Monday Morning Coffee

By Billy Rainford

So, it’s after 5pm here in Mantova, Italy. This time change is really something. Carl Bastedo, Dylan Wright, and I just got back to the hotel from a late lunch. I sat down at my laptop and looked at the clock. Then I did the math and realized that it was only 11am back in Eastern time, leaving me an hour to put a few thoughts down for a Monday Morning Coffee column, so here we are.

I don’t think Mantova is the most glamorous of Italian cities, but it’s pretty cool and has a nice downtown area full of cafés and bars. Of course, we got down there at around 3:30pm which didn’t mean anything to us, but it does to Italians. Apparently, you don’t just walk into a restaurant at this time. We had a hell of a time finding something to eat!

We ended up at the same place Derek Schuster and I sat and had a beer when we got here for the MXON just a couple months ago.

You know what the had for me? I had a tiny tuna sandwich on white bread with the crusts cut off. Dylan had a salami sandwich, and Carl had some pizza bread. I don’t know what’s going on over here but all they seem to eat are sandwiches and pizza. Seriously, I never thought I’d say this but I really want some vegetables!

Let’s have a look at some of what happened over the weekend.

2021 Dubya World Vet Championships at Glen Helen

It sounds like there was some great racing over the weekend at the 37th Annual Dubya World Vet Championships at Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, California. Canada had a bunch of riders representing and Ryan Lockhart managed to come away with a title.

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World Cup of Nations 30+ – Overall Finish Positions    View Laptimes Moto 2

Overall Nbr   Name Moto 1 Moto 2  1st   #505   SEAN LIPANOVICH  TEAM GUAM, CA  1st 1st  2nd   #101   RYAN LOCKHART  TEAM CANADA #3, BC  3rd 2nd  3rd   #57   ANDREW YARNELL  TEAM PUERTO RICO #2, CA  4th 3rd  4th   #933   MARK BREWER  TEAM USA #1,   6th 4th  5th   #222   ROWAN TREFZ  TEAM AUSTRALIA, CA  5th 5th  6th   #6k   LUIS M GRANA  TEAM PUERTO RICO #1, NA  8th 7th  7th   #861   ALEX ZAPATA  HESPERIA, CA  9th 8th  8th   #1   CHRIS SIEMS  TEAM IRELAND,   12th 6th  9th   #723   KENNY HERNANDEZ  TEAM MEXICO, CA  11th 9th  10th   #568   ADAM MORROW  TEAM CANADA #2, CA  10th 10th  11th   #6   HENRY HUANG  TEAM PUERTO RICO #3, CA  7th 13th  12th   #595   DOMINIC DESIMONE  TEAM USA #2, CA  2nd DNF  13th   #53   MERICK GROOM  TEAM CANADA #1, AB  14th 11th  14th   #57x   NEO VARGAS  TEAM COSTA RICA #1,   15th 12th  15th   #198   TRAVIS PEASE  TEAM GERMANY, AZ  13th DNF  16th   #32   STEVEN AGUILAR  TEAM COSTA RICA #2, CA  16th DNF  17th   #654   ALLEN MULLINS  TEAM USA #4, VA  17th DNF

World Cup of Nations 40+ – Overall Finish Positions    View Laptimes Moto 2

Overall Nbr   Name Moto 1 Moto 2  1st   #165   KRIS KEEFER  TEAM GUAM, CA  1st 1st  2nd   #59   TY DAVIS  TEAM USA #1,   3rd 2nd  3rd   #20   SHANE CUTHBERTSON  TEAM CANADA #3,   2nd 3rd  4th   #100   MARK TEARLE  TEAM AUSTRALIA, GA  4th 4th  5th   #852   KEVIN BARDA  TEAM USA #2, CA  5th 5th  6th   #17   MARIO OLIVENCIA  TEAM PUERTO RICO #1, NA  6th 7th  7th   #66   ADRIAN SPIKER  TEAM MEXICO, CA  8th 6th  8th   #108   CHUCK MCCARTY  TEAM ARGENTINA, CA  7th 9th  9th   #376   BRYAN CHOMYN  TEAM CANADA #2, AB  9th 8th  10th   #17y   PAUL NEMEC  TEAM PUERTO RICO #2, CA  11th 10th  11th   #561   KYLE MOOSE  TEAM IRELAND, CA  14th 11th  12th   #84   RYAN MOBBS  TEAM CANADA #1, AB  15th 12th  13th   #888   RUSS ETHRIDGE  TEAM COSTA RICA #1,   17th 13th  14th   #432   TYLER GRAY  TEAM PUERTO RICO #3, CA  10th DNF  15th   #820   JEREMIAH KERLEY  TEAM USA #4, NC  12th DNF  16th   #703   NATHAN MEIKEL  TEAM GERMANY, CA  13th DNF  17th   #258w   JOHNNY HAYES  TEAM COSTA RICA #2, CA  16th DNF

