46 Facts About Toby Price

Toby Joseph Price OAM is an Australian off-road and enduro motorcycle racing world champion.

Toby Price's father, John Price, is a former off-road buggy Australian champion.

Toby Price began his professional career in Australia in 2004, aged 16.

Toby Price was awarded the Australian Dirt Bike magazine Rookie of the Year title.

Except for a fuel mishap in round one of the 2011 AORC, and a mechanical failure in the Finke Desert Race, Toby Price again won most of the major off-road races in Australia.

Toby Price won rounds 2,3 and 4 of the AORC, Hattah and the A4DE.

Toby Price took first place Pro Class Melbourne Enduro-X and won the Finke Desert Race and Hattah Desert Race He won AORC, the first time it had been won from the E3 class, winning eight of the ten rounds, and finishing second in the other two.

Toby Price was selected for the Australian team to compete in the 2012 International Six Days Enduro competition in Germany from 24 to 29 September, leading the Australian team to second place in the world.

Toby Price continued despite the injuries, finishing second in the E3 class and tenth overall.

Two weeks after returning from the ISDE, Toby Price won the E3 class in the A4DE, coming second overall, still riding with broken ribs.

Toby Price won round 1 of the AORC, but suffered a crash that put him out of round 2.

Toby Price placed first in rounds 5,6,9,10 and 11, becoming the only rider to win the AORC four times.

Toby Price was a guest driver at the Clipsal 500 Stadium Super Trucks race at Adelaide Street Circuit.

Toby Price competed in two of the three races, finishing sixth and eighth.

Toby Price continued, and qualified first in the prologue, then won both days of the race, taking out his fourth Finke title.

Toby Price then took out a record fifth AORC win, wrapping up the title with two rounds still remaining.

Toby Price followed this up in April by becoming the first Australian ever to win the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, putting him in the lead of the 2016 World Championship.

Toby Price returned to Australia for the 2016 Finke Desert Race, competing in both Cars and Bikes, flying back along the track by aircraft after completing the Car leg each day, then riding the Bike leg.

Toby Price came second in the Cars, then won the Bikes for a record-equalling fifth time.

In October, Toby Price returned to Europe, winning the OiLibya Rally in Morocco, and taking 3rd place overall in the 2016 World Championship.

Toby Price started his 2017 season with the Dakar , however he crashed out of the race while leading in Stage 4, having won Stage 2.

Toby Price was later diagnosed with a broken left femur.

Eight weeks after breaking his femur, Toby Price was back in the driver's seat at the Adelaide Clipsal 500 in the Stadium Super Trucks.

Toby Price came fourth in Race 1 and second in Race 2.

Toby Price was unable to race in the bikes section of the 2017 Finke Desert Race on doctor's orders, but was able to compete in the buggies.

Toby Price rode consistently for the first 9 stages, but was in a group of riders who took a wrong turn in Stage 10, losing about 50 minutes.

Toby Price then won Stages 11 and 13, coming third overall by 23 minutes.

Toby Price came second overall in the inaugural round of the SuperUtes.

Toby Price had troubles in the first two rounds of the Stadium Super Trucks, but finished Race 3 in 3rd place.

Toby Price then raced in the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, winning the first stage.

Toby Price finished seventh overall, after a big crash in Stage 2, and stopping to assist fellow rider Mohammed Balooshi who was unconscious after a crash in Stage 3.

Toby Price returned to Australia for the 2018 Finke Desert Race, again attempting the Iron Man Double.

Toby Price finished over 10 minutes ahead of his nearest rival, taking out a record 6th Bikes title.

Toby Price won the final round of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship, the Rallye OiLibya du Maroc, in October, becoming 2018 FIM World Rally Champion.

Toby Price was the first Australian to ever achieve this title.

Toby Price raced in the Baja 1000 along with Nasser Al-Attiyah coming in second place.

Toby Price came third in the 2020 Dakar Rally, winning Stages 1 and 5.

Toby Price won Stages 1 and 3 of the 2021 Dakar Rally, and rode all Stage 8 with a severely damaged rear tyre that he repaired with duct tape and cable ties.

Toby Price was less than a minute from the overall lead in Stage 9 when he crashed, injuring his left arm and shoulder and had to be airlifted to hospital, putting him out of the race.

Toby Price won his first career SST race in the first event after taking the lead following the competition caution.

Toby Price came 10th in the 2022 Dakar Rally, winning Stage 10.

Toby Price came second in the 2023 Dakar Rally, after winning the Prologue.

Toby Price was 43 seconds behind teammate Kevin Benavides after 2 weeks of racing.

Toby Price won the Rallye du Maroc in October, giving him overall second place in the 2023 World Rally-Raid Championship, 4 points behind Luciano Benavides.

Toby Price won the 2024 Baja 500 in a SCORE Trophy Truck, with a time of 9 hours, 19 minutes, 55 seconds.

Toby Price was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for service to motorsport in the 2021 Australia Day Honours List.