Dean Adams found this feature on an old computer of his. It was the 1994 version of the American Roadracing Top 40. It was a poll I dreamed up in the 1980s where I polled riders, journalist and race officials to get their top 10 road racers and I combined the results on a spreadsheet and came up with the Top 40 road racers in the country. Thanks to Dean for sending this file. It’s a fun read nearly 20 years removed. –  Larry Lawrence

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Seventh Annual American Roadracing Top 40
By Larry Lawrence

The 1994 motorcycle road racing season was one of the most memorable in the
history of the sport in this country. Factory involvement was at an all-time
high, record numbers of fans attended the races, television coverage grew and
Harley-Davidson returned to the pavement after a 20-year hiatus. The US
Superbike race at Brainerd will go down as one of the best ever Superbike fans
have ever had the change to see. Thousands of racers competed on tracks across
the nation. From Daytona International Speedway to Putnam Park Road Course, from
Road America to Roebling Road Raceway. From highly paid factory factory
Superbike pilots to low-budget weekend warriors, this past season will be
remembered fondly.
This year’s group includes 29 Top 40 veterans and 11 riders making their debut
on the poll. California keeps its perfect seven-year string of supplying the
most riders to the Top 40 intact. The Golden State contributed 11 riders to the
Class of ’94. Texas and Canada were tied for second turning out four riders
each. The state that once challenged California for Top 40 supremacy, Georgia,
is down to three riders this time around.
Youth was once thought to be a must in a top level roadracer; that no longer is
the case. This year almost half of the riders (19 to be exact) in the Top 40
were in the 30-something crowd. The average age of the riders was a record high
28.8-years-old.
A total of 12 riders dropped out of the survey. Doug Polen, Scott Russell and
Andrew Stroud raced mainly outside the states, while Kurt Hall, a six-time Top
40 rider, retired. Jim Filice was left without a ride for most of 1994. The
other seven rider dropped out do to lack of performance.
As in past Top 40s, those riders who concentrated their efforts racing in this
country are featured.
To be named one of the 40 best road racers in the country is indeed an honor
reserved for the elite of the sport. Only those with tremendous talent and who
also pledge themselves to total commitment to racing will make the roll call of
American Roadracing’s Top 40.

1. Troy Corser
Age 23 * Dapto, N.S.W., Australia
1993 Ranking: None

Troy Corser set several AR Top 40 records that will never be broken. The 1994
US Superbike Champion is the first foreign rider to win the top honor and the
highest debuting rider in the history of the poll. Corser went from an unknown
to one of the sport’s true superstars almost overnight by riding the Ferracci
Ducati to the premier title in this country in his first try.
It wasn’t an easy road for Corser. The Australian had to learn unfamiliar
tracks and overcome a few untimely break-downs of his Ducati 955. Corser also
proved to be one of the tougher riders on the circuit as well. At Brainerd he
crashed in practice and lost nearly all the skin on the back of his right hand
exposing bone and tendon. He spent the night in a hospital on an intravenous
machine and, despite warnings from the doctors, still managed to make the race
and finish second.
Corser is on the fast track to World Championship Grand Prix racing. He’s off
to contest the World Superbike Series next season for the Ducati factory-backed
Promoter Racing Team based in Austria, but he only considers that a stepping
stone to the 500s. US fans will probably get to see Corser twice next season. He
plans on racing at Daytona and the World Superbike round at Laguna Seca.

2. Colin Edwards
Age 20 * Conroe, Texas
1993 Ranking: 7

Edwards, the youngest rider in the Top 40, started slowly last season but —
spurred on by motivational tapes — ended the year in a blaze of glory with
three straight US Superbike wins for Vance & Hines Yamaha. It was the longest
winning streak in the series and was impressive enough to launch the young
Texan into a World Championship career. Edwards will be riding a factory-backed
Yamaha in World Superbike for 1995.
A jump of five places over last year’s Top 40, this is the best finish ever for
Edwards in the four years that he has been on the AR poll. Along with former AMA
250 GP rival Kenny Roberts Jr., Edwards is considered by many to be the best
American candidates to become a future World Champion.
Despite his youthfulness, Edwards was considered one of the smoothest riders in
Superbike last season. He set track records at three tracks last season. On his
chances in WSB next season, Edwards says that it will strictly be a learning
year for him.

