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ABA BMX Goes “BIG” in Las Vegas!
by Shannon Gillette

The American Bicycle Association hosted its 3rd largest National event of its 30 year history in Las Vegas, NV at the South Point Hotel and Casino this past weekend July 13-15. Las Vegas, NV proved to be a must attend event with over 5000 participants and 16,000 spectators over the three day event, which represented riders from 38 states and 9 different countries. Friday’s event was a record setting pre race event with almost 1000 participants and 157 motos, Saturday was the third largest ABA National event ever held with 378 motos and 2438 participants, and then Sundays event was 351 motos with over 2300 participants.

With BMX entering the World Stage at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China, the Las Vegas National drew international riders from around the world. Riders from New Zealand, Costa Rica, Mexico, South Africa, Chile, Canada, Japan, Argentina, and the entire Australian Olympic BMX team were all in attendance. The vast attendance by US and International riders earned the event the front page spot on Sunday’s Las Vegas Review journal.

Executives from Disney were on hand to witness the event first hand and inform everyone about the Disney Cup Fall Nationals that will be hosted at the Disney Wide World of Sports October 25-28 2007. Executives from Bawls Energy Drink were also in attendance. The Rush HD Network was their filming “Motivatedâ€ÂÂ￾ a 1 hour documentary on Bubba Harris, ABA’s National #1 Pro for the third year in a row.

The South Point Casino was an excellent host for this event, with the Hotel being directly connected to the arena it allowed participants and family members the opportunity to see a movie, play games in the arcade or go swimming or bowling in between races. The South Point Casino played a major role in exposing the sport to the general public as well, with a video playing on the billboard in front of the casino and Event posters through out the Hotel drew in spectators that otherwise would have never been exposed to the sport.
The ABA would like to thank all the participants, families, teams, sponsors, and BMX industry for helping make the Las Vegas event such a uge success!

Now here`s a quick look at the ABA BMX PRO wins after Las Vegas Nationals –

AA PRO

Danny “Easy Money” Caluag – Intense/Socko – 7
Randy Stumpfhauser -GT Bicycles -5
Cristian Becerine – Free Agent – 2
Kyle Bennett – Free Agent – 2
Mike Brabant – Unbound/Intense – 1
Mike Day – GT Bicycles – 1
Javier Colombo — SE Bikes/No Wimps – 1
Jarrett Kolich – Avent/Bombshell – 1
Donny Robinson – Formula/Monster/HP – 1

Woman’s PRO

Alise “The Beast” Post – Formula/Monster – 9
Krystal Hime – Supercross/O’neal – 5
Kayle Gaddis — Bizarro – 2
Terra Nichols – Intense/Phantom/On-Trac -2
Arielle Martin – Action Sports Depot – 1

PRO CRUISER

Danny “Easy Money” Caluag – Intense/Socko – 9
Kenth Fallen – Supercross BMX – 3
Tyler Brown – Avent/Bombshell – 3
Paul Lange – Felt Bicycles – 3
Jeff Upshaw — Kuwahara – 2

VET PRO

Jason Carnes – Redline bikes – 7
John Whipperman – Redman/ Yamaha Waverunner – 6
Todd Parry – Socko Energy drink -3
Chad Street – Intense/ Phantom/On-Trac – 2
Greg Romero – Sun Bru – 2

2007 Pro Standing through Las Vegas Nationals

AA PRO

1 DANNY CALUAG 2485
2 RANDY STUMPFHAUSER 2280
3 BUBBA HARRIS 1730
4 CRISTIAN BECERINE 1287
5 DONNY ROBINSON 1264
6 KYLE BENNETT 1132
7 STEVEN CISAR 1071
8 MIKE BRABANT 1069
9 JAVIER COLOMBO 1056
10 DEREK BETCHER 1001
11 DAVID HERMAN 939
12 JARRETT KOLICH 825
13 KYLE CUSHMAN 710
14 PAUL LANGE 672
15 MIKE DAY 643
16 MIKE MOELLER 570
17 BRANDON MEADOWS 531
18 JASON ROGERS 456
19 AARON JOHNSON 396
20 TYLER BROWN 385
21 JOEY BERTHIAUME 381
22 DAMIAN LOPEZ 346
23 KHALEN YOUNG 338
24 NATE BERKHEIMER 319
25 WARWICK STEVENSON 297
26 CHRIS BURKE 283
27 KAMA KAZI 281
28 JOSH OIE 264
29 THOMAS FERNANDEZ 260
30 KENTH FALLEN 259
31 JASON RICHARDSON 258
32 DUSTIN ARMSTRONG 250
33 AKIFUMI SAKAMOTO 245
34 MICHAEL HUGHES 241
35 ALEXIS VERGARA 207
36 MICHAEL FENWICK 194
37 BRANDON HOPKINS 142
38 GABE MORENO 133
39 TREVOR FAY 122
40 BARRY NOBLES 117
41 BILLY JOLLIFFE 101
42 MICHAL PROKOP 91
43 JAMIE GRAY 71
44 MARC WILLERS 71
45 ARNAUD DUBOIS 68
46 LUKE MADILL 68
47 MICAEL CESAR 68
48 KYLE WEISENBERGER 61
49 JOE SZUREK 41
50 JEFF UPSHAW 38
51 TREVOR PIGOTT 29

