Monday Morning Coffee

By Billy Rainford

This concludes my 4 weekends in a row of driving to and from Supercross in the northeast. Let’s take a look at this latest mileage:

Gilette Stadium in Foxborough: 866km X 2 = 1732

Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia: 889km X 2 = 1778

MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford: 871km X 2 = 1742

Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh: 598km X 2 = 1196

Total: 6448km

That was asking an awful lot of the 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan, but it handled it like the trooper it is. This thing has been nothing short of amazing for what I’ve needed it to do. I’ll tell anyone who’ll listen that I got it new for $19, 999 back in May of 2015. I’ve done the brakes twice and the front right wheel bearing and that’s basically it. Other than a couple things that happened along the way, those were the only things I’ve had to do it! I haven’t even had to do the exhaust!

I’ve changed the engine oil and filter every 8000km or so religiously. If you do the math, I’ve done the oil over 55 times in my driveway. The only thing I worry about lately is that the transmission is slipping into gears in a little bit of a weird way. No clunking, but the transition as I merge onto the highway is getting a little, I don’t know…soft?

Now that I’m also working for Dirt Care, I need something with a little more space, so I’m currently on the hunt for a Ford Transit 250 mid roof. If I’m going to be hitting all the Nationals and taking along an EZ-Up and some product, I’ll need to be able to get it all inside a van along with my bicycles.

Do we have any Ford dealers in the crowd?

Anyway, the van did all these back-and-forth trips through the “Endless Mountains” region without so much as a murmur. If anyone were to ask me if they should buy one for their needs, I would have absolutely nothing negative to say about this van. Like I always said, “I’ll be cool when I get there.”

I’ll talk briefly about the Pittsburgh Supercross as Acrisure Stadium.

SMX Next

The biggest laugh of the post-race Press Conference in Pittsburgh came when I asked the SMX Next podium if anyone had plans to copy what Drew Adams did last summer by coming up to race the Canadian Triple Crown Series MX Nationals to prepare for their Pro careers.

Enzo Temmerman said with a smile and a chuckle, “I don’t plan on going to Canada…” The room laughed a little harder than I would have liked. Lol

The question wasn’t out of left field. Alex Fedortsov‘s teammate #981 Ryder Malinoski is coming north and #18 Landen Gordon said they have plans to come up to at least 1 Canadian race in 2025. And champion Fedortsov said they are going to figure out their summer plans in the next couple weeks.

See you here, Enzo! 😉

Congratulations to Alex Fedortsov (he helped hand out the DMX Total Devotion Award at Walton this year) on winning the title.

I was chatting with Brad from FXR about the great night they were having. #92 Max Volhland went out next and grabbed the first 250 podium of his career in 3rd place.

SMX Next National Championship Main Event Results

POS	#	RIDER	INTERVAL	BEST LAP ^{(LAP #)}	TOTAL TIME	HOMETOWN
1	600	ALEXANDER FEDORTSOV	11 Laps	51.265 ⁽²⁾	11/9:18.220	Hallandale, FL
2	18	LANDEN GORDON	2.251	51.334 ⁽⁶⁾	11/9:20.472	Atascadero, CA
3	21	ENZO TEMMERMAN	9.457	51.303 ⁽⁵⁾	11/9:27.677	Visalia, CA
4	23	LANDON GIBSON	17.002	51.911 ⁽⁷⁾	11/9:35.222	Peachtree City GA
5	16	KLARK ROBBINS	18.460	52.652 ⁽⁷⁾	11/9:36.679	Shamong, NJ
6	257	JESSON TURNER Holeshot	26.396	52.347 ⁽²⁾	11/9:44.617	Lockesburg, AR
7	132	LEUM OEHLHOF	27.046	52.620 ⁽¹¹⁾	11/9:45.265	Cairo, GA
8	46	LUKE FAUSER	34.128	53.079 ⁽⁴⁾	11/9:52.347	Midland, PA
9	47	HAYES EDWARDS	36.165	53.702 ⁽⁶⁾	11/9:54.386	Montgomery texas
10	43	TIGER WOOD	38.203	52.829 ⁽⁷⁾	11/9:56.423	Townsville Australia
11	140	RUSSELL BUCCHERI	38.956	54.101 ⁽⁵⁾	11/9:57.176	Duxbury
12	177	KADE JOHNSON	41.484	53.220 ⁽³⁾	11/9:59.703	Hideaway, Texas
13	107	JORDAN RENFRO	50.653	54.247 ⁽³⁾	11/10:08.872	Lake Park
14	72	GAVIN BETTS	52.677	55.484 ⁽⁵⁾	11/10:10.896	Clifton Park
15	27	VINCENT WEY	53.401	52.148 ⁽⁵⁾	11/10:11.620	Murrieta CA
16	981	RYDER MALINOSKI	1:09.263	53.085 ⁽⁵⁾	11/10:27.482	Wyoming, MN
17	492	LANDON HARTZ	1:31.938	52.458 ⁽²⁾	11/10:50.159	Wilsonville, AL
18	124	BROCK WALKER	1 Lap	54.928 ⁽⁶⁾	10/9:19.026	ft worth tx
19	34	REECE WHEATON	1 Lap	55.785 ⁽⁶⁾	10/9:21.493	Wheaton Irwin, PA
20	809	BRAYDEN EHLERMANN	1 Lap	56.665 ⁽⁶⁾	10/9:31.219	Middletow

