Frid’Eh Update #35 | Clayton Schmucki | Brought to You by Dirt Care

Frid’Eh Update #35 | Clayton Schmucki | Brought to You by Dirt Care

By Billy Rainford

Welcome to Week #35 of the DMX Frid’Eh Update brought to you by Dirt Care. It’s a week off from pro racing and we’re heading into…gulp…Labour Day Weekend which means summer comes to an unofficial end after Monday. Many riders will be heading to the Baja Brawl at Baja Acres, so you might just find me there on the final day on Monday.

When I went “full-time” with this whole off-bike motocross thing, I rented a place from my long-time friend, Craig. He’s having us over to his new place over on Lake Huron, so that’s what will take up most of my time this week. It’s really in no small part because of him that I’ve been able to carve out this little niche in the sport, so I truly owe him a lot! And have him to blame! 🤣

Clayton Schmucki from Red Deer County, Alberta, is the rider with the #35 this season. I always kept an eye on him this summer and he seemed to be one of the riders who was always working hard and was in constant battles. To be honest, I was impressed with his riding and improvements.

Clayton and his family are easily some of the nicest people you’ll ever find at a motocross race. I always enjoy chatting with them whenever I see them. Go up to them next time you can and tell me I’m wrong!

Here’s a look at Clayton’s series this summer:

*2025 results are currently down at the Triple Crown site*

Let’s get to our interview:

Direct Motocross: Hey Clayton, thanks for taking some time with us this week. I called you Mr Consistent this summer. Whenever you were on the track I always saw you in good battles giving it your all. Were you happy with your season?

Clayton Schmucki: Hi, I’m very happy with how the season went. I made big improvements from last year and was able to reach my goals being in the top ten almost every race. Super excited to get that done!

Your best overall was a 6th at the final round at Walton Raceway Was there a reason for that?

Just was making lots of improvements as the season went on, with myself and the bike set-up. Getting better every weekend and getting on more familiar soil with the Walton ruts helped me get into that 6th position!

So you still get the sense that you’re improving at a rate you’re happy with? What’s it going to take to get you on the podium at some point?

Yes, I feel like I’m improving more than ever. Growing up I never had much proper training with bike and racing techniques. But now being able to work with the Masterpool’s and trainer Jim Fredrickson, I’ve really been able to get to new levels and improve faster than ever before.

You live in Red Deer Country, Alberta. What do you do for work when you’re not on the bike?

When I’m not on the bike I spend my time butchering and selling our local Alberta Beef!

Is that what you think you’ll do when you stop racing?

Definitely want to keep butchering here on our Family Farm. Racing I’ve learned how important nutrition really is and how much it can help us all live a healthier lifestyle.  Being able to make natural organic meat available to more people. But I hope to keep racing and improving as long as I can!

Do you play any other sports or did you when you were younger?

No, I never played many other sports growing up. I was always busy here at the farm or trying to hit all the local races. But always love to do some downhill skiing in the winter, anything that has speed and gets the adrenaline going.

Now you’ve got your younger brother, Tres Schmucki, nipping at your heels. He’s a Supermini rider now but have you been riding with him on a big bike yet?

Trey has been making lots of improvements too, but definitely not letting him beat me! He’s moving to a 125cc this fall, so going to see how it turns out.

You guys had quite the set up going at Walton! Did you have all those big vehicles with you at the other rounds this summer?

Yes, we had an awesome set-up this year sponsored by YB Racing and Pure Alberta Beef! 

What have you been up to since the season ended? Have you done some local races? If so, how have they gone?

Haven’t been racing, but still on the bike training and doing some work to change it up.

How do you see this winter going? Where do you go to train and for how long?

Going to do most of our training here at home. No plans to head south right now, but would definitely go back to the Masterpool‘s if I get the chance.

Will you try your hand at any indoor racing? Vancouver SX, AMA SX? Chilliwack AX? Iron Horse AX? AMA AX? There are a lot of options!