3. Jamie James
Age 33 * Livingston, Louisiana
1993 Ranking: 6

James came within one point of gaining his second US Superbike title last
season despite having what he considers not a great season. That shows the
competitive attitude of this outwardly laid-back champion, anything less than
winning the Superbike title was not satisfactory for James.
One area of success for James was winning the 1994 AMA 600 Supersport back for
Yamaha after the series had been dominated by Honda for so many years. It was
the second AMA Supersport title for James. His riding style is one of the most
dramatic in the AMA; James may be the latest braking for turns style of rider
ever.
One of the veterans of the circuit, James will be starting his fifth year for
Vance & Hine Yamaha next season. Reflecting on his career James says that he
still has a couple of goals he would like to accomplish before he retires; one
is winning the Daytona 200 and the other is regaining the US Superbike title.

4. Miguel DuHamel
Age 27 * Repentigny, Quebec, Canada
1993 Ranking: 5

For the upcoming racing season former Daytona 200 winner DuHamel will return to
the Smokin’ Joe’s Honda team that he won the big race with back in 1991. DuHamel
spent last season impressing a lot of people by sporting a biker-style moustache
and beard and by riding the wheels off the new Harley-Davidson VR 1000
Superbike. After a slow start, DuHamel got up to speed on the Harley late in the
season and actually led portions of the US Superbike finals at Mid-Ohio and
Brainerd.
This is the fifth time that DuHamel made the Top 40. He entered the poll in
1989 after riding a few AMA 250 GP races and finished a career best third in
1991 when he rode for Honda. DuHamel hopes to better his position on next year’s
survey.
Honda is counting on DuHamel’s hard riding style to help get the most out of
the beleaguered Honda RC 45 Superbike.

5. Pascal Picotte
Age 25 * Granby, Quebec, Canada
1993 Ranking: 9

The highest ever ranking for this quiet French-Canadian, Picotte has labored in
the shadows of Doug Polen and Troy Corser in the three years he has ridden for
the Ferracci Ducati team. Picotte finally got a moment in the spotlight by
winning the US Superbike National at Laguna Seca last season. He also owns the
track records at Daytona International Speedway and Road America.
New challenges await Picotte for ’95; he signed on with Muzzy Kawasaki to
contest the US Superbike Series. Picotte is at the age where he should be
entering the prime of his racing career. If he adapts quickly to the Kawasaki
Picotte should be one of the favorites for the Superbike title.

6. Rich Oliver
Age 33 * Fresno, CA.
1993 Ranking: 16

Oliver moves up ten spots in this year’s poll. He is one of the few riders to
make the AR Top 40 all seven years. It is hard to believe since he has been a
top contender so long, but Oliver finally won his first AMA 250 GP Championship
after being runner-up in the past to likes of John Kocinski and Jimmy Filice.
The California racing veteran also found time to defend his WERA F-2 title and
was the second highest prize money winner in US roadracing.
Oliver took over the Performance South Racing team early in ’94 and, with
increased sponsorship support, will continue to run a 250 GP team in 1995 with
himself and Chuck Sorensen the riders.

7. Tom Kipp
Age 26 * Mentor, OH.
1993 Ranking: 13

This is the highest ranking ever for Kipp, the 1994 AMA 750 Supersport
Champion. Last season was a great one for the Ohio rider. He bounced back from
being dumped by Honda after an injury plagued 1993. The top ranked Suzuki rider,
Kipp was late in signing on with Yoshimura, but it turned out to be a good deal
for both parties. After mid-season Kipp was practically unbeatable in 750
Supersport. He won five races (four straight at one point) and de-throned
teammate Britt Turkington in the final race after Turkington’s bike broke. It
was the second Supersport title for Kipp, who won 600 Supersport in 1992.
Kipp moves on to Vance & Hines Yamaha for 1995 replacing Colin Edwards. Kipp is
quite happy about the move; he first burst on to the Superbike scene riding
Yamahas for Wiseco in 1989.

