Plus! in 1995 along with Greg Romero, Andy Contes, Kevin Royal and George Andrews.[5]
He is a 1996 ABABMXer magazine Golden Crank "Rookie of the Year" winner.[14]
He is a 2006 ABA "AA" pro PRO Holeshot Award winner.[15]
He is the winner of the 2009 Golden Crank Award Pro of the Year.
He is a 2022 USA BMX Hall of Fame inductee in the category of Racer.[2]
Tore twoligaments in his right knee at the NBLSea Otter Classic inMonterey, California, on March 23, 1997. He underwent reconstructive surgery.[16] He was laid up for nine months total including time to recover from the surgery. His first race back was the NBL Christmas Classic inColumbus, Ohio, on December 28, 1997.[17]
He suffered a broken collarbone,scapula and a rib in a crash at the UCI SX race inFréjus, France, in October 2007. He came unclipped from one of his pedals in the first straight in his third moto and hit a roller jump, lost control and flipped over the handlebars. He slammed against a following jump going into the first turn. He missed the 2007 ABA Grandnationals and was hoping to race the 2007 NBL Christmas Classic.[19]
"The Top Amateurs In the Country"BMX Plus! February 1995 Vol.18 No.2 pg.67
"The Wheels of Change: Randy Stumpfhauser"Snap BMX Magazine May/June 1997 Vol.4 No.3 Iss.16 pg.46 One of four separate interviews with pros with recent sponsorship changes including Scott Yoquelet, Bogi Givens, & Lawan Cunningham.
"Q&A: If you could race one race over again, which would it be?"Snap BMX Magazine December 1999 Vol.6 Iss.10 No.38 pg.42 Single question interview asked of Stumpfhauser and four other profession racers includingChristophe Lévêque, Michelle Cairns, Neal Wood, andJamie Lilly.
"From One Track to Another"Transworld BMX May 2003 Vol.10 Iss.5 No.79 pg.32 An article written by pro BMX racer Jason Richardson the described the tryouts on a Velodrome track atUSA Cycling'sUnited States Olympic Training Center (USOTC) from January 8 to 14 2003 with Steven Alfred (track racer), Jason Carnes, Kenneth Fallen, Rob Lindstrom (track racer), Darrin Mitchell,John Purse, Craig Reynolds, Richardson himself, Greg Romero, Randy Stumpfhauser andTerry Tenette. Following the lead ofJamie Staff making the British Track Cycling team some of his fellow BMX racers explored the possibility of trying out the track racing discipline with the idea of going to the Olympics. This was done six months before the announcement on June 29, 2003, by theInternational Olympic Committee (IOC) of their making BMX Racing an Olympic sport beginning in 2008.
"Life in the Fast Lane: Warwick interviews Randy"Transworld BMX April 2004 Vol.11 Iss.4 No.90 pg.36 article featuring both Stumpfhauser andWarwick Stevenson with side bar interviews of them interviewing each other.
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:
None
Bicycle Motocross Action &Go:
None
BMX Plus!:
February 1997 Vol.20 No.2 (200) in middle insert leading;Brian Foster (3) in second;Charles Townsend (10) in fourth; unidentified (16) in third. In top right insert dirt jumper Matt Beringer. In bottom right insertKiyomi Waller (403). In bottom left insert various helmets.
Snap BMX Magazine &Transworld BMX:
Twenty BMX:
Moto Mag:
May/June 2003 Vol.2 No.3 (2) ahead of Christian Becerine (4) and Nate Berkheimer (8) and several other unidentified racers.
March/April 2004 Vol.3 No.2
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):
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