Photo Report | Parts Canada TransCan | The Champions By Billy Rainford Well, that’s another Parts Canada TransCan GNC at Walton Raceway in the bag. It’s hard to believe it’s been 25 years! Chris Lee and the gang took the successful Loretta Lynn’s template and brought it north to Canada and it worked. All summer long, amateur riders across Canada and the US think about this one week in Southwestern
Walton TransCan|Just the Friday Mud By Billy Rainford Jeff Morgan and I just stood by the van and snapped shots as the poor riders in the MX3 Jr. A and MX3 Jr. B classes tried to get their final motos of the day in. It was ugly, but it makes for some unique shots, so here we go. No words are really necessary here.
Walton TransCan|Friday Photo Report By Billy Rainford What started out as a normal, warm SWO day at the Parts Canada TransCan ended with a huge windstorm that brought torrential rain for about 20 minutes. It was the kind of storm that can only last a short time. The MX3 Jr. B riders were out on the track when it hit and the race got red flagged for pretty obvious reasons.
Walton TransCan|Thursday Photo Report By Billy Rainford The first full day of racing took place today at the 25th Anniversary Parts Canada TransCan GNC at Walton Raceway. Although there may be a few empty gates in several classes, the level of competition seems to be higher than ever. Because the threat of a severe storm late Wednesday, 4 motos were canceled and were to be run at the end of
Faces at the Races|RJ’s National Gallery By Billy Rainford Photos by Jeff McConkey and Bigwave Unfortunately, with the TransCan firing up this week, there just weren’t enough hours in the day for me to do my usual sarcastic captions for the final ‘Faces at the Races‘ column of the Rockstar Energy Drink MX Nationals season. (Collective sigh) Instead, here is an extended gallery of shots of the racers under the
Photo Report|Rockstar Energy Nationals|RJ’s Round 10 By Billy Rainford Photos by Tyler Spikman and Billy Rainford The 2016 Rockstar Energy Drink MX Nationals have come to an end. We’ve gone from from coast to coast and then some! Yes, there were a few surprises along the way, but the riders who came out on top of the MX2 and MX2 really shouldn’t have shocked anyone. Cole Thompson and Davi Millsaps
Photo Report|Women’s East Nationals|RJ’s Round 4 By Billy Rainford Photos by Jeff McConkey and Billy Rainford The 2016 Women’s East MX Nationals came to an end this past Saturday at RJ Motosport Park just north of Barrie, Ontario. The series was taken to 4 rounds instead of the previous 3 and the action was good at each round, with women showing up from all over eastern Canada and south of
Faces at the Races|Deschambault National By Billy Rainford Photos by Jeff McConkey and Bigwave Here’s our weekly look at the riders under the helmets and the people around the fences in the Deschambault National edition of ‘Faces at the Races.’
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
Faces at the Races|Riverglade National|Presented by Toys for Big Boys By Billy Rainford It’s time for our weekly look at the riders under the helmets and the spectators lining the fences in ‘Faces at the Races,’ this week presented by Toys for Big Boys.