Toby Price

Toby Price
Personal information
Full name Toby Joseph Price
Nickname(s) Pricey
Nationality Australian
Born 18 August 1987 (1987-08-18) (age 24)
Hillston, New South Wales
Residence Singleton, New South Wales
Website www.tobyprice.com.au
Sport
Country Australia
Sport Motocross
Team Motorex KTM Shift Off-Road Racing Team
Achievements and titles
National finals
  • 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)

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]

Contents

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.

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. After winning two Australian junior titles in 2003 he was signed by Kawasaki Australia. Injuries kept him from competing for much of this time.

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]

Sponsorships

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Major titles

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References

  1. ^ a b c "KTM Racing Team - Riders". www.ktm.com.au. http://www.ktm.com.au/directory.php?mode=view_item&aid=44. Retrieved 2011-11-25. 
  2. ^ "Toby Price Motorex KTM Off-Road official Facebook page". www.facebook.com. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Toby-Price-Motorex-KTM-Off-Road/170561733014893?sk=info. Retrieved 2011-11-25. 
  3. ^ a b c "Motorbike champ lives the dream". huntervalleynews.yourguide.com.au. http://huntervalleynews.yourguide.com.au/news/local/sport/motorbike-racing/motorbike-champ-lives-the-dream/2209465.aspx. Retrieved 2011-08-03. 
  4. ^ "2003 Australian Junior MX Championships Review". www.fullnoise.com.au. http://www.fullnoise.com.au/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_full&news_id=224&dts=2110200312113. Retrieved 2011-08-03. 
  5. ^ "ADB Awards Recognise Australian Racers". www.racerxonline.com. http://www.racerxonline.com/2009/12/02/adb-awards-recognize-australian-riders. Retrieved 2011-08-03. 
  6. ^ "KTM Racing Australia". www.ktm.com.au. http://www.ktm.com.au/directory.php?mode=view_item&aid=44. Retrieved 2011-08-03. 
  7. ^ "Motorcycling Australia: Results". www.ma.org.au. http://www.ma.org.au/index.php?id=1418. Retrieved 2011-08-03. 
  8. ^ "MotoOnline 2011 A4DE Race Recap". www.motoonline.com.au. http://www.motoonline.com.au/2011/07/12/race-recap-with-toby-price/. Retrieved 2011-08-03. 
  9. ^ "Finke Kings Nominated for ADB Off Road Rider of the Year Award". http://finkedesertrace.com.au. http://finkedesertrace.com.au/news/finke-stories/572-finke-kings-nominated-for-adb-off-road-rider-of-the-year. Retrieved 2011-11-25. 
  10. ^ "International Six Days Enduro 2011 Results". www.fim-isde-live.info/. http://www.fim-isde-live.info/. Retrieved 2011-08-13.