Frid’Eh Update #30 Presented by Freedom Cycle By Jeff McConkey and Billy Rainford Welcome to another busy week here at Direct Motocross for Frid’Eh Update #30 Presented by Freedom Cycle in Halifax and Truro, Nova Scotia. We’re currently somewhere on the eastern seaboard of the United States near Portland, Maine. As I sit here in a roadside restaurant writing about our little sport of motocross, it’s difficult to listen to
Video: Women’s East Nationals|Ulverton Round 2 Some raw footage of the Women’s East Nationals second moto from Ulverton, PQ. (Wow, I didn’t realize the song was going to be that repetitive. If I wasn’t heading east to Nova Scotia I would have started over!)
#TBT|#335 Joey Crown Races Pro/Am at Walton Raceway Remember that time Michigan’s #335 Joey Crown showed up at Walton Raceway and won an MX2 moto going 8-1 for 2nd overall? It happened last summer and here’s a look back at it. Joey Crown Races MX2 Pro:Am at Walton Raceway from Directmotocross.com on Vimeo.
On the Radar: Sam Matthews By Jeff McConkey Name: Sam Matthews Age: 15 Hometown: Clifford, Ontario School and Grade: Grade 9 St.James Catholic Highschool Guelph Number: 33 Bike: KTM 250 2-stroke Race Club: MMRS Classes: 250 Junior, Open Junior, 450 Junior How did you get started in racing? I saw a video when I was 4 years old and I wanted to race. My mom said NO even though I
Faces at the Races|Ulverton Round 6 By Billy Rainford Photos by Jeff McConkey and Bigwave Yikes, having Jeff shoot some photos at the races isn’t making these ‘Faces at the Races‘ columns any shorter! Once again, we set Jeff up with a camera and a general shooting setting to go along with it and off he went into the action. It’s time for our favourite column to write where we
Out of the Blue: Estrella Cemovic|Presented by Schrader’s By Jeff McConkey Name: Estrella Cemovic Birthday: December 8, 1998 Hometown: Brampton, Ontario School & Grade: Homeschooled in grade 12 Number: 265 Bike: Yamaha YZ250f Race Club: I usually just race TransCan and sometimes Motocup in Canada and the bigger races in the States like Mini O’s, Spring Nationals and Loretta’s this year. I also do a couple local races when
5 Minutes with…Lane Gagne By Jeff McConkey Foreword by Billy Rainford Most of you are aware of Brittany Gagne‘s story of moving from New Hampshire to Montana last year and still making it all the way back for the Women’s East Nationals. She’s back this summer and competing in all 4 rounds, but did you know there is another Gagne racing? 19-year-old Lane Gagne is also competing in a select
Video: Ulverton MX National Recap Andy White and Billy Rainford take you through all the racing action from round 6 of the 2016 Rockstar Energy Drink MX Nationals at Ulverton MX in Ulverton, Quebec. Sit back and get caught up with 15 minutes of racing footage from this past weekend on the DMX Canadian MX Weekly Wrap-Up Show.
McThoughts|Ulverton Round 6|MX1 By Jeff McConkey Photos by Bigwave Both MX1 motos this past weekend in Ulverton had some excitement. The top guys are going so fast right now, they are getting into lappers very early. Moto 1 leader Davi Millsaps came in hot and hit one causing him to go down and hand over an almost certain win. In the 2nd moto, Brett Metcalfe was on the gas and
McThoughts|Ulverton Round 6|MX2 By Jeff McConkey Photos by Bigwave We had some very good racing this past weekend in Ulverton. Cole Thompson was the winner with two great rides, but a penalty issued by the CMRC dropped him back and took away the moto sweep. Even with the penalty, I don’t think this will effect Cole for the remainder of the season. No disrespect to the others, but Cole