The American Bicycle Association hosted the SO. CAL. Nationals this past weekend, February, 6-8 in Lake Perris, CA. This weekend was a test to see who the hard-core BMX racer were. Mother nature threw us curve was some rain, wind, mud, and cooler temps for the weekend. But, that didn`t stop the BMX faithfull. The riders, families, fans, and industry still showed up in full force to an amazing 221 motos! Thanks to the efforts of the Lake Perris BMX crew and the weather savvy ABA BMX national crew the show would go on! The racing at the SO. CAL National event was INTENSE to say the least! A stacked international field in the AA PRO - Elite ranks was just INSANE! There have been record turn outs in the premier class this season and the fans, industry and media are just lovin it!
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 was ruled by GT`s Mike Day. The second UCI event of 2009 would be ruled by GT`s Joey Bradford. Joey`s got to be THE most improved AA PRO/Elite for this season picking up his first AA PRO win in Reno and now picking up his first UCI Elite in Lake Perris. Coming in a very, very close 2nd to Joey Bradford was current UCI World Champion and 2008 Olympic GOLD medalist Maris Strombergs. Maris is settling in to his new Free Agent ride and seems to be adapting well to the racing here in the USA. To round out the UCI podium for the day would be MR. CONSISTANT himself, GHP`s Randy Stumphfhauser. Randy`s always a threat to win at any event he attends and he`s one of THE most professional guys out there!
JR. Elite would be owned once again by Redline`s Denzel Stein. Denzel has been the man to beat in this class thus far this year. Free Agent`s new wonder kid, Connor Fields rode a solid race and finished 2nd and back from injury for the 2009 season, Redman`s own Corben Sharrah continues to impress the fans with a respectable third.
Elite Women went down like this, ABA National #1 Ladies PRO, Dominique Daniels keeps her streak alive and makes it two in a row for the top UCI podium spot. Second went to GT`s Arielle Martin. Arielle was fresh off the JR. Development camp down at the Olympic training center in Chula Vista, CA. and it looks to have paid off for her. She`s been getting use to her new GT ride and she`s been representing the GT brand very well both on and off the track. Third went to Stephanie Barragan. Stephanie`s always a solid podium contender and can never be counted out for the win!
ABA BMX PRO points day one saw 2008 Olympic Silver medalist, Mike Day take his second win of the ABA BMX season. With this win Mike steps into the ABA BMX PRO points lead for the first time in his PRO career. Mike proved to the fans that he`s a MUDDER for sure! Clayborn`s, Barry Nobles kept Mike in check with a solid 2nd place finish. Barry had a rough January on the race scene, but he looks to have his old "Alabama Slamma" swagger back in February. The third place podium spot went to Answer`s favorite son, Travis "The Rock" Ohrazda. This was Travis`s first ever AA PRO podium in his young career and I can tell from the way he`s been riding this season it won`t be his last. Travis shocked a lot of big names in Lake Perris and he`s definitely a rider that`s on the BMX radar from here on out.
On the Ladies side once again defending Champ, Dominique Daniels took the top honors in the class. A very impressive second went to Clayborn Bikes "Insane" Brooke Crain. Brooke`s been a rookie PRO sensation this season and now sitting number two in the PRO Ladies points. Third went to Stephanie Barragan once again. Stephanie looks to be a rider we can expect on the box at each ABA BMX event this season. There`s new crop of ladies PRO`s this season looks to be a great addition to the class. They have really help to elevate the ladies racing thus far.I can hardly wait to see who ends up the champ this year!
Vet Pro was stacked as well. The VET PRO class has become a who`s who in BMX titles of the past. Names like John Purse, Dale Holmes, Greg Romero, Jason Carnes, Kenth Fallen, Eric Rupe, and so on , and so on. It really is a exciting class to watch. GHP`s John "The Jackal" Purse nailed down the win on day one taking his win streak to 3-in-a-row. But Free Agent`s Dale Holmes broke the streak on Day two by taking the win. Both Jackal and Dale traded out first and seconds for both days. That left the third spot open on the podium for Utah`s own Todd "TP" Parry. Todd`s jumped back in the VET PRO Class after a year of battling out out with the A PRO`s at 40 years old. Todd`s 41 and riding a GHP for his home city of American Fork, Utah. Day two saw "Coach G" Greg Romero back on the podium. Coach G`s been making it out to more events this season and looks to be making his presents known. If Coach G get`s his mind set he just might bring home the 2009 ABA BMX VET PRO title. 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 hear rumors of a few other ex-AA`s that might be stepping back into the ring. I for one am pumped to see all the guys back out on the track!
