Cash Matthews: Credited for getting BMX started in the state of Oklahoma. At a young age, through extensive coverage in BMX News and BMX ACTION magazines, he helped inspire riders to start their own tracks and create their own race scene beyond the borders of California. Riding for Webco, BMX Products/Mongoose and Shimano, he proved that factory sponsorship was deserved by riders outside the state of California. He was also influential in getting the ABA Grands originally located in Oklahoma. Cash is an investment broker living in Austin, TX and still races today.
Matt Raymer: One of the early pioneers who established BMX in the state of Oklahoma in the mid `70`s. Through extensive coverage in BMX News and BMX Action, Matt helped inspire kids around the country to create their own tracks, especially in small towns. He rode for factory Webco, Shimano, and Mongoose, proving that factory sponsorships were deserved by racers outside of So.Cal. Matt wrote a column for BMX Action magazine in the late 70`s. Designed, patented, and licensed belt drive technology to GT Bicycles and Schwinn Bicycles in the 90`s.
John Crews: John began his racing career in 1975. He rode for infamous Speedo of the mid-70’s, was sponsored by Patterson Racing from 1977 to 1980, and rode for Redline throughout the early 80’s. Known to be a flashy rider, he invented his own Signature Jump, the “Crews”, as it is still called today. John turned Pro in 1979 and won the Australian Open in 1980. He started up his own BMX company in 1983, called “Pit-Kit”, a tool bag designed with the BMX racer in mind. John retired from racing in 1985 and now runs his own chain of bike shops, “Bicycles Plus I and II” in Folsom, CA. John still shows up at the Nor-Cal BMX events to support his local BMX teams.
2006 ABA/BMXer Magazine Golden Crank winners:
-Alise Post - Rookie PRO of the year
-Donny Robinson - PRO of the Year
-Redman Yamaha Waverunner - Team of the year
-Intense - Bike of the year
NAG 5 Challenge Winners:
David Herman received some great KICKER Car Audio equipment for his NAG 5 Challenge win. David has broken the NAG 5 Challenge curse by being the first rider to win both the Nag 5 Challenge and the ABA National Title in the same year. This had never been done before until 2006.
Shelbi Long has the honor of being the first female winner of the NAG 5 Challenge and picked up some great prizes as well. She is also the first female to win both the NAG 5 Challenge and the National title in the same year.
Thanks to all the great sponsors that helped out with the Friday Night NAG 5/PRO Spectacular:
PRO hole-short awards:
AA PRO - Randy Stumpfhauser - J&R Bicycles sponsored $400
A PRO - Michael Kapes - J&R Bicycles sponsored $200
Ladies PRO - Sammy Cools - Clayborn Bikes sponsored $250
Vet PRO - Jason Carnes - Vintagebmx.com sponsored $200
NAG 5 Challenge Prizes from:
Kicker Car Audio
Knuckle Nuts
Bonspeed
Intense Bicycles
T.H.E. Products
Felt Bicycles
Industrialrideshop.com
O'GIO
bmxtvdirect.com
BMX HEX
Revolution bikes