World Cup of Nations 50+ – Overall Finish Positions    View Laptimes Moto 2

Overall Nbr   Name Moto 1 Moto 2  1st   #261   BILLY SICKMON  TEAM MEXICO, AX       2nd   #15   DOUG DUBACH  TEAM GUAM, CA  1st 1st  3rd   #49   DEREK SORENSON  TEAM CANADA #3, CA  2nd 3rd  4th   #23   ANDREW HOPSON  TEAM AUSTRALIA, CA  5th 2nd  5th   #861   DAVID CINCOTTA  TEAM USA #1,   4th 4th  6th   #33   ROBERT KUHRY  TEAM PUERTO RICO #2, CA  3rd 5th  7th   #18y   ED HEACOX  TEAM PUERTO RICO #3,   6th 6th  8th   #101   MARK DAVENPORT  TEAM ARGENTIA, CA  8th 7th  9th   #40x   DAVE MCGREGOR  TEAM CANADA #2, NA  9th 8th  10th   #52   EDDIE JARAMILLO  TEAM PUERTO RICO #1,   11th 9th  11th   #l7   PASHA AFHAR  TEAM IRELAND, CA  10th 10th  12th   #x129   NICK LUCIANO  TEAM USA #2, CA  13th 11th  13th   #142   DEAN MURPHY  TEAM CANADA #1, SK  12th 12th  14th   #310   TOMMY LEONE  TEAM COSTA RICA #1,   14th 13th  15th   #40   DAVID FONTES  TEAM USA #4, CO  7th DNF  16th   #116   DEREK BROWN  TEAM COSTA RICA #2, CA  15th DNF  17th   #416   KEVIN WILKINSON  TEAM GERMANY, CA  16th DNF  18th   #50   LUIS ESPARZA  TEAM MEXICO, CA  17th DNF

I tell ya, you could spend a long time going over the results from this event. There were like 45 classes! I just thought I’d highlight the “Nations” results, but you can check them all out here:

2021 Dubya World Vet Championships Results

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Shelby Turner Back to Her Winning Ways

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Shelby Turner was in Alabama to close out the NEPG AMA National Enduro Series over the weekend. She managed to take the win in the race and finished 3rd overall in the series.

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FWM Arenacross Championships Points

We’ll be back to complete the Future West Moto Canadian Arenacross Championships series on November 28-18 and then December 3-4-5 at Chilliwack Heritage Park in Chilliwack, BC. Here’s a look at a couple class points after 2 rounds:

Ladies

Place – Name Number – Hometown 10/16/2021 Finish 10/17/2021 Finish Total Points 1st – ANNALYSE LOPUSHINSKY #09 – ROSEDALE, BC 1st 1st 50 2nd – PEYTON BELISLE #936 – SMITHERS, BC 3rd 3rd 40 (-10) 2nd – HARLEY LAWSON #250 – CALGARY, AB 4th 2nd 40 (-10) 4th – MASON VAN DYCK #612 – MAPLE RIDGE, BC 2nd 6th 37 (-13) 5th – AISHA PICOTTE #32 – LANGLEY, BC 6th 5th 31 (-19) 5th – DANIKA SNIDER #87 – LANGLEY, BC 8th 4th 31 (-19) 7th – JORDAN LETORIA #913 – PRINCE GEORGE, BC 5th 8th 29 (-21) 8th – SAIGE COLE #288 – KELOWNA, BC 7th 7th 28 (-22) 9th – SHELBY COE #139 – KELOWNA, BC 10th 9th 23 (-27) 9th – BRIE DAY #137 – LAKE COUNTRY, BC 9th 10th 23 (-27) 11th – REESE LAWSON #910 – CALGARY, AB 11th 11th 20 (-30)

Pro Am Lites

Place – Name Number – Hometown 10/16/2021 Finish 10/17/2021 Finish Total Points 1st – TANNER WARD #84 – COURTLAND, ON 1st 1st 50 2nd – DAVEY FRASER #11 – ABBOTSFORD, BC 2nd 2nd 44 (-6) 3rd – ZACH UFIMZEFF #234 – LAKE COUNTRY, BC 3rd 3rd 40 (-10) 4th – CHARLES CHARLTON #574 – KAMLOOPS, BC 7th 4th 32 (-18) 5th – DEVYN SMITH #30 – MAPLE RIDGE, BC 6th 5th 31 (-19) 6th – ZANE MELLAFONT #174 – DUNCAN, BC 8th 6th 28 (-22) 7th – LUKE SVENSSON #12 – LANGLEY, BC 9th 7th 26 (-24) 8th – TEREN GERBER #482 – CALGARY, AB 4th   18 (-32) 9th – JULIEN BENEK #50 – MISSION, BC 5th   16 (-34) 10th – PARIE DAGERE #512 – KAMLOOPS, BC   8th 13 (-37)