PRO Cruiserr went down like this Clayborn`s Barry Nobles was not to be denied this weekend. He was riding way to fast to not win something. Barry laid down a super hot lap and took the PRO Cruiser win over Crupi`s Tyler Brown. I would add Tyler Brown as a much improved AA PRO this season as well. Both Tyler and Joey have really stepped up their game for 2009. The last podium spot went out the Arizona`s Joe Sowers. Joe`s took some time off to get his school back on and it was great to see him back out on the track. Pro Cruiser podium first time back aint to shabby Joe!
GO211.com has tons of videos posted from the ABA BMX SO. CAL. Dollar National weekend!
The ABA would like to thank all the participants, families, teams, sponsors, and BMX industry for helping make the Lake Perris, CA. event such a huge success!
Rider ABA BMX PRO wins after SO. CAL. Dollars Nationals –
AA PRO
Mike Day – GT Bicycles – 2
Joey Bradford - GT Bicycles - 1
Kyle Bennett – Free Agent - 1
Woman’s PRO
Dominique Daniels – 4
Stephanie Barragan – 1
PRO CRUISER
Barry Nobles – Clayborn Bicycles - 2
Tyler Brown - Crupi – 1
Danny Caluag – BAWLS/Intense - 1
VET PRO
John Purse – GHP - 3
Kenth Fallen – Supercross - 2
Dale Holmes - Free Agent - 1
2009 Pro Standing through SO. CAL Nationals
AA PRO
1
MIKE DAY
838
2
KYLE BENNETT
648
3
JOEY BRADFORD
608
4
KHALEN YOUNG
448
5
DANNY CALUAG
340
6
DONNY ROBINSON
334
7
BARRY NOBLES
328
8
TRAVIS OHRAZDA
298
9
JAVIER COLOMBO
285
10
DAVID HERMAN
274
11
TYLER BROWN
274
12
JASON ROGERS
264
13
CRISTIAN BECERINE
250
14
RANDY STUMPFHAUSER
188
15
JARRETT KOLICH
178
16
STEVEN CISAR
168
17
MARC WILLERS
160
18
DENZEL STEIN
150
19
DEREK SIPKOI
140
20
MIKE BRABANT
128
21
MARIS STROMBERGS
127
22
KYLE CUSHMAN
117
23
PHIL DELIZIA
115
24
MICHAEL LARSON
111
25
ALEXIS VERGARA
105
26
JOE SOWERS
105
27
KEITH GRINE
105
28
KARL CLARK
94
29
BUBBA HARRIS
87
30
DEREK BETCHER
77
31
SEAN STORMS
77
32
ALAN HUDSON
71
33
DEAK BROWN
71
34
MICHAEL HUGHES
71
35
MICHAEL WEATHERFORD
71
36
YVAN LAPRAZ
67
37
JIM BROWN
40
38
MARTIN SCHERPEN
40
39
MIKE MOELLER
36
40
AARON JOHNSON
34
41
AKIFUMI SAKAMOTO
34
42
KRIS FOX
34
43
ROBERT DE WILDE
34
44
JEFF UPSHAW
23
45
JOSH SMITH
23
WOMEN PRO
1
DOMINIQUE DANIELS
927
2
BROOKE CRAIN
687
3
STEPHANIE BARRAGAN
517
4
ALISE POST
434
5
TAYLOR WOLCOTT
319
6
ARIELLE MARTIN
301
7
ASHLEY VERHAGAN
299
8
KRYSTAL HIME
128
9
COURTNEY TOMEI
89
10
