being largest ABA National event ever held in Florida with 184 motos and well over 1,136 participants, and then Sundays event was 172 motos with over 1,000 participant respectively. With BMX racing entering the World Stage at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China, the ABA BMX Fall Nationals and Disney Cup event drew international riders from around the world. Riders from New Zealand, Costa Rica, Mexico, South Africa, Chile, Canada, Japan, Argentina, and the South America. The vast attendance by US and International riders earned the event the lots of local media coverage around the Orlando and area. Disney is working with several of their media partners at this time about the event as well, but the impact of that is yet to be determined.
Executives from Disney were on hand to witness the event first hand and were pleased to say the least. Disney representatives were very excited and said the event exceeded their expectations. go211 was on hand to bring all the "LIVE" action to the fans via web-casting the great event all around the world.
The Disney's Wild World of Sports Complex and the Pop Century Hotel was just the place to host this event, with the event being located just around the corner from the Magic Kingdom it allowed participants and family members the opportunity to see everything Disney World has to offer. The Pop Century Hotel also played a major role in exposing the sport to the general public as well, with big signs out on the road ways flashing ABA BMX Fall Nationals and event posters through out the Hotel drew in spectators that otherwise would have never been exposed to the sport.
Now here's a look at the ABA BMX Disney Cup Champions for the weekend.
2007 Inaugural Disney Cup Winners:
5 & Under Boys
DAVID FREEMAN
6 Boys
BRANDON BRAZIL
7 Boys
CHANCE GLISSMEYER
8 Boys
DODGE MUNSON
9 Boys
JUSTIN RICHMOND
10 Boys
RILEY BIERBACH
11 Boys
JEAN PAUL QUINTERO
12 Boys
LAIN VAN OGLE
13 Boys
RUSTY NESVIG
14 Boys
JARED GARCIA
15 Boys
CONNOR FIELDS
16 Boys
DENZEL STEIN
17 - 18 Boys
NIC LONG
19 - 27 Boys
JOSHUA MEYERS
28 - 35 Boys
BENEDITO RODRIQUES JUNIOR
36 & Over Boys
SHAWN DIPRETE
10 & Under Girls Cruiser
KELSEY VAN OGLE
11 - 13 Girls Cruiser
LAUREN WHISLER
14 - 16 Girls Cruiser
DOMINIQUE DANIELS
17 - 20 Girls Cruiser
ERIN MOORE
21 - 25 Girls Cruiser
LISA CHULO
26 - 30 Girls Cruiser
ANNE EIRING
31 - 35 Girls Cruiser
LATAUNA NORTON
36 - 40 Girls Cruiser
PATRICIA GONZALES
41 - 45 Girls Cruiser
DANETTE STRINGFELLOW
46 & Over Girls Cruiser
PEGGY MILLER
9 & Under Cruiser
CHRISTOPHER BLEVINS
10 Cruiser
RILEY BIERBACH
11 Cruiser
DAKOTA SENGER
12 Cruiser
CAMERON LOWERY
13 Cruiser
JORDAN MIRANDA
14 Cruiser
BRADY MCPHERSON
15 Cruiser
KALVIN DAVIS
16 Cruiser
BLAKE CARNEY
17 - 20 Cruiser
JOSHUA MEYERS
21 - 25 Cruiser
NICHOLAS VALENCIA
26 - 30 Cruiser
GEREMY JONES
31 - 35 Cruiser
JAYSON LINDSAY
36 - 40 Cruiser
RON LUCAS
41 - 45 Cruiser
LARRY MIYAMOTO
46 - 50 Cruiser
DAVID MACLASKEY
51 - 55 Cruiser
JOHNNY BROWN
56 & Over Cruiser
JIM HORNBECK
5 & Under Girls
CHLOE MERCED
6 Girls
ASHLYNN STRANDBERG
7 Girls
JORDAN WRIGHT
8 Girls
CHELSEA LEDBETTER
9 Girls
KYLIE ULERY
10 Girls
BAILEE ENLOW
11 Girls
KRISTEN LONG
12 Girls
SHAYONA GLYNN
13 Girls
DANI GEORGE
14 Girls
DOMINIQUE DANIELS
15 Girls
KRISTIN HOKIT
16 Girls
SHELBI LONG
17 - 27 Girls
DARCI WILLIAMS
28 & Over Girls
PEGGY MILLER
2007 Inaugural Disney Cup TEAM Winners:
-Factory Team - Intense/Phantom On-Trac
-Bike Shop Team - Intense Racing
-Trophy Team - BMX Rush
The ABA would like to thank all the participants, families, teams, sponsors, and BMX industry for helping make the ABA BMX Fall Nationals and Disney Cup event such a huge success!
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