8. Mike Smith
Age 28 * Roswell, GA.
1993 Ranking: 8

A seven-time AR Top 40 member, Smith had a frustrating season on the new
Smokin’ Joe’s Honda RC45; his best Superbike finish was fourth at Mid-Ohio. In
600 Supersport, Smith nearly had his first AMA title wrapped up until an
untimely crash at Sears Point cost him.
For ’95 Smith will be riding for Ferracci Ducati. Many feel that with the
potent Ducati 916 under him, Smith will be tough to beat. Known as one of the
wild-men of the circuit, Smith has an entertaining style of riding that features
some of the best power broad-slides out of turns ever seen in Superbike racing.
He also is reported to be a pretty decent motocrosser. Smith has talked about
taking a shot at some national motocross races in the future.

9. Dave Sadowski
Age 31 * Buford, GA.
1993 Ranking: 9

Sadowski made the biggest jump of any rider in the top ten and is back in the
top ten after a three year absence. The newly crowned Formula USA Champion did
double duty this season splitting time between AMA Nationals and the WERA Pro
circuit.
This winter Sadowski, a former Daytona 200 winner, tried out for the Harley
team and was said to have been the faster than both Jimmy Filice and Doug
Chandler in the Daytona tests. Harley brass chose Chandler, but Sadowski could
still get the ride if Chandler goes elsewhere.
If not on the Harley, “Ski” has some very good options. He could defend his
F-USA title again on a Mike Velasco-tuned Labelle Honda and ride a Ducati in US
Superbike for Team DESMO.

10. Dale Quarterley
Age 33 * Westfield, MA.
1993 Ranking: 4

Another seven-time AR Top 40 member, Quarterley fell six spots from his
all-time high finish on the poll last season. Quarterley never seemed to be able
to get the handling quite right on his ’94 Kawasaki ZX-7 and struggled to most
of the season to run inside the top 10 in US Superbike races.
It was a different story in the Formula USA. There Quarterley won twice on his
Mirage Kawasaki and finished a close second to Dave Sadowski in the series.
Quarterley, a perennial top privateer (and the top ranked Kawasaki rider in the
poll), is switching to Ducatis next season with continued support from Mirage
Studios, creators of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

11. Takahiro Sohwa
Age 29 * Bend, OR.
1993 Ranking: 26

“Tiger” quietly racked up points last season and finished ranked third in the
US Superbike Series. Sohwa finished on the podium twice with a second at Pomona
and a third at Mid-Ohio. Known as Mr. Kawasaki in his homeland of Japan, Sohwa
shocked racing fans there with his decision to ride for Ferracci Ducati next
season.
Jumping 15 spots in his second year on the AR Top 40 poll, Sohwa may the be a
dark horse favorite in the US Superbike series next season.

12. Steve Crevier
Age 29 * Pitt Meadows, B.C., Canada
1993 Ranking: 11

Crevier rode hurt for much of the season and his performance suffered because
of it. In his first year on the Muzzy Kawasaki team Crevier visited the
Superbike podium only once, at Pomona, and finished sixth in the series. The
Canadian fair better in 600 Supersport, where he finished third in the final
standings.
A true entertainer and human quote machine, Crevier is known for his post-race
front wheel stands. Crevier, a five-time AR Top 40 member, will return with
Kawaski in ’95.

