$2 Tuesday: The Morden Mud Race of 2011

By Billy Rainford

Wow. I was looking through some old photos and stumbled onto these gems from that horrible weekend a few years ago in the southwest corner of Manitoba at Shadow Valley Raceway. What a mess! Check out a few shots from that memorable day:

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Mid-week was fun as we spent a couple days hanging out with the Maffebeier’s and Kyle Carruthers lined up against Randy Maffenbeier at the track in Swift Current.

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That’s Randy getting some air.

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And that’s Topher Ingalls running the pit board for Kyle.

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You tell me if Kyle was listening…

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LOL

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Kyle and Randy with some post-moto bench racing.

With the sunshine in our side-view mirrors, we headed off to Manitoba.

With the sunshine in our side-view mirrors, we headed off to Manitoba.

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This guy doesn’t look too happy with the way his moto ended. Yes, that’s his bike in the bucket following him up the hill.

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I’m there to take photos and then talk about them, not dig bikes out of the mud…sorry.

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This was the night the crazy storm rolled through Saturday night and totally demolished the KTM awning. It was cool how everyone rallied to help them out.

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Like I said, I’m not getting in there.

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The start gate is a pretty cool set up at Shadow Valley.

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Nicky Beatty in for a fresh set of eyes.

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This looks like the end for this rider.

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Looks like he (is that Brock Hoyer?) took a bit of a header.

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I remember this like it was 4 years ago. That’s Zack Deiana at the end of his race.

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Jeremy Medaglia with the mud goatee.

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Mud is pretty tough on moving parts.

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Red Julie with the hair twirl.

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#23 Shawn Maffenbeier, #16 Jared Allison, #1 Dusty Klatt, and #10 Colton Facciotti head into turn 1 out front.

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Iain Hayden with the classic bike push finish.

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Artsy shot of Jeremy Medaglia pre-moto.

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Is that Doug Dehaan running the pit board for Topher Ingalls? Does this one say, “Get up!”?

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MX2 Podium: Tyler Medaglia, Kaven Benoit, Jeremy Medaglia.

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Colton Facciotti looking for the ‘dry lines.’

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That’s Sonni and Dianna Monster.

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There was a small river running through the bottom by the end of the day.

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That’s probably the best pit sign you could see on one of these days.

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This was Maffenbeier digging out his one boot.

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I think he had one socked foot up on stage getting his holeshot cheque.

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MX1 Podium: Colton Facciotti, Dusty Klatt, Kyle Keast.