With only TWO PRO SERIES events left plus the ABA GRANDS, many of the sports top athletes were on hand to take a shot at getting some much needed points towards the ABA BMX titles and the brand new Suzuki's that go with them. Another fast Aussie was in the house to take his first AA PRO win. Khalen Young continued to impress and show why he's worthy of his band new Haro ride. Two-Time ABA National #1 Am, David Herman, also left his mark on the AA PRO ranks by picking up the first ever AA PRO win of his career in Reno. David has been all over the podium this year and was due for a big win at any time. The "Hermanator" is one of the new young guns and will be a serious ABA PRO Title threat in very near future. These two new AA PRO winners are #11 and #12 to stand atop the Pro podium in 2007. ABA BMX has had an unbelievable 12 different AA Pro winners this season which tops the 2006 record of 9 AA Pro winners. That just goes to show how DEEP the talent pool is at ABA BMX Pro Series events!
On the Ladies side Terra Nichols did Chuck and the gang proud. She picked up two wins on the weekend and moved ever so closer to Alise Post and the ABA PRO Ladies title. Terra has won her fair share of ABA Girl Am. Titles and is a serious contender to take the PRO Title at this years ABA Grands!
Pro Cruiser saw Pauly Lange take the big wins both days. This makes three wins in-a-row for Pauly and he has gained some serious ground on Danny C. for the ABA PRO Cruiser Title. Pauly has been so close before he could taste it, he seems to be more focused then ever on winning it all at this years ABA Grands!
Vet Pro saw the debut of Dale Holmes to the class. Dale been racing mountain bikes and decided to knock the dust off the 'ol BMX bike and see if he still has what it takes. Dale took the big Vet PRO win on Saturday and finished a strong second on Sunday. Phantom-On-Trac's Chad Street stepped it up and took his third win of the year on Sunday. Chad is a solid rider that is always in the hunt for the win. Chad's win moves him up to 2nd in the points and right up to the heels of C-Money's. Will Texas finish up the year #1 and #2 in the Vet PRO class? I guess we'll have to wait and see!
The ABA would like to thank all the participants, families, teams, sponsors, and BMX industry for helping make the Reno, NV. event such a huge success!
Rider ABA BMX PRO wins after Black Jack Nationals –
AA PRO
Danny "Easy Money" Caluag – Intense/Socko – 7
Randy Stumpfhauser -GT Bicycles -5
Cristian Becerine – Free Agent – 2
Kyle Bennett – Free Agent – 2
Derek Betcher – Haro - 2
Mike Brabant – Unbound/Intense - 1
Mike Day – GT Bicycles - 1
Javier Colombo -- SE Bikes/No Wimps - 1
Jarrett Kolich – Avent/Bombshell – 1
Donny Robinson – Formula/Monster/HP – 1
Khalen Young – Haro - 1
David Herman – Answer/Anarchy - 1
Woman’s PRO