Brad from FXR talking with Max Vohland after his 3rd place in the 250 East Main.

I asked Brad how the brand was looking in the 450 class and he said it was up to #57 Benny Bloss.

Unfortunately, Benny Bloss had another off weekend.

250 Main

Man, #41 Nate Thrasher grabbed the holeshot and led every lap down to the final minute when #1 Tom Vialle made a nice pass on him to take the win and regain the points lead. The top 3 are all within 3 point with just the Dave Coombs East/West Showdown to go in Salt Lake City!

I had to ask Nate about the race at the conference and he said when he slid out a bit it gave Tom all he needed to get by him and take the win from him.

250 EAST Main Event Results

POS	#	RIDER	INTERVAL	BEST LAP ^{(LAP #)}	TOTAL TIME	HOMETOWN	TEAM
1	1	TOM VIALLE	20 Laps	49.324 ⁽³⁾	20/16:29.322	France	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
2	41	NATE THRASHER Holeshot	1.637	49.274 ⁽⁷⁾	20/16:30.958	Livingston, TN	Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha
3	92	MAXIMUS VOHLAND	11.408	49.109 ⁽⁵⁾	20/16:40.729	Temecula, CA	Muc-Off/FXR/ClubMX Yamaha
4	24	R.J. HAMPSHIRE	17.467	48.880 ⁽⁷⁾	20/16:46.789	Hudson Florida	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing
5	56	SETH HAMMAKER	19.462	49.056 ⁽⁶⁾	20/16:48.783	Bainbridge, PA	Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki
6	10	CHANCE HYMAS	32.248	50.412 ⁽¹⁰⁾	20/17:01.569	Pocatello, ID	Honda HRC Progressive
7	59	CULLIN PARK	50.566	51.560 ⁽³⁾	20/17:19.887	Clermont, FL	Phoenix Racing Honda
8	55	HENRY MILLER	1 Lap	51.967 ⁽⁸⁾	19/16:37.856	Rochester, MN	Storm Lake Honda Buddy Brooks Racing
9	88	DEVIN SIMONSON	1 Lap	52.021 ⁽³⁾	19/16:43.717	Laurinburg, NC	Muc-Off/FXR/ClubMX Yamaha
10	97	BRYCE SHELLY	1 Lap	51.809 ⁽⁹⁾	19/16:55.124	Telford, PA	Gizmo Mods Rock River Yamaha
11	682	IZAIH CLARK	1 Lap	51.877 ⁽⁶⁾	19/16:56.204	Fort Dodge, IA	Storm Lake Honda Buddy Brooks Racing
12	137	AYDEN SHIVE	1 Lap	52.520 ⁽³⁾	19/16:59.013	Dade City, FL	HBI Racing
13	148	JUSTIN RODBELL	1 Lap	52.515 ⁽⁶⁾	19/17:00.170	Prince Frederick MD	Next Level Redline Oil Hammer Nutrition
14	89	TREVOR COLIP	1 Lap	52.890 ⁽¹⁷⁾	19/17:02.915	Bowling Green IN	TiLUBE Honda
15	83	AUSTIN FORKNER	1 Lap	50.685 ⁽⁸⁾	19/17:03.514	Richards, MO	Triumph Factory Racing
16	195	LANCE KOBUSCH	1 Lap	51.773 ⁽⁶⁾	19/17:05.862	New Florence, MO	SPR
17	87	HARDY MUNOZ	1 Lap	52.228 ⁽⁵⁾	19/17:10.849	Temuco, Chile	Munoz Racing
18	192	JACK CHAMBERS	1 Lap	52.603 ⁽³⁾	19/17:13.495	Auburndale, FL	Partzilla Blaster Power PRMX
19	351	JACK ROGERS	1 Lap	53.296 ⁽⁵⁾	19/17:15.627	Brookeville, MD	Jack Rogers Racing
20	437	VINNY LUHOVEY	1 Lap	53.294 ⁽⁴⁾	19/17:18.168	Greensburg, PA	Mosites Motorsports
21	81	MATTI JORGENSEN	4 Laps	53.732 ⁽⁴⁾	16/14:45.799	Hillerod, Denmark	Wildcat Race Team
22	125	LUKE NEESE	6 Laps	52.368 ⁽⁷⁾	14/12:30.542	Concord

