ABAgrands08

KHALEN YOUNG WINS AA TITLE - DOMINIQUE DANIELS WINS GIRL PRO - KENTH FALLEN TAKES VET PRO TITLE

AA Pro - 1 Khalen Young 2 Mike Day 3 David Herman 4 Sam Willoughby 5 Danny Caluag 6 Brian Kirkham 7 Steven Cisar 8 Donny Robinson

Girl Pro - 1 Shanaze Reade 2 Dominique Daniels 3 Stephanie Barragan 4 Lauren Reynolds 5 Terra Nichols 6 Brittany Lounsbury 7 Krystal Hime 8 Courtney Tomei

Pro Cruiser - 1 Barry Nobles 2 Danny Caluag 3 Alan Hudson 4 Matt Baisley 5 Brandon Thomas 6 Billy Anderson 7 Todd Parry 8 Tyler Brown

Vet Pro - 1 Kenth Fallen 2 John Purse 3 Chad Street 4 Tim Dinger 5 Mike Gul 6 Dave Bittner 7 Paul Caldwell 8 Robert Harris

A Pro - 1 Josh Meyers 2 Corey Reid 3 Gavin Lubbe 4 Johnny Woodmansee 5 Masahiro Sampei 6 Logan Collins 7 Mike Larson 8 Jason Jewell

Main Two Update - AA/Khalen Young takes the win! ..... Girl Pro/Reade hits the gate, Dom takes the 1, Shanaze the 2 ..... A Pro/Meyers, Lubbe, Collins ..... Vet/Purse, Street, Fallen

Main One Update - AA/Sam & Mikey go 1/2 ..... Girl Pro/Shanaze Wins Easy ..... Vet/Kenth take 1st Win ..... A Pro/Josh slams gate, can't remember who wins.

AA Pro - Danny Caluag/Lane 3, Khalen Young/5, Steven Cisar/2, Brian Kirkham/7, David Herman/6, Sam Willoughby/4, Mike Day/1, Donny Robinson/8

Girl Pro - Stephanie Barragan/Lane5, Lauren Reynolds/3, Krystal Hime/1, Shanaze Reade/8, Dominique Daniels/6, Courtney tomei/4, Brittany Lounsbury/2, Terra Nichols/7

(ABA #1 Girl Pro, Alise Post's chances to repeat as #1 were dashed as she slid out in her semi, in Turn Two.)

A Pro - Gavin Lubbe/Lane 5, Josh Meyers/3, Michael Larson/1, Jason Jewell/8, Johnny Woodmansee/6, Corey Reid/4, Masahiro Sampei/2, Logan Collins/7

Vet Pro - Chad Street/Lane 7, Tim Dinger/5, Kenth Fallen/3, Mike Gul/1, Dave Bittner/8, John Purse/6, Paul Caldwell/4, Robert Harris/2

Semi One - Steven Cisar - Joey Bradford - Brian Kirkham - Khalen Young - Danny Caluag - Kyle Bennett

Semi Two - Mike Day - Tyler Brown - Donny Robinson - Jeff Upshaw - David Herman - Sam Willoughby

Semi One - Stephanie Barragan, Lauren Reynolds, Alise Post, Krystal Hime, Brittany Bates, Shanaze Reade

Semi Two - Afton Schrimpf, Dominique Daniels, Kim Hayashi, Courtney Tomei, Brittany Lounsbury, Terra Nichols

Semi One – Charles Hunt, Marty Wisehart, Gavin Lubbe, Josh Meyers, Dale Cushman, Michael Henderson, Mike Larson, Jason Jewell

Semi Two – Johnny Woodmansee, Corey Reid, Masahiro Sampei, Sean Storms, Logan Collins, Vance Weisendanger, Matt Tischler, Javier Morales

Semi One – Chad Street, Tim Dinger, Kenth Fallen, Eric Rupe, Mike Gul, Eric Dyer

Semi Two – Dave Bittner, Tommy Board, The Jackal, Paul Caldwell, Robert Harris, Joe McCarty

