Monday Morning Coffee

By Billy Rainford

It hurts me to say this but this will be my final Monday Morning Coffee from Viney Ranch in Murrieta, California. What an amazing stay this has been. I’d like to thank Ulf and Cheryl Viney for their hospitality. Letting me call their single-axle trailer home for the past couple weeks has been fantastic.

Being able to make daily sortees to the practice tracks has been so good for content. Chasing the Canadians who are down here for different reasons has been fun. Unfortunately, starting Tuesday morning, I’ll be pointing the DMX Van east and north towards Minneapolis for Round 1 of the 250 East series and then home to Canada.

I’m going to try an electric-assist MTB with Steve Matthes on Tuesday and then plan on dropping in on Connor Stevenson and his family for a visit on my way through Denver.

No, the road trip isn’t over just yet, but the hot days and cool nights will come to an end after tonight…until the Daytona Supercross in a couple weeks, that is!

We had Canadians in action over the weekend, so let’s have a look at how some racing went.

Tyler Medaglia – Full Gas Sprint Enduro in North Carolina

Tyler Medaglia was back in action in another off-road discipline, this time the Full Gas Sprint Enduro Series.

Tyler won every “Cross” test at Round 1 in North Carolina and finished 2nd overall in the XC1 Pro class.

XC 1 – PRO
1	514	Steward Baylor	Hodges, SC	10	01:01:35.715
2	5	Tyler Medaglia	Brookfield, NS	10	01:01:38.839
3	114	Josh Strang	Denver, NC	10	01:01:57.854
4	414	Brewer Cawley	Lexington, SC	10	01:08:22.754

Full results HERE.

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Future West Moto Canadian Arenacross Championships

The Future West Moto Canadian Arenacross Championships wrapped up for another year out at Chilliwack Heritage Park in Chilliwack, BC.

I wasn’t able to be at the final two weekends of competition due to the forced changing of their schedule and my commitments to the Supercross series down here in California. My apologies to all the racers and their families. Normally, I’d be there to help with the live broadcast and post interviews and photos of the action. I’ll be back next year when things get back to normal.

Here are the Pro Open results from Friday, Saturday, and Sunday:

Pro Am Open – FRIDAY    View Laptimes Moto 1 Moto 2    Points for this class

Overall   Name Moto 1 Moto 2 Points Earned 1st #101  RYAN LOCKHART  SURREY, BC  2nd 1st 25 2nd #18  PARKER EALES  MAPLE RIDGE, BC  1st 2nd 22 3rd #574  CHARLES CHARLTON  KAMLOOPS, BC  3rd 3rd 20 4th #12  LUKE SVENSSON  LANGLEY, BC  5th 4th 18 5th #30  DEVYN SMITH  MAPLE RIDGE, BC  4th 5th 16

Pro Am Open – SATURDAY    View Laptimes Moto 1 Moto 2    Points for this class

Overall   Name Moto 1 Moto 2 Points Earned 1st #18  PARKER EALES  MAPLE RIDGE, BC  2nd 1st 25 2nd #574  CHARLES CHARLTON  KAMLOOPS, BC  3rd 2nd 22 3rd #101  RYAN LOCKHART  SURREY, BC  1st 3rd 20 4th #30  DEVYN SMITH  MAPLE RIDGE, BC  4th 4th 18 5th #12  LUKE SVENSSON  LANGLEY, BC  5th 5th 16

Pro Am Open – SUNDAY    View Laptimes Moto 1 Moto 2    Points for this class

Overall   Name Moto 1 Moto 2 Points Earned 1st #101  RYAN LOCKHART  SURREY, BC  1st 1st 25 2nd #18  PARKER EALES  MAPLE RIDGE, BC  2nd 2nd 22 3rd #574  CHARLES CHARLTON  KAMLOOPS, BC  3rd 3rd 20 4th #30  DEVYN SMITH  MAPLE RIDGE, BC  4th 4th 18 5th #12  LUKE SVENSSON  LANGLEY, BC  5th 5th 16

Full results HERE.

