Here’s our weekly look at the riders under the helmets and the people around the track in this edition of ‘Faces at the Races’ from Round 6 of the 2026 Canadian Triple Crown Series Motocross Nationals at Sand Del Lee near Ottawa, Ontario.
We’ll start out with some parents at the line with their kids. That’s Marc-Antoine Genereux with Maddox. I’m not saying it’s confirmed, but I think we’ll see MA on the track again in 2027. I’m just telling you what I heard!That’s where I have to remind myself to look instead of down at my front fender. Final words of encouragement. Getting Karson Love’s bike fired up. Every parent says it’s more stressful to not be the one on the bike. No pressure, Riley Gauld, but your dad owns the series!Go get ’em, Ryan Miles.I’m going to need the story on the 6J of Jack Young.Visualization.Pre-race knuckles.Cheech and Chong ‘Still Smokin.’The “fun” starts to disappear once the yellow plates arrive. Ryan Gauld cheering on Riley.Payton Morningstar checking the Gram.Go ahead and add young Reynolds’ name to the list of rock photos.I don’t have the heart to tell him I haven’t even used the air filters he gave me!He knows. He’s not mad at me…he’s disappointed.I still haven’t spoken with the Watson guys. They’re favourites of Brett Lee.That’s a heart-felt look he’s getting there. Did Yamaha have a sale in the Ottawa area last week? There were so many new, blue bikes without numbers on Saturday.“Man, I come here to get away from the nagging!” I’m kidding! Let’s go, Noah Wilson.Hey, I got lost on MTB trails that were said to be impossible to lose your way on!There’s another! Who do we have here?There’s got to be a future champ in there. I bet if I wanted to I could throw this football clear over those mountains.Sick graphics, GDR Honda.Former and future champ in this shot.Cash is the next Riley loaded up and ready to head to the Pro ranks.Keep an eye on the #99 of Evan Thalman this week at the ECAN.He’ll be around the #9 of Chandler Powell.Tegan Welch wants a piece of this action.Double duty.Whatever it was, he’s not falling for that one again.After that Deegan?Adam and Chandler.Cash with the pre-race nerves. Believe it or not, this is what you miss when you’re done racing.This appears to be the only way the #165 loses 250 Junior motos.Austin Klassen fro AKMotoEdits was back in action this week.Ha. She saw me pointing the camera.I’m not saying Gideon is my favourite Elmore, but I’m not not saying either…It’s cool that we had so many kids from West of Ontario doing the entire series this summer. What a great experience. That’s #21 Adrien Desmarais.I’m kidding! It’s like picking a favourite child. Jason Kukielka seems like quite the little character. He’s definitely fast!Oh, he’s ready.Hayden Dupuis watching his little bro, Kade Dupuis.Getting a bird’s eye view.Riley had to pull over so Ryan could pull his right boot out from being stuck on something.Karson Love.He’s in!Help me, Tom Cruise! Use your witchcraft!Oh, you know this will show up in a #throwbackthursday post in 10 years or so.Honestly, you miss this!OK, you push and I’ll click it.I had hair like Hart Quinlan when I was a little guy too. I’m serious!Let’s go, buddy!We need to mic up a few parents on race day.Everyone took a turn stomping Kade’s gate.Darcy getting things straight as an arrow.Here too.With just the right prep, he’s grabbing this holeshot without a bike.I took photos of all the dogs on the weekend too, but haven’t done anything with them. That’s an AussieDoodle just like my Olive.She was extremely animated. It was great.Kourtney Lloyd was trying to get her attention during one of Braxton’s races. She didn’t look away once, but said, “I can hear you!” Haha.Hey, there’s Kourtney now.And now we head into Sunday. Paul Kingsley was feeling a little faint…Ryder McNabb made his return. I think he said he just got clearance to ride on the Thursday.Hey, this was supposed to be candid!The now classic Katrine Ferguson pose. Just go with it, Jayden Riley.Sebastien Racine had his own fan club with merch! More on that later…Seth Hughes’ new profile pic. That’s Seth, right??Harri Kullas is running out of chances but I think he’ll like the MX Deschambault track.Jeremy McKie made a ton of passes. Let’s see what he can do with a start.Kuuuuuuuch! I need to hear more people yelling that when the #100 goes by.Can someone tell Cass Loutitt what I was saying earlier?I didn’t know who the #223 was when I first saw him in the morning, but I knew he looked fast, and I was right. That’s Logan Riggins from South Carolina. He was 16th.Kobi Cox was racing AND man-friending.The father and son team of Tommy Dallaire are still at it. Nice.Tegan Kortenbach had a rough day. I still don’t know exactly what happened. He was wearing the heck out of this shirt, and I wasn’t the only one who said so.Liam Dodds makes the rock cut.🤷♂️Tanner Scott is primed and ready for some more support.TJ Lanphear is the Dirt Care guy in the USA and he’s wearing this column’s sponsor gear. He makes it in.Oh, you know damn well that’s Joe Tait!Mars Millar is always ready for a new profile photo.Hoping for a good week at The Ranch for Jim Frederickson.She’s not stressed for Nick McDonnell from Massachusetts. Niko Holmes should have been in the top 20 but had issues on moto 2.That’s right, Nathan Germain, even with your back to me you made it in.Dusty Rocks Military Appreciation graphics.Nice Canadian AF nod to the AVL team.Another great job keeping the fans up on the facts and being the hype man. “Yeahhh, boyyyyy!”He’s got like 3 home tracks! Maybe 4!The intro line-up.Brandon Rodwell likes roadkill shots.Blake Davies finished 9th and, man, does his bike have a grunt to it.That’s the one-and-only Dario Zecca on gate duty.Tommy Dallaire of Tony Throttle.Is it just me or does Carson Fields look like a young Jeff Alessi? RIP.I have photos of Jeff Walker from Michigan on a Honda CRF150 at the 2007 TransCan.Gotcha!It was great to see Wyatt Kerr, but he’s still in the, “I’m selling all my bicycles” phase of his recovery. We’ll see.WMX supporters.Another good weekend for Brandy McLarty in 3rd.Pretty cool helmets as trophies and plaques this week.Kaylie Kayer was pretty happy in 2nd.But it was Jordan Jarvis who dominated this week.And the young gals loves it.Jordan with Todd Smeaton who is the one holding the rifle on the plaque.Kyle Murdoch was pumped that his 6-2 put him up in 3rd overall.3-3 for 2nd for Josh Boaz, and he’s starting to look at home up there.Zach Ufimzeff having a chat after his 2nd moto 4th.Louis is the man behind the AVL team.Jamie Astudillo had a rough day in the sand but nailed this rock sit.People seem to appreciate Harri’s podium speeches. He brings worldly knowledge to the table.I can’t even remember what our bets were this week, but I’m sure I probably won again. Kyle Thompson and I make fun bets each week.Almost forgot!As Harrison Ford would say, “Woof!” and “See you at the races…”
Thanks for reading and I’ll see you all this week at MX Deschambault for the ECAN and then Round 7…of 8. Yikes.
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