Faces at the Races | FWM Arenacross Final Weekend | Cycle North Powersports By Billy Rainford When the opportunity to head west to Chilliwack, BC for the final weekend of racing at the 2019 Future West Moto Arenacross Championships, I was actually a little hesitant. Not because I didn’t want to check out rounds 7 and 8 of the series, but because I’d just returned from 6 weeks out in
Photo Report | FWM Arenacross Final Round – The Pros | Cycle North Powersports By Billy Rainford It was round 8 of 8 Saturday night at Chilliwack Heritage Park in Chilliwack, BC. The freezing cold weather continued and the wind had a big part of this province without power. Fortunately, the lights stayed on in the barn and we were able to complete the 2019 Future West Moto Arenacross Championships
Photo Report | FWM Arenacross Round 7 – Pros | Cycle North Powersports By Billy Rainford We’ve only got one more round to go to crown our champions in the 2019 Future West Moto Arenacross Championships. OK, you got me, all of the top classes were clinched last night and we will enjoy some victory laps for the winners in Ladies, Pro Am Lights, and Pro Open. However, the other
FWM Arenacross Round 7 Amateur Races Photo Report | Cycle North Powersports By Billy Rainford It was unusually cold and windy for round 7 of 8 in the 2019 Future West Moto Arenacross Championships in Chilliwack, BC Friday night. There were a good number of fans in the stands for a Friday, as they are notoriously quieter than Saturday nights. We’ve only got one more round to go tonight back
TBT | 2009 Ste. Thecle National Photo Report – The Mud Race By Billy Rainford The 2009 CMRC Canadian MX National at Ste. Thecle in Quebec is a race that sort of lives in infamy. We headed to the small French town for one show and got more rain than you can shake an umbrella at. I was doing the live audiocast for MX Forum and ‘Pirate Radio.’ They had
Winter X Games | Snow BikeCross Final By Billy Rainford Heading into year 3 of Snow BikeCross being included in the Winter X Games, Canadians were undefeated. #2 Brock Hoyer won the first-ever gold medal in 2017 and then #111 Cody Matechuk took top spot last year. Could we do it again? Competing this year were a total of 5 racers from Canada trying to make the 12-rider final. #53
Para Snow BikeCross Final | Winter X Games By Billy Rainford They are now running an Adaptive and a Para Snow BikeCross event here at the Winter X Games and they are both full medal sports. Adaptive was a demonstration sport last year. #19 Doug Henry was untouchable in 2017, and he was the one to beat again this year in the Para event. #71 Will Posey kept him honest,
Who Had the Best Style at Milestone on Wednesday? By Billy Rainford I headed out to Milestone MX this morning for one last day at a mid-week Supercross practice track. The place was full of Pro riders getting set for Round 4 of the Monster Energy Supercross series in Oakland this weekend. Tomorrow morning it’s time to start heading east into the Rockies for some Winter X Games Snow BikeCross
Supercross Futures Round 2 | Anaheim | Strikt Photos and Captions by Billy Rainford Round 2 of the Supercross Futures series took place on Sunday after A2. There was a lot of rain in the area this past week, but the track was in perfect condition for a full slate of amateur racing. The numbers: Entries: 784 Riders: 484 Total race laps: 5441 It was a busy day! When I
Race Tech Tour By Billy Rainford It’s always cool to drop in and see what and who make motocross industry leaders tick. One such company is Race Tech out of Corona, California. It was another rainy day out here so Chris Riesenberg and I decided today would be the perfect day for me to come in and check out the shop on Pomona Road. Chris calls Minnesota home and is