Pro Open

Place – Name Number – Hometown 10/16/2021 Finish 10/17/2021 Finish Total Points 1st – BROCK HOYER #2 – WILLIAMS LAKE, BC 2nd 1st 47 2nd – PARKER EALES #36 – MAPLE RIDGE, BC 4th 3rd 38 (-9) 3rd – TANNER WARD #84 – COURTLAND, ON 6th 2nd 37 (-10) 4th – DAVEY FRASER #11 – ABBOTSFORD, BC 3rd 5th 36 (-11) 5th – TRYSTAN HART #184 – INVERMERE, BC 5th 4th 34 (-13) 6th – ZACH UFIMZEFF #234 – LAKE COUNTRY, BC 8th 6th 28 (-19) 7th – MARCUS DEAUSY #510 – 150 MILE HOUSE, BC 7th 8th 27 (-20) 8th – ETHAN OUELLETTE #192 – CAMPBELL RIVER, BC 9th 7th 26 (-21) 9th – JULIEN BENEK #50 – MISSION, BC 1st   25 (-22) 10th – BROCK LEITNER #197 – SUMMERLAND, BC 10th   11 (-36)

Full results can be found HERE.

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As far as what I was doing over the weekend, it’s been a pretty amazing time over here in Italy. It doesn’t get a whole lot better than traveling to see motocross races.

There always seem to be two different camps as far as the MXGP series is concerned. Some think it’s the greatest series going while other don’t pay it much attention at all and instead are more focused on their national series and the AMA nationals.

Well, if haven’t already been, you need to pay attention this coming Wednesday for the final round in Mantova, Italy.

The MX2 series has already been decided. Maxime Renault clinched the series, but the MXGP class was down to 3 points between 3 riders before this past Sunday.

Unfortunately, 2nd in points #243 Tim Gajser got pushed off the track in the start of the first moto and decided to cut across the track and hop into the field without letting enough riders go past. The result was a 3rd place finish that quickly turned into an 8th. It was a move that will likely take him out of this title hunt this weekend. He’s now 15 points out.

#3 Romain Febvre leads #84 Jeffrey Herlings by 3 points but if Sunday was any indication, I feel this one is still Jeffrey’s to lose. He is crazy fast at this track and made an incredible charge in moto 1 to finish a close 2nd to Romain and the led moto 2 wire to wire. It’s going to be good, so be sure to check it out on Wednesday.

And what about the performances of #109 Dylan Wright?! By now, you may have already had a chance to watch/listen to his thoughts on this past weekend’s racing. You may have also watched the video I put together showing his day. If not, here they all are below:

Spotify:

Youtube Interview:

Dylan’s Video Highlights:

Dylan has been doing very well over here and teams and riders are talking. He’s one great start away from turning the remaining heads that aren’t already looking at the #109 out there.

