Newfoundland Motocross Round 1

Jul 6 2009 - 9:02am - Angie Parker

Photos by Lisa Paul

Motocross Newfoundland and Labrador’s first outdoor round took place June 21 on Bell Island with clear skies and warm temperatures (in other words the complete opposite of Southern and Eastern Ontario…). This year the Association added a whoop section and the classes were cut down to nine classes. Fun and Fast Kawasaki’s Jeff Comerford and Andy Young took the top two spots in the expert and open classes with Bobby Dowden in third.

Reigning ATV champ Andrew Ashford (Ashford Sales) took the perfect win 1-1 for the overall with Mark Evans in second and Ronald Mahony in third.

#5 Jeff Comerford was in fine form in more than one class in the opening round of the Newfoundland series.

The Beginner class just keeps on growing. This year the class had 17 registrations, which is a record high. The sport continues to expand throughout the province. The class was split into two divisions – Junior and Senior.

Beg. Jr:
1-Colin Foote
2-Tyler Parrott
3-Nick Hynes

Beg. Sr:
1-Sean Thistle
2-Ben Scaplen
3-Jonathan Squires

#23 Bobby Dowden and #5 Jeff Comerford get some air in the Expert Class

Vet class:
1-Steve Anstey

(Triple A Escavating)
2-Todd Guest
3-Dave Vickers

Intermediate:
1-Ryan White

2-Kory Waterman
3-Adam Whitten

50/70:
1-Nathan White
2-Logan Brothers

#41 Todd Guest and #59 Rod Snelgrove chase lucky #7 in the Vet class. Email us if you know who he is!

School Boy
1-Larry Tinns
2-Michael Caines
3-Andre Brown

Junior
1-Stephen Rose
2-Shane Clements
3-Daniel Finlay

The next race will be held on July 12 on Bell Island. More information about racing in Newfoundland can be found at www.motocrossnl.ca. Riders would like to thank referee Darryl Wicks, scorekeeper Denise MacKinnon, announcer Darlene Anstey and everyone else that helped make the race day a success.