Riders PRO shop
FLY Racing
Redline Bicycles
ABA BMX Racewear
2006 ABA BMX National Champions:
ABA National #1 PRO - Bubba Harris (First ever AA PRO to Three-Pete and is $15,000 richer for his ABA Title. This kid will rewrite the ABA record books when he's all said and done)
ABA National #1 PRO Woman - Alise Post (Five total ABA Cups for Alise and counting)
ABA National #1 PRO Cruiser - Donny Robinson (Breaks Stumpy's strangle hold on the class and get's his first of many ABA titles to come)
ABA National #1 Vet PRO - Jason Carnes (With his fifth ABA Vet PRO title, Carnes is on pace to tie Rupe's record of six in-a -row)
ABA National #1 AM - David Herman (Back-to-Back in 2005 and 2006. David picks up another Yamaha Waverunner and joins a very short list with Josh Oie and Richie Anderson as the only Back-to-Back winners in ABA AM title history)
ABA National #1 Cruiser - Chris Verhagen (He's been close before and this year he got the job done)
ABA National #1 Girl - Shelbi Long (Finally gets her first ABA Title and a Yamaha Waverunner to go with)
ABA National #1 Girl Cruiser -Tyler Schaefer (Passes her 2005 Girl title over to Shelbi Long, but picks up another ABA Title for the cruiser)
ABA National #1 Factory Team - Redman/Yamaha Waverunner (This is the third title and $10,000 for Mike redman and the Tribe)
ABA National #1 Bike Shop Team - Double Cross (This marks the second ABA title and $5,000 for Jeff and his Double Cross crew)
ABA National #1 Trophy Team - Big Tool/Tangent (Big Tool get's his first ABA CUP)
PRO YEAR END NUMBERS:
AA PRO
1 BUBBA HARRIS 3040
2 RANDY STUMPFHAUSER 2703
3 DONNY ROBINSON 2672
4 KYLE BENNETT 2446
5 DANNY CALUAG 1471
6 MIKE DAY 1469
7 PAUL LANGE 1123
8 JASON ROGERS 1068
9 CRISTIAN BECERINE 1053
10 NATE BERKHEIMER 1048
11 JARRETT KOLICH 1104
12 DAMIAN LOPEZ 878
13 MIKE BRABANT 872
14 TYLER BROWN 824
15 DEREK BETCHER 769
16 AARON JOHNSON 720
17 GREG ROMERO 622
18 JAVIER COLOMBO 579
19 BARRY NOBLES 574
20 KENTH FALLEN 531
21 ROBERT DE WILDE 469
22 MATT BEATTY 437
23 WARWICK STEVENSON 415
24 DALE HOLMES 382
25 MICHAEL HUGHES 379
26 THOMAS FERNANDEZ 360
27 JOEY BERTHIAUME 352
28 JOSH OIE 348
29 MIKE MOELLER 309
30 KYLE CUSHMAN 304
31 JOHN PURSE 285
32 HENRIK BALTZERSEN 249
33 TREVOR FAY 242
34 AUGUSTRO CASTRO 214
35 JONATHAN SUAREZ 200
36 ERIC MEYER 195
37 BRANDON MEADOWS 180
38 JASON RICHARDSON 171
39 MICHAEL KILPATRICK 170
40 MICHAEL FENWICK 150
41 TRAVIS POSTANY 139
42 MATT POHLKAMP 137
43 TAYLOR WELLS 129
44 TIM KNEIP 125
45 ALEXIS VERGARA 102
46 DAMIAN GODET 95
47 MICHAEL ROBINSON 95
48 ARNAUD DUBOIS 77
49 KELVIN BATEY 67
51 AKIFUMI SAKAMOTO 64
52 BJORN WYNANTS 57
53 KEN COOLS 52
54 SERGIO PENA 49
55 HARLEY KELLEY 28
56 CHRIS BURKE 0
57 CLINT LAMBERT 0
58 STEVEN CISAR 0
WOMEN PRO
1 ALISE POST 2709
2 KIMBERLY HAYASHI 2687
3 ARIELLE MARTIN 2514
4 SAMANTHA COOLS 2130
5 AMANDA GEVING 1801
6 KRYSTAL HIME 1606
7 STEPHANIE BARRAGAN 1264
8 STEPHANIE HIGGINS 1043
9 CASSIE BUSHNELL 1000
10 BRITTANY BATES 744
11 MARIANA JONDONO 531
12 SHANAZE READE 502