Championships:

Ladies

Place – Name Number – Hometown 10/16/2021 Finish 10/17/2021 Finish 2/5/2022 Finish 2/6/2022 Finish 2/11/2022 Finish 2/12/2022 Finish 2/13/2022 Finish Total Points 1st – ANNALYSE LOPUSHINSKY #09 – WILLIAMS LAKE, BC 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st   150 2nd – PEYTON BELISLE #936 – SMITHERS, BC 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd   128 (-22) 3rd – MASON VAN DYCK #612 – MAPLE RIDGE, BC 2nd 6th 6th 3rd 5th 3rd   108 (-42) 4th – DANIKA SNIDER #87 – LANGLEY, BC 8th 4th 4th 5th 3rd 4th   103 (-47) 5th – PAYTON BRUVOLD #84 – LANGLEY, BC     3rd 4th 4th 5th   72 (-78)

Pro Am Lites

Place – Name Number – Hometown 10/16/2021 Finish 10/17/2021 Finish 2/5/2022 Finish 2/6/2022 Finish 2/11/2022 Finish 2/12/2022 Finish 2/13/2022 Finish Total Points 1st – CHARLES CHARLTON #574 – KAMLOOPS, BC 7th 4th 2nd 3rd 1st   1st 124 2nd – DEVYN SMITH #30 – MAPLE RIDGE, BC 6th 5th 1st 1st 3rd   2nd 123 (-1) 3rd – LUKE SVENSSON #12 – LANGLEY, BC 9th 7th 4th 4th 2nd   3rd 104 (-20) 4th – TANNER WARD #84 – COURTLAND, ON 1st 1st           50 (-74) 5th – DAVEY FRASER #11 – ABBOTSFORD, BC 2nd 2nd           44 (-80)

Pro Am Open

Place – Name Number – Hometown 10/16/2021 Finish 10/17/2021 Finish 2/5/2022 Finish 2/6/2022 Finish 2/11/2022 Finish 2/12/2022 Finish 2/13/2022 Finish Total Points 1st – CHARLES CHARLTON #574 – KAMLOOPS, BC     4th 5th 3rd 2nd 3rd 96 2nd – DEVYN SMITH #30 – MAPLE RIDGE, BC     3rd 3rd 5th 4th 4th 92 (-4) 3rd – LUKE SVENSSON #12 – LANGLEY, BC     6th 6th 4th 5th 5th 80 (-16) 4th – RYAN LOCKHART #101 – SURREY, BC         1st 3rd 1st 70 (-26) 5th – PARKER EALES #18 – MAPLE RIDGE, BC         2nd 1st 2nd 69 (-27)

Congratulations to everyone who participated.

AMA Arenacross Results

The AMA Kicker Arenacross Championships also wrapped up over the weekend. Here’s a look at the Pro standings:

1. KYLE PETERS 517
2. KYLE BITTERMAN 295
3. WRISTIN GRIGG 265
4. NATE MASON 239
5. CULLIN PARK 234

Connor Stevenson Changing Direction

Connor Stevenson is the fast up-and-coming Canadian B rider who calls Colorado home now. He’s had a challenging past couple years, to say the least, and made a statement on Instagram regarding his racing future:

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If the timing works out at their end, I’ll drop in and have a chat to find out what the plan is.

Noah Viney Racing some Off-Road

#43 Noah Viney is getting support from Honda USA down here and it means he’ll also be racing some off-road events throughout the season.

He was at Honolulu Hills in Taft, CA this weekend for Round 2 of the AMA National Grand Prix Championship (NGPC) Big 6 Series Off-Road/Motocross (That’s a real mouthful!).

This type of racing is new to Noah and he’s been learning a ton and doing well in the Pro II class.

Here are the results from Sunday:

Pro I:

