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2009 ABA BMX PRO Standing through Silver Dollar Nationals- Reno, NV. by Shannon Gillette The American Bicycle Association hosted the Silver Dollar Nationals this past weekend, January, 9- 11 in Reno, NV. The weather this year couldn't have been outside the Arena. Temps in the low 50`s during the day made for a most excellent weekend. This HUGE event was 291 motos strong and the event went off without a hitch! The racing at the Silver Dollars event was THE first event of the 2009 season ! ABA BMX stepped it up in the track department and Billy Allen built a very challenging track to kick off the season. This was the first event of the year and Reno in January has turned into the Anaheim 1 SX of BMX racing. All the big sponsor changes, the new uniforms, the new numbers, the new ABA Champions roll into the event center. We had a who`s who of BMX racing in the house. We saw all three Olympic medalist racing, including Olympic Gold Medalist, and Current World Champ, Maris Stromberg make is ABA debut in Reno. We had ABA`s new National #1 PRO Khalen Young in the house with his fresh new #1 plate on as well. It really was a site to see! With all the Olympic hype for BMX racing, the buzz is all around. There`s lots of media on hand and many of the sports top athletes from around the world were on hand to take a shot at getting some much needed points towards the ABA BMX titles. GT`s Joey Bradford looked very impressive in Reno and was leading lots of laps in qualifying. Come main event time Joey should he still had the speed to get the job done. Joey picked up his first AA PRO at the ABA BMX Silver Dollar Nationals and looks to be coming into to his own in 2009 Joey also scored a third on Sunday being the only AA PRO on the weekend to make the podium both days with a super stacked field. Joey also sits in the ABA BMX AA PRO points lead for the first time in his PRO career. GT Bicycles has to be proud of their crew as Olympic Silver medalist, Mikey Day took the win on Sunday and a solid fourth on Saturday just missing the podium on day one. Mike sits third in ABA BMX AA PRO points after the HUGE weekend. Intense/BAWLS rider, Danny C. was solid as ever with a second on Saturday. Danny also nailed down two seconds in ABA BMX PRO Cruiser class for the weekend.. Saturday also saw the return of SE Bikes, Javier Colombo to the ABA BMX PRO podium. Javi rode excellent all day long and was able to bring home a solid third for the weekend. Team USA`s Kyle Bennett looks to be ready to take on his ABA BMX PRO title quest as he was impressive on the weekend. Kyle was second on Sunday and is second in ABA BMX PRO points so that has to make DH.com and the Free Agent crew happy! On the Ladies side we saw lots of new faces in the PRO ranks . Names like Taylor Wolcott, Ashley Verhagen, Brooke Crain, and Canadian Olympian and past ABA BMX National # Lady PRO, Samantha Cools just to name a few. ABA BMX National #1 Lady PRO, Dominique Daniels continued to impress taking home the victory on Saturday. Somebody needs to sponsor this girl quick!! The rest of Saturday`s podium was filled by rookie PRO`s. Ashley Verhagen impressed the fans and brought home second place money, and "Insane" Brooke Crain was a solid third for her PRO debut. Sunday saw Stephanie Barragan really turned some heads in Reno as well. Stephanie picked a very impressive win on Sun day. Not to be out done, "Insane" Brooke Crain finished up with a very impressive second and Dominique Daniels rounded out the podium with a third. The return of some old faces and the new crop of ladies PRO`s the 2009 season looks to be a very, very competitive class. I can hardly wait to see who ends up the champ this year! Pro Cruiser was the Barry Nobles, Danny C. and Tyler Brown show these three battled hard all weekend long leave the Silver Dollar National weekend in a 3-way tie for first in the PRO CRUISER title chase. Clayborn`s Barry Nobles took the