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Photo Report – CMRC Season Opener at Gopher Dunes

Photo Report – CMRC Season Opener at Gopher Dunes By Billy Rainford Photos by Tyler Spikman If you’re from the south, you just don’t understand how much this time of year means to us up here. We are forced indoors for the better part of 4 months during the winter (and this one was particularly bad in most of Canada!). Once the thermometer finally heads north of zero we head

Monday Morning Coffee

Monday Morning Coffee By Billy Rainford Good morning and welcome to your Monday Morning Coffee. I finally had one of those weekends where I hit two different motocross venues in the same weekend. It’s been a long winter here and it just felt great to have the option! We have a friend whose son woke up to a Honda CRF50 Christmas morning last year and has been chomping at the

A Few Photos from Opening Weekend at Gopher Dunes

A Few Photos from Opening Weekend at Gopher Dunes By Billy Rainford Photos by Dawn McClintock After the winter we’ve suffered through here in Ontario, opening day at Gopher Dunes was a little later than normal. Truthfully, it was looking like it would be a struggle to have a snowless track for round 5 of the Rockstar Energy MX Nationals…in July! We spoke with Gopher Dunes’ Derek Schuster this morning

On the Radar: Duncan MacLeod

On the Radar: Duncan MacLeod By Jeff McConkey   Name: Duncan MacLeod Birthday: September 6th, 1997 Hometown: Port Franks, Ontario School & Grade or Occupation: I’m in grade 12 and I do online school with ILC. Number: 411 Bike: Yamaha YZ 250 Race Club: CMRC, AMA Classes: Mx1, 2 and 3 Intermediate/MX2 Pro How did you get started in racing? Rob Kaelin owned The Cobra Shop at the time and I

TLD Thursday Wallpapers – Gopher Dunes ‘Style Check’

TLD Thursday Wallpapers – Gopher Dunes ‘Style Check’ By Billy Rainford   With the weather being as bad as it has been this past week here in Ontario, I figured we’d go outside and to last spring at the Gopher Dunes Season Opener. It wasn’t exactly warm that day either, but it was nowhere near the -25C temperatures we’ve been dealing with in these parts lately! I found a bunch

Throwback Thursday – 2008 Gopher Dunes National. Grab a Coffee…

Throwback Thursday – 2008 Gopher Dunes National. Grab a Coffee… By Billy Rainford I was looking for something completely different today and stumbled onto this 2008 ‘War and Peace’ version of a photo report from the Gopher Dunes National. I did this report for MX Forum and really sank my teeth into it! It goes on and on, so be sure to get comfortable and be well hydrated before you