MX2 – World Championship Classification

Pos Nr Rider Nat. Bike Total MFR GBR ITA NED CZE BEL LAT TUR TUR SAR GER FRA ESP TRE TRE TRE ITA ITA 1 959 Renaux, Maxime FRA YAM 689 15-12 25-22 15-22 12-18 16-22 22-20 25-25 18-25 25-22 22-20 20-25 18-22 22-25 15-13 14-18 22-25 25-22 – – 2 28 Vialle, Tom FRA KTM 570 25-25 – – 0-0 – – 22-0 18-10 15-18 25-22 22-25 25-25 25-20 25-25 25-20 25-25 25-0 18-22 20-18 – – 3 93 Geerts, Jago BEL YAM 563 4-15 14-0 18-16 25-25 9-20 25-22 20-22 12-15 18-10 13-22 16-22 16-18 8-22 22-22 22-15 8-0 22-25 – – 4 14 Beaton, Jed AUS HUS 513 14-10 0-13 16-14 22-20 20-13 13-16 18-8 20-20 9-20 8-16 18-16 20-15 18-18 14-20 5-20 16-7 16-20 – – 5 101 Guadagnini, M. ITA KTM 512 12-11 18-25 22-25 7-16 25-16 7-11 22-20 22-18 20-15 20-0 8-11 22-20 20-13 3-14 10-22 0-12 9-16 – – 6 711 Hofer, Rene AUT KTM 501 16-18 0-20 10-15 18-11 11-18 10-9 13-15 16-16 12-16 12-7 22-18 14-16 16-15 13-16 18-25 25-13 15-12 – – 7 74 de Wolf, Kay NED HUS 441 11-0 6-6 14-12 16-22 15-12 20-25 12-13 14-12 14-13 18-18 13-15 2-10 15-3 16-15 13-9 13-15 18-11 – – 8 198 Benistant, T. FRA YAM 413 6-14 16-12 25-7 8-15 12-25 16-18 16-14 13-11 15-18 16-13 5-12 15-14 12-14 0-4 6-12 15-14 – – – – 9 70 Fernandez, R. ESP HON 404 22-20 22-15 20-9 11-14 18-14 15-14 4-16 15-0 13-9 0-0 – – 0-11 14-16 18-18 20-16 20-20 – – – – 10 516 Laengenfelder, S. GER GAS 316 9-13 15-16 4-13 10-0 7-6 11-12 11-10 2-6 11-7 10-0 15-10 4-7 11-10 7-8 12-14 10-10 10-15 – – 11 20 Todd, Wilson AUS KAW 305 5-7 11-10 6-3 15-9 14-10 0-0 2-9 10-14 16-12 14-6 0-14 13-6 10-11 4-0 15-10 14-18 13-4 – – 12 11 Haarup, Mikkel DEN KAW 294 8-4 12-0 1-10 13-12 5-5 12-7 14-12 4-13 6-3 6-0 9-13 9-13 6-12 9-7 11-11 7-16 11-13 – – 13 517 Gifting, Isak SWE GAS 267 1-0 0-11 0-0 14-13 6-8 5-6 7-11 8-10 0-14 15-15 10-6 10-0 13-0 20-12 16-0 0-8 14-14 – – 14 80 Adamo, Andrea ITA GAS 236 7-8 3-8 8-11 6-3 8-0 3-3 9-7 6-7 10-11 1-8 7-7 8-9 5-0 10-9 0-13 11-11 12-7 – – 15 172 Boisrame, M. FRA KAW 223 18-22 20-14 13-18 9-10 10-15 14-13 10-6 11-1 8-4 7-0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 16 39 Van De Moosdijk, R. NED KAW 190 20-16 13-18 12-20 20-0 13-0 – – – – – – – – 9-14 11-0 12-12 0-0 – – – – – – – – – – 17 426 Mewse, Conrad GBR KTM 172 – – 4-7 11-6 2-8 0-11 0-15 – – – – – – 11-12 14-9 0-2 9-8 11-3 0-1 12-4 7-5 – – 18 118 Rubini, S. FRA HON 142 10-0 0-9 9-2 1-0 0-1 1-0 – – 9-8 7-8 0-0 12-8 11-8 7-9 12-10 0-0 – – – – – – 19 403 Boegh Damm, B. DEN KTM 124 3-2 10-5 0-0 5-7 3-4 9-8 8-0 – – – – 0-11 4-4 7-0 3-4 0-0 9-0 0-6 4-8 – – 20 253 Pancar, Jan SLO KTM 123 13-9 1-3 5-8 0-0 1-0 0-2 3-4 5-9 5-5 4-9 0-3 3-0 1-6 0-0 3-0 1-5 5-10 – –

