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Cindy Davis (born January 1977 from
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, United States) is a retired professional American Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from (1988–1998). She was the first woman to win five
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(ABA) cups in a row, and the first rider to own five Number One Cups (over both 20 inch and Girls Cruiser). She was founding member of ABA's Girl Pro class. An accumulation of injuries in 1998 ended her career. During the course of her career she achieved 350 National wins. She got the moniker of "Loopy" when at the 1989 ABA Grandnationals in her 12 girls main. She applied so much power down the first straight she looped out, i.e. did an uncontrolled "
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", over balanced and fell backward onto her back, a maneuver that resembled a plane doing a half loop. Due to this crash she lost her bid to repeat as national no.1 girl.


Racing career milestones

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


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

* Ralph's Bicycles: 1986-Mid 1987 * Radical Rascals: Mid 1987-October 1987 * White Bear: October 1987-Late July 1988 * Ralph's Bicycles: Early August 1988-November 1988 * Tru Color/Titan Racing: December 1988-Early December 1990. After the 1990 ABA Grandnationals the Tru Color/Titan Racing team was disbanded. * R & C Racing: January 1991-thru December 1992 * GT Racing: January 1994-December 1994 * Hyper: 1995 * Free Agent: January 1996-December 1996 * Odyssey: November 1996 – 1998


Professional/Super Girls

* Odyssey: November 1996 – 1998


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. Series and one off Championships are also listed in block.


Amateur

National Bicycle League (NBL) * None American Bicycle Association (ABA) * ''1984 7-8 Girls California State Champion'' * ''1984 California District #15 (CA-15) No.1 Girl'' * 1985 8 Girls Summer Season CA-19 No.1 Girl (DAG) * ''1985 Summer Season CA-19 No.1 Girl'' * ''1985 CA-19 No.1 Girl'' * 1986 9 Girls Race of Champions Champion * ''1986 CA-19 No.1 Girl'' * ''1987 CA-10 No.1 Girl'' * ''1987 10 Girls Superbowl of BMX Champion West'' * ''1987 10 Girls Gold Cup West Champion.'' * ''1987 10 Girls Northern California State Champion'' * 1987 10 Girls Race of Champions Champion * 1987 10 Girls National No.2 Girl * ''1988 California District #10 (CA-10) No.1 Girl'' * ''1988 11 Girls Northern California State Champion'' * 1988 11 Girls Race of Champions Champion * 1988 11 Girls and 12 & Under Girls Cruiser Grandnational Champion * 1988 12 & Under Cruiser National No.2 * ''1988 11 Girls NAG and National No.1 Girl''. She won a Yamaha MX motorcycle with the national girls title. * ''1989 12 Girls Gold Cup West Champion.'' * ''1989 12 Girl Northern California State Champion'' * 1989 13 & Under Girls Cruiser Grandnational Champion * ''1989 California District #10 (CA-10) No.1 Girl'' * 1989 12 Girls Race of Champions Champion. * ''1989 12 & Under Girls Cruiser No.1 (NAG)'' * 1989 National Girls Cruiser No.2 * 1989 National Girls No.3 * ''1990 13 Girls Gold Cup West Champion'' * ''1990 California District #10 (CA-10) No.1 Girl'' * 1990 13 & Over Girls Cruiser Race of Champions Champion. * 1990 13 Girls and 13 & Over Girls Cruiser Grandnational Champion * 1990 Girls Cruiser National No.3 Overall and 13 & Over Girls Cruiser National No.2 NAG * ''1991 14 Girls Gold Cup West Champion'' * ''1991 14 Girls U.S Open West Champion'' * 1991 14 Girls and 14 & Over Girls Cruiser Grandnational Champion. * ''1991 National No.1 Girl Cruiser'' * 1992 15 Girls and 14 & Over Girls Cruiser Race of Champions Champion * 1992 15 & Over Girls East-Vs-West Shootout Champion * ''1993 California District #10 (CA-10) Girls Cruiser No.1'' * ''1993 National No.1 Girl Cruiser'' * ''1994 17 & Over Girls and 17 & Over Girls Cruiser World Cup Champion'' * ''1994 17 & Over Girls US Open East Champion'' * ''1994 17 & Over Girls Gold Cup East Champion'' * ''1994 National No.1 Girl Cruiser'' * 1995 17 & Over Girls Grandnational Champion * ''1995 National No.1 Girl'' * ''1995, 1996 17 & Over Girls World Cup Champion'' * 1996 17 & Over Girls Grandnational Champion
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(USBA) Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)* * None International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)* Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)* * 1994 17 Junior Women World Champion. *See note in professional section


Professional/Super Girls

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(NBL)
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(ABA) United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA) * None International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)* * None Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)* * None (FIAC did not have a strictly professional division during its existence) 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


BMXtreme article Named 12th of the Top 90 BMXers of the 90's
*


Significant injuries

* Due to injuries to her knees she retired in 1998


Racing habits and traits

* She had great gate starts getting the "snap" i.e. the lead literally right out of the gate (a.k.a. "the holeshot"). The July 1991 issue of ''American BMXer'' in its coverage of the ABA Spring Nationals (held on the weekend of May 26, 1991 in
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) noted how despite her diminutive size and youth if she got the lead out of the gate the much larger, presumably stronger 19-year-old Christy Homa would find it difficult to pass the 14-year-old when they raced 14 & Over Girls Cruiser Class together: ''American BMXer'' noted her ability in this area again in their coverage of the ABA Mile High Nationals (held on the weekending June 16, 1991 in
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) in the same issue:


Miscellaneous

Billy Davis, Cindy Davis's elder brother was the youngest track official in the ABA in 1988. He was 13 years old at the time.''American BMXer'' October 1990 Vol.12 No.9 pg.9 Derived from him being 15 years old in 1990.


BMX press magazine interviews and articles

* "Cindy Davis is #1 Girl" ''American BMXer'' June 1989 Vol.11 No.5 pg.26 * Gold Cup West mini interview. ''American BMXer'' November 1989 Vol.11 No.10 pg.15 Very brief interview taken after she won her third Gold Cup championship.


BMX magazine covers

Note: Only magazines that were in publication at the time of the racer's career(s) are listed unless specifically noted. ''Snap BMX Magazine'' & ''Transworld BMX:'' ''BMX World'' (1990 version) ''Bicycles Today'' & ''BMX Today'' (the official Membership publication of the NBL under two different names): ''ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer'' (the official BMX publication of the ABA under three different names): * ''American BMXer'' June 1989 Vol.11 No.5


References


External links


The American Bicycle Association (ABA) Website.

The National Bicycle League (NBL) Website.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Cindy 1977 births Living people American female cyclists BMX riders People from Atwater, California 21st-century American women