ABA
BMX
Goes "BIG" in Las Vegas!
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. Fridays 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 Sundays
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 Motivated a 1 hour documentary on
Bubba Harris, ABAs 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 huge 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
Womans
PRO
Alise "The Beast" Post Formula/Monster
9
Krystal Hime Supercross/Oneal - 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
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
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
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
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
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