Hometown: Salem, Oregon
Birthdate: 4-28-56 (41)
Occupation: Owner Toy Racing Collectibles
Wife: Jill, Chrildren: Kristina
Years riding speedway: 5 years in California
E-mail: toyracing@adweb.net
Web site: www.toyracing.com
Frank is a sponsor of California racers:
Pat Linn,
Bryan Yarrow,
Amanda English, and
AJ Jones.
Frank is the son of former motorcycle & auto racer Frank Crane Sr.
"I am temporarily retired, campaining a roadracing sidecar.
But I will be back on a speedway bike tentatively in 2000."
"I was the Oregon state
champion in '94-'95 at the Ray Jackson promoted speedway events here in
the NW. I rode an Elliott Long sponsored Jawa in the '95 event. An indoor
in Canby, Or. It was advertised and billed as the State Speedway
Championship and it was open to all speedway riders. There weren't many,
but... I'm the Champ! I never mentioned this before because it was an
"outlaw" event. No SRA or AMA sanction. I'm not certain we care about
that anymore? It was still a championship speedway event, open to all
comers.
This year I'll be sharing driving duties with my 14 year old
daughter Kristina in our new 1/2 scale MMRA Super Mini-Cup "NASCAR"
look-a-like late model stock car. The "Toy Racing Racing Collectibles"
1999 Pontiac Grand Prix. We'll be competing the entire Regional/National
Championship series.
Cliff Majors is responsible for
starting speedway here in the NW. He ran races here in the 60's
with over 1/2 dozen prominant class C riders giving it a go. And Rob
Muzzy promoted Speedway here in the 70's in Corvallis, OR. Several young
"future stars" from Cal competed including Bart Bast, Heddens, and Lucero
I was told.
I'm still planing on limited appearances in 2000 on a Speedway bike.
I'll most likely be making the trek Nor Cal unless they can ever create a
track here in the NW that's safe and has a real Speedway surface. We have
tons of cinders here in Oregon, but no one will use it. :( "
Wins in Flattrack- ST, 1/2 Mile, & TT .
Wins in Speedway- DIV 1,2,& 3
1997 AHRMA AMA SOS F1 Winner Donner Ski Ranch
Pavement Hillclimb
USA - Northwest Speedway (Hillsboro), Dixon, Solano County Fairgrounds, Sports Arena (Vallejo), Fast Friday Speedway (Auburn), Canby, Grass Valley, Ft. Bragg, Raineer, Olympia