13 CARLEY YOUNG 471
14 KASEY MARTIN 447
15 SARA BERTA 409
16 MICHELLE GUTHRIE 248
17 MAGEN LONG 210
18 KAYLA GADDIS 182
19 KELLY HUTTO 182
20 AMANDA SORENSEN 162
21 MISSY HARTLEY 111
22 AMANDA CARR 81
23 TONI RUDE 61
24 BECKY RIDDLE 51
25 CHANTEL BLANCHET 39
26 COURTNEY TOMEI 30
27 ANNA APPLEBY 22
28 HEATHER HELLWINKEL 22
29 TERI BELL 22
30 HILARY-ANN COPELAND 20
PRO CRUISER
1 DONNY ROBINSON 2924
2 DANNY CALUAG 2580
3 JASON ROGERS 2206
4 PAUL LANGE 2202
5 DAMIAN LOPEZ 1202
6 TYLER BROWN 881
7 TIM KNEIP 880
8 ADAM TREADWELL 837
9 NATE BERKHEIMER 607
10 GEORGE ANDREWS 587
11 KENTH FALLEN
12 RANDY STUMPFHAUSER
13 ERIC MEYER
14 TREVOR FAY
15 BILLY ANDERSON 549
16 ERIC RUPE 524
17 THOMAS FERNANDEZ 476
18 ANTHONY WALLACE 333
19 DAMIEN GODET 226
20 BRANDON THOMAS 204
21 CHRIS HAM 203
22 AUSTEN LEE 180
23 MATTHEW BEATTY 124
24 MICHAEL KILPATRICK 113
25 CARL RENOWITSKY 92
26 SEAN MACLASKEY 92
27 CHAD STREET 88
28 MIKE GUL 38
29 JASON CARNES 26
30 KYLE CUSHMAN 20
31 SERGIO PENA 16
32 MARK DECASPER 10
VET PRO
1 JASON CARNES 2941
2 TODD PARRY 2701
3 ERIC RUPE 2420
4 CHAD STREET 2137
5 CHRIS HAM 1935
6 DREW DOWNEY 1142
7 MIKE GUL 1126
8 ZACK ROEBUCK 939
9 PAUL CALDWELL 868
10 BILL MADDEN 842
11 KIYOMI WALLER
12 DAVID BITTNER
13 DARRIN MITCHELL 734
14 ERIC DYER 561
15 MARK MELTON 535
16 TJ JOHNSON 506
17 BOB OGORMAN 353
18 RAY LUSCOMBE 351
19 CODY SMART 349
20 DOMINGOS LAMMOGLIA 316
21 EFRIAM MIRANDA 314
22 RAY HUDSON 285
23 PAUL BROWN 275
24 THOMAS HARPER 236
25 STEVE VELTMAN 232
26 RICK LOWRY 216
27 DARREN SCRIBNER 209
28 CHAD ROBERTS 204
29 MARK NUNLEY 192
30 CARL RENOWITZKY 152
31 DAVID MILLER 146
32 DAVID WRAY 144
33 RYAN BIRK 144
34 GALEN STARLIN 134
35 GEOFREY SSENGOBA 134
36 ED LEESON 115
37 HARRY LEARY 106
38 JOSUE RAMOS 105
39 MICKEY STANLEY 104
40 DARRELL YOUNG 100
41 ALAN FOSTER 98
42 TIM GALLANT 95
43 SHAWN O`GORMAN 91
44 JEFF DEIN 87
45 GRANT HEWLETT 86
46 PIERRE-HENRI SAUZE 82
47 MARK MITCHELL 70
48 MIKE ACOSTA 67
49 DAVID KAPIGIAN 64
50 JOHN CROSSEN 64
51 BRYON VORDERMANN 62
52 MIKE DEPIPPO 60
53 TERRY TENETTE 53
54 ANTHONY WADLEY 46
55 TOM BROWN 44
56 VANN JOHNSON 44
57 JAMES GOLKE 43
58 JIM SEVERT 36
59 MARSHALL LUCAS 36
60 ISRAEL DURAN 31
61 JESSE BURKES 27
62 COLIN STILES 23
63 EDDIE CERONE 23
64 SEAN THOMPSON 23
65 TODD LYONS 18
66 RON SHERIDAN 15
A PRO
101 BRANDON HOPKINS 1182
102 ADAM TREADWELL 1150
103 MIKE WEATHERFORD 1069
104 DUSTIN ARMSTRONG 1039
105 JASON MORRIS 993
106 GABE MORENO 983
107 GEORGE ANDREWS 972
108 SEAN STORMS 794
109 DEREK BERRY 777
110 MATT FAULK 776
111 ALAN HUDSON 770
112 RYAN WHITESIDES 742
113 MICHAEL KAPES 735
114 LANCE MCGUIRE 713
115 ANTHONY WALLACE 704
116 JOSH SMITH 702
117 KARL CLARK 696
118 CHARLES HUNT 695
119 RON SMITH 695
120 BILLY ANDERSON 683
121 ZACHARY BARRON 674
122 SCOTT ERWOOD 668
123 KEVIN JONES 661
124 ADAM SCOTT 658
125 CHRISTOPHER SCHAEFER 618
126 JASON LAREV 596
127 SEAN MACLASKEY 574
128 DAMIAN BISSETT 567
129 JIMMY MONROE 549
130 ZACHARY BEAN 548
131 DONALD GOODWIN 537
132 CLINT DAILY 536
133 LEONARDO GARCIA 529
