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The racing at the Sooner National event was second to none! ABA BMX stepped it up in the track department and Billy Allen built a very challenging track to kick off the second event of the season. This was the second PRO Series event of the year and Guthrie has become one of the PRO Riders favorite stops on the tour. Guthrie has some of the best dirt in the country, the Lazy E. Arena is HUGE and there is always some sweet PRO section jumps added into the PRO mix and there was lots of air time to be had for TV and fans! With 2009 being the debut of UCI Continental events with ABA 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 UCI ranking and ABA BMX titles. The first UCI event of the 2009 season seemed to be the Mike Day , Kyle Bennett , and Khalen Young show! Day one saw 2008 Olympic Silver medalist, Mike Day take the big win and 1st place UCI points for himself andf the USA. Mikey has often been referred to as a UCI Supercross specialist, but after his performances in both Reno and Guthrie he`s fastly showing the fans, media, and industry he`s a specialist at what ever track he`s riding. USAC National BMX Champ, Kyle Bennett kept Mike honest with a solid 2nd place UCI points for the USA. Kyle looked very strong all weekend long! ABA BMX National #1 PRO, Khalen Young is always a threat for a win. Khalen stayed consistent all day long and nailed down a respectable 3rd place for the UCI Continental event. Khalen is stoked on his new ABA BMX #1 PRO title and is ready to take his shot at going Back-to-Back on another one. Day two was all about ABA BMX PRO pints for everyone. Kyle Bennett sits in the points lead after Guthrie and has his sights set his first ABA BMX PRO title. Guthrie puts him one step closer to his goal after his win on Sunday.This was his first AA PRO win of the season for the Free Agent World team. This should get him lots of play over on the DaleHolmes.com. GT`s Mike Day held down the 2nd place spot on Sunday. One of the weekend sponsors, Hyper Bicycles had their rider Donny Robinson round out the podium with a 3rd.for the day. That puts all three riders from Team USA in the Olympics on the ABA BMX podium on Sunday! On the Ladies side once again mutli-time ABA BMX Champion, Alise Post and Dominique battled out hard. Alise Post has been getting use to here new ride with Redline Bicycles and has been doing Gork and the Redline crew proud. She`s been making some great moves on the track and jumping like nobodies business. After placing 2nd on both the UCI day and the ABA BMX PRO day, Alise will be up for the ABA BMX PRO title once again guaranteed. ABA BMX National #1 PRO lady , Dominique Daniels continued to impress taking home the victory on both days. Dominique looks to be on track to defend her title, but there are several women that are looking to take it away from her. Stephanie Barragan really turned some heads again in Guthrie. Stephanie picked up a very solid 3rd on Saturday`s UCI day. GT Bicycles had a surprise for the ladies in Guthrie. GT picked up Utah`s own Arielle Martin and should be every happy with her performance. Arielle scored a 3rd on Sunday and earned some much needed ABA BMX PRO points. Give Arielle a little more time to get use to her new ride and she should be back on top the podium in no time The new crop of ladies PRO`s looks to be a great addition to the class. I can hardly wait to see who ends up the champ this year! Vet Pro was a heck of a show in Guthrie. Can you say THE JACKAL is BACK! John Purse was on fire in Guthrie. Jackal nailed down the win both days and looked to be back in form cleaning the PRO section every time with ease. John`s won the ABA BMX PRO Title before