AA Pro - 1 Sam Willoughby 2 Joey Bradford 3 Danny Caluag 4 Kyle Bennett 5 Mike Day 6 Brian Kirkham 7 Randy Stumpfhauser 8 Cristian Becerine

Girl Pro - 1 Shanaze Reade 2 Dominique Daniels 3 Alise Post 4 Arielle Martin 5 Lauren Reynolds 6 Stephanie Barragan 7 Krystal Hime 8 Terra Nichols

A Pro - 1 Josh Meyers 2 Gavin Lubbe 3 Vance Weisendanger 4 Sean Storms 5 Matt Kelty 6 Logan Collins 7 Johnny Woodmansee 8 Matt Tischler

Vet Pro - 1 John Purse 2 Chad Street 3 Kenth Fallen 4 Tim Dinger 5 Mike Gul 6 Brian Lopes 7 Paul Caldwell 8 Eric Rupe

N.A.G. 5 Boys - 1 Nic Long 2 Jordan Seward 3 Dennison Smith 4 Corben Sharrah 5 Kory Cook 6 K J Romero 7 Connor Fields 8 Lee Lewis

N.A.G. 5 Girls - 1 Taylor Wolcott 2 Brooke Crain 3 Ashley Verhagen 4 Shelbi Long 5 Jazmyne Harvey 6 Tyler Schaffer 7 Meghan Matthews 8 Samantha Brethheim


Josh Meyers on his way to his big A Pro win at the ABA Race Of Champions during the Friday night Pro Spectacular.	Josh has lined up some pretty sweet sponsors for his trip to the Pro Ranks. Troy Lee, Excalibur Racing, Toyota & Subway. Josh promptly celebrated by winning the ROC A Pro Final.	The NAG 5 Challenge winners get a TON of prizes from the ABA for winning. Nic Long is loaded down here with lots of cool stuff from his BIG NAG 5 Boy's win. Pro Ranks next for Nic? You Betcha!	The shirt sez it all!	The ABA awarded BMX Olympian, Jill Kintner a special $5000 award for winning the Bronze Medal in Beijing. They had awarded Mike Day (Silver) and Donny Robinson (Bronze) their checks previously.	Lots of entertainment was provided in between rounds of racing at the Pro Spectacular. Here, Kelly Kelly, lays down some of his world famous BMX Hip Hop anthem, "Holeshot".	ABA President, Clayton John is retiring this year, and the ABA gave him a little going away present. A SWEET 1934 Ford custom hot rod to drive to the golf course! Clayton's been at the ABA since 1981! Congrats, Clayton, it won't be the same without you!

PRO SPECTACULAR RACE PHOTOS

Redline TO SEND Four Olympians to the ABA Grands

Shanaze Reade Makes Debut Appearance At The "Worlds Greatest BMX Race"!

Tens of millions of Olympic fans watched BMX racing make its debut this year as a Medal sport. And of those 48 men and women who made the cut, eight of them were members of the REDLINE GLOBAL force.
And this coming Thanksgiving weekend, four of the infamous Redline Olympians will be making their way to the U.S.A., to race at what all BMXers know as “The Greatest Race on Earth;” The ABA Grands.

The four Olympians heading to Tulsa next week are Italy’s MANUEL DeVECCHI, France’s Olympic main maker DAMIEN GODET, the Netherland’s ROBERT deWILDE and UK’s fastest woman on a BMX bike – SHANAZE READE.

“I am really looking forward to racing at the ABA Grands in Tulsa,” commented UK’s Shanaze Reade, who crashed in the final turn in Beijing, while going for a Gold medal-making move. “This will be my first BMX race since the Olympics, and I plan on showing America what I am made of, and redeem myself after my disappointing result in Beijing.” As the reigning UCi World Champion, Reade was the Gold Medal favorite going in to the Olympics, and will likely be the one all Sports writers are talking about in 2012, when the Games lands in Great Britain.

But that’s not all - the REDLINE pits will also be popping with other Global Team members, such as Japan’s MASA SAMPEI, Canada’s TORY NYHAUG and Redline’s domestic Elite superstars KIM HAYASHI and DENZEL STEIN.

