Photo Report | Walton Raceway OPC | The Pros By Billy Rainford With 30 riders in what the AMO Ontario Provincial Championships is calling the “Cash Class,” there was a lot to watch and pay attention to last Sunday at Walton Raceway. As you progress through our sport, if all goes well, you will eventually make it to the Pro class. Now, that doesn’t mean you’re going to be one
OPC#2 Photo Report | Who’s Hot in Ontario Amateur Motocross | 100% By Billy Rainford We were back in action in Ontario on Sunday for Round 2 of the AMO Ontario Provincial Championships (OPC) at Walton Raceway. If the Round 1 numbers from Gopher Dunes were any indication, people are ready to get back to the track. Well, there were more that 650 entries at Round 2! People are still
Walton National Prep Day | Photos Photos and Words by Billy Rainford If you have to ask me how it felt to be at a track watching riders rip up Walton Raceway as if it were prepped for a Rockstar Energy Triple Crown Tour MX National you haven’t been paying attention. Just leaving the house with a destination is cause for celebration these days, but driving an hour north of
Photos of Kristina Sundal and the 1984 Fox Yoko Gear By Billy Rainford Heading to tracks and hanging out with great people is easily my favourite part of this job. The older I get the less time I have for jerks. Fortunately, jerks are the rarity in our sport. Former champ, Kristina Sundal, saw my photo of the old Fox Yoko gear and asked if she could take it for
Photo Report | A Newby’s Trip to the Winter X Games | Presented by Shot Race Gear By Billy Rainford
Faces at the Races | 2016 Recap By Billy Rainford Photos by Jeff McConkey and Billy Rainford Take a trip from Round 1 in Kamloops, BC all the way across Canada to Round 10 in Barrie, ON in this ‘Faces at the Races‘ look at the 2016 Rockstar Energy MX Nationals. It’s a long trip so get comfortable!
Faces at the Races | Canada AX Tour | Barrie Round 2 By Billy Rainford Photos by Jeff McConkey and Billy Rainford We were 45 minutes north of Toronto at the Molson Centre for round 2 of the 2016 Canadian National Arenacross Championships this past Saturday. After some close racing the previous week in Sarnia, we were treated to more of the same in Barrie. However, ‘Faces at the Races’
McThoughts | Canadian AX Tour | Barrie Round 2 By Jeff McConkey Round 2 of the Canadian National AX Tour kicked off Saturday night at the Molson Center in Barrie, Ontario. Once again, the Pro turnout was great. The track was quite a bit tighter than last week and made for some close racing. Early on in practice, the guys had gotten down to the plywood in spots. The track
Photo Report | 2016 MXON | Maggiora Italy By Billy Rainford Photos by James Lissimore Wow! That’s pretty much all you can say after being at a MXON in Europe. I woke up in a cold sweat last night having nightmares of bladeless chainsaws revving out at 12000rpms, and megaphones, and horns, and anything you could modify to make an already loud machine even louder. I forgot to put in
Walton TransCan|Just the Friday Mud By Billy Rainford Jeff Morgan and I just stood by the van and snapped shots as the poor riders in the MX3 Jr. A and MX3 Jr. B classes tried to get their final motos of the day in. It was ugly, but it makes for some unique shots, so here we go. No words are really necessary here.