Place	Rider#	AMA#	NGPC#	Rider Name	Sponsors	Brand	Lap 1	Lap 2	Lap 3	Lap 4	Lap 5	Lap 6	Lap 7	Lap 8
1	1	0817639		DANTE OLIVEIRA		KTM	0:10:58 (4)	0:22:12 (4)	0:33:23 (4)	0:44:36 (3)	0:56:05 (3)	1:07:23 (1)	1:18:54 (1)	1:30:25 (1)
2	50	275869		AUSTIN WALTON	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	HQV	0:10:53 (3)	0:22:07 (3)	0:33:20 (3)	0:44:34 (2)	0:56:02 (2)	1:07:35 (3)	1:19:02 (2)	1:30:30 (2)
3	34	784576		COLE MARTINEZ	MONSTER ENRGY,HONDA,FLY,LAVA PROPANE,SKECHERS,SHOW	HON	0:10:50 (2)	0:22:05 (2)	0:33:19 (2)	0:45:02 (4)	0:56:23 (4)	1:07:42 (4)	1:19:08 (4)	1:30:32 (3)
4	27	1075235		JUSTIN HOEFT	JET WORLD–FAST HOUSE	HQV	0:10:48 (1)	0:21:59 (1)	0:33:11 (1)	0:44:26 (1)	0:56:01 (1)	1:07:32 (2)	1:19:03 (3)	1:31:12 (4)
5	46	1076375		DALTON SHIREY	3 BROS,HATCH RACING,ZIPTY RACING, HUSQ	HQV	0:11:06 (6)	0:22:21 (5)	0:33:49 (6)	0:45:22 (6)	0:56:45 (5)	1:08:13 (5)	1:19:52 (5)	1:31:42 (5)
6	75	890549		TREVOR STEWART	FASTHOUSE	YAM	0:11:02 (5)	0:22:29 (6)	0:33:48 (5)	0:45:19 (5)	0:57:14 (6)	1:08:50 (6)	1:20:28 (6)	1:32:40 (6)
7	24	884636		TYLER LYNN	CHAPARRAL MOTORSPORT,PRECISION CONCENTS, KAWASAKI	KAW	0:11:16 (7)	0:22:45 (7)	0:34:16 (7)	0:45:47 (7)	0:57:27 (7)	1:08:58 (7)	1:20:47 (7)	1:32:48 (7)
8	259	2813018		TALLON LA FOUNTAINE	MONSTER ENRGY,HONDA,FLY,LAVA PROPANE,SKECHERS,SHOW	HON	0:11:24 (10)	0:22:58 (8)	0:34:27 (8)	0:46:02 (8)	0:58:10 (8)	1:09:47 (8)	1:21:36 (8)	1:33:57 (8)
9	200	912056		DARE DEMARTILE		BET	0:11:38 (13)	0:23:18 (10)	0:34:49 (10)	0:46:40 (10)	0:58:17 (9)	1:09:58 (9)	1:21:56 (9)	1:34:07 (9)
10	39	2120441		Cole Zeller	GAINSLINGER FACTORY RACING/MX COACH	KAW	0:11:29 (12)	0:23:22 (13)	0:35:23 (13)	0:47:37 (11)	0:59:35 (11)	1:11:44 (11)	1:23:55 (11)	1:36:24 (10)

Pro II – Cumulative Race Times by Place
Place	Rider#	AMA#	NGPC#	Rider Name	Sponsors	Brand	Lap 1	Lap 2	Lap 3	Lap 4	Lap 5	Lap 6	Lap 7	Lap 8
1	831	826102		MATEO OLIVEIRA	FMF,MAXXIS,KTM RPM RACING TEAM	KTM	0:11:35 (1)	0:23:13 (1)	0:34:49 (1)	0:46:30 (1)	0:58:25 (1)	1:10:13 (1)	1:22:19 (1)	1:34:24 (1)
2	17	5007525		JACK SIMPSON		HON	0:11:37 (2)	0:23:23 (2)	0:35:11 (2)	0:46:53 (2)	0:58:57 (2)	1:10:42 (2)	1:22:33 (2)	1:34:31 (2)
3	312	508646		JUSTIN SEEDS	PURVINES RACING,ONEAL,6D,SIDI,FLOW,IWC MOTOR	YAM	0:11:45 (4)	0:23:26 (4)	0:35:15 (4)	0:47:04 (4)	0:59:05 (4)	1:10:55 (4)	1:22:47 (3)	1:34:43 (3)
4	31	3982454		KAI AIELLO	3 BROS, KILMARTIN RACING	HQV	0:11:43 (3)	0:23:23 (3)	0:35:13 (3)	0:46:58 (3)	0:59:00 (3)	1:10:52 (3)	1:22:58 (4)	1:35:05 (4)
5	192	2897265		JP ALVAREZ	KAWASAKI/FASTHOUSE/IWC MOTORSPORTS	KAW	0:11:51 (6)	0:23:39 (6)	0:35:30 (6)	0:47:19 (5)	0:59:10 (5)	1:11:05 (5)	1:24:32 (5)	1:36:48 (5)
6	172	2268148		THOMAS DUNN	Purvines Racing	YAM	0:12:02 (9)	0:24:00 (8)	0:35:56 (7)	0:47:56 (6)	1:00:16 (6)	1:12:15 (6)	1:24:35 (6)	1:36:52 (6)
7	28	2361754		CHASE LARSON		KTM	0:12:10 (11)	0:24:21 (11)	0:36:29 (9)	0:48:58 (8)	1:01:05 (8)	1:13:18 (7)	1:25:49 (7)	1:38:32 (7)
8	335	3450807		ARTURO SALAS JR		YAM	0:12:06 (10)	0:24:18 (10)	0:36:27 (8)	0:48:52 (7)	1:01:03 (7)	1:13:33 (8)	1:26:18 (8)	1:38:58 (8)
9	40	2797100		TYLER BELKNAP		YAM	0:12:17 (12)	0:24:34 (12)	0:36:58 (11)	0:49:28 (9)	1:02:10 (9)	1:14:35 (9)	1:27:24 (9)	1:40:06 (9)
10	314	2118655		NOAH VINEY		HON	0:12:02 (8)	0:24:13 (9)	0:36:42 (10)	0:49:37 (10)	1:02:14 (10)	1:15:05 (10)	1:27:39 (10)	1:40:16 (10)

