The American Bicycle Association hosted the Summer Nationals this past weekend, July 11-13, in Roseville, CA. The OAK CREEK BMX Facility is main stay on the ABA BMX tour and has a long standing history with the racers and fans alike.This year saw the return of the ABA BMX PRO Series event to Roseville BMX and the racing at the Summer National event was SMOKIN' HOT!! The OAK CREEK BMX crew really stepped it up and had the facility in tip top shape and ready to race. This was the seventh PRO Series event of the season and the PRO Riders were excited to head up to NOR-CAL to see who had the NOR-CAL PULL!.
With the 2008 Olympic debut for BMX racing coming up quick, and the first USA BMX Team being chosen, BIG CONGRATS go out to Kyle Bennett, Mikey Day, "DR" Donny Robinson, and Jill Kintner for being the first ever BMX athletes to represent USA in the 2008 Olympics!) the buzz, the hype, and the media are all around. Many of the sports top athletes were back on the scene with the Olympic Trials being over. Riders from around the world were on hand to take a shot at getting some much needed points towards the ABA BMX titles. Roseville was the half way point in the 2008 ABA BMX PRO Series and season is shifting into high gear and the fans are loving it! Round seven was all Khalen Young! Haro Bicycles picked the Australian rider up last year and he is doing Tony D. and the gang proud! Khalen was the man to beat in Roseville and Khalen was solid as ever. Khalen nailed down the AA PRO win both days putting his stamp on the weekend and letting the other AA PRO's know he means business and wants the ABA BMX PRO title bad!
Saturday also saw the return of Haro's Steven Cisar, Steven was fresh off the Olympic Trials event held a couple weeks earlier in Chula Vista, CA. and he was taking names and going way FAST! Steven' first race back was a good one he scored a 2nd place finish right behind his Haro team mate giving them the one-two punch for the day. With a few more solid rides like this, you can expect to see Steven right in the middle of the hunt ABA BMX PRO Title and a brand new Suzuki RMZ450!
Another So. Cal kid that has been looking good is Avent Bombshell's Jarrett Kolich. Jarrett has won in the AA PRO class in the past and looked to be back on track for another win in Roseville. Two days of solid riding brought home two 3rd place podium spots for Jarrett.
GT Bicycles also had Joey Bradford stepping his AA PRO game up in Roseville. Joey put together an impressive weekend and brought home his most impressive finish to date. Joey finished up a very respectable 2nd place on Sunday. All his double top secret training he's been doing is really starting to pay-off for him and GT Bicycles.
With a list of riders like this,once again this past weekend shows just how deep the talent pool is on the ABA BMX PRO tour. There has been six different AA PRO winners in seven stops. That's very impressive!
On the Ladies PRO side we saw Arizona's own Dominique Daniels take another HUGE win on Day #1. ABA National #1 girl and girl cruiser turned PRO Dominique Daniels scored a second at least one win at each of the ABA BMX PRO Series events this season. If there is one way to win a title, it's by being that is super consistent. Not to be out done, current ABA National #1 Lady PRO, Alise "The Beast" Post was sitting right where she's used to being on Sunday. Alise brought home the top spot on Sunday after Saturday's solid 2nd place. The Alise Dominique battle is starting to take a nice shape, and the rest of the woman have really stepped it up as well to keep them honest. Stephanie Barragan continues to be a solid podium finisher as she showed in Roseville. Stephanie brought home the 3rd spot on the podium both days. Stephanie is due for another win any day now and we expect to see her on top the podium real soon. Chinese Rider, Mary Liyun also made it out to Roseville. Mary made her USA BMX debut at the ABA BMX Lake Perris event earlier this season and was very impressive. Mary has really been training and made another BIG impression on the USA fans by bringing home a 4th in PRO Ladies class. Mary will be representing her country in the Olympic Games coming up in Beijing, China. BMX really has become an international field. The ladies racing has really stepped it up over the last couple of years and the new crop of younger woman I keep hearing about making the move to the PRO class is very promising for more excitement to come.
Pro Cruiser saw home town boy Pauly Lange back on the gas! Pauly has been so close, so many times to the ABA BMX PRO Cruiser Title he can taste it. Pauly put the hammer down on Day #1 for the big win showing he still wants it Defending ABA BMX National #1 PRO Cruiser Champ, Danny C. had something to say about that though. "Easy Money" rode solid again in Roseville bringing home 2nd on Saturday following that up with a win on Day #2. Danny knows how to win titles and it looks like he well on his way to another one at the half way point in the season.
