Canadian MX Weekly Wrap Up Show|Deschambault Round 9|Presented by FXR Andy White and Billy Rainford take you through the racing action from Round 9 of the 2016 Rockstar Energy MX Nationals in Deschambault, Quebec.
Out of the Blue|Isa More|Presented by Schrader’s By Jeff McConkey Name: Isa More Birthday: On a Christmas Day! Hometown: Born in France near Paris, moved to Montreal. Occupation: French & Math teacher in a trilingual primary school. Number: #741 Bike: Yamaha YZ Race Club: FMSQ/Endurocross series. Classes: Women 35+ How did you get started in racing? Three years ago, I was driving next to a local track (SRA/St-Roch de l’Achigan)
McThoughts|Deschambault National|MX1 Class By Jeff McConkey Photos by Billy Rainford The second-to-last round was a good one. Early on, it looked like it was going to be Mike Alessi‘s day as he threw down a heater in qualifying that was a full second faster than anyone. Unfortunately, Mike had a fuel pump issue in moto 1, then proceeded to hit the dirt hard twice in moto 2. Davi Millsaps was
McThoughts|Deschambault National|MX2 Class By Jeff McConkey Photos by Billy Rainford Round 9 went off this past Sunday and we crowned our 2016 Rockstar Energy Drink MX Nationals MX2 champion a round early. Cole Thompson was the heavy favourite all season long, for good reason. He was simply the best guy and earned himself a championship. No disrespect to the others, it’s just that Cole was better this year. I don’t
Video: Kaven Benoit Wins Deschambault This video takes you through #11 KTM Canada Thor Racing rider Kaven Benoit‘s day as he goes on to win his first-ever MX1 moto and overall at round 9 of the 2016 Rockstar Energy Drink MX Nationals in Deschambault, Quebec.
Photo Report|Deschambault National By Billy Rainford We made our second of two stops in Quebec this past weekend at the rough sand track just west of Quebec City, on the north side of the St. Lawrence River in Deschambault. Most riders you spoke to on Saturday named it as one of their favourite tracks on the circuit. Unfortunately, the track came to life and bit a few of the riders
Canadian Results at Loretta Lynn’s 2016
McThoughts|Women’s East Nationals|Deschambault Round 3 By Jeff McConkey Photos by Billy Rainford Round 3 of the Women’s East MX Nationals had some great battles. Defending champion Eve Brodeur was very dominant and looks as close to perfect as possible. Behind her we had fellow Americans Shannon Fleming and Brittany Gagne fighting over the vacant spot left by Jacqueline Ross. The track looked good, but seem to have many square, sharp
Monday Morning Coffee By Billy Rainford Good Monday Morning. It’s Monday, right? Is it morning? What happened? These are all valid questions after spending a hot day in the sun at the motocross races and then hopping straight into the van at 8pm to start driving 9 hours west from Deschambault, Quebec, to DMX HQ in London, Ontario. Fortunately, I didn’t have to do all the driving this time! It