Shane Bess?

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Edited Date/Time 1/26/2012 5:58am
The Ben Riddle topic got me thinking. What ever happend to Shane Bess? Another factory suzuki guy that was suposed to be the next big thing.
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Chase Reed ?

(The man, not the occupation....)
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regarding Riddle, ask phatwake1 if he is still around...
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jrs400f wrote:
The Ben Riddle topic got me thinking. What ever happend to Shane Bess? Another factory suzuki guy that was suposed to be the next big thing.
He raced the BooKoo AX and did well, then joined Tyler Evans in SX and didnt have very good results. Dont know what happened after that
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Simi Cycles still has one of Shane's bikes from 07 supercross he never got to ride.

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lostboy819 8/26/2009 12:59am
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What ever happened to Jason Lawrence ?
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What ever happened to Jason Lawrence ?
This place is brutal....I'm pretty sure it's a good thing.......No Thumpertalk here.
devindavis410 8/26/2009 1:25am
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I saw shane bess at piru not that long ago
deff not that fast anymore :/


Jonathan Shimp broke both his femurs and quit racing. He is another rider that was expected to do big things.
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mxnick wrote:
regarding Riddle, ask phatwake1 if he is still around...
I had long forgotten that Riddle-groupie. Grin

On Bess, a few years ago, a friend of mine was helping him get re-started in AMA AX. Shane had just experienced some real tragedy in his life, just months before, and the comeback fell through. I was the team truck driver and got to know him a bit and really like the guy.
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Two other guys from that era that come to mind are Brian Gray and
Evan Laughridge(sp?). The last I saw Laughridge was at a Canadian
National I believe?
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speaking of Shane Bess, i have his front tire and footpeg engraved on my upper back from an LL qualifier in Cedar City, UT.

Ryan Morais was leading the whole 125B moto and i was right on him, Bess was right behind me. last lap and maybe 3 corners to go, Bess way over-jumped (i'm sure it wasn't on purpose) a big step-up and landed right on me. needless to say i didn't qualify and never tried since.

haven't heard much on him in the last few years, other than i did see him at a Bookoo AX a couple years ago.
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husky125 wrote:
Two other guys from that era that come to mind are Brian Gray and Evan Laughridge(sp?). The last I saw Laughridge was at a Canadian National...
Two other guys from that era that come to mind are Brian Gray and
Evan Laughridge(sp?). The last I saw Laughridge was at a Canadian
National I believe?
Laughridge is working for his dads construction company up here in Nor-Cal. I haven't seen him on a bike in many years. Not sure if he rides anymore.
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johnny marley was soooo damn fast too... whered he go?
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roguemx wrote:
johnny marley was soooo damn fast too... whered he go?
Still races around TX locally
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I remember seeing him in the Fox ads back in the early 90's with RC.
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gnarwhip 8/26/2009 9:23am
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I remember reading an interview w Bess a couple years ago and he said he orignailly quit racing becasue he wanted to hang out with his friends and thought he was missing out on his youth...so he did that and got a big tat on his neck, then tried to comeback at arenacross and that's the last I heard. Moto is brutal, once you quit, pretty much impossible to come back and win
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bultokid 8/26/2009 10:29am
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IMO most just hit that burn-out stage, know I did in baseball. When the fun goes away time is running out and the body can only take so much of the brutal injuries till you say "I'm done"
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Bess lives in Texas and works for a A/C Company.

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peelout719 wrote:
speaking of Shane Bess, i have his front tire and footpeg engraved on my upper back from an LL qualifier in Cedar City, UT. Ryan Morais...
speaking of Shane Bess, i have his front tire and footpeg engraved on my upper back from an LL qualifier in Cedar City, UT.

Ryan Morais was leading the whole 125B moto and i was right on him, Bess was right behind me. last lap and maybe 3 corners to go, Bess way over-jumped (i'm sure it wasn't on purpose) a big step-up and landed right on me. needless to say i didn't qualify and never tried since.

haven't heard much on him in the last few years, other than i did see him at a Bookoo AX a couple years ago.
Was that back in 2000? I was there to and I remember that track being so fun!
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Sondy132001 8/26/2009 12:25pm
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Yeah what he said ! I saw Shane at Anaheim SX he was moving to TX for work and also wanted to do MX Schools there...good guy and a good racer.

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roguemx wrote:
johnny marley was soooo damn fast too... whered he go?
Saw his name in the 2009 Loretta results if memory serves...
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peelout719 wrote:
speaking of Shane Bess, i have his front tire and footpeg engraved on my upper back from an LL qualifier in Cedar City, UT. Ryan Morais...
speaking of Shane Bess, i have his front tire and footpeg engraved on my upper back from an LL qualifier in Cedar City, UT.

Ryan Morais was leading the whole 125B moto and i was right on him, Bess was right behind me. last lap and maybe 3 corners to go, Bess way over-jumped (i'm sure it wasn't on purpose) a big step-up and landed right on me. needless to say i didn't qualify and never tried since.

haven't heard much on him in the last few years, other than i did see him at a Bookoo AX a couple years ago.
RIV747 wrote:
Was that back in 2000? I was there to and I remember that track being so fun!
yep i am pretty sure that was the year, that track was among the most fun i've ever ridden. i did really good in my 1st moto i think i was around 4th or so out of a full gate. i believe that incident was in the second moto, and would have given me a really good look at qualifying for LL.
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roguemx 8/26/2009 1:11pm
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thats cool to hear... i just remember bein at world mini watchin marley just rip... my ol ridin buddy was good friends with shane... i remember he was into breadin pitts... then for a while he was in nor cal trainin casey hinson... he did have some good results in AX too

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