13. Mike Hale
Age 23 * Carrollton, TX.
1993 Ranking: 38

Hale is one of the up-and-coming stars of roadracing and he made the biggest
jump in the AR poll by rocketing up 25 positions from his ’93 ranking. Last
season was Hale’s first season riding for Smokin’ Joe’s Honda after making his
name in Grand National dirt track competition and Harley Twin Sport. The young
Texan concentrated on 600 Supersport and made a few Superbike appearances. He
was impressive, out-qualifying his more experienced Honda teammates in Superbike
a couple of times.
Hale will return for Honda next season, running Superbike full-time. He may
also ride a Honda in Grand National competition on occasion.

14. Fred Merkel
Age 32 * Stockton, CA.
1993 Ranking: None

Returning to America after spending seven seasons racing overseas, this is the
first time on the AR Top 40 for Merkel and he is the second highest debuting
rider behind Corser. It turned out to be a pretty good european vacation for
Merkel, who managed to bring back two World Superbike titles and a beautiful
wife and son. The winningest rider in US Superbike history did not add to his
record 19 Superbike wins last season. Merkel’s ’94 was a disappointment, his
biggest national win came in the 750 Supersport event at Brainerd. The
three-time US Superbike Champ signed a two-year contract to ride for Yoshimura
Suzuki.

15. Britt Turkington
Age 32 * McAllen, TX.
1993 Ranking: 10

A broken gearbox in the final AMA 750 Supersport race at Road Atlanta may have
cost Turkington his factory Suzuki ride, and perhaps his racing career. The
Texas racing veteran finished on the podium in every Superstock race (including
wins at Daytona and Pomona) until his performance dropped off while riding
injured in the final three races. At press time, Turkington, a five-time AR Top
40 member, is still looking for a ride for ’95.

16. Jason Pridmore
Age 25 * Ventura, CA.
1993 Ranking: 14

Son of early US Superbike legend Reg Pridmore, Jason Pridmore will finally get
the chance to follow in his father’s footsteps this season riding a Cal Pacifico
Ducati with additional sponsorship from AR’s Speed Readers Club and tuning help
from World Superbike tuner Rich Doan. Pridmore, a third year Top 40 rider, was
in the AMA 750 Supersport title fight until crashing at Sears Point after
qualifying on the pole. One of the most memorable rides for Pridmore was his
third place finish at Pomona after crashing. Pridmore is also said to be the top
golfer among on the racing circuit.

17. Thomas Stevens
Age 30 * Sanibel Island, FL.
1993 Ranking: 12

Stevens is a former US Superbike Champion who has struggled on uncompetitive
machinery the last few years. Despite what has to be a frustrating situation for
the Floridian, Stevens always acts with class and does not blame his team or
machine. The upcoming season may be another lean year for Stevens, but a new
Suzuki is due in 1996 and he hopes to regain the Superbike title then. This is
the lowest ranking ever for Stevens, a seven-time AR Top 40 member.

18. James Randolph
Age 24 * Santa Rosa, CA.
1993 Ranking: None

After making the AR Best of the Rest list last year, Randolph cracked the top
20 in his Top 40 debut. A member of the Team Suzuki Sport support program and a
former motorcycle enduro specialist, Randolph showed flashes of brilliance
surprising everyone by earning the 750 Supersport pole at Laguna Seca. He later
led in the Brainerd final before his bike blew up. Randolph’s breakthrough came
at his home track, Sears Point, where he won the 750 Supersport race, his first
AMA National victory. He also won the Suzuki Cup GSXR 750 final at the GNF. A
stylish and aggressive rider, Randolph will head to the Kinko’s Kawasaki team in
’95 to run 600 and 750 Supersport.

19. Nick Ienatsch
Age 33 * Los Angeles, CA.
1993 Ranking: 27

Making the top 20 for the first time, Ienatsch calls road racing his hobby.
Motorcycle journalist is the real job for this five-time AR Top 40 rider. A
string of podium finishes during the second half of the season propelled
Ienatsch to third in the final AMA 250 GP standings. One of the countries
greatest 250 GP ambassadors, Ienatsch is a top big-bore endurance rider as well.
Ienatsch will return as lead 250 GP rider for Zero Gravity and serve as mentor
for new teammate Jason Paden.

