Monday Morning Coffee opinion column where we talk about what happened over the weekend with a decidedly Canadian slant. By Billy Rainford I remember watching young New Zealander #17 Cole Davies at a Supercross Futures race last season and being impressed with his skills. The big news was that Ben Townley was onsite helping him out, so it was really cool to see him back at the track. At A2
By Billy Rainford It’s Monday morning after Round 3 of the 2024 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego. We had another wet race, so that makes 2 out of 3 that were not “ideal.” They say mud is the great equalizer, and that seems to be playing out so far in 2024. The title of this column states that we still don’t have any idea
By Billy Rainford OK, what did I miss the past 2 weeks? I’ve finally made it back to my home office and it feels good to be able to sit at my own desk in my own house and get back to business as usual. As i’m sure you’re very bored of hearing about, I was out in Kamloops, BC for the past 16 days looking after my mom with
By Billy Rainford Dominating the news this morning is the return to Honda Canada GDR Fox Racing for #5 Tyler Medaglia. Tyler rode for the team back in 2012 as the defending 250 champion on the #11 Honda 450 back then. Tyler won the 250 title in 2010 and 2011 for the Blackfoot team and then moved up to the 450 class. In 2024, he’ll drop back down to the
By Billy Rainford I’m running on Pacific Time for these next couple weeks, so forgive me that it may not be “Morning” where you are. As I’ve already mentioned a few times, I’m in Kamloops, BC to look after my mom while my sister takes a well-deserved 2-week vacation. My mom has advancing dementia and I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t a handful to be here alone with
By Billy Rainford That’s another Mini O’s at Gatorback Cycle Park in the books. If you’ve never been to this event, I’m not sure I can even describe it in words. 6000 entries over the course of 7 days in both Supercross and Motocross. It’s a living, breathing entity, this thing! They’ve added a couple days to it over the past few years and I have to say it’s been
By Billy Rainford As I sit here this Monday Morning, I’m starting to think about making yet another drive south down the I-75 to Gainesville, Florida, for the 2023 Mini O’s at Gatorback Cycle Park. When I was a kid, reading the words “Mini Olympics”, “Ponca City“, or “World Mini’s” always gave me goosebumps. Looking back, it was actually Ponca City that I remember having the most affect on my
By Billy Rainford The recent passing of Wally Levy got me thinking about some of what’s really important in life. Although Wally left way too early, he had a very positive impact on everyone who knew him or even just met him once. And it’s definitely not just because he’s gone that people are saying nice things about him; he was genuinely a good dude. What a nice legacy to
By Billy Rainford I had two of the coolest days I’ve had in a long time this past weekend. The Vet and Vintage event at Gopher Dunes was one for the ages, as Frank Schuster, Lawrence Hacking, and Glen Nicholson all put their heads together and gathered some huge names from our sport’s past. If you’re too young to remember the names that were there, it’s no problem because I’ve
By Billy Rainford Welcome to another Monday Morning Coffee. Hey, when does daylight savings time end anyway? I have to admit that I took a little bit of time away from moto this past week. It’s been a long season with a ton of great racing and things I was able to attend and report on. It’s rare that I take more than a day away, but I literally did