Darrell Young
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Darrell Young (b. May 7, 1966 from Clackamas, Oregon USA) is a former American "Old School" professional Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1981-1988 and 1991 to 1994.
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[edit] Racing career
Note: Professional first are on the national level unless otherwise indicated.
Started Racing: In mid 1978 at the age of 12 at the Y-BMX track, in Gladstone, Oregon[1]. As it happens with many BMX racers a friend talked him into racing.[2]
Sanctioning Body:
First race result: First Place 12 novice.
First win (local): See above.
First sponsor: GT (Gary Turner) Racing Support Team.
First National race result: Third place in the 1979 American Bicycle Association (ABA) Fall nationals in Tacoma, Washington.[3]
First National win: At the 1979 National Bicycle Association (NBA) Grand Nationals.[4]
Turned professional: 1984 at age 18.
First Professional race result: First place in "A" Pro at the American Bicycle Association (ABA) Mile High Nationals in Denver, Colorado on July 1, 1984. He won US$240.[5]
First Professional win: See above.
First Junior Pro* win: See above.
First Senior Pro** race result: Eighth place in "AA" Pro at the ABA Lumberjack Nationals in Clackamas, Oregon on August 25, 1985. he won US$30.[6]
First Senior Pro win: In "A" pro at the NBL National in Fort Wayne, Indiana on July 16, 1988[7] Due to injuries and sponsorship troubles it took approximately two years, ten months, and three weeks to get his first senior pro win.
Retired:
Height & weight at height of career (1990): Ht: Wt:lbs.
*In the NBL "B"/"Superclass"/"A" pro (depending on the era); in the ABA "A" pro.
**In the NBL "A"/"Elite Men"/"AA" pro (depending on the era); in the ABA "AA" pro.
[edit] Career factory and major bike shop sponsors
Note: This listing only denotes the racer's primary sponsors. At any given time a racer could have numerous co-sponsors.
[edit] Amateur
- GT (Gary Turner) Racing Support Team: Mid 1978-1980
- RRS (Riverside-Redlands Schwinn) (bikeshop): Early-1980-December 1980.
- JMC (James Melton Cyclery): January 1981-June 1985. Darrell would turn pro with this sponsor.
[edit] Professional
- JMC (James Melton Cyclery): Early 1981-July 1985. JMC went out of business in July of 1985 after 11 years of being a bicycle component and later a complete bicycle manufacturer.[8]
- Bike Gallery (bike shop): July 1985-October 1985 This was a bike shop that had co-sponsored him back during his tenure with JMC.[9]
- Kuwahara: October 1985-May 1986. The February 1987 issue of Super BMX & Freestyle magazine implies he resigned in May of 1986[10] due to a personality dispute with the Kuwahara team manager Denny Henderson.[11]
- Bike Gallery (bike shop): May 1986-September 1986. Once again he was back with The Bike Gallery became his primary sponsor while he looked for a factory sponsorship.[12][13]
- X-Caliber: September 1986-December 1986
- First Class BMX (Bicycle shop): Mid July 1987-
- Titan: March 1988-
- Kastan: Mid May 1990-December 1990
- R&C Racing: January 1991-
- SE (formerly Scot Enterprises now Sports Engineering) Racing: 1994-2000
[edit] Career bicycle motocross titles
[edit] Amateur
National Bicycle Association (NBA)
National Bicycle League (NBL)
American Bicycle Association (ABA)
- 1982 15-25 Cruiser Jag World Champion (ABA Sanctioned)
United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)
- None
International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)
- 1982 15* Expert World Champion
*Under IBMXF rules at the time you stayed in the same age division as according to how old you were on January 1st even though you would have an intervening birthday during the racing season. Therefore Darrell Young was still a 15 expert in July of 1982 despite turning 16 the previous May.
[edit] Professional
National Bicycle Association (NBA)
- None
National Bicycle League (NBL)
- None
American Bicycle Association (ABA)
- 1992 Pro Cruiser National No. 1
United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)
- None
International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)
- None
Pro Series Championships
[edit] Notable accolades
- Named one of the "Terrible Ten", BMX Action's pick of fastest amateur racers in the world in 1983[14]
- Darrell Young is a 2003 ABA BMX Hall of Fame Inductee.
[edit] Significant injuries
- He had back to back collarbone breaks in the summer of 1981. The first was at the ABA Great Salt Lake National in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 28, 1981. He was laid up for approximately five weeks[15] Six weeks after that first break he rebroke it in mid August at a national while jumping between motos and trying to avoid landing on a young racer also practicing he was laid up again until late September.[16]
- Broke ankle in early January of 1982 in an Australian Skatepark. Laid up five weeks until the ABA Winternationals in Chandler, Arizona held on February 13th and 14th.[17]
[edit] Peccadilloes
[edit] Post BMX career
[edit] BMX magazine covers
Bicycle Motocross News:
- None
Minicycle/BMX Action & Super BMX:
Bicycle Motocross Action & Go:
BMX Plus!:
Bicycles and Dirt:
Snap:
[edit] BMX press magazine interviews and articles
- "Darrell Young" Bicycle Motocross Action Februray 1982 Vol.7 No.2 pg.22 Side bar.
- "JMC's Darrell Young: An Interview with a True Champion" Super BMX February 1984 Vol.11 No.2 pg.54
- "JMC & Darrell Young" Bicycles and Dirt March 1984 Vol.2 No.6 pg.40
[edit] Miscellaneous
[edit] End Notes
- ^ Oregonbmx.com, a site dedicated to Oregon racing.
- ^ Bicycles and Dirt March 1984 Vol.2 No.6 pg.41
- ^ Bicycles and Dirt March 1984 Vol.2 No.6 pg.41
- ^ Bicycles and Dirt March 1984 Vol.2 No.6 pg.41
- ^ BMX Plus! November 1984 Vol.7 No.11 pg.8
- ^ BMX Plus! December 1985 Vol.8 No.12 pg.74
- ^ BMX Plus! November 1988 Vol.11 No.11 pg.86
- ^ BMX Action October 1985 Vol.10 No.10 pg.10
- ^ BMX Plus! January 1986 Vol.9 No.1 pg.12
- ^ Super BMX & Freestyle August 1986 Vol.13 No.8 pg.6
- ^ Super BMX & Freestyle February 1987 Vol.14 No.2 pg.4-5 ("Around the Track")
- ^ Super BMX & Freestyle August 1986 Vol.13 No.8 pg.6
- ^ BMX Action September 1986 Vol.11 No.9 pg.30
- ^ BMX Action May 1983 Vol.8 No.5 pg.86
- ^ Super BMX October 1981 Vol.8 No.10 pg.59
- ^ Bicycle Motocross Action February 1982 Vol.7 No.2 pg.22
- ^ BMX Plus! April 1982 Vol. No.4 pg.17
