Monday Morning Coffee

Grab another cup for this holiday Monday edition of Monday Morning Coffee where we talk about some of what happened in Motocross and more…

By Billy Rainford

Welcome to the August Civic Holiday. Is that what it’s called? That’s all it says on my calendar. I hope everyone is enjoying themselves as we get set to celebrate the biggest week on our Motocross Calendar – The TransCan at Walton Raceway!

Riders and families have traveled from far and wide to be here for the culmination of competition in our sport to see who is the best at every level of racing. From 50cc (4-6) to +50 Vet riders, there will be champions crowned in every age group.

The big new for us here at DMX is that we’ve made a move in our DMX Total Devotion Award. Here’s what we posted on Instagram:

First off, we would like to thank @clubmx for their many years of partnership with Direct Motocross with our annual DMX Total Devotion Award at the #transcan at @waltonraceway Many riders have enjoyed their free week at the top notch training facility in Chesterfield, South Carolina, over the years.

Unfortunately, they have changed the way they approach rider visits at their tracks and are moving toward monthlong stays. Not to mention, they are already booked solid for the coming winter season! Again, thank you.

Moving forward, we’re happy to announce that we will partner with our old friends at @gpfmx in Cairo, Georgia, for the winner’s prize at the TransCan.

Also, @jwoods26 will take the reins as track builder at Walton for this year’s Amateur National Championship and will be on stage to help hand out the Total Devotion Award on Saturday night.

Remember, no matter what happens next week, keep your head down and your effort up because people are watching! Huge thank you to GPF for stepping up and partnering with us for the foreseeable future.

Let’s go racing!

This 11th-hour change hasn’t left me a lot of time to get a unique trophy set up, but I’ll get to a shop Tuesday and order something up to have it ready for presentation on Saturday night when all the dust of competition has settled.

I know Kourtney Lloyd is “upset” I’m not handing out a flower pot as the trophy anymore, but it seems nobody got the reference…

Speaking of our Team Canada MXON Manager, we’ll have an official presentation of our 2025 Motocross of Nations team on Saturday night during the awards ceremony. Of course, we already know the team will be Jess Pettis, Tanner Ward, and Sebastien Racine, but it is still to be decided which 450 rider will ride the MXGP class and which will run in the MX3/Open class.

Here’s a look at the full schedule for this coming week at Walton Raceway:

I’ve been trying to figure out my workflow for the TransCan this week and I think I’ve come up with what I want to do. Hopefully, this is what people who aren’t on site would get the most value out of.

I’ll do like I did at the ECAN at Motocross Deschambault last week and post immediate results of the motos with little video clips edited together after each race. My plan is to also include the podium speeches of the winners each time they get interviewed on stage, too. I hope this gives people stuck at home or at the office the best value. Feel free to add your thoughts in the comment section on Facebook.

Here’s a look at the champions from the WCAN and WCAN:

I headed over to Vision Built Tracks in Putnam, Ontario, on Saturday to check out a bunch of riders getting in some clay practice before Walton this week. There was a good number of riders there.

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I took a whole bunch of photos and video while I was there, but I’m running out of time here at World HQ. I will post a short report from Saturday when I get home but you can scroll through a bunch of photos on the DMX SmugMug page HERE.