The Alabama Slamma' Barry Nobles was in the house as well. Barry rode well in AA PRO, but he also brought home a 3rd in PRO Cruiser on Day #2. Clayborn Bikes has done an awesome job this season getting Barry to all the ABA BMX PRO Series events. With all their help Barry has really become a threat to win the ABA PRO Titles in 2008. Crupi's own Tyler Brown was back from the USA Olympic Trials event as well and was lookin' super fast. Tyler nailed down a 3rd in PRO Cruiser on Day #1. VET PRO sensation, Kenth Fallen continues to hang in there with the young bucks taking a 2nd in the PRO Cruiser class on Day #2. I'm sure Bill Ryan and the gang over a Supercross are just stoked on Kenth this season!
Vet Pro was back in action too! This was a Kenth Fallen, DaleHolmes.com. Chad Street weekend. Supercross's Kenth Fallen continues to be "THE MAN" to beat in VET PRO right now. Kenth won both days in Roseville with DaleHolmes.com and Chad Street swapping out 2nd and 3rd place both days. Chad's been all over the podium this season and looks to be a title contender again. Dale's been busy taking care of the Free Agent World Tea. Hats off to Dale and the Free Agent World Team. Dale tells me they have about seven athletes' going to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China for BMX Racing. That's impressive!
The ABA, the city of Roseville, CA. and the entire OAK CREEK BMX crew would like to thank all the participants, families, teams, sponsors, and BMX industry for helping make the Summer National event such a huge success! Next stop, RAD CANYON BMX in Salt Lake City - Utah, July 25-27. We hope to see you all there!
Rider ABA BMX PRO wins after Summer Nationals –
AA PRO
Danny "Easy Money" Caluag – Intense/BAWLS – 5
Barry Nobles – Clayborn Bikes - 3
Khalen Young - Haro Bicycles - 3
David Herman – Intense/BAWLS - 1
Kyle Bennett - Free Agent - 1
Cristian Becerine - Free Agent - 1
Woman’s PRO
"Demolition" Dominique Daniels – 7
Alise "The Beast" Post- Formula – 4
Kayla Gaddis - Intense/Bizarro/JRA - 2
Stephanie Barragan – 1
PRO CRUISER
Danny "Easy Money" Caluag – Intense/BAWLS – 6
Kenth Fallen - Supercross – 2
Barry Nobles – Clayborn Bicycles - 2
Paul Lange – Redman/Rockstar – 2
Michael Kapes – J&R Bicycles -1
Tyler Brown - Supercross - 1
VET PRO
Kenth Fallen – Supercross - 9
Dale Holmes – Free Agent – 3
Chad Street – Intense/Phantom/On-Trac – 1
John Purse – GHP/Powerbar/ABA BMX - 1
2008 PRO Standing through Summer Nationals
AA PRO
1 DANNY CALUAG 2215
2 KHALEN YOUNG 1663
3 DAVID HERMAN 1661
4 BARRY NOBLES 1554
5 JASON ROGERS 773
6 BUBBA HARRIS 761
7 MIKE BRABANT 757
8 JARRETT KOLICH 607
9 CRISTIAN BECERINE 587
10 DEREK BETCHER 557
11 JOEY BRADFORD 457
12 KYLE CUSHMAN 447
13 MICHAEL KAPES 434
14 PHIL DELIZIA 414
15 STEVEN CISAR 410
16 RANDY STUMPFHAUSER 397
17 JOE SZUREK 319
18 KYLE BENNETT 290
19 DONNY ROBINSON 224
20 JEFF UPSHAW 220
21 KELVIN BATEY 217
22 WARWICK STEVENSON 217
23 TYLER BROWN 207
