Darwin Griffin

Darwin Griffin
Personal information
Full name Darwin Griffin
Born (1969-02-24) February 24, 1969
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Bicycle Motocross (BMX)
Role Racer
Rider type Off Road
Infobox last updated on
November 23, 2008

Darwin L. Griffin (born February 24, 1969, from Oxnard, California, US) was a professional American mid-school Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were 1982–1989.

Racing career

Note: Professional first are on the national level unless otherwise indicated.

Started racing: In 1980 when he was eleven years old living in Silver Lakes Community of Helendale, California, he and a youth group that included his brother Dana, helped the Lions Club build a Motocross Park. He saw an advertisement about a BMX race in a newspaper. He and his brother Dana won the first race they ever tried.[1]

Sanctioning body: ()

First race result:

First race bike: a Moxey 4.[1]

First win (local):

Home sanctioning body district(s): American Bicycle Association (ABA) District 20 (CA-20) (1985)

First sponsor:

First national win:

Turned professional: Late December 1988.

First professional race result: Second in "B" pro at the 1988 National Bicycle League (NBL) Christmas Classic (Day 1) in Columbus, Ohio on December 28, 1988 in his first race as pro.[2]

First professional win: In Pro Award at the NBL Christmas Classic (Day 2) on December 29, 1988. He won $240, the equivalent to $417.31 in 2007.[2] (Cost of living calculator)

First Junior Men Pro* race result: See "First Professional race result"

First Junior Men Pro win: In "A" pro at the American Bicycle Association (ABA) Winternationals in Chandler, Arizona on February 19, 1989 (Day 2)[3] He won $870,[4] the equivalent to $1,443.22 in 2007.

First Senior Men Pro** race result:

First Senior Men Pro win:

Retired: .

Height and weight at height of his career (1986–1988): Ht: 6'2" Wt: 205 lbs.

*In the NBL Junior Pro is "B" Pro/Superclass/"A" Pro depending on the era; in the ABA it is "A" Pro.
**In the NBL Senior Pro is "A" or Elite Pro; in the ABA it is "AA" Pro.

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

Retired

Career bicycle motocross titles

Note: Listed are District, State/Provincial/Department, Regional, National, and International titles in italics. "Defunct" refers to the fact of that sanctioning body in question no longer existing at the start of the racer's career or at that stage of his/her career. Depending on point totals of individual racers, winners of Grand Nationals do not necessarily win National titles. Series and one off Championships are also listed in block.

Amateur

National Bicycle Association (NBA)

National Bicycle League (NBL)

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

Independent Series and Invitationals

*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

BMX press magazine interviews and articles

BMX magazine covers

Note: (defunct) denotes that the magazine was out of business before the career of the racer started.

Bicycle Motocross News:

Minicycle/BMX Action & Super BMX:

Bicycle Motocross Action and Go:

BMX Plus!:

Total BMX:

Bicycles and Dirt:

Ride BMX Magazine:

Snap BMX Magazine and Transworld BMX:

BMX World:

Moto Mag:

NBA World and NBmxA World (The official NBA/NBmxA membership publication under two different names):

Bicycles Today and BMX Today (The official NBL membership publication under two different names):

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

USBA Racer (The official USBA membership publication):

Notes

  1. 1 2 American BMXer April 1988 Vol.10 No.3 pg.20
  2. 1 2 BMX Plus! April 1989 Vol.12 No.4 pg.30
  3. BMX Action June 1989 Vol.14 No.6 pg.24
  4. BMX Plus! June 1989 Vol.12 No.6 pg.28 (results)
  5. BMX Action April 1984 Vol.9 No.4 pg.72
  6. BMX Action December 1985 Vol.10 No.12 pg.75
  7. 1 2 BMX Plus! December 1985 Vol.8 No.12 pg.12
  8. Super BMX & Freestyle December 1985 Vol.12 No.12 pg.6, 51 & 55 (photo caption)
  9. BMX Plus! May 1986 Vol.9 No.5 pg.68 (photo caption)
  10. BMX Action October 1986 Vol.11 No.10 pg.17
  11. Super BMX & Freestyle August 1988 Vol.15 No.8 pg.50 & 56 (photo captions)
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 BMX Action November 1988 Vol.13 No.11 pg.63
  13. BMX Plus! October 1988 Vol.11 No.10 pg.83
  14. Super BMX & Freestyle November 1988 Vol.15 No.11 pg.18
  15. American BMXer November 1985 Vol.7 No.9 pg.27
  16. American BMXer August 1988 Vol.10 No.7 pg.39 (results)
  17. BMX Action May 1986 Vol.10 No.5 pg.67
  18. Super BMX Magazine April 1986 Vol.13 No.4 pg.41
  19. BMX Action August 1987 Vol.12 No.8 pg.39
  20. BMX Action October 1988 Vol.13 No.10 pg.22
  21. BMX Plus! November 1988 Vol.11 No.11 pg.78

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