Cindy Davis

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Cindy Davis
Personal information
Full name Cindy Davis
Nickname "Loopy"
Date of birth 1977
Country Flag of the United States United States
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Bicycle Motocross (BMX)
Role Racer
Rider type Off Road
Amateur team(s)
1986-1987
1987-1988
1988
1988-1990
1991-1992
1994
1995
1996
1997		 Ralph's Bicycles
White Bear
Ralph's Bicycles
Tru Color/Titan Racing
R&C Racing
GT Racing
Hyper
Free Agent
Odyssey
Professional team(s)
1997-1998 Odyssey
Infobox last updated on:
May 28, 2008

Cindy Davis (b.1977 from Atwater, California USA) was a professional American Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from (1988-1998). She was the first woman to win five American Bicycle Association (ABA) cups in a row, and the first rider to own five Number One Cups (over both 20 inch and Girls Cruiser). She was founding member of ABA's Girl Pro class. An accumulation of injuries in 1998 ended her career. During the course of her career she achieved 350 National wins. She got the moniker of "Loopy" when at the 1989 ABA Grandnationals in her 12 girls main. She applied so much power down the first straight she looped out, i.e. did a uncontrolled "wheelie", over balanced and fell backward onto her back, a maneuver that resembled a plane doing a half loop.[1] Due to this crash she lost her bid to repeat as national no.1 girl.[2]

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[edit] Racing career

Note: Professional first are on the national level unless otherwise indicated.

Started Racing: In 1984 at seven years old. She started racing on the national level in early 1985.[3]

Sanctioning Body: ()

First race result:

First win (local):

First sponsor:

First national win: In 9 Girls class at the National Bicycle League (NBL) War of the Stars (WOS) X National in Jacksonville, Florida on November 1, 1986.[4]

Turned Professional: Early 1998 at 20 years old. The American Bicycle Association (ABA) started its first ever Woman's Professional Division in 1998 with the 1998 ABA Winternationals in Pheonix, Arizona. While both a Girl's Pro 20 inch and Pro Cruiser was created, only the Pro 20 inch class had a year end no.1 plate.[5]

First Professional race result:

First Professional win:

First Junior Women Pro* race result:

First Junior Women Pro win:

First Senior Women Pro** race result:

First Senior Women Pro win:

Retired: 1998 due to injuries.[6].

Height & weight at height of her career (1998): Ht: . Wt:

[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 ever changing co-sponsors. Primary sponsorships can be verified by BMX press coverage and sponsor's advertisements at the time in question. When possible exact dates are used.

[edit] Amateur

  • Ralph's Bicycles: 1986-1987
  • White Bear: October 1987-Late July 1988
  • Ralph's Bicycles: Early August 1988[7]-November 1988
  • Tru Color/Titan Racing: December 1988-Early December 1990. After the 1990 ABA Grandnationals the Tru Color/Titan Racing team was disbanded.[8]
  • R & C Racing: January 1991-thru December 1992
  • GT Racing: January 1994-December 1994
  • Hyper: 1995
  • Free Agent: January 1996-December 1996
  • Odyssey: January 1997-1998

[edit] Professional

  • Odyssey: January 1997-1998

[edit] Career bicycle motocross titles

Note: Listed are District, State/Provincial/Department, Regional, National, and International titles in italics. "Defunct" refers to the fact of that sanctioning body in question no longer existing at the start of the racer's career or at that stage of his/her career. Depending on point totals of individual racers, winners of Grand Nationals do not necessarily win National titles. Series and one off Championships are also listed in block.

[edit] Amateur

National Bicycle Association (NBA)

  • None (defunct)

National Bicycle League (NBL)