Alise "The Beast" Post – Formula/Monster – 11
Krystal Hime – Supercross/O’neal – 5
Terra Nichols - Intense/Phantom/On-Trac - 4
Kayle Gaddis -- Bizarro - 2
Arielle Martin – Action Sports Depot - 1
PRO CRUISER
Danny "Easy Money" Caluag – Intense/Socko – 9
Paul Lange – Felt Bicycles – 6
Kenth Fallen – Supercross BMX – 4
Tyler Brown - Avent/Bombshell - 3
Jeff Upshaw -- Kuwahara - 2
VET PRO
Jason Carnes – Redline bikes – 8
John Whipperman – Redman/ Yamaha Waverunner - 6
Todd Parry – Socko Energy drink -3
Chad Street – Intense/ Phantom/On-Trac – 3
Greg Romero – Sun Bru – 2
Jason Silva – Unbound/Intense – 1
Dale Holmes – Free Agent - 1
2007 Pro Standing through Black Jack Nationals -
AA PRO
1 DANNY CALUAG 2485
2 RANDY STUMPFHAUSER 2280
3 BUBBA HARRIS 1730
4 DEREK BETCHER 1529
5 MIKE BRABANT 1389
6 DAVID HERMAN 1327
7 CRISTIAN BECERINE 1287
8 DONNY ROBINSON 1264
9 JARRETT KOLICH 1229
10 KYLE BENNETT 1132
11 JAVIER COLOMBO 1130
12 STEVEN CISAR 1071
13 KHALEN YOUNG 822
14 KYLE CUSHMAN 792
15 MIKE MOELLER 768
16 PAUL LANGE 759
17 MIKE DAY 643
18 KENTH FALLEN 604
19 BRANDON MEADOWS 585
20 NATE BERKHEIMER 469
21 JASON ROGERS 456
22 TYLER BROWN 429
23 DAMIAN LOPEZ 399
24 AARON JOHNSON 396
25 JOEY BERTHIAUME 381
26 CHRIS BURKE 335
27 JOSH OIE 307
28 WARWICK STEVENSON 297
29 MICHAEL HUGHES 295
30 DUSTIN ARMSTRONG 282
31 KAMA KAZI 281
32 THOMAS FERNANDEZ 260
33 JASON RICHARDSON 258
34 AKIFUMI SAKAMOTO 245
35 ALEXIS VERGARA 207
36 MICHAEL FENWICK 194
37 BILLY JOLLIFFE 165
38 BRANDON HOPKINS 142
39 GABE MORENO 133
40 TREVOR FAY 122
41 BARRY NOBLES 117
42 BILLY ANDERSON 104
43 MICHAL PROKOP 91
44 JOE SZUREK 85
45 JAMIE GRAY 71
46 MARC WILLERS 71
47 ARNAUD DUBOIS 68
48 LUKE MADILL 68
49 MICAEL CESAR 68
50 KYLE WEISENBERGER 61
51 JEFF UPSHAW 38
PRO CRUISER
1 DANNY CALUAG 2438
2 PAUL LANGE 2289
3 KENTH FALLEN 2160
4 TYLER BROWN 1531
5 JASON CARNES 1351
6 BILLY ANDERSON 1133
7 THOMAS FERNANDEZ 1117
8 JEFF UPSHAW 1113
9 ERIC RUPE 907
10 NATE BERKHEIMER 867
11 JOE SOWERS 689
12 MIKE GUL 539
13 BOB O`GORMAN 508
14 ADAM SCOTT 465
15 DAMIAN LOPEZ 420
16 ADAM TREADWELL 404
17 TREVOR FAY 392
18 MICHAEL HUGHES 207
19 CARL RENOWITSKY 200
20 CHRIS JONES 186
21 ANTHONY WALLACE 168
22 AUSTEN LEE 153
23 KARL CLARK 130
24 MARK DECASPER 112
25 JIM LENNON 37
WOMEN PRO
1 ALISE POST 2487
2 TERRA NICHOLS 2071
3 STEPHANIE BARRAGAN 1850
4 AFTON SCHRIMPF 1753
5 KRYSTAL HIME 1405
6 ERIKA SHORT 1127
7 TONI RUDE 909
8 BRITTANY BATES 800
9 KIMBERLY HAYASHI 718
10 CASSIE BUSHNELL 590
11 JODI ENGLAND 570
12 MICHELLE GUTHRIE 543
13 COURTNEY TOMEI 541
14 KAYLA GADDIS 491
15 ARIELLE MARTIN 490
16 HANNAH HUVARD 458
17 ANNA APPLEBY 339
18 CARLEY YOUNG 331
19 STEPHANIE HIGGINS 300
20 AMANDA GEVING 294
21 ZIGGY CALLAN 285
22 MELISSA MANKOWSKI 273
23 BRITTANY LOUNSBURY 222
24 TANYA BAILEY 213
25 CHRISTINE WHEELER 211
26 MISSY HARTLEY 205
27 JESSICA CARTWRIGHT 166