20. Gerald Rothman
Age 26 * Manchester, CT.
1993 Ranking: 22

Rothman had a taste of the factory rider life, after a brief stint with
Yoshimura Suzuki in 1993, but he was back as a Kawasaki privateer last season.
Looking like he stepped out of the pages of Gentlemen Quarterly, Rothman
appeared to be the man to beat early in the AMA 750 Supersport series. The New
Englander had three straight podium finishes including a thrilling win at the
line over factory pilots Britt Turkington and Fred Merkel at Phoenix. Rothman is
uncertain of his ’95 plans. He hopes to compete in Superbike on a Ducati, and in
Supersport again as well.

21. Chuck Sorensen
Age 24 * Livermore, CA.
1993 Ranking: None

Protg of Rich Oliver, Sorensen had a breakthrough win in the AMA 250 GP at
Brainerd last season on his Performance South Yamaha. He followed it up by
winning the final WERA Pro Formula Two race at the GNF. If Sorensen continues to
improve at the rate he has in the past, he has the potential be the next
dominant 250 GP rider in this country when Oliver steps aside. A first time AR
Top 40 member, Sorensen will again ride 250s under Oliver’s guidance this
season.

22. Michael Martin
Age 35 * Dallas, TX.
1993 Ranking: 28

Martin had a tough luck season in Formula USA. Had it not been for freak
mechanical ills on his Valvoline Suzuki while leading races, he likely would
have been the champion. Instead the veteran WERA performer had to settle for
fourth in the series standings. One consolation was that he and teammate Chuck
Graves won the Formula USA EBC Triple Crown Team Series and split the $20,000
first prize. He also co-rode to the WERA National Endurance title with Team
Suzuki Endurance. Martin has made the AR Top 40 for five straight years and this
year’s was his highest finish ever. Martin will be back with Valvoline Suzuki in
1995.

23. Michael Barnes
Age 26 * West Palm Beach, FL.
1993 Ranking: 23

Barnes was all over the place in 1994. He started out with a superb third place
finish in the 250 GP at Daytona. He then won a bunch of Team Challenge races
with Erion Racing and Moto Liberty. He also worked in some 125 GP exhibition
races, winning at Phoenix. Sprinkle in some WERA Formula USA and endurance
races, an ill-fated try-out for a 125cc World GP team and a few club dates and
you have the makings of a very versatile rider. What did all this hard work get
Barnes? Zilch. Barnes thought he had a ride with Erion for the upcoming season,
but found out the offer had evaporated when Jimmy Filice took the ride. The
third year AR Top 40 is hoping for a good offer.

24. Takahito Mori
Age 26 * Japan
1993 Ranking: 29

Known as a wild-man on the track and a sometime illegal alien to US Immigration
officials, Mori’s ultra-aggressive riding style toned down a bit late in the
season. An excellent Team Challenge rider, Mori won seven of ten races with Moto
Liberty Honda. He also showed ample skill on the 250s (he took second to Oliver
in the Road Atlanta AMA 250 GP final) but still has rough edges to work out.
Armed with a green card and a factory B-kitted Moto Liberty Honda RS 250, Mori
should be a top 250 GP in ’95.

25. Chuck Graves
Age 29 * Van Nuys, CA.
1993 Ranking: 18

Last season Graves had the distinction of winning the most prize money of any
rider in the country on a single race weekend. His $18,200 payday at the WERA
Grand National Final was the highlight of 1994 for this Californian veteran.
Developing a new Suzuki GSXR 750 Superbike made it tough for Graves to defend
his Formula USA title; he ended up third in that series. In one of the biggest
surprises of the season Graves was given a wildcard in to the USGP. He qualified
20th but crashed in practice, destroying a ROC Yamaha and missing the race.
Graves, five-time AR Top 40 member, will return with the Valvoline Suzuki team
for ’95.