win on Saturday with Danny C. in second and Tyler Brown in tow for third. Sunday saw first and third flip flop. Tyler taking the win, Danny C. for second , and Barry Nobles for third. Danny C. has been the man to beat in this class the last few years and it looks like he`ll be right in the thick of the battle again, but It looks like Barry Nobles and Tyler Brown plan on making him earn everything he gets this season. Vet Pro was back in action too! Supercross rider Kenth Fallen, looked very impressive with his new ABA BMX #1 plate on his bike. Kenth showed the class why he`s the man to be right now by taking the top honors both days in Vet PRO. "The Jackal" John Purse made his presents know and was on the podium both days as well. Jackal took a third on Saturday and s second on Sunday. Jackal looks to be taking the class seriously this year and I know he`s hungry for another #1 plate! Saturday also saw MR. Consistency, Chad Street take the second and Sunday saw new Rookie VET PRO, Will Murray bring home a solid third for the day. Will made the trip all the way out from North Carolina for this one so BIG PROPS to him for making the trip out west! Ja$on Carne$ was in the house but is still on the mend from his injuries in 2008. We hope to see the 6-time ABA BMX VET PRO Champ back out on the track real soon! The ABA would like to thank all the participants, families, teams, sponsors, and BMX industry for helping make the Silver Dollar Nationals event such a huge success! Next stop on the ABA BMX Tour will be this weekend at the Sooner Nationals in Guthrie, OK. This will also be the first UCI event for the 2009 season! GO211.com has tons of videos posted from the ABA BMX Silver Dollar National weekend! Check it out at: http://www.go211.com/u/silverdollarnationals2009/ Rider ABA BMX PRO wins after Silver Dollars Nationals – AA PRO Joey Bradford - GT Bicycles Mike Day - GT Bicycles
"Demolition" Dominique Daniels– Intense/Phantom/On-Trac – 1 Stephanie Barragan – 1
Barry Nobles - Clayborn Bikes -1
Tyler Brown - Crupi – 1
Kenth Fallen – Supercross - 2
1 JOEY BRADFORD 471 2 KYLE BENNETT 351 3 MIKE DAY 341 4 DANNY CALUAG 277 5 JAVIER COLOMBO 241 6 KHALEN YOUNG 231 7 JASON ROGERS 197 8 TYLER BROWN 157 9 DONNY ROBINSON 111 10 CRISTIAN BECERINE 107 11 RANDY STUMPFHAUSER 101 12 DAVID HERMAN 97 13 BUBBA HARRIS 87 14 MARC WILLERS 87 15 KYLE CUSHMAN 83 16 MARIS STROMBERGS 83 17 JARRETT KOLICH 81 18 PHIL DELIZIA 81 19 STEVEN CISAR 81 20 TRAVIS OHRAZDA 81 21 DENZEL STEIN 77 22 DEREK BETCHER 77 23 DEREK SIPKOI 77 24 MICHAEL LARSON 77 25 SEAN STORMS 77 26 ALAN HUDSON 71 27 ALEXIS VERGARA 71 28 BARRY NOBLES 71 29 DEAK BROWN 71 30 JOE SOWERS 71 31 KARL CLARK 71 32 KEITH GRINE 71 33 MICHAEL HUGHES 71 34 MICHAEL WEATHERFORD 71 35 MIKE BRABANT 71 36 MIKE MOELLER 36 WOMEN PRO 1 DOMINIQUE DANIELS 426 2 BROOKE CRAIN 386 3 STEPHANIE BARRAGAN 296 4 ASHLEY VERHAGAN 266 5 ALISE POST 226 6 TAYLOR WOLCOTT 226 7 SAMANTHA COOLS 86 8 COURTNEY TOMEI 76 9 AFTON SCHRIMPF 26 10 BRITTANY BATES 26 11 CASSIE BUSHNELL 26 12 CHRISTIAN COSSEY 26 13 TERRA NICHOLS 26 VET PRO 1 KENTH FALLEN 512 2 JOHN PURSE 392 3 CHAD STREET 312 4 DALE HOLMES 272 5 WILL MURRAY 232 6 DAVID BITTNER 152 7 ERIC DYER 82 8 DOMINGOS LAMMOGLIA 62 9 ERIC RUPE 62 10 CODY SMART 42 11 PAUL CALDWELL 42 12 RAY HUDSON 42 13 BILLY ROSS 32 14 PAUL BROWN 32 15 RONALD WILLIAMS 32 16 EFRIAM MIRANDA 17 17 RICK LOWRY 17 PRO CRUISER 1 BARRY NOBLES 418 2 DANNY CALUAG 418 3 TYLER BROWN 418 4 JOE SOWERS 218 5 BILLY ANDERSON 178 6 ADAM TREADWELL 138 7 MATT BAISLEY 58 8 ERIC RUPE 48 11 WILLY SUAREZ 40 12 DOMINGOS LAMMOGLIA 10 A PRO 1 NIC LONG 311 3 COREY REID 251 4 KRISTAPS KONRADS 191 5 JONATHAN WOODMANSEE 176 6 JASON MORRIS 136 7 JORDAN SEWARD 131 8 THOMAS FERNANDEZ 121 9 DALE CUSHMAN 94 10 GAVIN LUBBE 91 11 ADAM TREADWELL 89 12 VANCE WEISENDANGER 89 13 MATT TISCHLER 86 14 JESSE LANGLAND 79 15 JUSTIN MCLINTOCK 79 16 TOMMY BELLEW 79 17 TRAVIS HEALEY 79 18 BILLY ANDERSON 77 19 MATT BAISLEY 77 20 MICHAEL HENDERSON 77 |