This years’ Grands will be the final race for Arizona’s Kim Hayashi in her familiar red, white and black colors of Team Redline; putting an impressive exclamation point on a nine year sponsorship where she won two ABA National No.1 titles, five-straight NBL No.1 Elite Women championships and one UCi World Champ title.

By contrast, Redline’s Denzel Stein, will be wrapping up his first year of Pro competition – and will find out on Wednesday afternoon if the BMX world voted him “Rookie Pro of the Year” for 2008. Already with two double-A Pro victories notched in his belt, the 17 year old DeSoto, Texas native has just began his BMX journey, with dreams of Olympic qualification in four years. Going in to this weekends’ race, Stein is impressively ranked No.5 in ABA’s Pro standings.

Being the industry leader in selling complete BMX bikes, REDLINE will be hosting their Olympic athletes and Global Team riders in the Factory compound – where autograph-seeking fans, and spectators alike, can meet these dedicated athletes, get a free special edition poster or have their picture taken with them.

Four days of insane BMX racing takes place on Thanksgiving weekend at the Tulsa Expo Center – where thousands of riders, from all across the Globe, gather to see who is truly the BEST in their age classes (from 4 years old to 50 and over).

Wednesday, Nov 26^th at 2pm – Hall of Fame inductions & Golden Crank Awards ceremony.

Thursday, Nov 27^th is all day practice.

Friday, Nov 28^th is the Race of Champions, followed by the spectator-friendly Pro Spectacular Show at 6pm.

Saturday, Nov 29^th kicks off the first two rounds of Qualifying for The Grandnationals.

Sunday, Nov 30^th concludes the eleven month season, with the handing-out of eleven National No.1 titles during the Main events – which start around 4 to 5 pm.

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2008 ABA BMX PRO Spectacular/N.A.G. 5 Challenge Racers Announced!

We all know what this time of year means its ABA BMX Grands time. The ABA Grands is "The Greatest Race on Earth", and this year will be no exception. One of the highlights to the ABA Grands weekend has always been the PRO Spectacular/N.A.G. 5 Challenge. This event pits the best of the best against each other in a special racing format. We take the top riders from across the country and line them up on the gate. For all the top Am`s this race isn`t about N.A.G. points, it`s about bragging rights and an awesome prize list to all who make the main. After the HUGE success in past years ABA is excited at having N.A.G 5 women on the show as a permanent fixture. This will add even more outstanding racing to an already stacked field. The GO211.com crew will be on site, so be sure to catch all the "Live" action on the GO211.com web-cast as well. Good luck to everyone and we`ll see you in Tulsa!

N.A.G. 5 BOYS

Age 15/1 JARED GARCIA 1601 VICTORVILLE, CA ... 2 PAUL WASSENAAR 1582 BELLFLOWER, CA ... 3 BILLY RUSSELL 1582 DESOTO, TX ... 4 AUSTIN LOEBE 1517 DOVER, DE ... 5 JORDAN RYAN 1462 Springfield, Il.

Age 16/1 CONNOR FIELDS 1599 HENDERSON, NV ... 2 K J ROMERO 1564 TUCSON, AZ ... 3 JACOB SHERBNO 1562 ST PETERS, MO ... 4 TORY NYHAUG 1530 COQUITLAM, BC ... 5 CORBEN SHARRAH 1497 TUCSON, AZ

Age 17-18/1 JACOB PEEBLES 1600 CHICO, CA ... 2 SEAN LECHNER 1598 WICHITA, KS ... 3 RILEY STAIR 1540 FOLSOM, CA ... 4 JORDAN SEWARD 1513 ROCKFORD, IL ... 5 KYLE MURPHY 1499 CITRUS HEIGHTS, CA

Age 19-27/1 NIC LONG 1626 LAKESIDE, CA ... 2 KORY COOK 1600 ORANGE, CA ... 3 DENNISON 1574 BETHANY, OK ... 4 LEE LEWIS 1571 CARLSBAD, CA ... 5 THOMAS VALLEJO 1564 BONITA, CA