250 EAST POINTS
1 1 Tom Vialle 160 17 18 22 22 20 0 16 20
2 56 Seth Hammaker 159 18 5 20 25 18 13 18 25
3 24 R.J. Hampshire 157 4 20 25 18 22 8 20 22
4 41 Nate Thrasher 128 14 17 14 8 25 3 8 17
5 59 Cullin Park 124 15 11 13 9 14 22 7 18
6 10 Chance Hymas 119 16 16 18 1 15 25 12 0
7 92 Maximus Vohland 110 -3 1 13 17 12 16 4 14 16
8 55 Henry Miller 85 11 12 10 0 10 9 5 14
9 31 Max Anstie 78 25 22 16 15 0 N/A N/A N/A
10 34 Daxton Bennick 77 -5 22 0 15 11 17 17 0 N/A
11 83 Austin Forkner 75 5 15 5 10 12 0 6 15
12 60 Carson Mumford 51 12 14 11 3 11 0 N/A 0
13 89 Trevor Colip 51 6 9 6 0 0 11 0 11
14 87 Hardy Munoz 50 9 10 12 0 13 0 1 0
15 192 Jack Chambers 47 3 7 9 0 0 15 0 9
16 195 Lance Kobusch 43 8 0 0 0 7 16 0 6
17 75 Gage Linville 42 10 8 2 0 2 20 0 0
18 47 Levi Kitchen 39 13 25 1 N/A 0 0 N/A 0
19 148 Justin Rodbell 34 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 18 N/A 7
20 682 Izaih Clark 29 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 10

450 Main

I shot the photo but I didn’t realize #2 Cooper Webb did a “Who’s your daddy” baby cradle over the finish line when he held off #4 Chase Sexton. He said he had to try something different from the “finger bang” he’s done a few times and that was what he came up with. I’d have to say it’s becoming pretty bang on. Webb has everyone beat between the ears.

The now infamous “Who’s your daddy” finish line celebration.

This is how Chase felt after the race. He’s got a hill to climb now and will need some help if he’s to win this title.

