ABA BMX News: June 2008

LOCATIONS OF ABA BMX REDLINE CUP FINALS ANNOUNCED!

REDLINE CUP EAST - Kettering BMX, Kettering, OH
September 5-7, 2008

REDLINE CUP CENTRAL- St. Peters BMX, St. Peters MO
September 12-14, 2008

REDLINE CUP WEST - McCollum Park BMX, Everett, WA
September 19-21, 2008

There you have ‘em - for all of you who have already made your main event at a Redline Cup Qualifier (or those of you who plan on qualifying at the remaining RCQ’s), these are the three locations for the Redline Cup Finals - where you can become a REDLINE CUP CHAMPION and earn the Redline Cup No.1 Plate for the next 12 months, the Redline Cup jacket and a photo in the BMXer; just by winning your main event at this event.

The Redline Cup East returns to one of the premiere ABA tracks; the challenging Kettering track in Ohio ran by longtime operators Bob and Anna Bruns. For those in the middle of the U.S., now is the time to make plans for St. Peters, Missouri in mid-September. The Redline Cup Central is traditionally the biggest of the three Finals, and always brings out the best of competition. ABA master track builder, Billy Allen, has just rebuilt St. Peters BMX. And for a big change in venue, the Redline Cup West goes to the Northwest this year, for the very first time in its 14-year history. The location? None other than McCollum Park BMX in Everett, Washington … about 30 minutes north of Seattle.

The American Bicycle Association hosted the Spring Nationals this past weekend, May, 23-25 in Albuquerque, NM. The Veloport/Duke City BMX Facility is the only the second BMX only facility built in the world and what a great place it is. The racing at the Spring National event was exciting to say the least! The Duke City BMX crew really stepped it up and had the facility in tip top shape and ready to race! This was the fifth PRO Series event of the season and the PRO Riders were excited to head to the high altitude of New Mexico to see who had the legs on the tour.

With the 2008 Olympic debut just around the corner for BMX racing, the buzz and hype is all around. There is getting to be more and more of the media frenzy at each event. Many of the sports top athletes from around the world were on hand to take a shot at getting some much needed points towards the ABA BMX titles. The 2008 season is shifting into high gear and the fans are loving it! Round five saw a brand new winner win both days in the AA PRO class. The kid from Alabama, Clayborn's Barry Nobles has been making his comeback from knee surgery last October by steadily getting better and better results each weekend. Barry's been making a name for himself on the ABA BMX scene and has been flirting with a win this season. Barry's had a few solid podium finishes, but this weekend Barry was on a mission. Barry seemed to be unstoppable all weekend long winning several motos and best of all the Mains! Barry Nobles took home his first two AA PRO wins in his career this past weekend and we wanted to send a big Congrats out to Barry and Clayborn bikes. The Haro boys, "DB44.com" Derek Betcher and Khalen Young kept Barry honest all weekend with a solid 2 and 3rd place finish on Saturday. DB44 has been picking up the pace lately and Khalen is always a threat for the win! Sunday saw Barry on top of AA PRO again, with Jason Rogers taking a solid 2nd and New Jersey's own Phil Delizia taking his first podium of the year with 3rd. Felt's Phil Delizia is an awesome rider was some impressive skill, if this kids gets on a roll, watch out! Once again this past weekend shows just how deep the talent pool is on the ABA BMX PRO tour. Barry Nobles makes the sixth different AA PRO winner in five stops. That's very impressive!

On the Ladies side we saw ABA National #1 girl and girl cruiser turned PRO Dominique Daniels show why she's the REAL DEAL! Dominique is no fluke, she took the win both days putting another stamp on the ladies PRO class. Terra Nichols was keeping "DD" honest on the track and brought home two more great 2nd place podium finishes both days. Third was nailed down both days by another rookie PRO sensation, GT's Rachel Luna. The ladies racing has really stepped it up over the last couple of years and the new crop of younger woman is very promising for more excitement to come.

Pro Cruiser was the Barry Nobles Kenth Fallen battle. Day #1 saw Albuquerque's own Kenth Fallen pass Barry in the last turn to take the big PRO cruiser win! Barry hung on for a much deserved 2nd with Adam Treadwell taking a break from his Firemen training school to bring home a 3rd place podium finish. Sunday was all Barry Nobles, Barry was pumped from his first AA PRO win on Saturday so he thought he's nail down his first ABA PRO Cruiser win in the same weekend.This Barry's first BIG Pro Cruiser win so we're stoked for him. Kenth Fallen rode to another impressive 2nd place finish, with Adam Treadwell once again looking good with a 3rd place for the day. Adam's been out for a while, but he looked solid all weekend for sure!