28 CAROLINE BUCHANAN 163
29 NICOLE CALLISTRO 153
30 KATIE WEST 70
31 CHRISTIAN COSSEY 57
32 SAMANTA COOLS 43
33 KASEY MARTIN 33
34 SARA BERTA 23
VET PRO
1 JASON CARNES 2490
2 CHAD STREET 2294
3 TODD PARRY 2239
4 JOHN WHIPPERMAN 2053
5 JASON SILVA 1821
6 ERIC RUPE 1098
7 MIKE GUL 1034
8 GREG ROMERO 1032
9 DREW DOWNEY 918
10 CHRIS HAM 730
11 TIM DINGER 521
12 DALE HOLMES 480
13 DAVID BITTNER 477
14 SHAWN O`GORMAN 430
15 TJ JOHNSON 407
16 RICK LOWRY 373
17 ZACK ROEBUCK 331
18 RAY LUSCOMBE 302
19 EFRIAM MIRANDA 286
20 RAY HUDSON 279
21 PAUL CALDWELL 244
22 TED BROWN 242
23 ROBERT HARRIS 232
24 BOB OGORMAN 228
25 DARRIN MITCHELL 225
26 RONALD WILLIAMS 223
27 MARK NUNLEY 215
28 CARL RENOWITZKY 200
29 RYAN BIRK 187
30 DAVID MILLER 180
31 TERRY TENETTE 163
32 CODY SMART 147
33 PAUL BROWN 137
34 ERIC DYER 134
35 DONALD TAYLOR 127
36 BILL MADDEN 121
37 DOMINGOS LAMMOGLIA 107
38 BILLY ROSS 104
39 ANTHONY BYRD 102
40 TURNELL HENRY 92
41 MIKE ACOSTA 85
42 DAVID KAPIGIAN 77
43 ED LEESON 67
44 ANTHONY WADLEY 60
45 TIM GALLANT 57
46 PIERRE-HENRI SAUZE 54
47 KIYOMI WALLER 53
48 JAMES GOLKE 47
49 JOHN NESLAND 47
50 NATHAN SHAFFER 47
51 YUICHI TOGAWA 47
52 GRANT HEWLETT 43
53 JERRY VANDERPOOL 43
54 JASON HALVERSON 40
55 DAVID WRAY 38
56 JESSE BURKES 30
57 TOM DARDINI 30
58 CAMERON DAVIS 26
59 GREG DAYS 24
60 JEFF NICKEL 23
A PRO
1 ALAN HUDSON 1025
2 JASON MORRIS 929
3 JOEY BRADFORD 911
4 JUSTIN MCLINTOCK 806
5 WARREN MCDOW 791
6 PHIL DELIZIA 753
7 NICK GOERTZEN 706
8 JOSH SMITH 669
9 KARL CLARK 650
10 EVAN STEINBERG 647
11 JASON EGBERT 641
12 MIKE MCGONIGLE 618
13 SHANE BANKS 605
14 DOMINIC THERRIEN 582
15 WILL MURRAY 529
16 TRAVIS POSTANY 513
17 JASON SHERRILL 487
18 SEAN MACLASKEY 482
19 JASON LAREV 481
20 LEONARDO GARCIA 473
21 JOSH ZIEHL 472
22 MICHAEL KAPES 463
23 DANIEL MAZUTI 444
24 FABIAN HERNANDEZ 398
25 PERCY OWENS 389
26 ANTHONY WALLACE 370
27 DEREK LIEGL 365
28 JASON BENNETT 364
29 JESSE LANGLAND 361
30 SCOTT ERWOOD 357
31 MICHAEL GONZALEZ 356
32 ADAM SCOTT 354
33 SAM DEVITA 339
34 CHRISTOPHER SCHAEFER 332
35 JIMMY MONROE 332
36 MATTHEW FIGONE 328
37 AUSTEN LEE 326
38 DUSTIN BLACKWELL 324
39 CHRIS JONES 315
40 ALEX FOWLER 309
41 ZACHARY BARRON 306
42 JUSTIN WIKE 303
43 MATT FAULK 299
44 PATRICK LEBEL 297
45 CLINT DAILY 288
46 JON MILLER 282
47 LUKE SPEES 266
48 TOMMY BELLEW 265
49 OMAR SAWYER 261
50 JIM BROWN 257
51 JOEY ALBRIGHT 250
52 ANDRE ELLISON 247
53 RON SMITH 246
54 GARRETT NUNES 237
55 ANDREW CHURCHWELL 226
56 BRYAN OTTEN 225
57 JUSTIN RAMSEY 222
58 ADAM TREADWELL 219
59 GARRET WOODS 219
60 JULIAN MARTINEZ 218
61 LANCE MCGUIRE 205
62 JOSH CALLAN 190
63 JOEY DAVIDSON 189
64 JOHN WHIPPERMAN 189
65 KYLE BIAGI 186
66 ROBERTO OCHOA 185
67 TAKURO NISHIOKA 185
68 CHAD JANSEN 178
69 JD WILLIAMS 176
70 MICHAEL RIESE 176
71 JOEL KUGENER 174
72 LEEANGELO VALENCIA 172
73 MICHAEL MURPHY 171
