NBL Boulder City National Boulder City, NV.

The NBL kicked off its 2004 Pro Series season in Boulder City, NV this past weekend. Just 15 minutes outside of Las Vegas, the Boulder City track was as just as risky as a high dollar bet, with a tight, technical layout giving the best of riders troubles. With the NBL Pro series just consisting of 8 Pro weekends, each race is important to get a good score to go toward the overall #1 Pro title. On Saturday night, they also held a special Pro race, called the Double Down event. It put 2 riders on separate courses, simulating dual slalom racing. 32 riders would go and get qualifying times and then were bracketed up against each other to find the best rider of the night. Here is how the Double A Marketing riders finished up for the weekend.

Randy Stumpfhauser , the 2003 NBL #1 Pro was running the #1 Pro plate for the first time and he rode it proud. Randy started off the day with a win in the Pro Cruiser Class and then headed over to the Saturday night Double Down Race. The Double Down race was an extra event ran by the track operator, that had a side by side trail like track, where 2 riders would go against each other. Randy, who had won the other race put on like this a few years ago, once again prevailed, and took his GT Ultra Box Bike to the winners circle. On Sunday, Stumpy was in both the AA Pro Main, where he finished 4th and once again was the winner of Pro Cruiser. Randy's sponsors include GT Bicycles, Hyundai, IRC Tires, Shimano, Fox Racing, Sun Ringle, Bombshell Forks, AC, Thomson Seat Posts, Powerbar, CTI Knee Braces, FSA Headsets, S & M, BMXpros.com, and Smith Eyewear.

Brandon Meadows has been putting a lot of time into training in the past few months and it showed in Boulder City. On Saturday, Brandon raced his way into the AA Pro main event, where he powered his way to a 4th place finish. Brandon was also in the Pro Open main and finished 8th. Later Saturday night, Brandon was riding excellent in the Double Down race, where he finished up 3rd. On Sunday, Brandon focused on AA Only and it paid off big time, as he finished on the podium, in 3rd place. Brandon's sponsors include Specialized, Tangent, O'Neal, Adidas, Oakley, Sun Ringle, Powerbar, and BMXpros.com.

Kyle Bennett, the 2003 UCI World Champion, came into the first race of the 2004 NBL Pro series looking to take back his 2002 NBL #1 Pro title. As the gate dropped in the main event, Kyle, who was riding flat pedals, holeshotted and looked to be on is way to his first NBL 2004 main event win, until a bobble in the rhythm section cost him and slowed him down to 2nd. Kyle also placed 5th in the Pro Open. On Sunday, Kyle was once again in the AA Pro main, but this time a crash in the first turn pushed him back to 7th overall. Kyle's sponsors include Free Agent, KHS, Answer, ATI, Velo, Sun Ringle, UGP, Truvativ, Kenda, Profile, Powerbar, and BMXpros.com.

Dale Holmes has not done too much NBL racing in the past year, but he put on a great show for the NBL fans in the Pro Open main event. Dale holeshotted the main event and took the lead with Warwick Stevenson in chase. Dale would have the lead all the way into the last turn, where Warwick pull side by side and the 2 would drag race to the finish. Dale just missed the win, but put on one of the best shows of the main event. On Sunday, Dale was at it again, battling with Warwick, this time in AA Pro and once again he finished up in 2nd and impressed the fans. Dale also rode strong in the Pro Open class, and finished up 6th for the day, and wrapped up an impressive weekend. Dale's sponsors include Free Agent, KHS, O'Neal, Kenda, Tangent, Sun Ringle, Shimano, Profile, Powerbar, Truvativ, DaleHolmes.com, S & M.

Cristian Becerine has had a great 2004 season and it continued in Boulder City. Cristian has always been a strong rider in the NBL and he easily made the main event on Saturday. As the gate dropped, Cristian was up front and rode a smooth race to a very impressive 3rd place finish. On Sunday, Cristian backed up his impressive Saturday result with another, this time it was 4th in Pro Open. Cristian's sponsors include Crupi, O'Neal, Answer, UGP, Sun Ringle, Powerbar, BMXpros.com, and Thomson Seat Posts.

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