Shawn Texas


Shawn Patrick Texas was an American professional "Old School" Bicycle Motocross racer whose prime competitive years were from

Racing career milestones

Note: Professional first are on the national level unless otherwise indicated.
Started Racing: Early August 1977 at 13 years of age. His friend took him to a local track in Lakeside, California. He didn't
have his own race bike, so he raced his friends. He got his own bike for his 14th birthday on September 8, 1977.
Sanctioning Body:
First race result: Third place.
First win :
First race bicycle:
Home sanctioning body district:
First sponsor: Bicycles N' Stuff 1979.
First national win:
Turned Professional: Mid 1982 at 18 years of age.
First Professional race result: Third in Pro class at the World Wide BMX Association Supernationals on June 6, 1982 in Rancho San Diego, California. The WWBMXA didn't have a two tier Senior/Junior pro class like the NBL or the ABA. As a result he raced at least two Senior pros; Harry Leary, who won the event, and Clint Miller who came in second. However, Texas was still considered a junior pro in the ABA and the NBL and raced that class at those events.
First Professional win: In "A" Pro at the American Bicycle Association Supernationals in Lake Elsinore, California on January 23, 1983. He won US$450, the equivalent to US$929.37 in 2007
First Junior Men Pro* race result: Second Place in "A" Pro at the ABA Fall Nationals in Lancaster, California on October 17, 1982. He won US$250 Technically speaking it could be said his first junior pro race result was at the WWBMXA Supernationals in June 1982 but the WWBMXA did not have a two tier pro system unlike the NBL and the ABA. At least two top level senior pro racers raced in Texas's class but the majority of the racers in that class were junior pros.
First Junior Men Pro win: See "First Professional win"
First Senior Men Pro** race result: Did not make main at the 1983 Mile High Nationals in Longmont, Colorado on July 4, 1983
First Senior Men Pro win: In "AA" pro at the ABA Fall Nationals in Bargaintown, New Jersey on August 28, 1983. He won US$320, the equivalent to US$660.88 in 2007.
Retired:
Height & weight at height of her career : Ht:6'2" Wt:195 lbs.

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

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
National Bicycle League
American Bicycle Association
United States Bicycle Motocross Association
Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme *
International Bicycle Motocross Federation *
Union Cycliste Internationale *
*See note in professional section

Professional

National Bicycle Association
National Bicycle League
American Bicycle Association
United States Bicycle Motocross Association
International Bicycle Motocross Federation *
Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme *
Union Cycliste Internationale *
*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 Invitationals and Series Championships
†The Tijuana BMX Cup was a special promotional race that was held in Tijuana, Mexico. The race was heavily promoted by both individual promoters and the State Secretary of Tourism of Baja California. It featured a track designed by pro racer Eddy King. The raced was sanctioned by the International Cycling Organization and the BMX Association. The BMXA was an old but small and local BMX sanctioning body headquartered in San Diego, California. Both the ABA and the NBL had declined to sanction the event. Despite heavy promotion the event was poorly attended including by most top name pros. Shawn Texas, Eddy King, Donny Atherton, Rod Beckering, Toby Henderson and Denny Davidow were the only recognizable names to race in the pro classes.
The YMCA BMX Pro Series Championship was a private four race pro series held at the Orange YMCA BMX race track in Orange, California on four consecutive Wednesdays in February and March 1986. It was sponsored by MRC, Mike Redman Concepts. It was highly successful and well attended by many top ranked pros despite the relatively low prize purse of US$150 plus 100 percent payback with a US$200 bonus for the top three series finishers. It did however, have an unusually low entrance fee of $10 for the pros per race.

Notable accolades

BMX product lines

Miscellaneous

BMX press magazine interviews and articles

Note: 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 & Go:
BMX Plus!:
Total BMX:
Bicycles and Dirt:
Snap BMX Magazine & Transworld BMX:
BMX World:
Moto Mag:
NBA World & NBmxA :
Bicycles Today & BMX Today :
ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer :
USBA Racer :