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Flashback Podcasts | 2014 Carl Vaillancourt and Mike Treadwell Talk Superstitions and More By Billy Rainford Two motocross legends teamed up in 2014 to race the CMRC Canadian Motocross National in Ulverton, Quebec. We caught up with Carl Vaillancourt and Mike Treadwell at the end of the day to talk about how it all came together and to make fun of Mike and his many pre-race superstitions. Be sure to
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Tickets for 51st Annual DAYTONA Supercross on March 6 Reaches Socially-Distanced Limited Capacity DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (March 2, 2021) – Daytona International Speedway announced today that socially-distanced grandstand seating and hospitality packages for the 51st annual DAYTONA Supercross, scheduled for this Saturday night, March 6, have reached limited capacity. To ensure the safest environment possible for guests, Daytona International Speedway is implementing enhanced COVID-19 safety protocols and procedures including screening guests before
Flashback Podcast | Kaven Benoit and Vince Friese Talk after the 2014 Ulverton Incident… By Billy Rainford The battles between #24 Kaven Benoit and #719 Vince Friese during the 2014 CMRC Canadian Motocross Nationals immediately went down in Canadian MX Folklore. It all came to a head at the penultimate round in Ulverton, Quebec, when Kaven’s brother, Karel Benoit, got involved, fans threw rocks at Vince, stood in his way,
By DMX Staff This news may not seem like a big deal today, but if the future is in the expanded presence of electric bikes (including Motocross) then this is a huge step forward for the standardization of batteries. To put it into perspective, just imagine if every bike in today’s market had their own gas you were forced to use. From: MSN.com Piaggio, KTM, Honda, Yamaha Sign Swappable Batteries
On the Radar | #511 Parie Dagere | Yamaha Motor Canada By Billy Rainford Name: Parie Dagere Age: 16 Hometown: Kamloops, BC School and Grade: Grade 11, ValleyView Secondary in Kamloops Number: 511 Bike: 2021 YZ250f and 2019 YZ450f Race Club or Series: Future West, MRC Classes: 250 Int, Open Int How did you get started riding and racing? I started off racing BMX at 6 years old and did
Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross | February | The 5 P’s By Jacqueline Ross Greetings, Humans! Today, I’m sweating bullets; literally and figuratively. I’m on the way home from the first round of the Kenny Yoho I-4 MX Series and it was 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius for my Canadian friends.) Figuratively, it’s February 28 and my column is just now receiving the final Midas touch. Talk about slipping in under
By Billy Rainford You ever pass the blame onto someone else and ask them to, “Remind me _________ because I don’t want to forget!” Of course you have. I did this the other day with Emily. You know when you know you should have written something down but you think “this time will be different…I’ll remember.” Well, I didn’t write it down, Emily forgot, too, and now it’s driving me
Flashback Podcast | Cole Thompson and Jeremy Medaglia | Montreal SX 2012 Battle By Billy Rainford Take a walk back to the 2012 Montreal Supercross where #160 Cole Thompson and #15 Jeremy Medaglia went at each other all weekend. Their bar-to-bar battles even resulted in words being said and teetered on fists being thrown. We interviewed them at the end of the night. Here is what both of them had