Toby Henderson

Toby Henderson
Personal information
Full name Toby S. Henderson
Nickname "Coca-Cola Cowboy"
"Captain Elbows"
"Hollywood Henderson"
Born (1961-10-10) October 10, 1961
La Mirada, California, United States
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Bicycle Motocross (BMX)
Role Racer
Rider type Off Road
Amateur team(s)
1974-1976 Bottema
1976 Cerritos Bike Shop
1976-1977 Ralph's Bicycles
1977-1978 Hiatus from racing
1978 DG
Professional team(s)
1979 DG
1979-1981 Raleigh
1981-1984 Hutch
1984-1985 SE Racing
1986 Father
1986-1987 BMX Action
1988 GT Racing
Infobox last updated on
November 4, 2009

Toby S.[1] Henderson (born October 10, 1961 in La Mirada, California USA) was a professional American "Old School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from (1979–1985) He was given the nickname "Coca Cola Cowboy" by Bob Osborn, publisher of BMX Action magazine but the reason for it was unknown even by Henderson. He himself regard it as "lame".[2]

Racing career milestones

Note: Professional firsts are on the national level unless otherwise indicated. In the early days of reporting on BMX races publications often only reported the top three or four people who finished in the main event. It is possible that a racer's first race could have occurred prior to being listed in BMX publications.

Started racing: In 1973 at 12 years old.[3] at Hollyfield Park in Norwalk, California[4] In a September 1982 BMX Action his first race was at Scot Briethaupt's B.U.M.S track.[5]

First race bicycle: Schwinn Sting-Ray.[6]

Sanctioning body: Independent.

First race result:

First win (local):

Home sanctioning body district(s): National Bicycle Association (NBA) District "X" (Orange/Los Angeles County);

First sponsor:

First national win:

Turned Professional: December 1978[7]

First Professional race result: In Third place in Pro Class at the National Bicycle Association (NBA) Supernationals in Saddleback Park in Irvine, California on April 8, 1979.[8][9]

First Professional win:

Retired: 1987 at 26 years old. 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.[10] 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.[11]

Height & weight at height of her career (1981–1984): Ht:6'0" Wt:172 lbs.

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.

Amateur

Professional

Toby Henderson: "...I was getting a couple of good contracts coming up, and I turned them all down, because I kept calling Raleigh, and saying, "Well, are we going to do something next year?" "Oh yeah, oh yeah, we're really going to be full force next year." [Raleigh's alleged response-ed.] So I turned some good contracts down, and I let it all slide, until the middle of January, when I called them up and said, "Well, where's the contracts? Let's get some contracts going," and they said, Well, we decided we're going to go TV advertisement," and that's all they said, like "Click." [imitating a phone hang up-ed.] And we [Henderson and Bottema-ed.] said, "Huh?" Here we turned down like three or four good contracts in October, when all the other teams were setting their budgets up and looking for their riders for the next year."[19] ---BMX Plus! October 1982
Ironically, Raleigh would restart its BMX sponsoring program a year later. Toby rode sponsorless for six months util June 1981[20]
Toby: I left Hutch for SE racing. They paid me 3 times what Hutch offered. It was a mistake on my part. I should have stayed at Hutch.

JJR: Can you explain that?
Toby: SE paid me a lot more money than Hutch to switch, but were unable to promote me as much as Hutch therefore in the long run it was a bad move. SE did however buy my first house for me![22]

Career bicycle motocross titles

Note: Listed are District, State/Provincial/Department, Regional, National, and International titles in italics. Depending on point totals of individual racers, winners of Grand Nationals do not necessarily win National titles. Only sanctioning bodies active during the racer's career are listed.

Amateur

National Bicycle Association (NBA)

National Bicycle League (NBL)

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

*See note in professional section

Professional

National Bicycle Association (NBA)

National Bicycle League (NBL)

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

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

Notable accolades

BMX product lines

Product Evaluation:
American BMXer January/February 1985 Vol.7 No.12 pg.10
BMX Plus! February 1985 Vol.8 No.2 pg.56

Significant injuries

Miscellaneous

BMX press magazine interviews and articles

BMX magazine covers

Note: Only magazines that were in publication at the time of the racer's career(s) are listed unless specifically noted.

Bicycle Motocross News:

Minicycle/BMX Action & Super BMX:

Bicycle Motocross Action & Go:

BMX Plus!:

Total BMX

Bicycles and Dirt:

Bicross Magazine: (French Publication)

NBA World & NBmxA World The official membership publication of the NBA:

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

Mountain Bike Action:

References

  1. Super BMX December 1983 Vol.10 No.12 pg.60 (results)
  2. Toby Henderson 2003 interview
  3. BMX Plus! October 1982 Vol.5 No.10 pg.54
  4. bmxactiononline 2007 interview
  5. BMX Action September 1982 Vol.7 No.9 pg.34
  6. BMX World December 2005/January 2006 Vol.1 No.1 pg.8 (Premier Issue)
  7. BMX Plus! October 1982 Vol.5 No.10 pg.54
  8. Bicycle Motocross Action July 1979 Vol.4 No.5 pg.67
  9. BMX World December 2005/January 2006 Vol.1 No.1 pg.8 (Premier Issue)
  10. BMX Action February 1987 Vol.12 No.2 pg.49 (results)
  11. BMX Plus! October 1987 Vol.10 No.10 pg.34
  12. BMX Plus! October 1982 Vol.5 No.10 pg.54
  13. OSBMX.com Interview (PDF File)
  14. BMX Action September 1982 Vol.7 No.9 pg.34
  15. BMX Plus! July 1988 Vol.11 No.7 pg.26
  16. Bicycle Motocross Action October 1979 Vol.4 No.8 pg.41 (photo caption)
  17. BMX Action September 1982 Vol.7 No.9 pg.35
  18. Bicycle Motocross Action February 1982 Vol.7 No.2 pg.80
  19. BMX Plus! October 1982 Vol.5 No.10 pg.54
  20. BMX Plus! October 1982 Vol.5 No.10 pg.54
  21. Super BMX May 1984 Vol.11 No.5 pg.32
  22. January 2003 Interview
  23. BMX Action April 1986 Vol.11 No.4 pg.61 (photo caption)
  24. May 1986 Vol.11 No.5 pg.16
  25. OSBMX.com Interview (PDF File)
  26. BMX Plus! October 1987 Vol.10 No.10 pg.34
  27. BMX Action October 1988 Vol.13 No.10 pg.66 & 68(results)
  28. Super BMX December 1981 Vol.8 No.12 pg.46&71
  29. BMX Action September 1982 Vol.7 No.9 pg.35
  30. Super BMX January 1982 Vol.9 No.1 pg.22
  31. BMX Action May 1983 Vol.8 No.5 pg.66 & 98

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