134 JOEY ALBRIGHT 525
135 JASON SHERRILL 517
136 JUSTIN MCLINTOCK 499
137 FABIAN HERNANDEZ 483
138 PHIL DELIZIA 476
139 PAUL JOHNSON 450
140 BRANDON BROWN 445
141 AARON LEPP 444
142 BOBBY SIANNA 428
143 JASON STEVENS 417
144 DARRELL DAWES 397
145 KYLE WEISENBERGER 386
146 CHRIS KELLER 380
147 DAVID LINDBERG 380
148 JOSH SONTAG 360
149 JUSTIN WIKE 359
150 CLAYTON ANGEL 355
151 JONATHAN JACKSON 353
152 ALEX FOWLER 346
153 SCOTT RODOLF 346
154 WILLIAM GREATHOUSE 345
155 JUSTIN TRAVIS 341
156 JOSH ZIEHL 335
157 BRANDON THOMAS 329
158 MIKE BELL 324
159 JULIAN MARTINEZ 323
160 JEFFERY MILEY 322
161 JOHN ANDREWS 319
162 DEREK LIEGL 317
163 LUKE SPEES 311
164 ROBERT DELANEY 311
165 JOE MCCARTY 298
166 MCKENZIE THRAMER 288
167 NICHOLAS ST LAWRENCE 283
168 TOMMY BELLEW 272
169 JAMES LINNEMAN 270
170 GARRETT NUNES 269
171 OMAR SAWYER 269
172 BOBBY BARNES 254
173 ROBERT BEBOUT 244
174 JD WILLIAMS 243
175 KEVIN HILL 243
176 DEREK SCOTT 242
177 DOMINIC THERRIEN 242
178 BYRON PATTERSON 238
179 ADDISON RHODES 237
180 PATRICK LEBEL 234
181 RYAN NELSON 228
182 SEAN MABIN 228
183 GARRETT ROSH 220
184 JARED MEEK 218
185 MICHAEL GONZALEZ 217
186 WADE WILSON 211
187 THOMAS GAGE 207
188 TYLER TAFOYA 204
189 BRYAN OTTEN 202
190 BRYAN EDWARDS 201
191 CHRIS POWERS 201
192 JOSHUA TAYLOR 191
193 JOE MATHIS 186
194 KOREY TERRY 184
195 EDWARD OLSON 181
196 GUILLERMO OROZCO 178
197 RODRIGO ALARCON 178
198 STEWART HAKE 178
199 STEVE OLDHAM 170
200 TIM DINGER 170
201 CLINT LAMBERT 167
202 JAVIER LARREA 159
203 PERCY OWENS 158
204 CHAD JANSEN 154
205 ALLEN CURRIER 153
206 JASON HERR 151
207 JEREMY LEHNEN 151
208 JONATHAN LAND 149
209 JEREMY KAHT 144
210 NICK POST 141
211 CARL HILLIS 139
212 BRIAN WELCH 134
213 SHANE BLANCHARD 125
214 KYLE MICHELL 122
215 JUSTIN WHEAT 118
216 SHANE KNAPP 115
217 BRAD WOLFE 114
218 BILLY BURGHOUT 113
219 LOREN ENGHOLM 112
220 SAM DEVITA 110
221 JON WELLS 105
222 THOMAS NIELSEN 95
223 CHRISTOPHER BRINKMEYER 94
224 RYAN WENTLAND 94
225 CARL RENOWITZKY 93
226 TONY SPENCER 92
227 JAY EYMER 91
228 MATT VANDERVERE 91
229 RICHIE WALLACE 91
230 MORTEN THERKILDSEN 90
231 DAVID PENA 87
232 JEREMY HUIHUI 87
233 DANIEL GREER 86
234 TROY FENSTER 85
235 WILL MURRAY 85
236 DUSTIN BLACKWELL 84
237 JAKE EMRY 77
238 JASON ST ROMAIN 74
239 TONY MOORE 73
240 AUSTEN LEE 71
241 ANDREW CHURCHWELL 69
242 JEROMEY GIPPETTI 69
243 PAUL STOEPPLER 68
244 JACOB TELLER 66
245 DONN RIEHL 61
246 ROBERT WHIPPLE 59
247 DANNY JOYCE 54
248 KHARIS CORBETT 52
249 TIM GALLANT 52
250 EVAN SMART 50
251 JON HUCKE 49
252 CJ STUART 48
253 ANDY CONTES 47
254 MICHAEL ORLANDO 45
255 GRANT HEWLETT 40
256 MARK MITCHELL 40
257 DEREK TAYLOR 37
258 DAMON RICHARDSON 36
259 CHRIS DREAGER 35
260 DEREK WOODLAND 35
261 DREW DOWNEY 34
262 ZACKARY WHITTEN 34
263 MARK NUNLEY 33
264 BRETT SNYDER 32
265 MICHAEL GENTILCORE 32
266 TJ JOHNSON 32
267 KYLE POTT 29
268 GIL DELGADO 26
269 RYAN MAGIN 26
270 DEAN BUSCH 18
271 KRIS PARK 18
272 DAVID MILLER 15
273 JEREMY GRAVON 15
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