I feel very confident with my indoor riding, so definitely going to do Iron Horse AX here in Alberta!

How old are you and how many more years will you chase podiums?

I’m 21. I will be working more now, but I hope to keep chasing podiums and racing whether it’s motocross or maybe doing some more off-road enduro in the future.

Thanks for talking with us for your week again. Good luck with everything. Who would you like to thank?

Thank you! I would like to say a huge thanks to my team and all the hard working people that support me, giving me this opportunity to chase my dreams: trainers, Jim Fredrickson and the  Masterpool‘s, Pure Alberta Beef keeping me energized, Turple Bros Red Deer for sponsoring the bikes, Fox Racing Canada, CJR suspension, YB Racing Team, and my whole family for supporting me from the very beginning!

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2025 FIM ISDE

WORLD TROPHY

P.	Team	Num Rider CAT NAT Bike Class Time	Time	Gap
1	TEAM ITALY	160 BERNARDINI Samuele WT ITA HONDA 250 4T E1 2:55’14.58 161 MORETTINI Manolo WT ITA HONDA 300 4T E2 2:59’16.81 162 LESIARDO Morgan WT ITA TRIUMPH 250 4T E1 2:55’59.98 163 VERONA Andrea WT ITA GAS GAS 450 4T E2 2:52’17.39	11:42’48.76
2	TEAM SWEDEN	140 PERSSON Mikael WT SWE TRIUMPH 250 4T E1 2:55’53.73 141 AHLIN Max WT SWE KTM 350 4T E2 2:58’31.38 142 NORRBIN Albin WT SWE FANTIC 310 4T E2 2:57’32.91 143 SEMB Axel WT SWE FANTIC 310 4T E2 2:59’44.01	11:51’42.03	8’53.27
3	TEAM FRANCE	10 ESPINASSE Theophile WT FRA SHERCO 300 4T E2 2:59’40.87 11 BLANJOUE Hugo WT FRA HONDA 250 4T E1 2:59’22.42 12 LE QUERE Leo WT FRA TM MOTO 300 2T E3 2:58’16.70 13 ROUSSALY Julien WT FRA SHERCO 300 2T E3 2:57’10.92	11:54’30.91	11’42.15
4	TEAM UNITED STATES	20 TOTH Josh WT USA KAWASAKI 250 4T E1 3:02’39.28 21 BARNES Cody WT USA HONDA 450 4T E2 2:59’36.25 22 GIRROIR Jonathan WT USA KTM 350 4T E2 2:57’55.90 23 OLIVEIRA Dante WT USA KTM 450 4T E2 2:58’29.43	11:58’40.86	15’52.10
5	TEAM SPAIN	30 NAVARRO Sergio WT ESP HUSQVARNA 350 4T E2 2:59’38.18 31 NAVARRO Alejandro WT ESP GAS GAS 500 4T E3 3:02’23.44 32 PANDO Julio WT ESP BETA 350 4T E2 3:05’43.04 33 GARCIA Josep WT ESP KTM 250 4T E1 2:51’44.78	11:59’29.44	16’40.68
6	TEAM AUSTRALIA	40 MILNER Daniel WT AUS KTM 350 4T E2 2:59’20.85 41 REYNDERS Jonte WT AUS KTM 350 4T E2 3:00’38.73 42 STRANG Josh WT AUS BETA 480 4T E3 2:58’40.37 43 DICKSON Jye WT AUS BETA 430 4T E2 3:02’12.31	12:00’52.26	18’03.50
7	TEAM GREAT BRITAIN	170 EDMONDSON Jack WT GBR GAS GAS 250 4T E1 3:01’40.62 171 WALTON Alex WT GBR TRIUMPH 250 4T E1 3:07’16.33 172 EDMONDSON Harry WT GBR TRIUMPH 250 4T E1 3:04’31.14 173 MUNDEL Dan WT GBR KTM 350 4T E2 3:02’03.08	12:15’31.17	32’42.41
8	TEAM FINLAND	70 JUUPALUOMA Peetu WT FIN HUSQVARNA 250 4T E1 3:07’29.67 71 KOSKINEN Kimi WT FIN GAS GAS 250 4T E1 3:05’05.18 72 POHJOLA Eemil WT FIN YAMAHA 250 4T E1 3:05’11.23 73 KYTÖNEN Roni WT FIN HUSQVARNA 250 4T E1 3:00’13.30	12:17’59.38	35’10.62
