The American Bicycle Association hosted the East Nationals this past weekend, April, 25-27 in Spartanburg, SC. The racing at the East National event was exciting to say the laest! The Supercross BMX crew really stepped it up and had the facility in tip top shape and ready to race! This was the fourth PRO Series event of the season and the PRO Riders were excited to head out east on the tour.
With the 2008 Olympic debut just around the corner for BMX racing, the buzz and hype is all around. There is getting to be more and more of the media frenzy at each event. 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. The 2008 season is shifting into high gear and the fans are loving it! Round four continued to be THE YEAR of The Dynamic DUO of BMX! Once again it was the Danny C.and David Herman show.They were spotted all over the top spot of PRO podiums on the weekend. Past 3-time ABA National #1 PRO, Bubba Harris, continued once again to show the fans he's on the comeback trail with his impressive third place finishes both days. This gives Bubba some much needed points towards his ABA PRO title shot! Current ABA National #1 PRO, Danny "Easy Money" Caluag, continued his win streak of at least winning one at each of the ABA BMX PRO series stops. "Easy Money" brought home his fourth AA PRO win of the season on day #2 Danny is proving once again his ABA National #1 PRO tile was no fluke and he plans keeping it! David Herman put in another solid ride taking his first AA PRO win of the season. David looks to be a contender for the ABA PRO title for sure. Another stand out on the weekend was Alabama's favorite son and Clyborn rider Barry Nobles. Since coming off his knee surgery last October, Barry has continued to impress by making AA PRO mains. Barry has just missed the podium at several events but this weekend saw Barry ride to a solid 2nd place in AA PRO on Sunday and a Barry rode his way to a fourth on Saturday. This past weekend shows just how deep the talent pool is on the ABA BMX PRO tour. David Herman makes the fifth different AA PRO winner in four sops. That's pretty impressive!
On the Ladies side we saw the return of ABA National #1 ladies PRO Alise Post. Everyone was excited to see the showdown between Alise and Dominique Daniels. And the ladies didn't disappoint the fans! They battled out all weekend long and the Supercross BMX fans were going crazy! Dominique raced her way to an impressive win on Day #1 Afton Schrimf looked solid with a second place podium and Kayla Gaddis took third. Day #2 was another story, Kayla Gaddis took her first BIG WIN of this season with Dominique and defending ABA National #1 Ladies PRO, Alise Post finishing right behind. Alise had a pretty tough weekend, but being the champ that she is, she'll bounce right back up. The ladies racing has really stepped it up over the last couple of years and the new crop of younger woman is very promissing for more excitement to come.
Pro Cruiser saw another young gun make his mark. This time it was J&R's Michael Kapes out of FLA. showing the boys the fast way around the track on Day #1. This Mikes's first BIG Pro Cruiser win so we're stoked for him. Defending ABA BMX Champ "Easy Money" Danny C. took the two spot with Barry Nobles putting in another solid ride for third. Day #2 saw Danny C. show why he's got the #1 ABA plate on his bike taking the 1st. Kapes was impressive once again with a 2nd. and the "TP" Todd Parry was holding it down for the 40+ crowd by making the PRO Cruiser podium in 3rd. I don't know about you guys but Todd's feet seems pretty impressive to me at 40 years old!
Vet Pro was back in action again. Dale Holmes had been on a little R&R from the race scene but returned with fury. Dale nailed down two more VET PRO wins on the weekend winning by both days. Kenth Fallen has been the man to beat all year and with two solid seconds he's proving to be in the hunt for the ABA VET PRO tile come Grands time. Day # 1 saw Chad Street take the third. Chad's been about as solid as they come as a racer and he's due for a win any day now. Day #2 saw past ABA BMX National #1 PRO,"The Jackal" John Purse taking the three spot. John continues to knock the dust off as he gets back in the mix. "The Jackal" is another I expect to see on top the PRO podium any day now!
The ABA, the city of Spartanburg, SC. and the entire Supercross BMX crew would like to thank all the participants, families, teams, sponsors, and BMX industry for helping make the East Coast National event such a huge success!
