Toby Price
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Toby Joseph Price |
| Nickname | Pricey |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 18 August 1987 Hillston, New South Wales |
| Website | www |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Motocross |
| Team | Motorex KTM Shift Off-Road Racing Team |
| Achievements and titles | |
| National finals |
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Toby Price is an Australian motocross racer. He lives in Singleton, New South Wales and rides for the Motorex KTM Shift Off-Road Racing Team.[1]
Amateur career
Raised in a family that loves motorsports, he started riding motorbikes aged 2 years[2] and started winning races at four.[3] His father John Price is a former off-road buggy Australian champion.[3] As a junior, living in Roto and then Hillston, NSW, Price regularly won NSW and Australian junior titles from around 1994 to 2003.[citation needed]
In 2003, Price won both of the two top divisions in the Australian Junior Motocross Championships, the 15 Years 125cc class and the 13–16 years 250cc 4-stroke,[4] 12 weeks after breaking both wrists in a training accident.
Australian career
2004-2008
Price began his professional career in Australia in 2004, aged 16.[citation needed] After winning two Australian junior titles in 2003 he was signed by Kawasaki Australia. Injuries kept him from competing for much of this time.[citation needed]
2009
Price, riding for Kawasaki, won the Australian Off-Road Championship in his first year of competition. He was awarded Australian Dirt Bike Magazine Rookie of the Year.[5]
Chosen to ride for Australia in the 2009 Enduro in Portugal, Price was the fastest under 23 years rider and placed 14th in the world.[3]
2010
Riding for KTM, Price won pretty much all the major Australian Off-Road titles of 2010; AORC, Finke (on 1st attempt), Hattah (on 1st attempt), A4DE.[6]
2011
Except for a fuel mishap in round 1 of the 2011 AORC, and a mechanical failure in the Finke Desert Race, Price has again won all major off-road races in Australia so far. He won rounds 2, 3 and 4 of the AORC,[7] Hattah and the A4DE.[8] A mid-season injury put him out of the AORC title chase, leaving him in ninth overall.[9]
Selected in the Australian team to compete in the 2011 International Six Days Enduro competition in Finland from 8 to 13 August, coming 4th in the E2 class of the ISDE and 8th overall, making him the highest finishing Australian.[10]
2012
First place Pro Class Melbourne Enduro-X[11] Selected in the Australian team to compete in the 2012 International Six Days Enduro competition in Germany from 24 to 29 September.[12] Won Finke Desert Race and Hattah Desert Race[13]
Sponsorships
- Lancaster Hyundai, CTI2, Go Pro cameras, Ogio, Spy, GT Bikes, Endurra, Rampant clothing
- KTM (2009–present), Kawasaki (2003–2009)
- Fox Racing, Shift, Alpinestars, Pro Circuit, Bel-ray Oils
Major titles
- 2009 Australian Off-Road Championship (AORC)
- 2010 Australian Off-Road Championship (AORC)
- 2010 Finke Desert Race
- 2010 Hattah Desert Race
- 2010 Australian 4 Day Enduro (A4DE)
- 2011 Hattah Desert Race
- 2011 Australian 4 Day Enduro (A4DE)
- 2012 Finke Desert Race[14]
- 2012 Hattah Desert Race
References
- ^ a b c "KTM Racing Team - Riders". www.ktm.com.au. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- ^ "Toby Price Motorex KTM Off-Road official Facebook page". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- ^ a b c "Motorbike champ lives the dream". huntervalleynews.yourguide.com.au. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "2003 Australian Junior MX Championships Review". www.fullnoise.com.au. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "ADB Awards Recognise Australian Racers". www.racerxonline.com. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "KTM Racing Australia". www.ktm.com.au. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "Motorcycling Australia: Results". www.ma.org.au. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "MotoOnline 2011 A4DE Race Recap". www.motoonline.com.au. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "Finke Kings Nominated for ADB Off Road Rider of the Year Award". http://finkedesertrace.com.au. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
{{cite web}}: External link in|publisher= - ^ "International Six Days Enduro 2011 Results". www.fim-isde-live.info/. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^ "Melbourne Enduro-X". www.enduro-x.com.au/. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ "2012 Australian ISDE Team announced". www.ma.org.au/. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ^ "Price dominates third Hattah Desert Race for Motorex KTM Off Road Racing". www.ktm.com.au. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/06/11/3522655.htm?site=alicesprings