Jamie Lilly

Cyclist infobox
ridername = Jamie Lilly


fullname = Jamie Nicole Lilly
nickname = "Kiddo #1"
dateofbirth = birth date and age |1983|9|2
height =
weight =
country = USA
currentteam =
discipline = Bicycle Motocross (BMX)
role = Racer
ridertype = Off Road
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amateuryears = 1989-1991
1991
1991-1992
1992-1993
1994-1995
1996-1998
amateurteams = Kastans Engineering
D&M
Racing Powerlite
U.S. Boss Racing Products
Auburn
GT Racing
proyears = 1998-2000
2000
2001-2002
2002-2004
2004
2006
proteams = GT Racing/Panasonic Shockwave
Systems-Web/Profile Racing
Systems-Web/Redline Bicycles
Free Agent/Systems Web
Fox/Supercross
Hyper Bicycles
majorwins =
updated = September 11, 2008 Jamie Nicole Lilly (b. February 9, 1983 from San Diego, California USA) was a professional American "Mid School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from (1987-2004). Nicknamed "Kiddo #1" at 8 years old. ["American BMXer" July 1991 Vol.13 No.6 pg.22] She became one of the first female professionals of the American Bicycle Association (ABA) when they for the first time created a female professional division in the sanctioning body's history in 1998 (the NBL had restarted their pro girls class in 1997 after their first attempt between 1985-1987) and became one the ABA's first number one Girl Pros.

BMX racing career milestones

Note: Professional first are on the national level unless otherwise indicated.

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*In the NBL Junior Women; No comparable level exists in the ABA.
**In the NBL it was/is Supergirls/Elite Women; in the ABA it is Pro Girls.

Career factory and major bike shop sponsors

Note: This listing only denotes the racer's primary sponsors. At any given time a racer could have numerous ever changing co-sponsors. Primary sponsorships can be verified by BMX press coverage and sponsor's advertisements at the time in question. When possible exact dates are used.

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Amateur/Junior Women

*Kastan Engineering: October 1989-January 1991. The ABA Fallnationals in Yorba Linda, California on October 28,1989 (Day 1) was the first national she that raced with this sponsor. ["American BMXer" December 1989 Vol.11 No.11 pg.29 (results)] The ABA Silver Dollar National in Reno, Nevada on January 13, 1991 was the last race on Kastan.
*D&M Racing: February 1991-thru mid 1991. Lilly's first race for D&M was the ABA Winternationals in Pheonix, Arizona on February 16, 1991. ["American BMXer" April 1991 Vol.13 No.3 pg.30]
*Powerlite: 1991-September 1992
*U.S. Boss Racing Products: September 1992-1993
*Auburn: January 1994-December 1995
*GT (Gary Turner) Bicycles: January 1996-December 1997

Professional/Elite Women

*GT Racing/Panasonic Shockwave:January 1998-Mid October 2000
*Systems-Web/Profile Racing: October 23, 2000-December 2000
*Systems-Web/Redline Bicycles: January 2001-November 2002
*Free Agent/Systems Web: November 2002-January 2004. The 2002 ABA Grandnational was her first race with Free Agent. ["Transworld BMX" March 2003 Vol.10 Iss.3 No.77 pg.24]
*Fox/Supercross: February 2004-Late 2004
*"Hiatus due to knee injury"
*Hyper Bicycles: January 2006-

Career bicycle motocross titles

Note: Listed are District, State/Provincial/Department, Regional, National, and International titles in "italics". "Defunct" refers to the fact of that sanctioning body in question no longer existing at the start of the racer's career or at that stage of his/her career. Depending on point totals of individual racers, winners of Grand Nationals do not necessarily win National titles. Series and one off Championships are also listed in block.

