Canada AX Tour – Round 3 Practice Photos By Billy Rainford We’re between practice, qualifying and the night program here at Hiawatha Park in Sarnia, Ontario, for round 3 of the Canadian National AX Tour presented by Royal Distributing. Here’s a look at the riders on this outdoor, arenacross track. You can watch all the action live at 7:00pm HERE.
Frid’Eh Update #40 Presented by Rekluse By Jeff McConkey and Billy Rainford Welcome to the 40th week of the DMX Frid’Eh Update Presented by Rekluse. #40 in 2015 belonged to the rider who really needs no introduction…unless he’s running #40! Mike Brown from Tennessee has done his fair share of racing north of the border. He spends most of his time these days in the Geico Endurocross Series, jumping water
Clayton Racicot Images from Future West AX Rounds 1 and 2 Our buddy, Clayton Racicot, made the drive from Vancouver to Armstrong, BC to catch the first two rounds of the Future West Canadian Arenacross Championships. Here are a bunch of his photos. There are no captions, so think of this as a video with no soundtrack.
TLD Thursday Wallpapers – Sandstorm 2015 By Billy Rainford Decorate your desktop with a few shots from last Sunday at Gopher Dunes: Sandstorm 2015.
Catching Up with…Cade Clason By Jeff McConkey If you attended any of the Rockstar Energy MX Nationals this past season, you definitely would have noticed the #761 Redemption Racing Fly Dragon KTM 450 of Cade Clason. Cade was consistently the rider chasing the top 4 in the premiere MX1 class and finished an impressive 6th in the championship. We got to know the friendly Ohio-turned-South-Carolina native pretty well over the
Out of the Blue: Jessica Diarra By Jeff McConkey Name: Jessica Diarra Birthday: April 18, 1993 Hometown: Carignan, Quebec School & Grade or Occupation: Mechanical Engineering in St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu College Number: 27 Bike: 2009 KTM 250sxF Race Club: AMXQ Class: Women B How did you get started in racing? Since the age of 11, I followed my stepfather to his races. I always wanted to try, but my parents didn’t wanted to because I was a girl. I
Video: Sandstorm 2015 – Schoolboy Moto 2 Short video highlighting the action in the 2nd Schoolboy moto at the Gopher Dunes Sandstorm 2015 that includes: #46 Marco Cannella, #424 Austin Watling, #672 Seth McDowall, #527 Jake Tricco, and #30 Cole Stevens.
2015 Gopher Dunes ‘Sandstorm’ Photos By Billy Rainford I’ve been heading over to Gopher Dunes in Courtland, Ontario, for the Red Bull Sandstorm since the first year they held it. The event has sort of become the unofficial end of the racing season here in Southwestern Ontario. Unfortunately, we didn’t make it to the track until just after the ‘Red Bull Whip Contest’ which was won by #818 Davin Grose.
‘To Hell and Back’ – I Take On the Corduroy Enduro…and Lose By Jeff McConkey Photos by Melissa Munns My 2015 Corduroy Enduro experience. Now where do I begin? I believe Billy and I were coming home from either the Moncton National or the Ulverton National. After hours and hours of driving and bench racing, Billy popped the question “Hey…would you race The Cord?” I think I replied, “Sure, if
Monday Morning Coffee By Billy Rainford Good morning. I have to come clean – I’m actually drinking tea for this week’s Monday Morning Coffee. I don’t think it should have much affect on the content of the column, but we’ll see. I want to start with a short story (Ya, right, Rainford!) that took place Saturday night here in London, Ontario. There’s an old Canadian punk rock band called the