Vet Pro was back in action again. Supercross must be stoked on this guy this season. Kenth Fallen continues to be the man to beat this season in the VET PRO ranks. Kenth picked up wins number 6 and 7 for the year at his home town event. Kenth looks to be on a mission for the ABA BMX VET PRO Title and a brand new Suzuki 450F! Both days in the VET PRO class we saw the same results. GHP's John "The Jackal " Purse continues to impress with a 2nd's, Intense/Phantom/ON-TRAC's, Chad Street nailed down third, and GHP's Robert Harris was a solid 4th. Chad's due for a win any day now. He's been soooo close this season he an taste it. Robert Harris has been training like crazy and it showed this weekend. You can never count out John Purse, "The Jackal" is another rider I expect to see on top the PRO podium any day now!

The ABA, the city of Albuquerque, NM. and the entire Duke City crew would like to thank all the participants, families, teams, sponsors, and BMX industry for helping make the Spring Coast National event such a huge success!

Rider ABA BMX PRO wins after Spring Nationals –

AA PRO

Danny "Easy Money" Caluag – Intense/BAWLS – 4

Barry Nobles – Clayborn Bikes - 2

David Herman – Intense/BAWLS - 1

Kyle Bennett - Free Agent - 1

CRISTIAN Becerine - Free Agent - 1

Khalen Young - Haro Bicycles - 1

Woman’s PRO

"Demolition" Dominique Daniels– Intense/Phantom/On-Trac – 6

Alise "The Beast" Post- Formula - 2

Stephanie Barragan – 1

Kayla Gaddis - Intense/Bizarro/JRA - 1

PRO CRUISER

Danny "Easy Money" Caluag – Intense/BAWLS – 3

Kenth Fallen - Supercross – 2

Barry Nobles – Clayborn Bicycles - 1

Michael Kapes – J&R Bicycles -1

Tyler Brown - Supercross - 1

Paul Lange – Redman/Rockstar – 1

VET PRO

Kenth Fallen – Supercross - 7

Dale Holmes – Free Agent – 3

2008 Pro Standing through East Coast Nationals

AA PRO

1 DANNY CALUAG 1761
2 DAVID HERMAN 1521
3 BARRY NOBLES 1147
4 KHALEN YOUNG 893
5 BUBBA HARRIS 761
6 CRISTIAN BECERINE 587
7 DEREK BETCHER 557
8 JASON ROGERS 513
9 MIKE BRABANT 437
10 PHIL DELIZIA 414
11 KYLE CUSHMAN 397
12 RANDY STUMPFHAUSER 297
13 KYLE BENNETT 290
14 JOE SZUREK 259
15 JARRETT KOLICH 247
16 DONNY ROBINSON 224
17 KELVIN BATEY 217
18 WARWICK STEVENSON 217
19 JOEY BRADFORD 207
20 ALAN HUDSON 193
21 ALEXIS VERGARA 187
22 MICHAEL KAPES 174
23 TYLER BROWN 167
24 JOE SOWERS 163
25 PAUL LANGE 163
26 JEFF UPSHAW 150
27 JOSH OIE 147
28 MIKE MOELLER 139
29 BILLY ANDERSON 133
30 MICHAEL HUGHES 97
31 STEVEN CISAR 90
32 NATE BERKHEIMER 83
33 MICHAEL WEATHERFORD 79
34 JAVIER COLOMBO 67
35 AUGUSTRO CASTRO 60
36 MIKE DAY 54
37 JOEY BERTHIAUME 50
38 THOMAS FERNANDEZ 40
39 DENZEL STEIN 36
40 JASON RICHARDSON 34
41 BRANDON THOMAS 26
41 SERGIO PENA 26