26. Scott Zampach
Age 30 * West Bend, WI.
1993 Ranking: 24

The “Z-Man” finally lost his strangle-hold on the 883 Twin Sport Series after
winning the title three years in a row. His friend and endurance racing partner
Shawn Higbee wrestled the title away from Zampach. It did not take Zampach long
to get revenge however — he won the inaugural Harley-Davidson World
Championships at Daytona in October. Zampach has made the AR Top 40 all seven
years and is looking forward to riding a Don Tilley-tuned Harley VR 1000 in
Superbike (and maybe a few rides on the Buell Supersport machine again) next
season.

27. Scott Gray
Age 34 * Santa Rosa, CA.
1993 Ranking: 32

An on again, off again member of the Top 40, Gray rode a full-season on a
privateer Ducati in US Superbike and Formula USA. His best finishes came in the
first Road Atlanta F-USA round where he finished second overall and a fifth in
the US Superbike at Sears Point — Gray’s home track. Gray was seriously injured
in a crash at the GNF and is currently recuperating. A four-time AR Top 40
rider, Gray plans on making a full recovery and return to racing this season.

28. Chris D’Aluisio
Age 31 * Bethel, CT.
1993 Ranking: 19

This veteran 250 GP campaigner had a difficult season riding a sometimes
unreliable Aprilia. Despite three DNF’s (one mechanical and two crashes) and a
no-show at Road Atlanta, D’Aluisio was still able to finish on the podium three
times. The Motoworld/Lassak team tried to replace D’Aluisio for the USGP and the
team fell apart soon afterwards. A fifth year Top 40 member, D’Aluisio seems to
always find a good ride just in time for the season.

29. Tom Wilson
Age 27 * Oregon, OH.
1993 Ranking: None

Making his AR Top 40 debut, Wilson was one of the most improved riders of 1994.
Wilson finished the season strongly in AMA competition with a fourth place
finish in the Atlanta 750 Supersport race. In WERA Wilson accomplished a rare
feat of winning all three Superstock races in one weekend; he did that at
Indianapolis. The Kinko’s Yamaha rider ended his season by winning a couple of
WERA National titles at the GNF. Next season Wilson will again ride for Kinko’s,
this time on Kawasakis.

30. Mark McDaniel
Age 30 * Santa Rosa, CA.
1993 Ranking: None

McDaniel is a long-time Supersport racer who makes the AR Top 40 for the first
time after being voted 47th last year. Injury and crashes kept the Team Suzuki
Sport rider from doing as well as he would have liked to in AMA 750 Supersport
races. He did finish third at his home track, Sears Point. The highlight for ’94
was a Suzuki Cup victory at the GNF. For this season McDaniel will again
campaign a Team Suzuki Sport machine and run in the AMA Super Team races with
Cycle Motion Suzuki.

31. Fritz Kling
Age 27 * Lansing, MI.
1993 Ranking: 15

Kling took a big fall in the poll this year. Things looked great for the tall
Michigan rider early in ’94 after he was signed by Harley to ride the VR
Superbike. Unfortunately the combination of the under-powered Harley and Kling’s
sizable weight and height did not work. Even though he finished a lot more races
than his teammate Miguel DuHamel, an 11th at Mid-Ohio was the best result for
Kling. An AR Top 40 rider for six straight years, Kling’s ’95 plans are not set.

32. Aaron Yates
Age 21 * Milledgeville, GA.
1993 Ranking: None

The second youngest rider in the Top 40, Yates, in his first full year of AMA
Nationals, broke the dominance of Scott Zampach and Shawn Higbee in the Harley
Twin Sport Series last season winning three of the 883 races on a Moroney’s
Harley. The Georgian also distinguished himself with top finishes on his Team
Suzuki Sport GSXR 750. A former top motocross racer and WERA Future Star, Yates
will again ride with Team Suzuki Sport in 1995.