450 Main Event Results

POS	#	RIDER	INTERVAL	BEST LAP ^{(LAP #)}	TOTAL TIME	HOMETOWN	TEAM
1	2	COOPER WEBB Holeshot	26 Laps	48.175 ⁽²⁾	26/20:58.220	Newport, NC	Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha
2	4	CHASE SEXTON	1.510	48.045 ⁽⁶⁾	26/20:59.729	La Moille, IL	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
3	32	JUSTIN COOPER	22.352	47.733 ⁽⁹⁾	26/21:20.572	Cold Spring Harbor, NY	Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing
4	7	AARON PLESSINGER	31.236	48.862 ⁽²⁾	26/21:29.455	Hamilton, OH	Redbull KTM Factory Racing
5	27	MALCOLM STEWART	33.641	49.069 ⁽¹²⁾	26/21:31.861	Haines City, FL	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing
6	94	KEN ROCZEN	36.514	48.413 ⁽⁶⁾	26/21:34.734	Mattstedt, Germany	Progressive Insurance ECSTAR Suzuki
7	14	DYLAN FERRANDIS	49.750	48.818 ⁽⁷⁾	26/21:47.969	Avignon, France	Phoenix Racing Honda
8	17	JOEY SAVATGY	1 Lap	49.248 ⁽⁶⁾	25/21:07.162	Clermont, FL	Quadlock Honda Racing
9	12	SHANE MCELRATH	1 Lap	49.387 ⁽³⁾	25/21:07.926	Oakland, FL	Quadlock Honda Racing
10	15	DEAN WILSON	1 Lap	50.251 ⁽⁶⁾	25/21:09.146	Glasgow, Scotland	Honda HRC Progressive
11	49	MITCHELL OLDENBURG	1 Lap	49.811 ⁽⁷⁾	25/21:22.459	Alvord, TX	Liqui Moly Beta Factory Racing
12	45	COLT NICHOLS	1 Lap	50.083 ⁽⁷⁾	25/21:30.164	Muskogee, OK	Twisted Tea Suzuki presented by Progressive Insurance
13	46	JUSTIN HILL	1 Lap	50.306 ⁽⁶⁾	25/21:41.772	Yoncalla, OR	Team Tedder Racing
14	28	CHRISTIAN CRAIG	1 Lap	50.882 ⁽⁷⁾	25/21:51.192	Temecula,ca	Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha
15	33	FREDDIE NOREN	2 Laps	51.138 ⁽⁵⁾	24/21:11.513	Lidköping, Sweden	ISRT/MX4Christ Kawasaki
16	11	KYLE CHISHOLM	2 Laps	51.261 ⁽⁴⁾	24/21:17.312	Valrico, FL	Twisted Tea HEP Suzuki
17	86	MITCHELL HARRISON	2 Laps	51.482 ⁽⁶⁾	24/21:19.035	Brighton, MI	Partzilla Blaster PRMX Racing
18	43	GRANT HARLAN	2 Laps	51.779 ⁽⁶⁾	24/21:27.933	Paso Robles, CA	Gizmo Mods RockRiver Yamaha
19	146	KEVIN MORANZ	2 Laps	52.049 ⁽⁶⁾	24/21:40.503	Topeka, KS	Champion Tool Storage Geebo KMR KTM
20	68	JEREMY HAND	2 Laps	52.226 ⁽⁷⁾	24/21:43.804	Mantua Ohio	Valley Motorsports
21	78	CADE CLASON	7 Laps	53.682 ⁽¹³⁾	19/17:29.746	Medina OH	Partzilla B’laster Power PRMX Racing
22	57	BENNY BLOSS	16 Laps	52.452 ⁽⁴⁾	10/9:15.614	Oak Grove, M

450 POINTS
1 2 Cooper Webb 325 18 20 14 22 22 25 25 22
2 4 Chase Sexton 313 25 16 18 25 17 20 20 17
3 94 Ken Roczen 271 22 18 22 20 1 22 22 25
4 32 Justin Cooper 241 15 11 16 9 18 17 18 18
5 27 Malcolm Stewart 237 12 15 13 12 25 18 13 16
6 7 Aaron Plessinger 222 13 0 0 13 14 13 15 20
7 51 Justin Barcia 185 16 14 12 10 16 15 16 12
8 46 Justin Hill 170 14 8 7 16 12 12 17 15
9 14 Dylan Ferrandis 167 0 13 6 11 0 14 14 10
10 12 Shane McElrath 163 9 5 5 8 13 10 9 11
11 21 Jason Anderson 151 20 9 20 15 20 16 11 14
12 17 Joey Savatgy 122 1 12 11 7 15 9 12 13
13 49 Mitchell Oldenburg 121 6 3 9 5 11 8 10 9
14 45 Colt Nichols 112 -5 0 4 8 6 10 11 7 7
15 57 Benny Bloss 104 0 6 10 3 9 0 5 6
16 3 Eli Tomac 80 17 25 15 18 5 0 0 N/A
17 1 Jett Lawrence 71 10 22 25 14 N/A N/A N/A N/A
18 11 Kyle Chisholm 64 2 2 0 4 7 5 2 3
19 96 Hunter Lawrence 62 11 17 17 17 0 0 0 N/A
20 86 Mitchell Harrison 60 5 0 0 0 6 6 6 5

There’s lots more to talk about after this one.

I captured a crash by #437 Vinny Luhovey a couple weeks back but this time he qualified in front of his home crowd and I captured that to make up for it.

Another PA rider #97 Bryce Shelly joined in on the celebration.

I’m happy to report that I don’t have a long drive this coming weekend. If I go anywhere it will be just over an hour north of here to catch Round 2 of the AMO Ontario Provincials at Auburn. I overheard Ryan Gauld telling #12 Sebastien Racine at the bLU cRU intro last week that they’ve made a few changes in an attempt to try and slow the track down a little bit.

OK, I’ve reached my noon Eastern cut-off time already. Have a reat week, everyone. I think I’ll try to get out for a loop of Fanshawe Lake on the MTB later this afternoon, if you’re in the area!