Faces at the Races – Canada AX Tour: Sarnia
By Billy Rainford
My favourite part about going to these races is snagging photos of people being people. Sometimes you just point a camera at someone and let the magic happen. In hindsight, I really wish I had more photos with helmets off from back when my family used to frequent races. With that in mind, let’s see what the people in Sarnia had for us when I pointed my camera in their direction…
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Guess which mechanic’s area I found THESE in. Here’s a hint: he’s from Quebec. LOL
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Ayrton Pomeroy is many things, but camera shy isn’t one of them.
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I caught our buddy Mitch Goheen fully ‘Wiebing’ Wes Wrozyna.
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Dan Beaton is the Head Referee for the Canada AX Tour.
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Jacob Williamson has some pretty trick and expensive stuff hidden on his Kawasaki. That’s a wireless hour meter and air triple clamps. Cha-ching!
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And there’s Jacob now.
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Hey, Nathan Bles! DO you have that whoop section dialed perfectly yet? Too soon?
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Cale Foster with Dylan Wright’s Yamaha 250.
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Westen Wrozyna waiting for practice to start.
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Cole Thompson tried to find a quiet place to rest, but that’s difficult with me lurking.
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Josh Snider checking his Instagram page.
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Jarrod, Frenchie, and Scott Champion listening to the riders’ meeting.
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See that little box way above the track over there? That’s where we did the LIVE broadcast from.
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So, is that lowering or raising the forks, Steph? “I’m lowering the front end but raising the forks.” Gotcha.
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Dyan Wright with a pre-race hug from his mom.
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Team Goheen. This was pretty cool. The Goheens had all the riders who helped them out at OCMC events this summer. They all pitted and hung out together.
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I see a smile hidden in there, Mitch!
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A big part of Josh’s weekend consisted of telling Nathan that arenacross is very different from motocross, so stop beating yourself up. It was a common conversation among young Canadian riders and their people.
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Jacob Hayes was running the red plates in the 250 class.
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Chris Blose was actually pretty sick this past weekend. His performances were impressive.
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WCK Honda display in the infield.
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Young Preston Masciangelo between motos with his dad.
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It was a perfect day to sit around on the picnic tables Saturday.
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Kyle Thompson was busy running all over the place again this weekend.
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Dan Goheen’s new Facebook profile photo. “What’s this Facebook thing?”
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#46 Marco Cannella and the rest of the intermediate riders waiting to hit the track.
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He actually beat me to the Captain Morgan caption idea.
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Cannella and Goheen.
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#14 Kyle Brown getting himself in the zone.
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Paul Bingham waits his turn.
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I kind of liked this photo op, but this guy really didn’t seem impressed that I snapped a shot. Meh, whatever…
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This indoor grandstand got pretty full both nights.
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Those are the wheel marks from when young Masciagelo bogged when he went for the finish line double on his 50. He was fine.
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He was clearing it easily the rest of the time.
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My LIVE broadcast co-commentator, Chris Pomeroy.
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Taylor Ciampichini working the electronics at the finish line.
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Chloe Metcalfe had a run in with another rider. She crossed the finish line and her rear wheel stopped. That’s Zack Zager pushing it back to the pits with a badly bent rear sprocket.
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To the trailer, James….er, Janice.
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Jarrod giving Chris Blose a new clutch.
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That’s our long lost friend Emile ‘Squid’ Cooper. He won a race or two. Nice to see you, Squid!
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Jamey and Kyle Keast both arms akimbo.
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Bend at the knees, Mitch, not the neck!
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An actual ‘profile pic’ of Dan Beaton.
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Jeff Thompson was one of the many Thompsons with a job to do.
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Jacob Hayes getting psyched for battle.
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Cole Thompson and his mechanic, Steph.
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Dylan Wright took a nasty fall in the whoops during practice but he still raced the rest of the night.
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All Frenchie needs is a flat-head screwdriver and he can work magic!
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Psst, Cale, there’s still a tag on your hat. Someone wake Cale up!
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Julien Perrier with Scott Champion’s ride.
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Keeping Karl Normand’s bike ready for him.
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Drew Roberts waiting by himself off to the side.
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See? Magic.
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I totally stole this angle from Randy Wiebe.
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Champion hamming it up.
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Just a minor infield crash.
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That’s Paige who is the one behind the camera for the LIVE broadcasts.
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Were you racing arenacross at this age?
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This kind of experience will be very valuable as these kids progress.
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I don’t think Preston pulled one holeshot but he won every race!
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Dusty Wise was the one to beat in his age class races.
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Matthew Desormeux catching up on some social media between races.
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Those are some fast young dudes, right there.
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Mitch keeping it cool between motos…and before black flags. Sorry, Mitch. See you at the races…