FMP: Russ Stoddard
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PanicREV: Tell us a bit about yourself: your name & screen name, your age, family (optional), and where you live.
RS: First off, My name is Russ Stoddard, screen name is rSprout, (bRussellSprout) but don't ever call me Russell, that’s what leaves do. I am 34, but feel 54 and act 14. I live in Lakewood , CA which is surrounded by Long Beach, far from the desert and tracks. I am a commercial automotive photographer, which means I take pictures of new cars for brochures and billboards for the auto manufacturers. Yes its a great job, lots of fun, but lots of work also. When I am not working, riding, or wasting time on video games, I do a lot of fabrication work. I've built a few hot rods and kustoms, and a couple of race trucks (with another one starting in a few weeks).
PRev: What kind of bike or bikes do you ride?
RS: I ride a '06 Yzf250 #765, with more mods than I know of or need considering my lack of skill, but hey it all came with the bike.
PRev: What's your favorite form of riding? MX, Desert? Freestyle? Or a bit of each like me(no freestyle though--way too old)?
RS: This is a toughy, I bought the bike expecting to ride desert, but a neighbor talked me into going to the track, and I have been hooked ever since. Need to get back in the desert though. I race SCORE races on 4 wheels and someday hope to give it a shot on 2. It would be cool to be one of the few people out there that have finished the Baja 1000 on both 2 and 4 wheels. Of course every time I get back down there I see the course and the insanity and remember why riding it on a bike is just out there crazy, not saying that will stop me though, its pretty crazy on 4 wheels as well.
PRev: How long have you been riding?
RS: I rode a lot when I was a kid, growing up in the
RS: I'm not sure exactly how I got to talking to Jeff Jetton, we go to the same church, but I hadn't ever spoken to him until after I got the bike. He told me about the site and I was amazed that there was anything like that out there. Been hooked ever since. Great work by the way!!! Not sure what brown-nosing will get me but there it is...
PREV: Do you have a favorite Bible verse? If so, why that one?
RS: Romans 6:23 - " For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
This is definitely one of my favorites, it's the "free gift of God" that stokes me out. Imagine, first He gives you life, you choose Him, then He gives you eternity. Oh and tells you what happens if you try to go it on your own. Seems pretty black and white to me. Of course,
there is a lot more to it than that, but for me that is a pretty good reminder.
Rev: You went to 
RS: Man, the
The first thing you notice is the smell. Man, we think we have pollution here, our worst pollution day is the garden of Eden compared to their normal day. Funny thing is that everyone says it’s a lot cleaner because of the changes they made for the Olympics, glad I am going there after and not before.
Chinese food in the states tastes nothing like food in 
difference, remember God said he gave us every beast on the earth as food (Gen 1:29-30), Silkworms (tried it, no need to do that again), strange fruits and veggies (haven't found one of those I don't like), many of which have no English word for them. The food is good, just different.
The country as a whole needs prayer though, most people I have talked to end up saying they tried out Christianity, but now they just don't have any beliefs. Sadly, the few Christians I have met there have very little Christ in them. One guy told me he liked the first part of the bible, you know, where God created everything. That was as far as he got really, but he claims Christianity.
I do a lot of travelling, both for work and on missions trips, been all over Southeast Asia;
PREV: Any shout outs?
RS: Not sure about the shout outs, I guess first of all I give a big shout out to all the guys that are older and are still riding. With the pains I get these days, you guys deserve a shout out. Beyond that, if you want to waste some time, you can check out our race website, www.teamnecessary.com and the boys that I meet up with on missions trips from www.traveltheroad.com . Will and Tim are my missionary hereos, wish I could be out there with them more often. Of course a big shout out to everyone that makes Prev possible, what a great job.
Picture info...
1956 chevy, thats my baby, had it since I was 15 and did almost all of the work to it myself, minus the airbags.
chinese food (pictured in article above), well that's just a bunch of meat, your guess is as good as mine as to what animal it originated from, and yes its just sitting there outside on the street, with no refridgeration. I have eaten some of it, no I didn't get sick.
Jollyroger (pictured below), that me with a couple of lamb bones from dinner one night in
MeInChina (pictured in article above), Was in
PostBaja500 C, this is taken just after getting out of the race truck after finishing 3rd in class in the Baja 500 last June. i think there is still some dirt in my ears from that one.
Racetruck (pictured in article above), thats old Blue, FjCruiser for the stock mini class at Baja 500. Some may recognize her from the Two Roads to Baja and Two Roads to Taupo tv shows that
SubwayBeijing (pictured below), see what I mean about personal space, there were two empty cars. Not really but it is crowded there.
WhipDodge (pictured below), This is me at work, most of the time it isn't quite this much fun, but there are some really good days for sure.
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