Monday Morning Coffee

By Billy Rainford

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I hope you’re all reading this during a little downtime from visiting with your family and/or other people who are important in your life. Emily and I did the family visits Saturday and Sunday that took us from Waterloo to Burlington and now back home in London in perfect Fall weather.

The weather is perfect again today to get out and do some two-wheel riding, whatever type that is for you. I know some of the local tracks are open around here and are showing perfect conditions on their Instagram pages, so get out there and have some fun.

Greg Poisson and I were at Sand Del Lee near Ottawa, Ontario, on Thursday and Friday trying out the all-new YZ450F from Yamaha Motor Canada. What a great road trip that was, so thank you to Justin Balkos from Yamaha and to Kevin Tyler for hosting the event at his track in Richmond.

There was a bit of rain in the area timed perfectly for our two ride days that meant there was a bit of extra moisture in the dirt that, I’ll admit, threw me off a little when I got out there on the track.

I think the best comment of the trip came from MX101 FXR Yamaha rider #3 Shawn Maffenbeier when he simply said that he loves seeing us out there on the track. He could see that I was struggling a bit with the soft conditions and had a big smile on his face when he said that.

No, I didn’t take it as an insult. I’ve known Shawn a long time and it’s totally fine for him to say that. Greg and I were on 250F’s at the time and when Shawn caught up to me he slowed down and we had a few seconds of fun out there.

On Friday, I managed to stall the 2023 250 2-stroke in the corner that leads up to the tunnel jump (the infamous Dylan Wright/Phil Nicoletti jump) and it put me off balance and to my left. As the face of the jump goes up, it leaves a nice little area on the left perfect for a very low-speed tip-over fall, and that’s exactly what I did.

When I came down, I managed to line up the handlebar just above my boot and beside my shin guard/knee pad and into the soft flesh to the inside of my shin. It hurt and, of course, the next rider to come by was Shawn with a big smile on his face. He could tell I wasn’t really hurt so it was OK to share a laugh at that moment, but it was funny that it would be him who happened to be riding by right then.

Thanks to Leatt over at Kimpex for the 2023 Citrus Tiger kit. And thanks to Chris Pomeroy for the video clip from Thursday. Yes, that’s all you really need to see.

We’ve got an embargo on the 2023 YZ450F review and opinions so we can’t really say anything until October 23rd. We’ll get our review up on that day, so be sure to watch for that.

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Future West Moto Arenacross Championships

We’re almost ready to get started for the 2022 Future West Moto Canadian Arenacross Championships out at Chilliwack Heritage Park in Chilliwack, BC. You just never know who will show up to this series. Year after year, it proves to be some of the best indoor racing action seen in the country, so get out there if you can.

Here’s a look at the schedule:

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Steve Simms Ride Day at The 15 Practice Track

From The 15 IG page:

Come out and help us support one of our fellow rider Steve Simms!! He was injured doing what he loves. We will be donating all riding fees to help him and his family. This will take place here @the15practicetrack on Wednesday October 12th 2022 riding will be 10 till dusk. Hope to see you all here.

A GoFundMe page has also been started:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-steve-simms

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Shelby Turner Wins again in Endurocross

Canadian multi-time champion Shelby Turner was back to her winning ways last week in the Geico Endurocross series.

Shelby is sitting first overall going into round 4 with 3,1,1 scores from the first 3 rounds.

Next round is in Prescott, Arizona – October 22.

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World Supercross Round 1

Did you tune in to watch round 1 of the World Supercross Championship? I watched it live on Youtube and enjoyed the racing. Sure, there were a few things that will need to be ironed out, but we had some pretty high-level racing to watch in November, and that’s cool.

To point out the obvious, Eli Tomac was there, so you’re not going to get any higher level than that right now. Unfortunately, we had a couple of our elder statesmen go down hard with some mechanical issues that took them out hard.

Chad Reed and Josh Grant are the two I’m talking about.

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Heal up, guys.

Like everyone, I saw the same issues with the broadcast. I was actually pretty happy to get the chance to listen to Jeff Emig and Ralph Sheheen call the action but there was some sort of disconnect there. Let’s hope it was just shaking the rust off.

And poor Joseph Allen wasn’t able to get out of his own way, it seemed. He’s a really nice guy and I always talk to him at Supercrosses down south so I felt bad for him at this one. He’s actually really good at hyping up the crowd at any race I’ve ever seen him at, so let’s call this one a little blip on his resume.

And now I know why all those little microphones AMA SX has mounted all around the stadium pointed at the crowd are so important. It makes a huge difference when you can hear them on the broadcast. Sitting at home watching on TV it seemed like the crowd was at a golf tournament! Again, let’s hope they also see this and make some changes heading into Australia.

Eli was a machine, as always, and took all 3 Main wins. I don’t really think anyone was surprised by this and I hope everyone in Wales appreciated seeing the best of the best in action in their home arena.

Canadians Kourtney Lloyd and Scott Jeffery were over there with their Club MX FXR Yamaha team, so that was really cool to see. We’ve got a deep connection with the gang at Club MX so it’s cool to see them taking a run at this new series.