33. Tray Batey
Age 34 * Gallatin, TN.
1993 Ranking: None

Batey just barely missed the Top 40 last year; he was voted 41st. After getting
a late start in roadracing Batey quickly moved up through the ranks in WERA,
riding for Hall ‘N Still before being hired by Valvoline Suzuki. Being hired by
Valvoline Suzuki was a dream come true Batey says. The combination has been a
fruitful one. Batey took a truck load of titles home in ’94, including two WERA
Pro Superstock Championships and the WERA National Endurance Championship. Due
to family business commitments Batey will not ride endurance next season, but
will try to defend his Superstock titles for Valvoline Suzuki.

34. Danny Walker
Age 31 * Englewood, CO.
1993 Ranking: 31

Riding for Southwest Motorsports Walker was a top-runner in the AMA 250GP
class. At Loudon Walker finished second after leading the entire race until
Oliver passed him on the last lap. Walker finished fifth in both the AMA and
WERA 250 Series. The three-time Top 40 rider is hoping to put a Ducati Superbike
deal together for this season.

35. Kevin Magee
Age 32 * Australia
1993 Ranking: None

A former GP star, Magee was without doubt the biggest disappointment of last
season, especially for the Smokin’ Joe’s Honda team. Magee’s best US Superbike
finish was seventh at Road America. A few times Magee shocked his crew by
pulling into the pits during a race complaining of the bike set-up. Magee is off
to race in Japan.

36. Al Salaverria
Age 25 * San Francisco, CA.
1993 Ranking: None

Returning to the Top 40 after a two year absence, Salaverria finished fourth in
the final AMA 250 GP point standings riding an Enough Said Productions Yamaha.
Had he not sat out Pomona Salaverria likely would have finished second to Oliver
in the standings. Salaverria also showed he could ride a Superbike by putting in
a good run for Dutchman Racing at Road Atlanta in Team Challenge. After seven
years Salaverria is ready to leave 250’s and try his hand at Supersport or
Superbike racing.

37. Jon Cornwell
Age 33 * Georgetown, Ont., Canada
1993 Ranking: 30

Cornwell split time riding AMA 250 GP, 600 Supersport and a few 125 GP
exhibitions last season. Already known as one of the best 250 riders on the
circuit, Cornwell surprised many people by being able to ride so well in
Supersport. At Loudon Cornwell was the top 600 qualifier, but suffered a
horrendous crash in the race. His best 600 finish was third at Laguna Seca. At
33, Cornwell has no plans on retiring. His ’95 plans are not finalized.

38. Glenn Szarek
Age 32 * Baltimore, MD.
1993 Ranking: None

Another AR Top 40 first-timer, Szarek won $12,000 running for Yamaha
contingencies at club races. A top Formula USA competitor, Szarek also proved to
be one of the best endurance riders around. In a shocker, he and Chris Taylor
won the AMA Unlimited Team Challenge at Road Atlanta on a Virginia Breeze
Yamaha. Szarek was the top American at Macau this year. His 1995 plans include
racing again for Virginia Breeze in AMA Super Teams and possibly a season of
Supersport.

39. Dave Stanton
Age 24 * Lafayette, CA.
1993 Ranking: None

In only his third year of roadracing Stanton makes his debut in AR’s Top 40. A
member of Valvoline Suzuki, Stanton turned in some good rides in AMA Supersport
and WERA Superstock. He and teammate Tray Batey finished third in the WERA
Formula USA Triple Crown Series. This coming season Stanton will replace Batey
and ride full-time for Team Suzuki Endurance.

40. Randy Renfrow
Age 38 * Fredericksburg, VA.
1993 Ranking: 20

Renfrow has made the AR Top 40 six of the seven times (he sat out injured one
year) and was always inside the top 20. This was an off year for Renfrow. The
Chafong Racing team tried hard but just didn’t have the experience to run up
front yet. His best ride on the Chafong Honda was fourth in the Brainerd 600
Supersport. Renfrow’s season ended with a crash at Road Atlanta on a 125 GP
machine that required surgery on his shoulder. The oldest rider in the survey,
Renfrow plans on returning in ’95.