All of the action, history and fun leads to the Grandnational race held on a challenging indoor dirt race track. The National #1 Amateur Girl, National #1 Amateur Boy, Women’s Pro #1, Vet Pro #1 and the #1 AA Pro are all determined at this race. The Grandnationals is also where the national Bike Shop and Factory teams are crowned. This event is the biggest BMX event of the year, and it has become even more important as BMX has become the newest Olympic action sport.
Watching the excitement of the ABA Grandnationals is available world wide for the very first time! The ABA will webcast the event live on the internet at www.ababmx.com so that everyone can enjoy the races for #1. Another first is the “ABA Helmet Cam”, it will be strapped to selected riders helmets so you ride along and race the Grands!
A list of riders and teams that are in contention for the national #1 titles:
AA PRO
1 BUBBA HARRIS 2527
2 KYLE BENNETT 2382
3 DONNY ROBINSON 2368
4 RANDY STUMPFHAUSER 2068
5 DANNY CALUAG 1387
6 MIKE DAY 1322
7 JARRETT KOLICH 1104
8 PAUL LANGE 1036
9 NATE BERKHEIMER 962
10 JASON ROGERS 960
11 MIKE BRABANT 869
12 DAMIAN LOPEZ 799
13 TYLER BROWN 688
14 DEREK BETCHER 684
15 GREG ROMERO 622
16 AARON JOHNSON 620
17 KENTH FALLEN 531
18 CRISTIAN BECERINE 518
19 JAVIER COLOMBO 482
20 BARRY NOBLES 469
21 MATT BEATTY 437
22 DALE HOLMES 382
23 MICHAEL HUGHES 379
24 ROBERT DE WILDE 332
25 JOHN PURSE 285
26 THOMAS FERNANDEZ 285
27 JOSH OIE 267
28 HENRIK BALTZERSEN 249
29 TREVOR FAY 242
30 JOEY BERTHIAUME 235
31 AUGUSTRO CASTRO 214
32 MIKE MOELLER 214
33 JONATHAN SUAREZ 200
34 ERIC MEYER 195
35 MICHAEL KILPATRICK 170
36 MICHAEL FENWICK 150
37 TAYLOR WELLS 129
38 ALEXIS VERGARA 102
39 KYLE CUSHMAN 89
40 ARNAUD DUBOIS 77
41 JASON RICHARDSON 76
42 KELVIN BATEY 67
43 BRANDON MEADOWS 65
44 BJORN WYNANTS 57
45 KEN COOLS 52
46 TRAVIS POSTANY 44
47 TIM KNEIP 30
48 HARLEY KELLEY 28
49 LANCE MCGUIRE 28
50 MATT POHLKAMP 20
51 SERGIO PENA 18
PRO CRUISER
1 DONNY ROBINSON 2494
2 PAUL LANGE 2172
3 KENTH FALLEN 2041
4 DANNY CALUAG 1980
5 JASON ROGERS 1893
6 RANDY STUMPFHAUSER 1308
7 DAMIAN LOPEZ 1172
8 ERIC MEYER 841
9 TIM KNEIP 834
10 TREVOR FAY 684
11 ADAM TREADWELL 681
12 GEORGE ANDREWS 541
13 BILLY ANDERSON 503
14 ERIC RUPE 478
15 TYLER BROWN 435
16 THOMAS FERNANDEZ 390
17 NATE BERKHEIMER 381
18 ANTHONY WALLACE 333
19 CHRIS HAM 203
20 AUSTEN LEE 180
21 BRANDON THOMAS 158
22 MATTHEW BEATTY 124
23 MICHAEL KILPATRICK 113
24 CARL RENOWITSKY 92
25 SEAN MACLASKEY 92
26 CHAD STREET 88
27 MIKE GUL 38
28 JASON CARNES 26
29 KYLE CUSHMAN 20
30 MARK DECASPER 10
VET PRO
1 TODD PARRY 2493
2 JASON CARNES 2326
3 ERIC RUPE 2132
4 CHRIS HAM 1807
5 KIYOMI WALLER 1633
6 CHAD STREET 1592
7 DAVID BITTNER 1340
8 MIKE GUL 1020
9 DREW DOWNEY 1008
10 ZACK ROEBUCK 861
11 BILL MADDEN 793
12 DARRIN MITCHELL 734
13 ERIC DYER 561
14 MARK MELTON 535
15 TJ JOHNSON 434
16 PAUL CALDWELL 396
17 CODY SMART 300
18 BOB OGORMAN 261
19 RAY LUSCOMBE 229
20 DOMINGOS LAMMOGLIA 224
21 EFRIAM MIRANDA 222
22 RICK LOWRY 216
23 PAUL BROWN 215
