Toby Price
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Toby Price is an Australian motocross
Motocross
Motocross is a form of motorcycle sport or all-terrain vehicle racing held on enclosed off road circuits. It evolved from trials, and was called scrambles, and later motocross, combining the French moto with cross-country...

 racer. He lives in Singleton, New South Wales
Singleton, New South Wales
-Industry & Commerce:Major industries near Singleton include coal mining, energy generation, light industry, vineyards, horse breeding and cattle production. Dairying was once a mainstay in the area, but has declined....

 and rides for the Motorex KTM Shift Off-Road Racing Team.

Amateur career

Raised in a family that loves motorsports, he started riding motorbikes aged 2 years and started winning races at four. His father John Price is a former off-road buggy Australian champion. As a junior, living in Roto
Roto, New South Wales
Roto is a small settlement situated in the far-west of New South Wales, Australia. It lies at the junction of the Broken Hill railway line and the partly closed branchline to Temora via Griffith...

 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, 12 weeks after breaking both wrists in a training accident.

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.

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.

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.

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, Hattah and the A4DE.
A mid-season injury put him out of the AORC title chase, leaving him in ninth overall.

Selected in the Australian team to compete in the 2011 International Six Days Enduro
International Six Days Enduro
The International Six Days Enduro is the oldest 'off road' motorcycle event on the FIM Calendar.The ISDE was first held in 1913 at Carlisle, England. It has occurred annually, apart from interruptions due to World War I and World War II, at various locations throughout the world. The early...

 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.

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
    Finke Desert Race
    The Tattersall’s Finke Desert Race is an off road, multi-terrain two-day race in Northern Territory, Australia through desert country from Alice Springs to Aputula Community. The race crosses the Finke River, believed to be the oldest river in the world...

  • 2010 Hattah Desert Race
  • 2010 Australian 4 Day Enduro (A4DE)
  • 2011 Hattah Desert Race
  • 2011 Australian 4 Day Enduro (A4DE)
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