Champion with Jeff Utterback. 1Created first full BMX uniform, with coordinated helmet, jersey, pants and shoes; red/yellow. First editor of BMX Action magazine and creator of Scotomania. Created and conducted first national tour of racing clinics, safety seminars and racing NBA & NBL Nationals. 1978: Created first professional racing organization (P.R.O.) Co-Founded BMX Plus magazine Created Cruiser Class, getting NBA, ABA and NBL to recognize and expand racing to include larger bikes with classes for kids through adults. *The BMX Plus! 1988 Calendar has it allegedly happening on October 23, 1974 **This publication is not to be confused with BMX Action, which began publishing in late 1976 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—racing for small amounts of money at track events. This was before the NBA, considered the first true national BMX sanctioning body, had a professional division. 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: November 14, 1970 when he was 13 years old at an old field called BUMS that became his first track. It was retroactively named Bicycle United Motocross Society (B.U.M.S). It was in Long Beach, California on the corner of 7th and Bellflower streets. Sanctioning body: None. Started the B.U.M.S proto sanctioning body. Home Sanctioning body district(s): American Bicycle Association (ABA) California District 22 (CA-22) (1980–1985) First race result:1st Place First win (local):B.U.M.S. BMX First sponsor: Trickray (for BMX) Yamaha (for motorcycles) First national win: Yamaha Bicycle Gold Cup series "proto national" on July 20, 1974 at Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California, but he was disqualified for being over aged at 17 years old. No one over 16 years old was allowed to race despite him actually signing up to race prior to his 17th birthday. This helped established the "Old Man" moniker. His first true national win was in both Open class and in Sidehack class with Jeff Utterback at the National Bicycle Association (NBA) Shawnee Nationals