ADDICTED TO SPEED
Despite his immense popularity and fame, Toby Price is one of the most laidback and down-to-earth blokes you could ever meet. No matter where the two-time Dakar winner is racing, and no matter the racing format, he always finds time for his fans, signing autographs, posing for selfies and having a laugh.
Toby Price was already a legend in the Aussie dirtbike scene well before his first Dakar win in 2016 made him famous with a wider audience. By that year, he had already won the Australian Off-Road Championship (AORC) five times, had won the Hattah Desert Race five times, and had stood atop the podium of the Finke Desert Race four times. He had also won the Australian 4 Day Enduro (A4DE) twice, and represented Australia in the International Six Day Enduro (ISDE) squad.
But there’s no denying it’s his Dakar crowns with the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team in 2016 and then again in 2019 that have made Toby Price a household name.
The road to racing glory is never without its perils, however, and Toby has suffered multiple near caree-rending injuries, even before his Dakar story had begun… and he has suffered several more since, the most recent of which occurred in the closing stages of the 2021 Dakar, in which he broke his collarbone, shoulder and hand.
Back in Australia after that 2021 Dakar crash, Toby found himself in hospital (quarantining for two weeks before being operated, on sale from 1 February 2022.