WOMEN'S PRO

1 DOMINIQUE DANIELS 2117
2 RACHAEL LUNA 1157
3 STEPHANIE BARRAGAN 1105
4 TERRA NICHOLS 1061
5 ALISE POST 803
6 AFTON SCHRIMPF 767
7 BRITTANY BATES 431
8 KAYLA GADDIS 416
9 CASSIE BUSHNELL 385
10 TONI RUDE 322
11 AMANDA GEVING 307
12 STEPHANIE HIGGINS 210
13 KATHRYN ECKLUND 209
14 COURTNEY TOMEI 166
15 JESSICA LAMBERT 101
16 MICHELLE GUTHRIE 76
17 MISSY HARTLEY 76
18 LAYNE NYHAUG 70
19 MADISON PITTS 57
20 KIMBERLY HAYASHI 27
21 CHRISTIAN COSSEY 20

VET PRO

1 KENTH FALLEN 2404
2 CHAD STREET 1524
3 JOHN PURSE 1370
4 DALE HOLMES 1307
5 JASON CARNES 591
6 ROBERT HARRIS 493
7 TIM DINGER 464
8 MIKE GUL 330
9 ERIC DYER 234
10 DAVID BITTNER 194
11 BILLY ROSS 174
12 CHRIS HAM 157
13 PAUL CALDWELL 144
14 JASON ALSTATT 141
15 CODY SMART 117
16 KEVIN TOMKO 96
17 RONALD WILLIAMS 91
18 GREG ROMERO 89
19 ZACK ROEBUCK 81
20 JASON SILVA 77
21 JUSTIN WHEAT 77
22 MICKEY STANLEY 66
23 THOMAS HARPER 66
24 TJ JOHNSON 57
25 SHAWN O`GORMAN 54
26 TERRY TENETTE 54
27 CAMERON DAVIS 50
28 DAVID WRAY 47
29 JASON HALVERSON 44
30 RAY HUDSON 44
31 SHAUN BUTLER 44
32 ERIC RUPE 37
33 JERRY VANDERPOOL 34
34 RICK LOWRY 34

PRO CRUISER

1 DANNY CALUAG 1617
2 KENTH FALLEN 1615
3 TYLER BROWN 835
4 BARRY NOBLES 670
5 PAUL LANGE 640
6 JOE SOWERS 570
7 MICHAEL KAPES 452
8 ADAM TREADWELL 440
9 BILLY ANDERSON 437
10 JOEY BRADFORD 262
11 CHRIS KROOSWYK 252
12 TODD PARRY 234
13 BRANDON THOMAS 183
14 THOMAS FERNANDEZ 170
15 MIKE GUL 166
16 BRANDON PANUCCIO 138
17 MICHAEL KILPATRICK 123
18 MICHAEL HUGHES 122
19 JASON SILVA 87
20 PATRICK DIPENTINO 78
21 SCOTT SIMMONS 40
22 AUSTEN LEE 12
23 WILLY SUAREZ 12
24 MIKE MOELLER 10

A PRO

1 JOSH SMITH 1032
2 KRIS FOX 942
3 JASON MORRIS 914
4 LIAM PHILLIPS 895
5 DEAK BROWN 803
6 DENZEL STEIN 765
7 DEREK SIPKOI 745
8 JON MILLER 707
9 CODY HUNGERFORD 662
10 TRAVIS OHRAZDA 611
11 MICHAEL LARSON 583
12 KARL CLARK 553
13 SHANE BANKS 553
14 JIM BROWN 526
15 TODD PARRY 492
16 EVAN STEINBERG 440
17 JUSTIN MCLINTOCK 433
18 ADAM TREADWELL 418
19 EDWARD OLSON 385
20 WILLY SUAREZ 373
21 TYLER DURHAM 356
22 JUSTIN DODSON 354
23 SCOTT ERWOOD 321
24 WARREN MCDOW 320
25 DUSTIN BLACKWELL 311

ABA BMX would like to thank all the 2008 National Series sponsors:

American Suzuki-(www.suzukicycles.com ) Jig-A-Loo-(www.jigaloo.com ) BAWLS Guarana (www.bawls.com) Bawlstyle (www.bawlstyle.com )Redline Bicycles-(www.redlinebicycles.com ) FLY Racing-(www.flyracingbmx.com ) Sponsorhouse-(www.sponsorhouse.com ) Tangent-(www.tangentproducts.com ) ABABMXRACERS (www.ababmxracers.com) Intense BMX-(www.intensebmx.com ) T.H.E. (www.bmxthe.com) Fire Magic Premium Grills (www.rhpeterson.com/firemagic/) Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex (www.disneysports.com)

Without their support, we couldn't make the 2008 ABA racing season such a huge success. Support the sponsors that support ABA BMX racing.

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