9	TEAM CHILE	100 HERRERA Benjamin WT CHI KTM 450 4T E2 3:01’33.85 101 HERRERA Camilo WT CHI FANTIC 310 4T E2 3:02’04.17 102 TAVERNE Sebastian WT CHI HUSQVARNA 450 4T E2 3:06’09.11 103 ROJAS Diego WT CHI FANTIC 310 4T E2 3:11’44.05	12:21’31.18	38’42.42
10	TEAM AUSTRIA	60 NEURAUTER Lukas WT AUT KTM 350 4T E2 3:01’53.12 61 EGGER Maurice WT AUT KTM 350 4T E2 3:16’55.40 62 HECHER Thomas WT AUT GAS GAS 300 2T E3 3:10’18.11 63 SCHÖPF Bernhard WT AUT KTM 350 4T E2 3:07’57.35	12:37’03.98	54’15.22
11	TEAM POLAND	90 WIECKOWSKI Maciej WT POL GAS GAS 350 4T E2 3:12’09.11 91 OLSZOWY Dominik WT POL RIEJU 300 2T E3 3:06’12.31 92 BABICZ Dawid WT POL KTM 250 4T E1 3:13’37.90 93 ZAJACZKOWSKI Szymon WT POL KTM 250 2T E1 3:08’44.07	12:40’43.39	57’54.63
12	TEAM BELGIUM	50 NIJS Dante WT BEL KTM 350 4T E2 3:17’38.09 51 DAMIAENS Dietger WT BEL KTM 350 4T E2 3:06’28.75 52 WILLEMS Eric WT BEL TM MOTO 300 2T E3 3:02’28.61 53 VANDERHEYDEN Mika WT BEL HUSQVARNA 250 4T E1 3:21’14.83	12:47’50.28	01:05’01.52
13	TEAM BRAZIL	150 CRIVILIN Bruno WT BRA HONDA 250 4T E1 3:10’59.90 151 CALAFATI Vinicius WT BRA HONDA 450 4T E2 3:16’05.74 152 ROCHA Luciano WT BRA HONDA 450 4T E2 3:13’58.27 153 PAZ Renato WT BRA BETA 350 4T E2 3:13’19.97	12:54’23.88	01:11’35.12
14	TEAM GERMANY	110 SPACHMÜLLER Yanik WT DEU GAS GAS 350 4T E2 3:13’18.06 111 WILLS Maximilian WT DEU HUSQVARNA 249 2T E1 3:15’06.52 112 MÜLLER Philipp WT DEU BETA 350 4T E2 3:14’20.62 113 GÖRNER Florian WT DEU KTM 300 2T E3 3:12’11.36	12:54’56.56	01:12’07.80
15	TEAM MEXICO	130 RODRIGUEZ Arturo WT MEX KTM 450 4T E2 3:18’48.40 131 BABUN Zahir WT MEX BETA 300 2T E3 3:24’43.04 132 RAMIREZ Ivan WT MEX KTM 450 4T E2 3:13’39.47 133 GOIRAND Didier WT MEX HUSQVARNA 300 2T E3 3:14’54.84	13:12’05.75	01:29’16.99
16	TEAM CANADA	120 CHAINE Philippe WT CAN KTM 250 4T E1 3:15’59.67 121 HENDERSON Kenny WT CAN SHERCO 300 4T E2 3:30’53.44 122 STOCK Jared WT CAN KTM 350 4T E2 3:20’26.88 123 WILKINS Aaron WT CAN KTM 300 2T E3 3:19’32.62	13:26’52.61	01:44’03.85
17	TEAM SWITZERLAND	240 ERZER Steve WT CHE KTM 300 2T E3 3:27’35.45 241 GAILLAND Loris WT CHE KTM 300 2T E3 3:20’07.31 242 LEGA Martin WT CHE GAS GAS 300 2T E3 3:36’33.55 243 BESSE Michael WT CHE KTM 300 2T E3 3:38’45.54	14:03’01.85	02:20’13.09
18	TEAM COLOMBIA	180 CHICA CORREA Martin WT COL BETA 125 2T E1 3:49’08.33 181 VEGA VALENCIA Eduardo WT COL KTM 350 4T E2 3:33’13.89 182 ANCIZAR KLOCH Pablo WT COL HONDA 300 4T E2 3:50’14.29 183 JARAMILLO CARRANZA Tomas WT COL HONDA 250 4T E1 3:37’54.65	14:50’31.16	03:07’42.40
19	TEAM GREECE	200 PISIMANIS Georgios WT GRE SHERCO 450 4T E2 3:44’49.62 201 NTEVETZIS Ioannis WT GRE BETA 390 4T E2 6:32’30.89 202 MANOLIDIS Georgios WT GRE BETA 300 2T E3 3:36’21.41 203 VARSAMIS Dimitrios WT GRE HONDA 480 4T E3 4:30’26.04	18:24’07.96	06:41’19.20
20	TEAM PORTUGAL	80 CHARRUA Bruno WT POR GAS GAS 350 4T E2 3:13’24.19 81 ROCHA Frederico WT POR TM MOTO 300 4T E2 13:11’32.21 82 OLIVEIRA Luis WT POR YAMAHA 450 4T E2 3:07’01.60 83 FERREIRA Ruben WT POR BETA 250 2T E1 3:11’23.55	22:43’21.55	11:32.79

