Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

see all the Europeans and the adrenaline is a lot different than at an American race. After tbat my favorite is the Pontiac (Michigan) stadium race. I always do pretty well there. " Some riders make the big time, some don't. Though Stacy never got to see airplane tickets to the races or hugesalaries, some of his traveling buddies rod. Chuck Sun, the current 500cc National Champion, was one of them. When Stacy was hanging out with Sun, it was back to the basics-·sleeping out of a van or truck and canned food over a hot plate, whatever it took to stay on the road. "Chuck used to come and stay at my house. He's one hell of a guy, a good friend that still spends time with me when I see him at the races. Those were some good times. Chuck has changed his lifestyle and become a straight-up guy, but there's a time and place for everytrung. He reads a lot of books to relax his mind. He was instructing me on good starts one time, and said if you do it long enough and concentrate a start will happen in slow-motion. " Other MX noteables have also paid visits to Stacy's father's shop, Dean's Cycle and Transmission in Depew, New York. Kent Howerton, Mike Hartwig and tuner Eric Crippa only start the list. Stacy's brother Andy, now a 250cc National MX contender, brought home Italian riders from last year's Trans- USA Series. Stacy's favorite story happened back in '73, when four visitors came to the shop with a blown engine in their car. "We had Gaston Rahier, who was the 125cc World Champion, Dave Bickers, John Banks and Chris Horsefield Stop by in '73. They were all traveling for CZ. They spent the whole week there changing the engine and working on their bikes. My dad's shop is just a little place, but he enjoys it when people come in." Brother Andy, 18, is trying to follow in Frank's MX footsteps. Frank feels he will not only follow in them, but step ahead. "He'll be a better MXer than I was, and if he gets the right break he'll make it. He's been working really hard, and every once in a while I have to kick him in the butt to keep him going. There's nothing I'd like better than to have him make it." Stacy isn't the first to progress from MX to woods racing, Dick Burleson being the prime example. Though a few are doing it, he doesn't see a trend in the making. "It goes back to motocrossers being spoiled riders. Most of them don't maintain bikes and in the ISDE you have to. They'd rather have somebody work on it, Oy in, race two motos, and go home. "There's no big bucks in ISDE riding ei ther. There's some contingency money, but it really depends on how much you want to ride. We need the MXers, though. The Czechs and Italians (ISDE riders) are all MXers." Though success reached him at a rapid rate in woods racing, Stacy has no complaints or regrets concerning the years he spent grappling on the MX circuit. He enjoyed all of what it took to get to where he is today and plans to remain there, offering his competitors the same run for the gold he has been for a long time. "There isn't a thing I regret in my eight years of pro motocross. A bunch of guys come and go. I knew it would end someday. There're a few trungs I would have liked different, but I loved every minute of it. ''I'm going to keep racing qualifiers, and then maybe switch to enduros--if I have the time and Suzuki agrees. With my job I'm busy all the time. I'm just glad it finally paid off. I couldn't think of anything I'd rather do." • ~~SUPERBIKER" fork brace Used by: Scott Pearson. National #95 8th in 1980 national standings Wendy Epstine, nation's fastest woman's road racer Racer's World has developed the "Superbiker" fork brace for the rider who wants the ultimate in handling using stock components. Made of chrome-moly tubing and heli-arc welded, the "Superbiker" contours to your stock fender and mounts. 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