McThoughts: Detroit SX – 250 East Round 4 By Jeff McConkey Photos by Billy Rainford Detroit was the 4th round for the 250 East class this season. The track looked short and turned out to be very hard-packed and extremely rocky. The racing was very good, as the riders had to navigate a 100-yard-long whoop section. After last week’s shake up in the points, with the points leader #49 Martin
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Catching Up with…Kaven Benoit By Billy Rainford In case you missed it in this week’s Frid’Eh Update, here’s our conversation with two-time Canadian MX2 champion, #11 Kaven Benoit: Kaven Benoit is currently training down at Club MX in South Carolina. We stopped in to see how he’s doing a couple weeks ago. He looks great on the 450 and was tossing it around just like he did the smaller
Detroit SX | Practice Photos and Notes By Billy Rainford We’re are at the second closest round of Monster Energy AMA Supercross this weekend in Detroit, Michigan. The first thing we noticed was how much we forgot we liked this stadium: Ford Field. Everything is nice and close and getting around in here is a breeze. The next thing we noticed was the 100 yard long set of whoops. These
Frid’Eh Update #11 Presented by Michelin By Jeff McConkey and Billy Rainford Welcome to week #11 of the DMX Frid’Eh Update, this week presented by….#11 is reserved for the rider who has won the MX2 class but has made the move up to the MX1 class for the following year. Kaven Benoit won the MX2 title the past two years in a row and will make the move up to
On the Radar: Cooper Larche By Jeff McConkey Name: Cooper Larche Age: 19 Hometown: Woodstock, Ontario, Canada School and Grade: Graduated grade 12 and I am currently employed at my dad’s Automotive Shop Number: 317 Bikes: 2016 Honda CRF250R, 2013 Honda CRF450R Race Clubs: CMRC, AMO & AMA Classes: Canada – Intermediate MX1, MX2 & MX3. United States – B Class Stock & Mod for 250 & B Class Stock
Watch Freestone Spring Championship LIVE Click the link to watch LIVE: https://ditchbanger.tv/videos/405 The 6th Annual James Stewart Freestone Spring Championship presented by Parts Unlimited & Thor is one of five events (aka: The Majors). While “The Majors” (Daytona Amateur SX, Freestone Spring Championship, Mammoth Mountain, Winter Olympics and the Loretta Lynn AMA Amateur National Championship) are all unique, each event offers consistent rules to compete under. The Freestone Spring
Video: Canadians at GPF|March 2016 By Billy Rainford A short video featuring Canadian riders training down at GPF in Cairo, Georgia. Riders include: #527 Jake Tricco, #46 Marco Cannella, #818 Davin Grose, #64 Mitch Goheen, and #2 Colton Facciotti.
Photo Gallery: Toronto SX|Spikman Shots By Billy Rainford Photos by Tyler Spikman If you still can’t get enough Toronto SX coverage, here are a bunch of photos of last Saturday’s action through the lens of Tyler Spikman (@spikman).
Out of the Blue: Maddison Alcock By Jeff McConkey Name: Maddison Alcock Birthday: February 10, 1996 Hometown: Proton Station, Ontario School & Grade: Second year Civil Engineering Student at Fanshawe College, doing a co-op with Golder Associates as a Geotechnical Technician. Number: 114 Bike: 2012 Honda CRF 250 Race Club: CMRC Classes: Ladies and MX2 Junior How did you get started in racing? At the age of five I got