WOMEN’S WORLD TROPHY

P.	Team	Num Rider CAT NAT Bike Class Time	Time	Gap
1	TEAM UNITED STATES	301 RICHARDS Brandy WWT USA KTM 350 4T E2 3:20’49.17 302 GUTISH Rachel WWT USA RIEJU 300 2T E3 3:27’34.60 303 STEEDE Korie WWT USA HUSQVARNA 250 4T E1 3:23’30.32	10:11’54.09
2	TEAM AUSTRALIA	304 GARDINER Jess WWT AUS YAMAHA 250 4T E1 3:28’49.85 305 MCDONALD Danielle WWT AUS YAMAHA 250 4T E1 3:23’33.14 306 HEALEY Madison WWT AUS KTM 250 4T E1 3:56’54.68	10:49’17.67	37’23.58
3	TEAM FRANCE	307 LORNA Lafont WWT FRA SHERCO 250 2T E1 3:42’43.87 308 MARTEL Justine WWT FRA BETA 250 2T E1 3:36’22.15 309 BRISEBARD Mauricette WWT FRA BETA 200 2T E1 3:36’53.39	10:55’59.41	44’05.32
4	TEAM ITALY	310 NOCERA Francesca WWT ITA HONDA 250 4T E1 3:28’24.60 311 TRAINI Sara WWT ITA RIEJU 300 2T E3 3:42’26.65 312 VOLPI Asia WWT ITA BETA 200 2T E1 3:58’27.43	11:09’18.68	57’24.59
5	TEAM GREAT BRITAIN	313 WALKER Katie WWT GBR GAS GAS 250 4T E1 3:53’51.69 314 HOLMES Nieve WWT GBR SHERCO 250 4T E1 3:33’00.38 315 TETT Elisabeth WWT GBR TM MOTO 250 4T E1 4:00’41.60	11:27’33.67	01:15’39.58
6	TEAM CANADA	316 BOUDREAU Marie-Claude WWT CAN KTM 250 2T E1 4:35’47.22 317 SHARPLESS Emma WWT CAN KTM 250 4T E1 4:09’52.59 318 TURNER Shelby WWT CAN GAS GAS 350 4T E2 3:28’19.79	12:13’59.60	02:02’05.51
7	TEAM SLOVAKIA	325 BUCOVA Natalia WWT SVK BETA 200 2T E1 3:56’34.98 326 BARBOROVA Barbora WWT SVK KTM 150 2T E1 4:26’33.75 327 CIPKOVA Gabriela WWT SVK HUSQVARNA 250 4T E1 4:04’41.24	12:27’49.97	02:15’55.88
8	TEAM CHILE	322 GONZALEZ Tania WWT CHI HONDA 250 4T E1 13:23’03.35 323 NORAMBUENA Belen WWT CHI RIEJU 300 2T E3 3:59’02.40 324 CORREA Ignacia WWT CHI KTM 250 4T E1 3:52’35.83	21:14’41.58	11:02’47.49
9	TEAM GERMANY	319 HEISTERMANN Celine WWT DEU BETA 249 2T E1 4:49’32.19 320 BAUM Hedi WWT DEU KTM 350 4T E2 4:32’08.08 321 SOLLER Laura WWT DEU HUSQVARNA 349 4T E2 15:46’05.39	25:07’45.66	14:55’51.57