  • None

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

  • 1985 California District #19 (CAL-19) No.1 Girl
  • 1986 9 Girls Race of Champions Champion
  • 1986 California District #19 (CAL-19) No.1 Girl
  • 1987 California District #10 (CAL-10) No.1 Girl
  • 1987 10 Girls Superbowl of BMX Champion West
  • 1987 10 Girls Gold Cup West Champion.
  • 1987 10 Girls Northern California State Champion
  • 1987 10 Girls Race of Champions Champion
  • 1988 California District #10 (CAL-10) No.1 Girl
  • 1988 11 Girls Northern California State Champion
  • 1988 11 Girls Race of Champions Champion
  • 1988 11 Girls and 12 & Under Girls Cruiser Grandnational Champion
  • 1988 National No.1 Girl. She won a Yamaha MX motorcycle with the title.
  • 1989 12 Girls Gold Cup West Champion.
  • 1989 12 Girl Northern California State Champion
  • 1989 13 & Under Girls Cruiser Grandnational Champion
  • 1989 California District #10 (CAL-10) No.1 Girl
  • 1989 12 Girls Race of Champions Champion.
  • 1989 12 & Under Girls Cruiser No.1 (NAG)
  • 1990 13 Girls Gold Cup West Champion
  • 1990 California District #10 (CAL-10) No.1 Girl
  • 1990 13 & Over Girls Cruiser Race of Champions Champion.
  • 1990 13 Girls and 13 & Over Girls Cruiser Grandnational Champion
  • 1991 14 Girls Gold Cup West Champion
  • 1991 14 Girls U.S Open West Champion
  • 1991 14 Girls and 14 & Over Girls Cruiser Grandnational Champion.
  • 1991 National No.1 Girl Cruiser
  • 1992 15 Girls and 14 & Over Girls Cruiser Race of Champions Champion
  • 1992 15 & Over Girls East-Vs-West Shootout Champion
  • 1993 California District #10 (CAL-10) Girls Cruiser No.1
  • 1993 National No.1 Girl Cruiser
  • 1994 17 & Over Girls and 17 & Over Girls Cruiser World Cup Champion
  • 1994 17 & Over Girls US Open East Champion
  • 1994 National No.1 Girl Cruiser
  • 1995 17 & Over Girls Grandnational Champion
  • 1995 National No.1 Girl
  • 1995, 1996 17 & Over Girls World Cup Champion
  • 1996 17 & Over Girls Grandnational Champion

United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

  • None

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

  • 1994 17 Junior Women World Champion.

*See note in professional section

[edit] Professional

National Bicycle Association (NBA)

  • None (defunct)

National Bicycle League (NBL)

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)

  • None (defunct)

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

  • None (FIAC did not have a strictly professional division during its existence) (defunct).

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

*Note: Beginning in 1991 the IBMXF and FIAC had been holding joint World Championship events as a transitional phase in merging which began in earnest in 1993. Beginning with the 1996 season the IBMXF and FIAC completed the merger and both ceased to exist as independent entities being integrated into the UCI. Beginning with the 1997 World Championships held in Brighton, England the UCI would officially hold and sanction BMX World Championships and with it inherited all precedents, records, streaks, etc. from both the IBMXF and FIAC.
Pro Series Championships

[edit] Notable accolades

[edit] Significant injuries

[edit] Peccadilloes

[edit] Post BMX career

[edit] BMX magazine covers

Note: (defunct) denotes that the magazine was out of business before the career of the racer started.

Bicycle Motocross News:

  • None (defunct)

Minicycle/BMX Action & Super BMX:

  • None

Bicycle Motocross Action & Go:

  • None

BMX Plus!:

  • None

Total BMX:

  • None (defunct)

Bicycles and Dirt:

  • None

Snap BMX Magazine & Transworld BMX:

BMX World

'ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer (the official BMX publication of the ABA under three different names):

  • American BMXer June 1989 Vol.11 No.5

[edit] BMX press magazine interviews and articles

  • "Cindy Davis is #1 Girl" American BMXer June 1989 Vol.11 No.5 pg.26
  • Gold Cup West mini interview. American BMXer November 1989 Vol.11 No.10 pg.15 Very brief interview taken after she won her third Gold Cup championship.

[edit] Miscellaneous and Trivia

[edit] End Notes

  1. ^ American BMXer April 1990 Vol.12 No.3 pg.20
  2. ^ American BMXer January/February 1989 Vol.12 No.1 pg.34
  3. ^ American BMXer June 1989 Vol.11 No.5 pg.26
  4. ^ Super BMX/Freestyle February 1987 Vol.13 No.2 pg.58 (results)
  5. ^ Snap BMX Magazine June 1998 Vol.4 Iss.4 No.23 pg.26
  6. ^ ABA Hall of Fame Bio
  7. ^ American BMXer September 1988 Vol.10 No.8 pg.22 (results)
  8. ^ American BMXer March 1991 Vol.13 No.2 pg.10

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