24 RAY HUDSON 213
25 DARREN SCRIBNER 209
26 CHAD ROBERTS 204
27 MARK NUNLEY 192
28 THOMAS HARPER 164
29 CARL RENOWITZKY 152
30 DAVID MILLER 146
31 DAVID WRAY 144
32 GALEN STARLIN 134
33 GEOFREY SSENGOBA 134
34 HARRY LEARY 106
35 JOSUE RAMOS 105
36 MICKEY STANLEY 104
37 DARRELL YOUNG 100
38 ALAN FOSTER 98
39 SHAWN O`GORMAN 91
40 JEFF DEIN 87
41 GRANT HEWLETT 86
42 RYAN BIRK 72
43 MARK MITCHELL 70
44 MIKE ACOSTA 67
45 DAVID KAPIGIAN 64
46 JOHN CROSSEN 64
47 BRYON VORDERMANN 62
48 MIKE DEPIPPO 60
49 TERRY TENETTE 53
50 ANTHONY WADLEY 46
51 TOM BROWN 44
52 VANN JOHNSON 44
53 ED LEESON 43
54 JAMES GOLKE 43
55 JIM SEVERT 36
56 MARSHALL LUCAS 36
57 ISRAEL DURAN 31
58 JESSE BURKES 27
59 COLIN STILES 23
60 EDDIE CERONE 23
61 SEAN THOMPSON 23
62 TIM GALLANT 23
63 TODD LYONS 18
64 RON SHERIDAN 15
WOMEN PRO
1 ALISE POST 2355
2 ARIELLE MARTIN 2320
3 KIMBERLY HAYASHI 2126
4 AMANDA GEVING 1687
5 SAMANTHA COOLS 1629
6 KRYSTAL HIME 1512
7 STEPHANIE BARRAGAN 1153
8 STEPHANIE HIGGINS 989
9 CASSIE BUSHNELL 946
10 BRITTANY BATES 690
11 SHANAZE READE 502
12 KASEY MARTIN 447
13 CARLEY YOUNG 420
14 SARA BERTA 368
15 MICHELLE GUTHRIE 248
16 MAGEN LONG 210
17 KAYLA GADDIS 182
18 KELLY HUTTO 182
19 AMANDA SORENSEN 162
20 MISSY HARTLEY 60
21 CHANTEL BLANCHET 39
22 COURTNEY TOMEI 30
23 ANNA APPLEBY 22
24 HEATHER HELLWINKEL 22
25 TERI BELL 22
26 HILARY-ANN COPELAND 20
A PRO
101 BRANDON HOPKINS 1042
102 DUSTIN ARMSTRONG 1039
103 ADAM TREADWELL 1011
104 JASON MORRIS 993
105 CHRIS BURKE 983
106 AKIFUMI SAKAMOTO 900
107 GABE MORENO 826
108 GEORGE ANDREWS 820
109 SEAN STORMS 794
110 MIKE WEATHERFORD 771
111 LANCE MCGUIRE 713
112 CHARLES HUNT 695
113 KEVIN JONES 661
114 DEREK BERRY 626
115 MATT FAULK 613
116 ALAN HUDSON 610
117 RYAN WHITESIDES 607
118 ANTHONY WALLACE 548
119 JOSH SMITH 544
120 KARL CLARK 543
121 RON SMITH 535
122 BILLY ANDERSON 534
123 LEONARDO GARCIA 529
124 JOEY ALBRIGHT 525
125 JASON SHERRILL 517
126 ZACHARY BARRON 499
127 ADAM SCOTT 485
128 FABIAN HERNANDEZ 483
129 STEVEN CISAR 481
130 CHRISTOPHER SCHAEFER 469
131 PAUL JOHNSON 450
132 AARON LEPP 444
133 BOBBY SIANNA 428
134 JASON LAREV 423
135 JASON STEVENS 417
136 DAMIAN BISSETT 412
137 SEAN MACLASKEY 406
138 JIMMY MONROE 404
139 DARRELL DAWES 397
140 ZACHARY BEAN 388
141 KYLE WEISENBERGER 386
142 DONALD GOODWIN 384
143 CLINT DAILY 382
144 CHRIS KELLER 380
145 DAVID LINDBERG 380
146 JOSH SONTAG 360
147 JUSTIN WIKE 359
148 ALEX FOWLER 346
149 SCOTT RODOLF 346
150 MICHAEL KAPES 337
151 JUSTIN MCLINTOCK 321
152 LUKE SPEES 311
153 ROBERT DELANEY 311
154 NICHOLAS ST LAWRENCE 283
155 BRANDON BROWN 280
156 TOMMY BELLEW 272
157 JAMES LINNEMAN 270
158 GARRETT NUNES 269
159 OMAR SAWYER 269
160 SCOTT ERWOOD 250
161 ROBERT BEBOUT 244
162 JD WILLIAMS 243
163 PATRICK LEBEL 234
164 RYAN NELSON 228
165 SEAN MABIN 228
166 JARED MEEK 218
167 MICHAEL GONZALEZ 217
168 WADE WILSON 211
169 BRYAN OTTEN 202
170 CHRIS POWERS 201
171 JOSHUA TAYLOR 191
172 JOE MATHIS 186
173 EDWARD OLSON 181
174 CLAYTON ANGEL 177
175 JONATHAN JACKSON 175