JUNIOR WORLD TROPHY

P.	Team	Num Rider CAT NAT Bike Class Time	Time	Gap
1	TEAM ITALY	164 ELGARI Alberto JWT ITA TM MOTO 250 2T E1 2:59’18.55 165 VERZEROLI Manuel JWT ITA TM MOTO 250 2T E1 3:00’59.96 166 CRISTINO Kevin JWT ITA FANTIC 300 2T E3 2:57’34.90	8:57’53.41
2	TEAM FRANCE	14 GIRAUDON Thibault JWT FRA SHERCO 250 2T E1 3:00’26.01 15 DAGNA Romain JWT FRA KTM 250 2T E1 3:00’07.93 16 JOYON Leo JWT FRA BETA 250 2T E1 2:58’50.27	8:59’24.21	1’30.80
3	TEAM AUSTRALIA	44 BACON Kyron JWT AUS KAWASAKI 300 4T E2 2:56’55.60 45 MCMAHON Korey JWT AUS KTM 500 4T E3 3:05’08.77 46 RIORDAN Angus JWT AUS KTM 250 4T E1 2:59’11.20	9:01’15.57	3’22.16
4	TEAM UNITED STATES	24 DAVIS Grant JWT USA KTM 350 4T E2 2:58’00.21 25 JONES Cooper JWT USA KTM 350 4T E2 3:05’08.50 26 OLIVEIRA Mateo JWT USA KTM 450 4T E2 3:06’31.46	9:09’40.17	11’46.76
5	TEAM SPAIN	34 PUEY Alex JWT ESP RIEJU 300 2T E3 3:03’28.17 35 FONTOVA Albert JWT ESP GAS GAS 350 4T E2 3:05’29.64 36 DOMINGUEZ Yago JWT ESP RIEJU 300 2T E3 3:05’04.14	9:14’01.95	16’08.54
6	TEAM CHILE	104 CORTEZ Agustin JWT CHI HONDA 300 4T E2 3:06’26.32 105 JOSE Ramdohr JWT CHI FANTIC 300 2T E3 3:07’11.70 106 HUERTA Cristobal JWT CHI BETA 300 2T E3 3:06’28.93	9:20’06.95	22’13.54
7	TEAM SWEDEN	144 MODIN Arvid JWT SWE TRIUMPH 250 4T E1 3:07’02.28 145 AHLIN Kalle JWT SWE KTM 250 4T E1 3:08’54.32 146 LINDSTRÖM Alfons JWT SWE HUSQVARNA 350 4T E2 3:06’53.10	9:22’49.70	24’56.29
8	TEAM GREAT BRITAIN	174 DAVIES Sam JWT GBR GAS GAS 250 4T E1 3:09’25.86 175 HUGHES Callum JWT GBR BETA 250 2T E1 3:14’17.61 176 HUGHES Sam JWT GBR KTM 350 4T E2 3:09’57.55	9:33’41.02	35’47.61
9	TEAM FIM EUROPE	254 MERASICKY Tomas JWT SVK HUSQVARNA 125 2T E1 3:15’44.31 255 SKUTA Matej JWT CZE BETA 350 4T E2 3:06’28.38 256 KOLLAR Adam JWT SVK GAS GAS 125 2T E1 3:26’44.65	9:48’57.34	51’03.93
10	TEAM SLOVENIA	234 JELENC Nace JWT SLO KTM 125 2T E1 3:17’22.46 235 HAUPTMAN Gal JWT SLO KTM 250 4T E1 3:09’20.47 236 PODOBNIK Nik JWT SLO BETA 200 2T E1 3:22’53.32	9:49’36.25	51’42.84