and knows what it takes to get it done! Current ABA BMX National #1 VET PRO, Kenth Fallen continued to show he`s the "Real Deal" in Guthrie. Kenth picked up solid 2nd`s win both days and now holds the points lead for the season. "Coach G" Greg Romero made his presents known this weekend. Greg was on the box both days with impressive 3rds. Greg took some time away from his racing to work with Mike Day and his Olympic quest. Greg`s back on the track and plans on making it out more events in 2009. If so, Coach G will be right in the thick of things come ABA BMX GRANDS time! Things are only going to get tougher for this class. It`s starting to look more and more like the AA PRO class of the 90`s out there. I for one am pumped to see all the guys back out on the track! GO211.com has tons of videos posted from the ABA BMX Sooner Dollar National weekend! Check it out at: http://www.go211.com/u/soonernationals2009/ <http://www.go211.com/u/soonernationals2009/> The ABA would like to thank all the participants, families, teams, sponsors, and BMX industry for helping make the Guthrie, OK. event such a huge success! Rider ABA BMX PRO wins after Sooner Dollars Nationals – AA PRO Joey Bradford - GT Bicycles - 1 Mike Day – GT Bicycles – 1 Kyle Bennett – Free Agent - 1 Woman’s PRO Dominique Daniels – 3 Stephanie Barragan – 1 PRO CRUISER Barry Nobles – Clayborn Bicycles - 1 Tyler Brown - Crupi – 1 Danny Caluag – BAWLS/Intense - 1 VET PRO Kenth Fallen – Supercross - 2 John Purse – GHP - 2 2009 Pro Standing through Sooner Nationals AA PRO 1 KYLE BENNETT 614 2 MIKE DAY 564 3 JOEY BRADFORD 494 4 KHALEN YOUNG 374 5 DANNY CALUAG 300 6 DONNY ROBINSON 294 7 JAVIER COLOMBO 241 8 JASON ROGERS 230 9 CRISTIAN BECERINE 210 10 TYLER BROWN 210 11 JARRETT KOLICH 144 12 RANDY STUMPFHAUSER 134 13 STEVEN CISAR 124 14 DAVID HERMAN 120 15 MARC WILLERS 120 16 DENZEL STEIN 110 17 TRAVIS OHRAZDA 104 18 DEREK SIPKOI 100 19 BARRY NOBLES 94 20 KARL CLARK 94 21 MIKE BRABANT 94 22 BUBBA HARRIS 87 23 KYLE CUSHMAN 83 24 MARIS STROMBERGS 83 25 PHIL DELIZIA 81 26 DEREK BETCHER 77 27 MICHAEL LARSON 77 28 SEAN STORMS 77 29 ALAN HUDSON 71 30 ALEXIS VERGARA 71 31 DEAK BROWN 71 32 JOE SOWERS 71 33 KEITH GRINE 71 34 MICHAEL HUGHES 71 35 MICHAEL WEATHERFORD 71 36 MIKE MOELLER 36 37 JEFF UPSHAW 23 38 JOSH SMITH 23 39 YVAN LAPRAZ 23 WOMEN PRO 1 DOMINIQUE DANIELS 674 2 ALISE POST 434 3 BROOKE CRAIN 424 4 STEPHANIE BARRAGAN 344 5 ASHLEY VERHAGAN 266 6 TAYLOR WOLCOTT 226 7 ARIELLE MARTIN 168 8 KRYSTAL HIME 128 9 SAMANTHA COOLS 86 10 COURTNEY TOMEI 76 11 DANIELE BRISSON 38 12 MISSY HARTLEY 28 13 AFTON SCHRIMPF 26 14 BRITTANY BATES 26 15 CASSIE BUSHNELL 26 16 CHRISTIAN COSSEY 26 17 TERRA NICHOLS 26 PRO CRUISER 1 DANNY CALUAG 666 2 TYLER BROWN 626 3 BARRY NOBLES 586 4 JOE SOWERS 218 5 ADAM TREADWELL 186 6 MATT BAISLEY 186 7 BILLY ANDERSON 178 8 ERIC RUPE 136 11 WILLY SUAREZ 40 12 KENTH FALLEN 38 13 EDWARD OLSON 28 14 DOMINGOS LAMMOGLIA 10 VET PRO 1 KENTH FALLEN 937 2 JOHN PURSE 897 3 CHAD STREET 577 4 GREG ROMERO 345 5 DALE HOLMES 272 6 ERIC RUPE 247 7 DAVID BITTNER 152 8 DOUG CROWELL 95 9 ROBERT HARRIS 85 10 ERIC DYER 82 11 BILLY ROSS 77 12 DOMINGOS LAMMOGLIA 62 13 PAUL BROWN 57 14 JEREMIAH OLIVER 55 15 PAUL CALDWELL 55 16 CODY SMART 42 17 RAY HUDSON 42 18 RONALD WILLIAMS 32 19 DREW DOWNEY 25 20 JOE MCCARTY 25 21 EFRIAM MIRANDA 17 22 RICK LOWRY 17 A PRO 1 NIC LONG 407 3 COREY REID 387 4 JONATHAN WOODMANSEE 207 5 THOMAS FERNANDEZ 197 6 KRISTAPS KONRADS 191 7 JORDAN SEWARD 167 8 JASON MORRIS 136 9 JOSH MEYERS 116 10 ADAM TREADWELL 105 11 DALE CUSHMAN 94 12 MATT BAISLEY 93 13 GAVIN LUBBE 91 14 VANCE WEISENDANGER 89 15 MATT TISCHLER 86 16 JESSE LANGLAND 79 17 JUSTIN MCLINTOCK 79 18 TOMMY BELLEW 79 19 TRAVIS HEALEY 79 20 BILLY ANDERSON 77 |