Age 28-35/1 RASHEEN HICKS 1512 VACAVILLE, CA ... 2 NICK TUTTLE 1497 PERRIS, CA ... 3 ZACH REHDER 1490 NORTHGLENN, CO ... 4 CHRISTOPHER AGARD 1465 ELKRIDGE, MD ... 5 LUKE SEGAL 1450 RAEFORD, NC

Age 36 & over/1 SHAWN DIPRETE 1505 BROCKTON, MA ... 2 JOEL REINOEHL 1489 HENDERSON, NV ... 3 KEITH MCWILLIAMS 1441 ROCKWALL, TX ... 4 BARRY NILSON 1436 MISSION VIEJO, CA ... 5 BOB COOVER 1432 MORAGA, CA

N.A.G. 5 GIRLS

Once again VSI Products has stepped up big time for the N.A.G. 5 Challenge. All N.A.G. 5 Challenge main makers will receive: T.H.E. B1 Jump Helmet, T.H.E. Track Pak Backpack, T.H.E. Bike Stand, T.H.E. Full Face Helmet Bag, T.H.E. Socks!

ABA BMX would like to thank all the 2008 National Series sponsors: American Suzuki-(www.suzukicycles.com ) ... Dan's Comp (www.danscomp.com) ... Jig-A-Loo-(www.jigaloo.com) ... BAWLS Guarana (www.bawls.com) ... Bawlstyle (www.bawlstyle.com) ... Redline Bicycles-(www.redlinebicycles.com) ... FLY Racing-(www.flyracingbmx.com) ... Sponsorhouse-(www.sponsorhouse.com) ... Tangent-(www.tangentproducts.com) ... ABABMXRACERS- (www.ababmxracers.com) ... Intense BMX-(www.intensebmx.com) ... T.H.E. (www.bmxthe.com) ... Fire Magic Premium Grills (www.rhpeterson.com/firemagic/) ... Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex (www.disneysports.com) ... GO211.com (www.go211.com)

Without their support, we couldn't make the 2008 ABA racing season such a huge success. Support the sponsors that support ABA BMX racing.

Lauren Reynolds to Hit up the ABA Grands!

Look for some added excitement in the Girl Pro class at the ABA Grands in Tulsa, Oklahoma over Thanksgiving, as Australian Lady Pro Sensation, Lauren Reynolds makes her debut Girl Pro appearance in America!

Fresh off blasting her way into winning the Senior Elite State Title in Western Australia, Lauren has set her sites on making a name for herself in the good old U.S of A.

This year has been hugely successful for this young Factory GHP/Fly {Aus} rider where her overall UCI Ranking is #1, along with a dominating National Junior Elite #1 Title.

To come and race at the Grands is a Dream come true and Lauren is looking forward to the hard paced challenge.

The word out there is that this Girl Can Fly.

In her latest Title win, Lauren was jumping sections even the Junior Elite boys weren’t jumping.

At this years Adelaide Supercross, many spectators saw her as one of the first and few women to jump the feared first straight, only to miss the main by 1 point.

Please note that this is the pro section that humbled many an Elite Men's rider competing at the Supercross.

Lauren also turned in a sterling Main Event appearance at the UCI BMX World Championships in Taiyuan, China.

Look out for this exciting high flyer at the Grands as she will not only be in the mix but also handing out autographs at the GHP Compund along with the USA GHP Factory riders.

Look out for the flying blonde hair, brilliant smile and that famous Aussie Accent.

Come and say “Gidday Mate”, Lauren is looking forward to meeting everyone.

NATIONAL #1 AA PRO	NATIONAL #1 GIRL PRO	NATIONAL #1 VET PRO	NATIONAL #1 PRO CRUISER	NATIONAL #1 GIRL	NATIONAL #1 BOYS CRUISER	NATIONAL #1 GIRL CRUISER

Khalen Young	Dominique Daniels	Kenth Fallen	Danny Caluag	Jordan Nopens	Corey Cook	Felicia Stancil

SUNDAY, ABA GRANDS PHOTO GALLERY!!!!!