11	TEAM AUSTRIA	64 WUNDERLICH Jan JWT AUT GAS GAS 250 4T E1 3:21’24.68 65 VÖTSCH Anton JWT AUT KTM 250 4T E1 3:18’39.46 66 HUTTER Valentino JWT AUT GAS GAS 250 4T E1 3:12’47.92	9:52’52.06	54’58.65
12	TEAM CANADA	124 GALBRAITH Noah JWT CAN HUSQVARNA 300 2T E3 3:26’40.63 125 MCKILL Owen JWT CAN SHERCO 300 4T E2 3:16’19.79 126 MONTGOMERY Boston JWT CAN YAMAHA 250 4T E1 3:21’09.27	10:04’09.69	01:06’16.28
13	TEAM FIM LA	194 GONÇALVES João Pedro JWT BRA SHERCO 300 2T E3 3:14’09.17 195 BARRETO Johan JWT COL KTM 500 4T E3 3:29’36.90 196 TUMBARELLO Tomas JWT ARG GAS GAS 350 4T E2 3:20’54.35	10:04’40.42	01:06’47.01
14	TEAM GERMANY	114 MATTHIAS Nic JWT DEU KTM 349 4T E2 3:24’18.94 115 WAGNER David JWT DEU HUSQVARNA 350 4T E2 3:26’06.12 116 SADECKI Pascal JWT DEU FANTIC 300 2T E3 3:16’29.94	10:06’55.00	01:09’01.59
15	TEAM PORTUGAL	84 LEITE Francisco JWT POR SHERCO 300 4T E2 3:20’36.11 85 JESUS Goncalo JWT POR BETA 250 2T E1 3:29’31.01 86 PINTO Luis JWT POR KTM 250 2T E1 3:22’02.58	10:12’09.70	01:14’16.29
16	TEAM BELGIUM	54 DEHARLEZ William JWT BEL HONDA 300 4T E2 3:22’15.79 55 NIJS Luca JWT BEL GAS GAS 350 4T E2 3:26’07.12 56 SENTE Victor JWT BEL SHERCO 125 2T E1 3:30’08.15	10:18’31.06	01:20’37.65
17	TEAM NEW ZEALAND	224 AFFLECK Blake JWT NZL HONDA 250 4T E1 3:26’03.46 225 HUDDLESTON Dylan JWT NZL HUSQVARNA 250 4T E1 13:13’01.59 226 RICHARDS Jonty JWT NZL BETA 250 2T E1 3:29’14.84	20:08’19.89	11:10’26.48

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Jess Pettis to Race Final Challenge Quebec Race this Weekend

GAS-Issoudun final round August 30-31 and September 1. Rider info HERE

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OK, I’ve got a podcast interview scheduled for 4:00pm with #93 Cole Pranger who was injured (broken femur) at Budds Creek last week. He’s home recovering from surgery so we want to see how he’s doing and talk about his breakthrough season where he placed 9th in the 250 class.

Enjoy your Labour Day long weekend, everyone. Here in Southwestern Ontario the weather is going to be perfect for riding and racing!