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Bobby Encinas (born 1961 in Canoga Park, California) is a former professional "Old School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1973 to 1980. He was one of the first superstars in BMX and one of its most savvy promoters. Raised in the barrio of Canoga Park, he had a juvenile criminal record for theft and was on probation for consuming alcohol and drugs before he was 12 years old.〔''Super BMX'' April 1981 Vol. 8 No. 4, p. 36〕 He credits BMX for saving him from a life of crime. As a result he devoted much of his BMX career and after to promoting the sport at the grass-roots level, training kids in his BMX clinics, of which he was a pioneer, and launching future BMX careers and winning the respect and love of the BMX world. ==Racing career milestones== Note: In the early days of professional racing, 1976 and prior, many tracks offered small purse prize money to the older racers of an event, even before the official sanctioning bodies offered prize money in formal divisions themselves. Hence some early "professionals" like Stu Thomsen turning "pro" in 1975 at 16 years old where racing for small amounts of money at track events〔''Bicycle Motocross News'' January/February 1978 Vol.4 No.1 p. 22〕 when offered even before the NBA, regarded as the first true national BMX sanctioning body, had a professional division. The NBA started the first professional division in BMX for the 1977 season. For the sake of consistency and standardization noted professional first are for the first pro races for prize money offered by official BMX sanctioning bodies and not independent track events. Professional first are also on the national level unless otherwise indicated. Started Racing: Officially in mid 1973 at age 12 at Soledad Sands Park BMX track in Acton, California. According to the July 1974 issue of ''Bicycle Mototcross News'' he was racing by the time of publication 10 months.〔 He was one of the children that were pretending to be racing Motorcycle Motocross (MX) an MX promoter, Ernie Alexander, noticed one day during the summer of 1973. That experience led Alexander to eventually start the National Bicycle Association (NBA) some six months later.〔''BMX Action'' August 1982 Vol.7 No.8 p. 93〕 Prior to that, it was David Clinton and Marvin Church who introduced him into the sport prior to racing in sanctioned races. As with many of the very first BMXers they were devoted Motorcycle Motocross (MX) fans and like to pretend they were racing motorcycles, attaching various accoutrements like false fuel tanks and fenders, emulating their favorite MX idols.〔''Super BMX'' April 1981 Vol.8 No.4, pp. 40–41〕 First racing bike: Schwinn Stingray Sanctioning body: Independent. Sanctioning body district(s): NBA Southern California District X (1975–1981). First race result: Last.〔''Bicycle Motocross Action'' April 1978 Vol.3 No.2 p. 34〕 First win (local): First sponsor: Peddler's West Bike Shop in mid 1973.〔''Bicycle Motocross News'' July 1974 Vol.1 No.2 p. 6〕〔''Super BMX'' April 1981 Vol.8 No.4, p. 41〕 First national win: He won the very first Sidehack class with Thom Lund at the very first National on March 29, 1975 at the NBA Winternationals in Phoenix, Arizona. In the individual 20" class he came in second place to John George in 14 & Over Expert class.〔''Bicycle Motocross News'' May 1975 Vol.2 No.4, p. 16 (results)〕 His first solo 20" win was in the 14–17 Expert Class at the National Pedal Sport Association (NPSA) Eastern Nationals in Atlanta, Georgia on September 7, 1975.〔''Bicycle Motocross News'' October 1975 Vol.2 No.9 p. 24 (results)〕 Turned professional: 1977 First Professional race * result: First Professional * * win: Retired: He had essentially went into semi retirement in 1979 after winning the NBA Southern California District No. 1 title in 1978. Starting in the 1979 season he concentrated mostly on the Public Relations aspect of BMX to promote it nationally and internationally. He retired from 20" racing in after the 1980 racing season,〔''Super BMX'' April 1981 Vol.8 No.4, p. 42〕 but he would race in the 20" pro class again to aid in his teaching tours and to keep in shape, restarting with the 1981 National Bicycle Motocross Association (NBmxA) (formerly known as the National Bicycle Association (NBA)) Western States Championship in Fresno, California.〔''Super BMX'' July 1981 Vol.8 No.7 p. 32〕 He continued to race Cruisers competitively until 1983. Height and Weight at the height of his BMX career (1977): Ht:5'4 (approx) Wt:135 lbs.〔''Bicycle Motocross Action'' April 1978 Vol.3 No.2 p. 35〕 *At this time there was no separate pro class for pros due to the relatively small number of pros. They raced with the 16 Experts, making it a Pro/Am class essentially. This is why during the early years of the pro division the national number one racer of a sanctioning body could be either an amateur or professional. This practice continued until the NBA's 1979 season in which the pros earned separate pro points and a separate pro plate from the amateurs. * *At the time of Encinas turning pro there was not a two tier structure of pros i.e. Junior and Senior pro class. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bobby Encinas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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