Place	Rider#	AMA#	NGPC#	Rider Name	Sponsors	Brand	Lap 1	Lap 2	Lap 3	Lap 4	Lap 5	Lap 6	Lap 7	Lap 8
1	1W	1100236		BRANDY RICHARDS		KTM	0:12:49 (1)	0:25:27 (1)	0:38:02 (1)	0:50:38 (1)	1:03:46 (1)	1:16:31 (1)	1:29:22 (1)	1:42:24 (1)
2	454	2197749		AVA SILVESTRI		GG	0:13:15 (2)	0:26:13 (2)	0:39:15 (2)	0:52:22 (2)	1:05:48 (2)	1:19:12 (2)	1:32:40 (2)
3	43	2795365		LAUREN WOODS	KILMARTIN, 3BROS, BLUD,FACTORY CON,STI,FXR	GG	0:13:37 (4)	0:27:04 (4)	0:40:26 (4)	0:53:36 (3)	1:06:56 (3)	1:20:27 (3)	1:34:10 (3)
4	68	778138		TARAH GIEGER		HON	0:13:32 (3)	0:26:40 (3)	0:40:20 (3)	0:53:48 (4)	1:07:46 (4)	1:22:20 (4)	1:37:08 (4)

Noah’s Honda teammate is half-Canadian Cole Martinez who finished 3rd in the Pro class.

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I’ll see if I can get Noah to sit down for an interview today. It’s not his favourite thing to do, but I’ll see if I can make it happen.

Zane Mellafont at Loretta Lynn Qualifier in Arizona

Another Canadian who’s down here is Zane Mellafont. His target is Loretta Lynn’s Amateur Championship so he was at Arizona Cycle Park (ACP) in Arizona this weekend for a qualifier.

250 B – Overall Finish Positions

Overall   Name Moto 1 Moto 2 1st #29  JULIEN BEAUMER  LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ  1st 1st 2nd #105  MARK FINEIS  WESTFIELD, IN  2nd 2nd 3rd #734  DAYTON BRIGGS  RIVERSIDE, CA  3rd 3rd 4th #77  CASEY J BENARD JR  GILBERT, AZ  4th 4th 5th #39  DAKOTA BENDER  WINCHESTER, CA  6th 5th 6th #174  ZANE MELLAFONT  DUNCAN, BC  5th 7th

450 B – Overall Finish Positions

Overall   Name Moto 1 Moto 2 1st #29  JULIEN BEAUMER  LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ  1st 1st 2nd #734  DAYTON BRIGGS  RIVERSIDE, CA  2nd 3rd 3rd #105  MARK FINEIS  WESTFIELD, IN  4th 2nd 4th #77  CASEY J BENARD JR  GILBERT, AZ  3rd 4th 5th #174  ZANE MELLAFONT  DUNCAN, BC  6th 5th

Schoolboy 2 (12-17) B/C – Overall Finish Positions

Overall   Name Moto 1 Moto 2 1st #29  JULIEN BEAUMER  LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ  1st 1st 2nd #77  CASEY J BENARD JR  GILBERT, AZ  2nd 3rd 3rd #105  MARK FINEIS  WESTFIELD, IN  4th 2nd 4th #174  ZANE MELLAFONT  DUNCAN, BC  3rd 4th 5th #729  KYLE MILLER  MESA, AZ  6th 5th

Good job, Zane, now let’s get out for a cycle this afternoon before I head out!

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Have a great week, everyone. I’ve got lots to do on my final day out here in moto paradise. Thanks again to Cheryl and Ulf for letting me move the DMX World HQ into their backyard for an extended period of time. See you guys next year! And Ulf, get to work on your Euchre game…