2007 ABA BMX National Series comes to a close

I just wanted to drop you a quick line and give a big THANK YOU for all the support this year. It has been a very exciting year for sure and this years ABA Grands was the best ever. The track was awesome, the riders were second to none, and the event truly was "The Greatest Race on Earth"! Please see the info below for a quick overview of the 2007 ABA Grands weekend. Thanks again to everyone who has supported, helped, attended, or competed at an ABA BMX event this year. You guys make it all happen. We're looking forward to even bigger and better things in 2008.

First we would like to thank all our great 2007 National Series sponsors:
Suzuki Motor America-(www.suzuki.com), BAWLS Guarana-(www.bawls.com), (www.bawlstyle.com), Jig-A-Loo-(Jigaloo.com), Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex-(www.disneysports.com) GO211-(go211.com), Yamaha Waverunner-(www.yamaha-motor.com), Redline Bicycles-(www.redlinebicycles.com), Fly Racing-(www.flyracingbmx.com), Sponsorhouse-(www.sponsorhouse.com), GT Bicycles-(www.gtbicycles.com), Tangent-(www.tangentproducts.com), Intense Bikes-(www.intensebmx.com), GameStop-(www.gamestop.com), EB Games-(www.ebgames.com)
Without your help, we couldn't make the ABA BMX racing season such a huge success.

2007 ABA BMX Hall 'O Fame Inductees:

Industry – Elaine (Holt) Osmond
Riders – Dennis Dain and Greg Grubbs

Special thanks to Cash Mathews for his help with the Banquet.

2007 ABA/BMXer Magazine Golden Crank winners:

David Herman – Rookie PRO of the year
Bubba Harris – PRO of the Year
Redline – Team of the year
Intense – Bike of the year

ABA BMX Top Race For Life Fund Raiser

Coby Beltran – From Medesto, CA.

NAG 5 Challenge Winners:

Redline’s Denzel Stein has bragging rights for taking the NAG 5 Challenge win this year. Denzel showed all the fans that the 16X class is a force to behold on the national tracks. You rock Denzel!

Intense/Phantom/On-Trac’s Shelbi Long remains the queen of the NAG 5 Challenge girls class. She’s won it back to back and remains the one and only girl to have won the event since it was introduced last year. Good job Shelbi!

Thanks to all the great sponsors that helped out with the Friday Night NAG 5/PRO Spectacular:

PRO hole-short awards:
AA PRO – Kyle Bennett – J&R Bicycles sponsored $400
A PRO – Phil Delezia – HRP Designs sponsored $100
Ladies PRO – Alice Post – Clayborn Bikes sponsored $250
Vet PRO – Dale Holmes – Vintagebmx.com sponsored $200

NAG 5 Challenge Prizes from:
Redline Bicycles
Torker Bicycles
Intense Bicycles
T.H.E. Products
Industrialrideshop.com
O'GIO
Chuck at Intense/Phantom/On-Trac
Preston’s Performance Center
BMX HEX
Riders PRO shop
FLY Racing
Sun Bru Girls
ABA BMX Racewear