WOMEN PRO

1 ALISE POST 2458
2 TERRA NICHOLS 1797
3 AFTON SCHRIMPF 1557
4 STEPHANIE BARRAGAN 1438
5 KRYSTAL HIME 1405
6 ERIKA SHORT 1127
7 KIMBERLY HAYASHI 718
8 TONI RUDE 657
9 CASSIE BUSHNELL 590
10 JODI ENGLAND 570
11 MICHELLE GUTHRIE 543
12 KAYLA GADDIS 491
13 ARIELLE MARTIN 490
14 BRITTANY BATES 482
15 COURTNEY TOMEI 391
16 CARLEY YOUNG 331
17 STEPHANIE HIGGINS 300
18 AMANDA GEVING 294
19 ZIGGY CALLAN 285
20 MELISSA MANKOWSKI 273
21 ANNA APPLEBY 247
22 BRITTANY LOUNSBURY 222
23 TANYA BAILEY 213
24 CHRISTINE WHEELER 211
25 JESSICA CARTWRIGHT 166
26 CAROLINE BUCHANAN 163
27 NICOLE CALLISTRO 153
28 HANNAH HUVARD 128
29 KATIE WEST 70
30 CHRISTIAN COSSEY 57
31 SAMANTA COOLS 43
32 KASEY MARTIN 33
33 MISSY HARTLEY 33
34 SARA BERTA 23

PRO CRUISER

1 DANNY CALUAG 2438
2 PAUL LANGE 2009
3 KENTH FALLEN 1875
4 TYLER BROWN 1354
5 JASON CARNES 1217
6 JEFF UPSHAW 1113
7 BILLY ANDERSON 1093
8 THOMAS FERNANDEZ 922
9 ERIC RUPE 907
10 NATE BERKHEIMER 660
11 JOE SOWERS 552
12 BOB O`GORMAN 508
13 ADAM SCOTT 465
14 DAMIAN LOPEZ 420
15 ADAM TREADWELL 404
16 TREVOR FAY 392
17 MIKE GUL 326
18 CARL RENOWITSKY 200
19 CHRIS JONES 186
20 ANTHONY WALLACE 168
21 KARL CLARK 130
22 AUSTEN LEE 124
23 MARK DECASPER 112

VET PRO

1 JASON CARNES 2425
2 TODD PARRY 2239
3 CHAD STREET 2208
4 JOHN WHIPPERMAN 2016
5 JASON SILVA 1539
6 ERIC RUPE 1098
7 GREG ROMERO 1032
8 MIKE GUL 989
9 DREW DOWNEY 918
10 CHRIS HAM 730
11 TIM DINGER 521
12 DAVID BITTNER 477
13 ZACK ROEBUCK 331
14 SHAWN O`GORMAN 290
15 PAUL CALDWELL 244
16 RICK LOWRY 243
17 TED BROWN 240
18 TJ JOHNSON 237
19 ROBERT HARRIS 232
20 BOB OGORMAN 228
21 DARRIN MITCHELL 225
22 EFRIAM MIRANDA 216
23 RONALD WILLIAMS 203
24 CARL RENOWITZKY 187
25 RYAN BIRK 187
26 MARK NUNLEY 165
27 CODY SMART 147
28 DAVID MILLER 140
29 DONALD TAYLOR 127
30 RAY HUDSON 123
31 BILL MADDEN 121
32 DOMINGOS LAMMOGLIA 107
33 BILLY ROSS 104
34 ANTHONY BYRD 102
35 TURNELL HENRY 92
36 PAUL BROWN 87
37 MIKE ACOSTA 85
38 DAVID KAPIGIAN 77
39 ERIC DYER 74
40 TERRY TENETTE 73
41 ED LEESON 67
42 TIM GALLANT 57
43 PIERRE-HENRI SAUZE 54
44 KIYOMI WALLER 53
45 JAMES GOLKE 47
46 JOHN NESLAND 47
47 NATHAN SHAFFER 47
48 YUICHI TOGAWA 47
49 RAY LUSCOMBE 46
50 GRANT HEWLETT 43
51 JERRY VANDERPOOL 43
52 DAVID WRAY 38
53 JESSE BURKES 30
54 TOM DARDINI 30
55 CAMERON DAVIS 26
56 GREG DAYS 24
57 JEFF NICKEL 23
58 ANTHONY WADLEY 20

A PRO

1 JASON MORRIS 929
2 JOEY BRADFORD 911
3 MIKE WEATHERFORD 870
4 ALAN HUDSON 835
5 WARREN MCDOW 791
6 PHIL DELIZIA 753
7 BILLY ANDERSON 735
8 JOE SOWERS 713
9 JOSH SMITH 645
10 JUSTIN MCLINTOCK 626
11 JASON EGBERT 573
12 MIKE MCGONIGLE 551
13 NICK GOERTZEN 519
14 TRAVIS POSTANY 513
15 EVAN STEINBERG 490
16 KARL CLARK 490
17 SEAN MACLASKEY 481
18 JASON LAREV 476
19 JOSH ZIEHL 472
20 MICHAEL KAPES 463

ABA BMX would like to thank all the 2007 National Series sponsors:

Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex (http://www.disneysports.com ) American Suzuki-(http://www.suzukicycles.com ) Yamaha Waverunner-(http://www.yamaha-motor.com ) BAWLS Guarana (http://www.bawls.com ) Bawlstyle (http://www.bawlstyle.com )Redline Bicycles-(http://www.redlinebicycles.com ) FLY Racing-(http://www.flyracingbmx.com ) Sponsorhouse-(http://www.sponsorhouse.com ) GT Bicycles-(http://www.gtbicycles.com ) Tangent-(http://www.tangentproducts.com ) Intense BMX-(http://www.intensebmx.com ) GameStop-(http://www.gamestop.com ) EB Games-(http://www.ebgames.com )

Without their support, we couldn`t make the 2007 ABA racing season such a huge success. Support the sponsors that support ABA BMX racing.

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