Calgary Photo Report

Jun 20 2011 - 4:36pm - James Lissimore

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After escaping most of last season without any mud races(we just had a couple wet motos at the end of the day at Sand Del Lee) we were due here in the Canadian Nationals and it finally caught up to us yesterday at Calgary's Wild Rose MX park as heavy rains the night before made for challenging conditions and we also were treated to showers on and off all day(and some hail!) to really keep things exciting. In the end though it was more of the status quo as the Red Bull Blackfoot Yamaha duo of Colton Facciotti and Tyler Medaglia kept their unbeaten streaks going with clean sweeps in both classes. Here's more of what happened yesterday at Calgary...

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With quite a bit of water coming down on Saturday night, track workers were working hard to divert as much water off the track as possible before the day could get underway.

The Royal Distributing KTM team signs some autographs.

Enough said.

With the muddy conditions, the teams were working overtime to prepare their bikes to deal with the slop.

It wasn't just the bikes that were prepared for the muddy conditions.

Jared Stock smiles after a muddy morning practice session.

Former BC privateer standout, Milo Christie(L) was on hand to support his good friend, Josh Penner(R), who was making his first national appearance of the year.

Just before the first moto of the day the rain started to fall pretty hard.

Sloppy conditions were the name of the day.

Topher Ingalls grabbed the first MX2 moto holeshot.

Colton Facciotti erased any memories he had from his crash at Calgary the year before by taking another clean sweep and running his win streak to six motos.

Facciotti takes the final moto win.

Can anyone beat this man in 2011?

Denaye Giroux clinched the first championship of the 2011 season when she won the final moto at Calgary to take the Womens West Coast title.

Denaye shows off her first Canadian title

Dylan Schmoke had a strong showing in MX2, going 6-8 for 6th overall.

Jay Burke rode strong in the mud, taking 9th in the final moto and 12th overall in MX1.

After going down in the first turn of moto one, Austin Politelli grabbed a big holeshot in moto two.

Jeremy Medaglia continues to be one of the top riders in MX2 and was on the podium again with 2-3 moto scores.

Former Canadian national competitor, Jeff Northrop, was back up in Canada this weekend to hang out and represent in his new job with FMF.

Kaven Benoit had a great battle with his teammate Medaglia in the second MX2 moto. Medaglia managed to pass Benoit to take the final podium spot.

Kyle Keast rode well in the sloppy conditions, taking 4th overall with 5-4 scores.

Kevin Lepp had his best moto finish in the first MX2 moto when he grabbed 10th place.

Brock Hoyer continued his strong riding in MX1, grabbing 8th overall with 8-7 moto finishes.

Your MX2 podium: Politelli, Tyler Medaglia and Jeremy Medaglia.

Austin Politelli had his best ride of the Canadian series. After going down in the first turn of moto one, he remounted at the back of the pack and put on one of the best charges in years as he cut all the way through the pack to take third. In the second moto he grabbed the holeshot and battled with Medaglia for a bit before taking second and second overall on the day.

Sierra Roth battles with Missy Hackett during the final Women's moto. She took third for her first trip to the podium.

Missy Hackett grabbed second overall and second in the series.

The concrete start pad at Calgary requires some serious tire burning for optimal hookup.

Just before the final MX1 moto the rain let up and we got hail instead. Awesome.

Julie was pumped on the weather.

Michael Willard(62) and Dusty Klatt(1) battle for the first MX1 moto holeshot.

Despite falling, Klatt actually kept Facciotti in sight for most of the first MX1 moto, a small victory in itself with how dominant Facciotti has been so far.

Matt Goerke rode well in the first moto, grabbing fourth place but fell in moto two and finished 10th for 7th overall.

Your MX1 podium: Facciotti, Klatt and Maier.

Kaven Benoit went down in the first turn of the first MX2 moto and got run over by several riders. Luckily, he was able to remount and charge back to 5th.

Your women's podium: Hackett, Giroux and Roth.

With the muddy conditions, Ryan Pickford decided to bust out a 2-stroke for practice.

Bobby Kiniry rode great in the rainy conditions of the final moto, taking third place but only finished 12th in the first moto after crashing.

Spencer Knowles was looking strong in the mud but got a bit too aggresive in the opening laps of moto one and went off the track and down the bank. He came back in moto two to take a solid 6th place.

Like Hoyer, Shawn Maffenbeier is another of the young Canadian riders who've been riding well in MX1. He had his best ride to date, taking his first top 5 with 6-6 scores for 5th.

Topher Ingalls leads Tyler Medaglia in moto one. Ingalls finished 4th in moto one and 5th in moto two for 5th overall.

Teddy Maier continued his podium run in MX1 with third overall.

So far Tyler Medaglia has proven to be the class of the MX2 field as the defending champ kept his unbeaten streak alive at Calgary taking a clean sweep in MX2.

The mechanics had a lot of fun at Calgary.

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