176 PHIL DELIZIA 172
177 STEVE OLDHAM 170
178 TIM DINGER 170
179 CLINT LAMBERT 167
180 JUSTIN TRAVIS 160
181 JAVIER LARREA 159
182 CHAD JANSEN 154
183 WILLIAM GREATHOUSE 154
184 ALLEN CURRIER 153
185 BRANDON THOMAS 151
186 JASON HERR 151
187 JEREMY LEHNEN 151
188 JONATHAN LAND 149
189 JOSH ZIEHL 148
190 MIKE BELL 146
191 JEFFERY MILEY 144
192 JEREMY KAHT 144
193 JULIAN MARTINEZ 142
194 NICK POST 141
195 CARL HILLIS 139
196 BRIAN WELCH 134
197 JOHN ANDREWS 132
198 SHANE BLANCHARD 125
199 KYLE MICHELL 122
200 JOE MCCARTY 120
201 ADDISON RHODES 119
202 JUSTIN WHEAT 118
203 SHANE KNAPP 115
204 BRAD WOLFE 114
205 BILLY BURGHOUT 113
206 LOREN ENGHOLM 112
207 MCKENZIE THRAMER 110
208 DEREK LIEGL 109
209 JON WELLS 105
210 THOMAS NIELSEN 95
211 CHRISTOPHER BRINKMEYER 94
212 RYAN WENTLAND 94
213 CARL RENOWITZKY 93
214 TONY SPENCER 92
215 JAY EYMER 91
216 MATT VANDERVERE 91
217 RICHIE WALLACE 91
218 MORTEN THERKILDSEN 90
219 DAVID PENA 87
220 JEREMY HUIHUI 87
221 DANIEL GREER 86
222 TROY FENSTER 85
223 WILL MURRAY 85
224 JAKE EMRY 77
225 BOBBY BARNES 76
226 JASON ST ROMAIN 74
227 TONY MOORE 73
228 AUSTEN LEE 71
229 ANDREW CHURCHWELL 69
230 JEROMEY GIPPETTI 69
231 PAUL STOEPPLER 68
232 JACOB TELLER 66
233 DEREK SCOTT 64
234 DONN RIEHL 61
235 BYRON PATTERSON 60
236 KEVIN HILL 59
237 ROBERT WHIPPLE 59
238 DOMINIC THERRIEN 55
239 DANNY JOYCE 54
240 KHARIS CORBETT 52
241 TIM GALLANT 52
242 EVAN SMART 50
243 SAM DEVITA 50
244 JON HUCKE 49
245 CJ STUART 48
246 ANDY CONTES 47
247 MICHAEL ORLANDO 45
248 GARRETT ROSH 42
249 GRANT HEWLETT 40
250 MARK MITCHELL 40
251 DEREK TAYLOR 37
252 DAMON RICHARDSON 36
253 CHRIS DREAGER 35
254 DEREK WOODLAND 35
255 DREW DOWNEY 34
256 ZACKARY WHITTEN 34
257 MARK NUNLEY 33
258 BRETT SNYDER 32
259 MICHAEL GENTILCORE 32
260 TJ JOHNSON 32
261 KYLE POTT 29
262 THOMAS GAGE 29
263 GIL DELGADO 26
264 RYAN MAGIN 26
265 TYLER TAFOYA 26
266 DUSTIN BLACKWELL 24
267 DEAN BUSCH 18
268 KRIS PARK 18
269 DAVID MILLER 15
270 JEREMY GRAVON 15
Rider and number of wins this ABA BMX season-
AA PRO
Redline’s Bubba Harris - 9
Free Agent’s Kyle Bennett - 5
Formula’s Donny Robinson - 4
GT’s Randy Stumpfhauser - 2
Staats / TLD’s Mike Day - 1
Avent /Bombshell’s Jarrett Kolich - 1
Haro’s Derek Betcher – 1
Felt’s Paulie Lange -1
Answer/Redman’s – Danny Caluag -1
Free Agent's -- Cristian Becerine - 1
Women Pro
CMC’s Alise Post – 7
Staats / TLD’s Airelle Martin – 6
Redline’s Kim Hayashi – 3
Supercross / Fly’s Krystal Hime – 3
Supercross’ Samantha Cools – 3
Great Britan’s Shanaze Reade – 2
Vet Pro
Socko’s Todd Parry – 8
Redline’s Jason Carnes – 5
Mongoose’s Eric “Big Daddy” Rupe – 4
Answer’s Chris Ham – 2
Avent / Bombshell’s Kiyomi Waller – 2
Supercross’ Dave Bittner – 2
Redman’s Darren Mitchell – 1
Redman’s Drew Downey – 1
Chad Street - 1
Pro Cruiser
Formula’s Donny Robinson – 13
GT’s Randy Stumphauser – 3
Felt’s Paul Lange – 3
Supercross’ Kenth Fallen – 3
Answer’s Danny Caluag - 2
CMC’s Jason Rogers – 1
Challenge’s Trevor Fay – 1
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