{"id":575896,"date":"2026-03-31T08:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/575896\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:06:11","slug":"toby-price-denies-allegations-in-damning-disqualification-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/575896\/","title":{"rendered":"Toby Price denies allegations in damning disqualification response"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tToby Price. Image: Red Bull Content Pool<\/p>\n

The pair were disqualified from the San Felipe 250 \u2013 part of the SCORE International Off-Road Championship \u2013 for unsportsmanlike behaviour.<\/p>\n

The decision was made by the SCORE Competition Review Board, which is made up of active and retired SCORE racers across multiple classes.<\/p>\n

It was alleged that Price and Bauman placed rocks on parts of the course.<\/p>\n

Price has denied the allegations and said the footage circulated online did not prove any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Bauman gave Team Australia boss Paul Weel his resignation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe past couple of days have been the toughest of my career, which spans over 20 years. I have been compliant with all investigations both external to the team and internal to the team,\u201d said Price in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am aware of the decision of Brent Bauman the team navigator to resign and respect him for that course of action which goes a long way towards taking some responsibility for the outcome off the back of the CRB\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are times in life when circumstances require significant action and this is one of those circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Toby<\/p>\n

Toby Price during the 2025 Baja 1000. Image: Art Eugenio \/ Red Bull Content Pool<\/p>\n

Price contended the conclusion that officials came to.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe video that is circulating does not provide evidence of me placing any rocks,\u201d Price added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe witness statement does not provide evidence of me making any rock placement and the conversations at the site where the video was taken were not with me except for me telling a girl I was ok when asked and that I was clearing a new line.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat being said the CRB has made its decision and I am obviously treating this as final and respect the process that they went through to get to it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have the highest respect for SCORE International and for the people of the Baja Peninsula that provide their cooperation to the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe safety of everyone competing and spectating in all forms of motorsport should be of paramount consideration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is obviously not how I expected the San Felipe 250 to go but it is how it ended up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toby Price\u2019s navigator quits amid serious allegations<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Price said a \u201chigher standard of proof\u201d should be used but that he accepted the decision of the competition review board and the \u201ccourt of public opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n

In any case, the Australian is planning to step away from the championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will be taking some time off from desert racing and I don\u2019t take this decision lightly given the significant damage,\u201d said Price.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will reassess the position with the team and whether I will be competing in the series in the near future.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the meantime, I want to thank Paul for the significant investment he and his family have not only put into this team but also into my career.<\/p>\n

\u201cPaul was obviously not in any way involved in this interaction and has no knowledge it was occurring at the time, as he was located hours away and should not be portrayed negatively.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toby Price. Image: Red Bull Content Pool The pair were disqualified from the San Felipe 250 \u2013 part…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,6490,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-575896","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-slot3","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}