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Amateur/Junior Women

National Bicycle Association (NBA)
*None (defunct)National Bicycle League (NBL)
*1996 13 Girls Grandnational Champion
*"1996 13 Girls National No.1"American Bicycle Association (ABA)
*"1990 7 Girls US Open West Champion
*"1990 California District 2 (CA-02) Girls No.1"
*1990 7 Girls Race of Champions (ROC) Champion
*"1990 7 Girls NAG No.1"
*1990 7 Girls Grandnational Champion.
*"1991 8 Girls NAG No.1"
*1991 8 Girls Grandnational Champion
*"1992 California District 2 (CA-02) Girls No.1"
*"1992 California District 2 (CA-02) Girls Cruiser No.1" Only girl in that district in that division.
*1992 9 Girls Grandnational Champion
*1995 12 Girls Grandnational Champion
*"1996 13 Girls World Cup Champion"
*1996 13 Girls Grandnational ChampionFédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*
*NoneInternational Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*
*None (defunct)Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*
*"2000 Junior Woman World Champion"

*See note in professional section

Professional/Elite Women

National Bicycle Association (NBA)
*None (defunct)National Bicycle League (NBL)
*"2000 North American International Pro Girl Champion".
*2001 Super Girls Grandnational ChampionAmerican Bicycle Association (ABA)
*1998 ABA Race of Champions Pro Girl Champion.
*"2000 Pro Girls World Champion"
*2000 Pro Girls Grandnational Champion
*"2000 Pro Girls National No.1"
*"2001 Pro Girls World Chmapion"
*"2003 Pro Girls World Champion"
*2003 Pro Girls Grandnational Champion
*"2003 Pro Girls National No.1" United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)
*None (defunct)International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*
*None (defunct)Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*
*None (FIAC did not have a strictly professional division during its existence) (defunct).Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*
*None

*Note: Beginning in 1991 the IBMXF and FIAC had been holding joint World Championship events as a transitional phase in merging which began in earnest in 1993. Beginning with the 1996 season the IBMXF and FIAC completed the merger and both ceased to exist as independent entities being integrated into the UCI. Beginning with the 1997 World Championships held in Brighton, England the UCI would officially hold and sanction BMX World Championships and with it inherited all precedents, records, streaks, etc. from both the IBMXF and FIAC.

Pro Series Championships

Notable accolades

*Named no. 22 of Crig Bertlett's "gOrk's Top 90 BMXers of the 90s!!!" 1999 list [ [http://www.bmxtreme.com/articles/top90.htm gOrk's Top 90 BMXers of the 90s!!! list.] ]
*She was the highest money making girl int he sport in 1999 according to gOrk in his top 90 list. [ [http://www.daleholmes.com/interviews/lilly.shtml 2002 Dale Holmes.com interview] ]

ignificant injuries

*Lilly had ACL Replacement Surgery on her kne on January 1, 2005. [ [http://bmx.loopd.com/Members/jlilly/Results.aspx Looped social networking results page.] ]

Miscellaneous and Trivia

*Lilly appeared in the last episode of the fourth season (1989-1990) of the television program L.A. Law when she was seven years old. That episode, "The Last Gasp" originally aired May 17, 1990. ["American BMXer" June 1990 Vol.12 No.5 pg.9]
*Lilly won more pro women's races than anyone in 1999. ["Snap BMX Magazine" March 2000 Vol.7 Iss.3 No.41 pg.79 (photo caption)]

BMX magazine covers

Note: (defunct) denotes that the magazine was out of business before the career of the racer started.

----"Bicycle Motocross News:"
*None (defunct)"Minicycle/BMX Action" & "Super BMX:"
*None"Bicycle Motocross Action" & "Go:"
*None"BMX Plus!:"

"Total BMX"
*None (defunct)"Bicycles and Dirt:"
*None (defunct)"Ride BMX Magazine:"

"Snap BMX Magazine" & "Transworld BMX:"
*None"BMX World"

"Bicycles Today" & "BMX Today" (the official BMX publication of the NBL under two different names):

"ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer" (the official BMX publication of the ABA under three different names):

BMX press magazine interviews and articles

*"Q&A: If you could race one race over again, which would it be?" "Snap BMX Magazine" December 1999 Vol.6 Iss.10 No.38 pg.42 Single question interview asked of Lilly and four other professional racers including Randy Stumpfhauser, Christophe Lévêque, Neal Wood, and Michelle Cairns.

End Notes

External links

* [http://www.ababmx.com/ The American Bicycle Association (ABA) Website.]
* [http://www.nbl.org/ The National Bicycle League (NBL) Website.]
* [http://bmx.loopd.com/Members/jlilly/About.aspx Loopd.com page.]