Toby Henderson

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Toby Henderson
Personal information
Full nameToby S. Henderson
Nickname"Coca-Cola Cowboy"
"Captain Elbows"
"Hollywood Henderson"
Born (1961-10-10) October 10, 1961 (age 61)
Bedford, Indiana, United States
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineBicycle Motocross (BMX)
RoleRacer
Rider typeOff Road
Amateur teams
1974-1976Bottema
1976Cerritos Bike Shop
1976-1977Ralph's Bicycles
1977-1978Hiatus from racing
1978DG
Professional teams
1979DG
1979-1981Raleigh
1981-1984 Hutch
1984-1985SE Racing
1986Father
1986-1987BMX Action
1988GT Racing

Toby S. Henderson (born October 10, 1961, in La Mirada, California United States) is a former professional American "Old School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were between 1979 and 1985. He was given the nickname "Coca Cola Cowboy" by Bob Osborn, publisher of BMX Action magazine, although the reason for it was unknown even by Henderson. He himself regard it as "lame". [1]

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Racing career

Henderson started racing in 1973 at the age of 12 at Hollyfield Park in Norwalk, California. [2] [3] In a September 1982 BMX Action his first race was claimed to be Scot Briethaupt's B.U.M.S track. [4] He rode a Schwinn Sting-Ray bicycle at that time. [5] He turned professional in December 1978, [6] and came in third at the Pro Class at the National Bicycle Association (NBA) Supernationals in Saddleback Park in Irvine, California on April 8, 1979. [7] [8]

He retired in 1987 aged 26. His last national race as a serious competitor appears to have been the United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA) Grandnational in Dallas, Texas on November 11, 1986. He came in seventh in "A" pro, the senior pro level. [9] It was the last USBA sanctioned raced before it merged with the American Bicycle Association (ABA) in 1987. Henderson then pursued a Mountain Bike racing career. He would later race at least one BMX race in 1987 at the Vision World Cup in Irvine, California on June 21, 1987. He didn't make any mains. [10]

During his career, he was sponsored by Jeff Bottema's uncle (1974 to 1976), [11] then by D.G. Performance Specialist (late 1978 to June 1979), [12] and finally by Raleigh Cycle Company of America (July 1979 to January 1981). [13] [14] [15] Other sponsors included SE Racing (January 1984 to December 1985), "DAD" (January 1986-February 1986), [16] [17] BMX Action Magazine (February 1986-March 1987), and GT Bicycles (April 1988 – 1991). [18]

Titles

National Bicycle League (NBL)

United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)

Pro Series Championships

Injuries

Henderson broke his collarbone at the NBL North Park National in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 9, 1981. He crashed in his first Pro Trophy qualifying moto when his front wheel failed to clear adequately and struck the second of double moguls, breaking the front end of the Thruster frame he was racing and catapulting him at high speed into the ground head first. [19] [20] He was laid up for approximately six weeks until the 1981 NBL Grandnational in St. Louis, Missouri held on September 26, 1981. He didn't make it out of his Senior "A" pro quarter semi finals, but came in third in the Pro Trophy competition. [21]

Accolades

Henderson was inducted to the ABA BMX Hall of Fame in 1994.[ dead link ] He was inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame.[ dead link ]

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References

  1. ↑ Toby Henderson 2003 interview
  2. ↑ BMX Plus! October 1982 Vol.5 No.10 pg.54
  3. ↑ bmxactiononline 2007 interview
  4. ↑ BMX Action September 1982 Vol.7 No.9 pg.34
  5. ↑ BMX World December 2005/January 2006 Vol.1 No.1 pg.8 (Premier Issue)
  6. ↑ BMX Plus! October 1982 Vol.5 No.10 pg.54
  7. ↑ Bicycle Motocross Action July 1979 Vol.4 No.5 pg.67
  8. ↑ BMX World December 2005/January 2006 Vol.1 No.1 pg.8 (Premier Issue)
  9. ↑ BMX Action February 1987 Vol.12 No.2 pg.49 (results)
  10. ↑ BMX Plus! October 1987 Vol.10 No.10 pg.34
  11. ↑ BMX Plus! October 1982 Vol.5 No.10 pg.54
  12. ↑ BMX Plus! July 1988 Vol.11 No.7 pg.26
  13. ↑ Bicycle Motocross Action October 1979 Vol.4 No.8 pg.41 (photo caption)
  14. ↑ BMX Action September 1982 Vol.7 No.9 pg.35
  15. ↑ BMX Plus! October 1982 Vol.5 No.10 pg.54
  16. ↑ BMX Action April 1986 Vol.11 No.4 pg.61 (photo caption)
  17. ↑ May 1986 Vol.11 No.5 pg.16
  18. ↑ OSBMX.com Interview (PDF File)
  19. ↑ Super BMX December 1981 Vol.8 No.12 pg.46&71
  20. ↑ BMX Action September 1982 Vol.7 No.9 pg.35
  21. ↑ Super BMX January 1982 Vol.9 No.1 pg.22
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