MXGP – World Championship Classification

Pos Nr Rider Nat. Bike Total MFR GBR ITA NED CZE BEL LAT TUR TUR SAR GER FRA ESP TRE TRE TRE ITA ITA 1 3 Febvre, Romain FRA KAW 661 22-15 14-22 25-9 18-18 20-11 22-25 16-20 18-18 18-16 20-20 18-22 25-22 25-14 20-18 25-16 22-20 25-22 – – 2 84 Herlings, J. NED KTM 658 18-22 20-18 15-25 25-0 – – 25-16 25-18 25-22 25-22 25-25 22-20 22-25 20-25 25-25 0-18 20-18 22-25 – – 3 243 Gajser, Tim SLO HON 646 25-25 18-25 16-15 20-22 22-6 14-18 22-22 15-25 20-25 2-13 20-25 15-20 18-22 18-20 22-20 18-25 13-20 – – 4 222 Cairoli, A. ITA KTM 534 20-0 25-20 20-20 13-25 15-25 20-14 20-15 16-16 22-20 – – 16-11 16-18 14-18 0-0 20-25 16-16 20-18 – – 5 61 Prado, Jorge ESP KTM 532 12-13 22-14 22-14 15-20 25-20 15-20 18-25 22-20 0-18 22-22 25-0 5-9 22-20 13-4 16-0 14-15 15-15 – – 6 91 Seewer, Jeremy SUI YAM 530 15-16 13-16 13-13 16-11 16-22 16-13 12-14 14-14 7-8 15-16 13-16 20-15 16-13 22-16 18-22 25-22 16-16 – – 7 259 Coldenhoff, G. NED YAM 416 11-3 16-12 18-22 22-0 18-18 12-8 14-0 13-10 13-2 11-11 14-15 8-13 11-7 16-22 14-15 15-13 10-9 – – 8 41 Jonass, Pauls LAT GAS 391 0-20 15-15 14-18 14-8 0-15 18-22 15-6 20-0 16-15 8-15 15-18 18-16 15-16 15-9 4-11 0-0 – – – – 9 77 Lupino, A. ITA KTM 310 16-18 12-8 3-12 7-7 13-13 0-0 13-12 8-15 12-13 0-3 0-10 12-8 7-11 11-6 8-8 13-8 11-12 – – 10 19 Olsen, T. DEN HUS 309 13-14 7-9 0-2 8-9 0-10 13-3 0-13 11-6 9-12 13-8 9-8 13-11 10-9 14-5 13-14 9-9 14-11 – – 11 919 Watson, Ben GBR YAM 281 1-0 10-11 12-10 12-15 10-9 9-12 8-11 1-2 10-0 14-14 8-13 2-1 2-0 6-14 15-12 11-14 4-8 – – 12 189 Bogers, Brian NED GAS 263 – – 8-4 0-3 9-16 3-0 10-10 11-16 10-9 4-11 16-12 12-14 1-7 8-15 1-8 10-13 – – 9-13 – – 13 89 Van Horebeek, J. BEL BET 212 10-10 6-13 10-11 4-0 14-12 5-0 3-0 6-5 1-0 0-0 11-12 0-12 5-6 9-0 11-9 10-7 0-10 – – 14 10 Vlaanderen, C. NED YAM 203 9-6 4-10 7-0 11-14 12-0 11-11 0-10 3-13 8-0 18-18 10-0 0-14 9-5 – – – – – – – – – – 15 29 Jacobi, Henry GER HON 178 0-0 0-7 4-16 1-5 11-5 0-0 10-7 12-7 14-10 7-7 1-0 0-3 0-8 0-10 12-10 5-0 0-6 – – 16 32 Van doninck, B. BEL YAM 144 14-4 0-3 11-0 0-12 0-0 3-5 6-2 7-11 11-6 3-10 0-6 6-0 0-0 0-0 0-3 4-6 7-4 – – 17 303 Forato, A. ITA GAS 119 – – 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-7 7-7 2-9 4-3 15-14 0-5 7-7 11-10 0-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 6-2 – – 18 4 Tonus, Arnaud SUI YAM 119 6-12 11-2 0-5 – – – – – – – – 9-8 5-9 5-2 2-0 14-0 12-10 4-3 0-0 – – – – – – 19 24 Simpson, Shaun GBR KTM 118 4-5 5-0 6-7 5-4 4-14 8-0 – – – – – – 9-9 3-2 0-0 6-0 2-7 0-1 7-5 5-0 – – 20 16 Paturel, B. FRA HON 110 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 0-0 0-4 10-0 5-5 9-6 13-12 7-15 0-7 0-12 0-5 – – 21 22 Strijbos, K. BEL YAM 105 5-9 9-5 2-8 6-3 0-0 0-0 7-5 0-12 6-0 6-0 6-9 0-0 0-0 5-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 – – 22 7 Jasikonis, A. LTU HUS 90 – – 0-0 0-0 10-13 8-0 2-15 – – 0-4 2-3 12-0 0-3 10-5 0-0 – – – – – – 3-0 – – 23 226 Koch, Tom GER KTM 68 – – 0-0 – – – – 6-1 0-2 4-8 – – – – 4-4 0-0 0-0 0-1 10-13 6-6 2-1 0-0 – – 24 109 Wright, Dylan CAN HON 59 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8-0 9-4 12-11 8-7 – –

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OK, we’re about to head out for some dinner here in Mantova. Tomorrow, we’ll head back to the track while Dylan does some fine tuning on the little practice track they have there. I think he wants to focus on getting the starts dialled on these metal grates. If he can start up with the leaders, I think we’ll see something pretty special. We’ll see.

Have a great week, everyone. This one should really be called Monday Morning “Cappuccino” because Dylan and I are hooked on these things!