Hard to believe it's been almost 15 years since the last AMA 250 race

someone should start a 250 2 stroke only class. see how many want to race them . bet r oliver would jump on that. does any one know approx how many 250s are still around. enough to have their own class, mmmm smell the 2t exhaust.

 

Quite a few... I would guess at least 200 in the USA

 

Thought I would look up the Barber race results. I'm not familiar with Simon Turner, Colin Jensen or Edward Marchini. Were those regular AMA guys or local wildcards? Check out JU ahead of Maloney!!!



1. 97 Richard H Oliver Yamaha 250 17 ---
2. 1 Charles Sorensen Aprilia 250 17 7.667
3. 111 Simon Turner Honda 250 17 33.101
4. 7 Colin B Jensen Aprilia 250 17 45.665
5. 45 Michael B Montoya Yamaha 250 17 46.949
6. 5 Perry Melneciuc Yamaha 250 17 52.228
7. 38 Edward B Marchini Yamaha 250 17 71.012
8. 18 Barrett Long Yamaha 250 17 71.051
9. 6 Edward R Sorbo Yamaha 250 17 83.31
10. 75 Sandy Noce Yamaha 250 17 88.778
11. 71 Chris W Pyles Honda 250 17 88.821
12. 19 John France Honda 250 16 ---
13. 62 Sean Wray Yamaha 250 16 ---
14. 52 John D Ulrich Yamaha 250 16 ---
15. 74 Geoffrey G Maloney Yamaha 250 16 ---
16. 85 Shawn E Murray Honda 250 16 ---
17. 12 Keith B Floyd Yamaha 250 16 ---
18. 32 Mark J Stiles Yamaha 250 16 ---
19. 78 Bruce J Lind Yamaha 250 16 ---
20. 94 William S Himmelsbach Yamaha 250 16 ---
21. 44 Glen J Christianson Yamaha 250 16 ---
22. 180 Joji Tokumoto Yamaha 250 16 ---
23. 921 Michael A Rentschler Yamaha 250 16 ---
24. 24 Jeremy T Bonnett Yamaha 250 16 ---
25. 27 James J Bonner Yamaha 250 16 ---
26. 23 Justin Long Yamaha 250 15 ---
27. 151 Craig J Secosan Honda 250 15 ---
28. 51 Bryan Hoelzer Honda 250 15 ---
29. 181 Paul Hoyt Nelson Honda 250 15 ---
30. 11 Richard D Merhar Yamaha 250 14 ---
31. 150 David Matthews Yamaha 250 14 ---
32. 66 Steve C Scott Yamaha 250 4 ---
33. 122 Billy Dalu Yamaha 250 1 ---
34. 314 Stephen Bowline Honda 250 0 ---
35. 161 Sean E McNew Honda 250 DNS ---

 

It's crazy what's going on with the 250's---they are being sold/bought in all directions, both across the Pacific and the Atlantic, plus they starting seriously to go up in value...

 

Turner was from Ireland I think, but raced here a bunch. Jensen was from Idaho and had a kitted Aprilia. He traveled with Michael Czysz. Marchini was a fast AFMer, and a fruit farmer!

 

don't see many suzukis , was there a reason for that?notmany real racing 2ts of any size. ahrma handicaps them in the honder classes. and pushes them in to less popular classes.

 

They didn't make one you could buy. They barely even had a presence in world GP.

 

The grid size alone is awesome. Will we ever see them this size again.

 

250 GP bikes are the most fun bikes you could ever ride on a racetrack, and you don’t have to take my word for it. Alan Cathcart, who has ridden almost every racebike made, said the same thing.

 

the damn cornerspeed is ridiculous. and why is rich oliver so ridiculous? he's massacring the field. did he ever get a world shot?

 

That weekend was my first time ever seeingroad racing. I was 14 and was instantly hooked.

 

Rich says that the last few years that bike rode itself, he just pointed it down the track. And he is that ridiculous. And his bike is in his living room. What a cool machine.

 

LOVED watching this bike at Pocono!!!

 

I have a friend that used to race in the class... he told me that many of the parts are expensive as hell or obsolete to run as consumable anymore! Hes boxed his 2 up for safe keeping!

 

Werd.

 

John Ulrich ran a hell of a race! Congrats to him on that one!!
Simon turner was from Ireland - he rode for GPtech llc in 2001, then stayed racing the 250 class after GPtech llc stopped fielding a full time team.
I still have my 250, but it’s due for a complete go thru before riding again. I almost sold it years ago, and I’m very happy I didn’t. Cory west raced it at NJ a few years back.

 

They do still have a series usgpru but would love to see them at daytDay again

 

Put out to pasture, literally.

Kick ass bikes, they were!

 

Oh yeah. I remember that race and many others. The win at Road America in 2002 is still one of my favorite moments in racing.

Rocky Stargel

 

Man.. you're making me cry...... My fave for some reason was the Biganski tuned DelAmo TZ that Nick Ienatsch ran a couple of years. So clean and purposeful....