74 JASON STEVENS 164
75 BOBBY STEWART 162
76 NICK SLINGLUFF 162
77 ROBERT WHIPPLE 162
78 JASON HATCHER 160
79 KEVIN JONES 157
80 RONNIE WILLIAMS 157
81 GIL DELGADO 155
82 DEREK BERRY 154
83 BRANDON BROWN 152
84 GUSTAVO CHIARA 151
85 BRANTLEY WIGINTON 141
86 DEREK SCOTT 139
87 ALLEN CURRIER 136
88 JACOB TELLER 135
89 KEVIN HILL 135
90 JAMES CARTER 134
91 KOREY TERRY 132
92 MATTHEW BEATTY 132
93 WADE WILSON 132
94 WARD PATEMAN 132
95 ANDRES HOLGUIN 118
96 MISCHA PARTRIDGE 118
97 JOSHUA WEBB 113
98 DAN MAIER 111
99 DYLAN CLARK 109
100 JOHN ANDREWS 109
101 CHRISTOPHER WESTWOOD 108
102 MATT WILLOUGHBY 108
103 MURGAT GUILLAVME 108
104 STEVE JANSSEN 108
105 STEWART HAKE 108
106 CLAYTON ANGEL 107
107 MIKE BELL 107
108 ASHLEY MCCUTCHEON 106
109 RODRIGO ALARCON 106
110 FREDERIC RELLO 103
111 JOSH SONTAG 100
112 MATTHEW DAVIES 100
113 TYLER TAFOYA 100
114 BYRON PATTERSON 99
115 MICHAEL LUNDY 99
116 JOE MCCARTY 97
117 JUSTIN WHEAT 94
118 ROBERT DELANEY 93
119 GARRETT JONES 92
120 EDWARD OLSON 91
121 TIM GALLANT 91
122 DAVID LINDBERG 88
123 JOE MATHIS 88
124 KEITH MATTHEWS 86
125 TIM KNAPP 86
126 JONATHAN JACKSON 85
127 ARTURO CARRASQUERO 84
128 JASON HERR 82
129 CHRISTOPHER PIXLEY 81
130 ANDERS GRONSUND 80
131 JOSHUA MAUPIN 78
132 HOWARD JOHNSON 77
133 DWIGHT HENRY 73
134 JARED MEEK 73
135 JASSAN MICHAELSON 73
136 JOSE REYES 73
137 JORDAN DAHME 72
138 JEROMEY GIPPETTI 71
139 JOEY BACKUS 67
140 GARRETT ROSH 65
141 TAD JOHNSON 65
142 CLINTON DALE 64
143 JUSTIN TRAVIS 61
144 MATT VANDERVERE 57
145 CAMERON ALTIZER 56
146 FRANK HOSKINS 56
147 JEREMY KAHT 56
148 LARRY DARDINI 56
149 PAULO JOSE CESAR 56
150 RICHIE WALLACE 56
151 TYLER FAORO 56
152 ADDISON RHODES 54
153 JONATHAN LAND 54
154 KYLE MICHELL 54
155 TROY FENSTER 54
156 THOMAS GAGE 53
157 NICHOLAS ST LAWRENCE 52
158 MANUEL TANGARIFE 51
159 RYAN MAGIN 51
160 BOBBY BARNES 49
161 JAKE EMRY 49
162 JEREMY GRAVON 49
163 JON HUCKE 49
164 JOSHUA TAYLOR 48
165 CORY CRONIN 46
166 CHRIS KELLER 37
167 DEREK WOODLAND 37
168 KHARIS CORBETT 37
169 BILLY BURGHOUT 34
170 BO SEAMON 32
171 LINAS DAUJOTAS 32
172 ROBERT HOWE 32
173 DAVID MULLIN 31
174 DEREK JOHNSON 31
175 JAVIER LARREA 31
176 ZACH SMELKO 31
177 JEFFERY MILEY 30
178 JAMES CARTWRIGHT 27
179 JASON CHUMLEY 26
180 JON RIEB 26
181 MICHAEL GENTILCORE 25
182 BRETT SNYER 17
183 STOSH DAWEJKO 17
184 DOMINGO CALO 15
185 GUILLERMO OROZCO 15
186 JUSTIN BRUNNER 15
187 NICK POST 15
The American Bicycle Association hosted the Black Nationals Nationals this past weekend, August 31 - September 2, in Reno, NV. The summer Reno is always one the top races of the year for the fans. Being an indoor event the climate was great, the Factory Team areas were packed, and the track was great and smooth as glass! The racing at the Black Jack was awesome to say the least. 
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