SAMANTHA COOLS
86
11
KAILA SWEENEY
53
12
DANIELE BRISSON
51
13
REGULA RUNGE
43
14
AFTON SCHRIMPF
39
15
TERRA NICHOLS
39
16
MISSY HARTLEY
28
17
BRITTANY BATES
26
18
CASSIE BUSHNELL
26
19
CHRISTIAN COSSEY
26
20
ILENE VANEGAS
13
PRO CRUISER
1
BARRY NOBLES
835
2
TYLER BROWN
835
3
DANNY CALUAG
795
4
JOE SOWERS
387
5
BILLY ANDERSON
267
6
MATT BAISLEY
195
7
ADAM TREADWELL
186
8
ERIC RUPE
165
11
WILLY SUAREZ
89
12
KEITH GRINE
39
13
KENTH FALLEN
38
14
EDWARD OLSON
28
15
DOMINGOS LAMMOGLIA
10
VET PRO
1
JOHN PURSE
1369
2
KENTH FALLEN
937
3
DALE HOLMES
744
4
CHAD STREET
577
5
GREG ROMERO
577
6
DAVID BITTNER
424
7
ERIC RUPE
399
8
TODD PARRY
272
9
WILL MURRAY
232
10
DOMINGOS LAMMOGLIA
144
11
ROBERT HARRIS
137
12
ERIC DYER
114
13
DOUG CROWELL
95
14
BILLY ROSS
77
15
RAY HUDSON
74
16
RONALD WILLIAMS
64
17
MARK NUNLEY
62
18
PAUL BROWN
57
19
JEREMIAH OLIVER
55
20
PAUL CALDWELL
55
21
CODY SMART
42
22
COREY FOWLER
32
23
JADE MCPHERSON
32
24
JASON ALSTATT
32
25
MIKE ACOSTA
32
26
DREW DOWNEY
25
27
JOE MCCARTY
25
28
EFRIAM MIRANDA
17
29
RICK LOWRY
17
A PRO
1
NIC LONG
560
3
COREY REID
520
4
KRISTAPS KONRADS
304
5
THOMAS FERNANDEZ
235
6
JONATHAN WOODMANSEE
207
7
JORDAN SEWARD
167
8
DALE CUSHMAN
142
9
VANCE WEISENDANGER
142
10
JASON MORRIS
136
11
MATT TISCHLER
129
12
MATT BAISLEY
126
13
JOSH MEYERS
116
14
JESSE LANGLAND
115
15
MICHAEL HENDERSON
115
16
TOMMY BELLEW
115
17
BILLY ANDERSON
113
18
WILLY SUAREZ
110
19
KYLE ZONDERVAN
107
20
ADAM TREADWELL
105
21
CHRISTIAN RICKS
104
22
JEFFREY KALAPACA
104
23
ROY WINKELMAN
104
24
MASAHIRO SAMPEI
93
25
GAVIN LUBBE
91
26
JUSTIN MCLINTOCK
79
27
TRAVIS HEALEY
79
28
BRANDON PANUCCIO
76
29
DUSTIN ARMSTRONG
76
30
BRIAN SCHRIMPF
74
31
DERRICK MELLISH
74
32
FAUSTO ENDARA
73
33
ALEX FOWLER
71
34
DUSTIN BLACKWELL
71
35
GARRETT NUNES
71
36
JOSH SONTAG
71
37
OMAR SAWYER
71
38
RONALD TOWNSEND
71
39
CODY HUNGERFORD
56
40
JASON CROUCH
49
41
CHRIS SOY
38
42
JAYSON FILINGERI
38
43
JELLE VAN GORKOM
38
44
MATHEW PERKINS
38
45
ROBERT BEBOUT
38
46
DAICHI MIYAZAKI
36
47
SHAWN AGINIGA
36
48
TREVOR MEAD
36
49
JEFFREY JACOBSEN
33
50
JIMMY MONROE
33
51
KAZUSIGE TAKAYAMA
33
52
MICHAEL WEATHERFORD
33
53
MISCHA PARTRIDGE
33
54
PATRICK ROMERO
33
55
RONNIE WILLIAMS
33
56
TROY JOST
33
57
STEVEN JACKSON
26
58
BYRON PATTERSON
16
59
EDWARD OLSON
16
60
JON BRAND
16
61
JUSTIN DODSON
16
62
SEAN MACLASKEY
16
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