MXGP of Flanders at Lommel

MX2 – GP Classification Pos Nr Rider Nat. Fed. Bike Race 1 Race 2 Total 1 1 de Wolf, Kay NED KNMV HUS 25 25 50 2 8 Mc Lellan, Camden RSA KNMV TRI 22 20 42 3 19 Coenen, Sacha BEL FMB KTM 18 22 40 4 80 Adamo, Andrea ITA FMI KTM 20 13 33 5 27 Längenfelder, Simon GER DMSB KTM 14 18 32 6 317 Valin, Mathis FRA FFM KAW 16 16 32 7 489 Walvoort, Jens NED KNMV KTM 13 12 25 8 276 Skovbjerg, Nicolai DEN DMU YAM 12 9 21 9 99 Farres, Guillem ESP RFME TRI 7 11 18 10 18 Lata, Valerio ITA FMI HON 8 10 18 11 36 Greutmann, Nico SUI SWISSMOTO HUS 9 8 17 12 9 Benistant, Thibault FRA FFM YAM 0 15 15 13 47 Reisulis, Karlis Alberts LAT LAMSF YAM 11 4 15 14 172 Valk, Cas NED KNMV KTM 15 0 15 15 4 Elzinga, Rick NED KNMV YAM 0 14 14 16 408 Smulders, Scott NED KNMV TRI 6 7 13 17 20 Mikula, Julius CZE ACCR TM 4 6 10 18 33 Karssemakers, Kay NED KNMV KAW 10 0 10 19 75 Mesters, Bradley NED KNMV KTM 0 5 5 20 574 Doensen, Gyan NED KNMV KTM 3 2 5 21 304 Owens, Liam AUS MA HUS 5 0 5 22 515 Fredsoe, Mads DEN DMU HUS 0 3 3 23 456 Colmer, Ollie GBR ACU KTM 2 1 3 24 471 Gundersen, Pelle NOR NMF HUS 1 0 1 25 400 Tolsma, Roan NED KNMV GAS 0 0 0 26 54 Werner, Maximilian GER DMSB KTM 0 0 0 27 401 Van Drunen, Lotte NED KNMV YAM 0 0 0 28 481 Sommerstad, Markus NOR NMF KTM 0 0 0 29 422 Forsgren, Hugo SWE SVEMO HON 0 0 0 30 338 Olsson, Filip SWE SVEMO KTM 0 0 0 31 114 Vennekens, Nicolas BEL FMB KTM 0 0 0 32 524 De Baere, Emile BEL FMB TM 0 0 0 33 22 Braceras, David ESP RFME HON 0 0 0 34 220 Michelis, Martin EST EMF KTM 0 0 0

MXGP – GP Classification Pos Nr Rider Nat. Fed. Bike Race 1 Race 2 Total 1 96 Coenen, Lucas BEL FMB KTM 22 25 47 2 3 Febvre, Romain FRA FFM KAW 25 22 47 3 10 Vlaanderen, Calvin NED KNMV YAM 20 16 36 4 259 Coldenhoff, Glenn NED KNMV FAN 16 18 34 5 132 Bonacorsi, Andrea ITA FMI FAN 12 20 32 6 517 Gifting, Isak SWE SVEMO YAM 18 12 30 7 427 Fredriksen, Hakon NOR NMF YAM 15 14 29 8 84 Herlings, Jeffrey NED KNMV KTM 13 13 26 9 32 Van doninck, Brent BEL FMB HON 14 10 24 10 919 Watson, Ben GBR ACU BET 10 11 21 11 253 Pancar, Jan SLO AMZS KTM 5 15 20 12 959 Renaux, Maxime FRA FFM YAM 11 8 19 13 70 Fernandez, Ruben ESP RFME HON 7 9 16 14 39 Van De Moosdijk, Roan NED KNMV KTM 6 7 13 15 189 Bogers, Brian NED KNMV FAN 9 0 9 16 87 Brumann, Kevin SUI SWISSMOTO HUS 8 0 8 17 226 Koch, Tom GER DMSB BET 2 5 7 18 319 Prugnieres, Quentin Marc FRA FFM HON 0 6 6 19 261 Talviku, Jorgen-Matthias EST EMF YAM 4 2 6 20 91 Seewer, Jeremy SUI SWISSMOTO DUC 0 4 4 21 521 Blanken, Boris NED KNMV KTM 0 3 3 22 71 Spies, Maximilian GER DMSB KTM 3 0 3 23 811 Sterry, Adam GBR ACU KTM 0 1 1 24 101 Guadagnini, Mattia ITA FMI DUC 1 0 1 25 107 van Berkel, Lars NED KNMV HON 0 0 0 26 826 Leerkes, Nick NED KNMV HUS 0 0 0 27 241 Hoenson, Michel NED KNMV KTM 0 0 0 28 93 Geerts, Jago BEL FMB YAM 0 0 0

OK, gotta go! Enjoy your last day of sanity before all the action gets underway with the Opening Ceremonies at Walton Tuesday evening at 7:00pm. See you there!

Oh, if you feel like commenting, I plan on broadcasting the Opening Ceremonies live on our YouTube channel again. Is that something people at home appreciate?