Rider ABA BMX PRO wins after East Coast Nationals –
AA PRO
Danny "Easy Money" Caluag – Intense/BAWLS – 4
David Herman – Intense/BAWLS - 1
Kyle Bennett - Free Agent - 1
Cristian Becerine - Free Agent - 1
Khalen Young - Haro Bicycles - 1
Woman’s PRO
"Demolition" Dominique Daniel's– Intense/Phantom/On-Trac – 4
Alise "The Beast" Post- Formula - 2
Stephanie Barragan – 1
Kayla Gaddis - Intense/Bizarro/JRA - 1
PRO CRUISER
Danny "Easy Money" Caluag – Intense/BAWLS – 3
Michael Kapes – J&R Bicycles -1
Kenth Fallen - Supercross - 1
Tyler Brown - Supercross - 1
Paul Lange – Redman/Rockstar – 1
VET PRO
Kenth Fallen – Supercross - 5
Dale Holmes – Free Agent – 3
2008 Pro Standing through East Coast Nationals
AA PRO
1 DANNY CALUAG 1761
2 DAVID HERMAN 1521
3 BUBBA HARRIS 761
4 KHALEN YOUNG 707
5 BARRY NOBLES 641
6 CRISTIAN BECERINE 587
7 KYLE CUSHMAN 397
8 DEREK BETCHER 311
9 RANDY STUMPFHAUSER 297
10 KYLE BENNETT 290
11 MIKE BRABANT 261
12 JARRETT KOLICH 247
13 DONNY ROBINSON 224
14 KELVIN BATEY 217
15 WARWICK STEVENSON 217
16 PHIL DELIZIA 208
17 JOEY BRADFORD 207
18 ALEXIS VERGARA 187
19 MICHAEL KAPES 174
20 ALAN HUDSON 167
21 JASON ROGERS 167
22 TYLER BROWN 167
23 JEFF UPSHAW 150
24 JOSH OIE 147
25 JOE SZUREK 113
26 BILLY ANDERSON 107
27 JOE SOWERS 97
28 MICHAEL HUGHES 97
29 STEVEN CISAR 90
30 MIKE MOELLER 83
31 MICHAEL WEATHERFORD 79
32 JAVIER COLOMBO 67
33 AUGUSTRO CASTRO 60
34 NATE BERKHEIMER 57
35 PAUL LANGE 57
36 MIKE DAY 54
37 JOEY BERTHIAUME 50
38 THOMAS FERNANDEZ 40
39 DENZEL STEIN 36
40 JASON RICHARDSON 34
41 BRANDON THOMAS 26
42 SERGIO PENA 26
WOMEN'S PRO
1 DOMINIQUE DANIELS 1621
2 STEPHANIE BARRAGAN 1105
3 RACHAEL LUNA 821
4 ALISE POST 803
5 TERRA NICHOLS 645
6 AFTON SCHRIMPF 511
7 KAYLA GADDIS 416
8 CASSIE BUSHNELL 385
9 TONI RUDE 322
10 AMANDA GEVING 307
11 BRITTANY BATES 255
12 STEPHANIE HIGGINS 210
13 KATHRYN ECKLUND 123
14 JESSICA LAMBERT 101
15 COURTNEY TOMEI 100
16 MICHELLE GUTHRIE 76
17 LAYNE NYHAUG 70
18 MADISON PITTS 57
19 KIMBERLY HAYASHI 27
20 CHRISTIAN COSSEY 20
VET PRO
1 KENTH FALLEN 1904
2 DALE HOLMES 1307
3 CHAD STREET 1224
4 JOHN PURSE 990
5 TIM DINGER 464
6 JASON CARNES 331
7 MIKE GUL 330
8 ROBERT HARRIS 273
9 DAVID BITTNER 194
10 BILLY ROSS 174
11 CHRIS HAM 157
12 PAUL CALDWELL 144
13 JASON ALSTATT 101
14 KEVIN TOMKO 96
15 ERIC DYER 94
16 GREG ROMERO 89
17 ZACK ROEBUCK 81
18 JASON SILVA 77
19 JUSTIN WHEAT 77
20 RONALD WILLIAMS 71
21 MICKEY STANLEY 66
22 THOMAS HARPER 66
23 TJ JOHNSON 57
24 SHAWN O`GORMAN 54
25 TERRY TENETTE 54
26 CODY SMART 47
27 DAVID WRAY 47
28 JASON HALVERSON 44
29 RAY HUDSON 44
30 SHAUN BUTLER 44
31 ERIC RUPE 37
32 JERRY VANDERPOOL 34
33 RICK LOWRY 34
PRO CRUISER
1 DANNY CALUAG 1617
2 KENTH FALLEN 1157
3 TYLER BROWN 835
4 JOE SOWERS 512
5 PAUL LANGE 462
6 MICHAEL KAPES 452
7 JOEY BRADFORD 262
8 CHRIS KROOSWYK 252
9 TODD PARRY 234
10 BILLY ANDERSON 219
11 BARRY NOBLES 212
12 BRANDON THOMAS 173
13 THOMAS FERNANDEZ 170
14 MIKE GUL 166
15 MICHAEL KILPATRICK 123
16 MICHAEL HUGHES 122
17 ADAM TREADWELL 102
18 JASON SILVA 87
19 SCOTT SIMMONS 40
20 AUSTEN LEE 12
21 WILLY SUAREZ 12
A PRO
1 JOSH SMITH 1032
2 LIAM PHILLIPS 895
3 KRIS FOX 795
4 DENZEL STEIN 765
5 DEREK SIPKOI 745
6 JASON MORRIS 648
7 JON MILLER 619
8 JIM BROWN 526
9 DEAK BROWN 503
10 TODD PARRY 492
11 KARL CLARK 424
12 SHANE BANKS 418
13 JUSTIN MCLINTOCK 367
14 TRAVIS OHRAZDA 365
15 SCOTT ERWOOD 321
16 MICHAEL LARSON 315
17 VANCE WEISENDANGER 311
18 MATT KELTY 301
19 EVAN STEINBERG 272
20 WILLY SUAREZ 267
21 NICK GOERTZEN 264
22 JASON BENNETT 258
23 JASON HERR 248
24 TYLER DURHAM 248
25 JIMMY MONROE 245