2007 ABA BMX National Champions:
PRO YEAR END NUMBERS:

AA PRO

1 DANNY CALUAG

2 KYLE BENNETT

3 RANDY STUMPFHAUSER

4 BUBBA HARRIS

5 CRISTIAN BECERINE

6 DEREK BETCHER

7 MIKE BRABANT

8 DAVID HERMAN

9 MIKE DAY

10 STEVEN CISAR

11 DONNY ROBINSON

12 KHALEN YOUNG

13 JAVIER COLUMBO

14 JARRETT KOLICH

15 MIKE MOELLER

16 WARWICK STEVENSON

17 JASON ROGERS

18 PAUL LANGE

19 KYLE CUSHMAN

20 KENTH FALLEN

21 BRANDON MEADOWS

22 TYLER BROWN

23 NATE BERKHEIMER

24 AARON JOHNSON

25 DAMIAN LOPEZ

26 JOEY BRADFORD

27 JEFF UPSHAW

28 JOSH OIE

29 JASON RICHARDSON

30 JOEY BERTHIAUME

31 THOMAS FERNANDEZ

32 JOE SZUREK

33 CHRIS BURKE

34 BARRY NOBLES

35 ALEXIS VERGARA

36 DUSTIN ARMSTRONG

37 MICHAEL HUGHES

38 KAMA KAZI

39 AKIFUMI SAKAMOTO

40 BRANDON HOPKINS

41 JOE SOWERS

42 MICHAEL KAPES

43 WILLIAM GREATHOUSE

44 MICHAEL FENWICK

45 RAMIRO MARINO

46 ALAN HUDSON

47 KYLE WEISENBERGER

48 BILLY JOLLIFFE

49 GABE MORENO

50 AUGUSTRO CASTRO

51 TREVOR FAY

52 BILLY ANDERSON

53 MICHAL PROKOP

54 JONATHAN SUAREZ

55 JAMIE GRAY

56 MARC WILLERS

57 ARNAUD DUBOIS

58 LUKE MADILL

59 MICAEL CESAR

60 TREVOR PIGOTT

61 MICHAEL WEATHERFORD

62 PHIL DELIZIA

WOMEN PRO

1 ALISE POST

2 STEPHANIE BARRAGAN

3 TERRA NICHOLS

4 AFTON SCHRIMPF

5 ERIKA SHORT

6 TONI RUDE

7 BRITTANY BATES

8 CASSIE BUSHNELL

11 KRYSTAL HIME

12 MARIANA PAJON

13 KIM HAYASHI

14 COURTNEY TOMEI

15 HANNAH HUVARD

16 KAYLA GADDIS

17 MICHELLE GUTHRIE

18 JODI ENGLAND

19 ARIELLE MARTIN

20 ANNA APPLEBY

21 BRITTANY LOUNSBURY

22 CARLEY YOUNG

23 STEPHANIE HIGGINS

24 AMANDA GEVING

25 ZIGGY CALLEN

26 MELLISA MANKOWSKI

27 TANYA BAILEY

28 CHRISTINE WHEELER

29 MISSY HARTLEY

30 JESSICA CARTWRIGHT

31 MADISON PITTS

32 CAROLINE BUCHANAN

33 NICOLE CALLISTRO

34 KATIE WEST

35 CHRISTIAN COSSEY

36 SAMANTA COOLS

35 KASEY MARTIN

37 REGULA RUNGE

38 SARA BERTA

39 ASHLEY EDSTRAND

PRO CRUISER

1 DANNY CALUAG

2 PAUL LANGE

3 TYLER BROWN

4 KENTH FALLEN

5 JASON CARNES

6 JOE SOWERS

7 THOMAS FERNANDEZ

8 ERIC RUPE

11 JEFF UPSHAW

12 BILLY ANDERSON

13 NATE BERKHEIMER

14 MIKE GUL

15 BOB O`GORMAN

16 ADAM SCOTT

17 DAMIAN LOPEZ

18 ADAM TREADWELL

19 TREVOR FAY

20 MICHAEL HUGHES

21 CARL RENOWITSKY

22 CHRIS JONES

23 ALAN HUDSON

24 ANTHONY WALLACE

25 AUSTEN LEE

26 KARL CLARK

27 MARK DECASPER

28 WILLY SUAREZ

29 CHRIS KROOSWYK

30 MIKE BELL

31 MICHAEL KILPATRICK

32 JIM LENNON

33 KEITH GRINE

VET PRO

1 JASON CARNES

2 CHAD STREET

3 JOHN WHIPPERMAN

4 TODD PARRY

5 JASON SILVA

6 ERIC RUPE

7 MIKE GUL

8 TIM DINGER

9 ZACK ROEBUCK

10 SHAWN O`GORMAN

11 DALE HOLMES

12 GREG ROMERO

13 DREW DOWNEY

14 CHRIS HAM

15 DAVID BITTNER

16 TJ JOHNSON

17 RICK LOWRY

18 RAY HUDSON

19 PAUL CALDWELL

20 EFRIAM MIRANDA

21 DOMINGOS LAMMOGLIA

22 RAY LUSCOMBE

23 MARK NUNLEY

24 TED BROWN

25 PAUL BROWN

26 RYAN BIRK

27 ROBERT HARRIS

28 BOB OGORMAN

29 DARRIN MITCHELL

30 RONALD WILLIAMS

31 CARL RENOWITZKY

32 BILL MADDEN

33 DAVID MILLER

34 BILLY ROSS

35 TERRY TENETTE

36 CODY SMART

37 ERIC DYER

38 DONALD TAYLOR

39 ANTHONY BYRD

40 TOMMY OPINCAR

41 CAMERON DAVIS

42 TURNELL HENRY

43 MIKE ACOSTA

44 TIM GALLANT

45 DAVID KAPIGIAN

46 THOMAS HARPER

47 ED LEESON

48 ANTHONY WADLEY

49 JASON ALSTATT

50 RAUL GOMEZ

51 PIERRE-HENRI SAUZE

52 KIYOMI WALLER

53 DOMINGO CALO

54 JAMES GOLKE

55 JOHN NESLAND

56 NATHAN SHAFFER

57 YUICHI TOGAWA

58 GRANT HEWLETT

59 JERRY VANDERPOOL

60 JASON HALVERSON

61 DAVID WRAY

62 JESSE BURKES

63 TOM DARDINI
64 GREG DAYS

65 JEFF NICKEL

ABA (American Bicycle Association), formed in 1977 and headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, is “The Sanctioning Body of BMX”©. The ABA organizes BMX racing for boys, girls and adults, nationwide and Canada. With 60,000 active members, 274 racing facilities and a 27 event-national race schedule; ABA is the largest promoter of action sports. For additional press information about ABA, the sport of BMX, ABA events or Professional racers, call (714) 666-1999. To find races in your area or view the national event schedule, visit www.ababmx.com.