24 PAUL LANGE 203
25 ALAN HUDSON 193
26 ALEXIS VERGARA 187
27 JOSH OIE 187
28 DENZEL STEIN 186
29 BILLY ANDERSON 173
30 JOE SOWERS 163
31 MIKE MOELLER 159
32 MICHAEL HUGHES 137
33 MICHAEL WEATHERFORD 129
34 NATE BERKHEIMER 83
35 JAVIER COLOMBO 67
36 AUGUSTRO CASTRO 60
37 MIKE DAY 54
38 JOEY BERTHIAUME 50
39 AARON JOHNSON 40
40 DAMIAN LOPEZ 40
41 THOMAS FERNANDEZ 40
41 JASON RICHARDSON 34
42 BRANDON THOMAS 26
43 SERGIO PENA 26
44 MICHAEL GONZALEZ 20
WOMEN PRO
1 DOMINIQUE DANIELS 2376
2 ALISE POST 1561
3 RACHAEL LUNA 1533
4 STEPHANIE BARRAGAN 1447
5 TERRA NICHOLS 1283
6 KAYLA GADDIS 832
7 AFTON SCHRIMPF 767
8 BRITTANY BATES 573
9 KATHRYN ECKLUND 507
10 CASSIE BUSHNELL 457
11 TONI RUDE 322
12 AMANDA GEVING 307
13 STEPHANIE HIGGINS 262
14 COURTNEY TOMEI 228
15 JESSICA LAMBERT 199
16 LIZ PASSWATERS 176
17 MICHELLE GUTHRIE 152
18 MARY LIYUN 142
19 MISSY HARTLEY 76
20 LAYNE NYHAUG 70
21 MADISON PITTS 57
22 KIMBERLY HAYASHI 27
23 CHRISTIAN COSSEY 20
VET PRO
1 KENTH FALLEN 2502
2 CHAD STREET 2099
3 JOHN PURSE 1837
4 DALE HOLMES 1701
5 ROBERT HARRIS 1264
6 JASON CARNES 1125
7 TIM DINGER 553
8 MIKE GUL 524
9 ERIC DYER 298
10 DAVID BITTNER 268
11 CODY SMART 235
12 DAN MAIER 216
13 TIM GALLANT 216
14 KEVIN TOMKO 194
15 BILLY ROSS 174
16 CHRIS HAM 157
17 JASON SILVA 151
18 PAUL CALDWELL 144
19 THOMAS HARPER 144
20 JASON ALSTATT 141
21 BILL MADDEN 138
22 RONALD WILLIAMS 125
23 SHAWN O`GORMAN 91
24 GREG ROMERO 89
25 COLIN STILES 86
26 RYAN BIRK 86
27 ZACK ROEBUCK 81
28 RICK LOWRY 78
29 JUSTIN WHEAT 77
30 ERIC RUPE 71
31 MICKEY STANLEY 66
32 TJ JOHNSON 57
33 GREG DAYS 56
34 ANTHONY BYRD 54
35 SCOTT SIMMONS 54
36 TERRY TENETTE 54
37 CAMERON DAVIS 50
38 DAVID WRAY 47
39 JASON HALVERSON 44
40 RAY HUDSON 44
41 SHAUN BUTLER 44
42 EFRIAM MIRANDA 34
43 JERRY VANDERPOOL 34
44 MIKE ACOSTA 34
45 CARL RENOWITZKY 17
46 MICHAEL KILPATRICK 9
PRO CRUISER
1 DANNY CALUAG 2283
2 KENTH FALLEN 1843
3 TYLER BROWN 1139
4 BARRY NOBLES 1130
5 PAUL LANGE 984
6 MICHAEL KAPES 828
7 JOE SOWERS 570
8 TODD PARRY 530
9 BILLY ANDERSON 521
10 ADAM TREADWELL 440
11 JOEY BRADFORD 262
12 MATT BAISLEY 260
13 JASON CARNES 256
14 CHRIS KROOSWYK 252
15 JEFF UPSHAW 216
16 MICHAEL KILPATRICK 209
17 BRANDON THOMAS 183
18 THOMAS FERNANDEZ 170
19 MIKE GUL 166
20 JASON SILVA 141
21 BRANDON PANUCCIO 138
22 MICHAEL HUGHES 135
23 PATRICK DIPENTINO 78
24 KEITH GRINE 64
25 SCOTT SIMMONS 40
26 AUSTEN LEE 36
27 GAVIN LUBBE 33
28 ERIC RUPE 24
29 WILLY SUAREZ 12
30 MIKE MOELLER 10
A PRO
1 DEAK BROWN 1018
2 KRIS FOX 942
3 JON MILLER 915
4 JASON MORRIS 914
5 LIAM PHILLIPS 895
6 TRAVIS OHRAZDA 799
7 TODD PARRY 754
8 DEREK SIPKOI 745
9 KARL CLARK 734
10 MICHAEL LARSON 717
11 CODY HUNGERFORD 662
12 EDWARD OLSON 660
13 JUSTIN MCLINTOCK 603
14 SHANE BANKS 562
15 JIM BROWN 526
16 MATT KELTY 519
17 WILLY SUAREZ 481
18 EVAN STEINBERG 440
19 JUSTIN DODSON 436
20 ADAM TREADWELL 418
21 ANTHONY WALLACE 412
22 BRANDON BROWN 369
23 TOMMY BELLEW 357
24 TYLER DURHAM 357
25 JIMMY MONROE 345