Here’s a look at the result:

WSX Results | Round 1 – Cardiff, Wales

SX2 – Race 1

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Bike	Time
1	#48	Mitch Oldenburg	Honda	4:33.820
2	#66	Chris Blose	Kawasaki	+3.321
3	#102	Matt Moss	Kawasaki	+4.382
4	#12	Shane McElrath	Yamaha	+4.814
5	#53	Dylan Walsh	Kawasaki	+8.554
6	#910	Carson Brown	Yamaha	+8.557
7	#19	Aaron Tanti	Yamaha	+9.045
8	#384	Lorenzo Camporese	Honda	+11.038
9	#41	Derek Kelley	Suzuki	+11.557
10	#715	Phil Nicoletti	Yamaha	+13.476
11	#99	Max Anstie	Honda	+13.960
12	#141	Maxime Desprey	Yamaha	+14.746
13	#20	Wilson Todd	Honda	+15.659
14	#45	Henry Miller	Yamaha	+17.058
15	#40	Dilan Schwartz	Suzuki	+20.009
16	#773	Thomas Do	Honda	+21.968
17	#200	Cole Seely	Honda	+25.813
18	#275	Dylan Woodcock	Suzuki	+27.945
19	#401	Jace Owen	Yamaha	+12.946
20	#79	Derek Drake	KTM	+1 Lap
21	#11	Kyle Chisholm	Yamaha	+2 Laps
22	#891	Justin Bogle	KTM	+3 Laps

SX2 – Race 2

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Bike	Time
1	#99	Max Anstie	Honda	4:36.032
2	#141	Maxime Desprey	Yamaha	+1.226
3	#12	Shane McElrath	Yamaha	+2.551
4	#66	Chris Blose	Kawasaki	+4.025
5	#20	Wilson Todd	Honda	+5.730
6	#41	Derek Kelley	Suzuki	+6.565
7	#910	Carson Brown	Yamaha	+7.002
8	#891	Justin Bogle	KTM	+7.812
9	#19	Aaron Tanti	Yamaha	+8.931
10	#53	Dylan Walsh	Kawasaki	+10.942
11	#79	Derek Drake	KTM	+11.887
12	#401	Jace Owen	Yamaha	+12.136
13	#715	Phil Nicoletti	Yamaha	+13.458
14	#40	Dilan Schwartz	Suzuki	+14.648
15	#45	Henry Miller	Yamaha	+15.746
16	#275	Dylan Woodcock	Suzuki	+18.829
17	#11	Kyle Chisholm	Yamaha	+19.342
18	#384	Lorenzo Camporese	Honda	+32.770
19	#48	Mitch Oldenburg	Honda	+40.358
20	#200	Cole Seely	Honda	+1 Lap
21	#773	Thomas Do	Honda	+4 Laps
22	#102	Matt Moss	Kawasaki	+4 Laps

SX2 – Race 3 (Super Final)

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Bike	Time
1	#48	Mitch Oldenburg	Honda	7:44.942
2	#200	Cole Seely	Honda	+2.594
3	#19	Aaron Tanti	Yamaha	+6.412
4	#910	Carson Brown	Yamaha	+7.415
5	#12	Shane McElrath	Yamaha	+10.287
6	#891	Justin Bogle	KTM	+12.242
7	#41	Derek Kelley	Suzuki	+13.113
8	#66	Chris Blose	Kawasaki	+14.586
9	#401	Jace Owen	Yamaha	+15.835
10	#99	Max Anstie	Honda	+16.344
11	#102	Matt Moss	Kawasaki	+17.381
12	#20	Wilson Todd	Honda	+18.012
13	#11	Kyle Chisholm	Yamaha	+18.770
14	#141	Maxime Desprey	Yamaha	+19.680
15	#715	Phil Nicoletti	Yamaha	+21.624
16	#384	Lorenzo Camporese	Honda	+27.144
17	#45	Henry Miller	Yamaha	+27.431
18	#40	Dilan Schwartz	Suzuki	+28.537
19	#53	Dylan Walsh	Kawasaki	+31.884
20	#773	Thomas Do	Honda	+32.747
21	#275	Dylan Woodcock	Suzuki	+40.783
22	#79	Derek Drake	KTM	+4 Laps

SX2 – GP Overall Points

Shane McElrath won the SX2 2022 British GP with 54 points, ahead of Chris Blose in second and Mitch Oldenburg in third.

Pos.	Num.	Rider	R1	R2	FL	SP	Total
1	#12	Shane McElrath	18	20		16	54
2	#66	Chris Blose	22	18		13	53
3	#48	Mitch Oldenburg	25	2		25	52
4	#910	Carson Brown	15	14		18	47
5	#19	Aaron Tanti	14	12		20	46
6	#99	Max Anstie	10	25		11	46
7	#41	Derek Kelley	12	15		14	41
8	#141	Maxime Desprey	9	22		7	38
9	#20	Wilson Todd	8	16		9	33
10	#102	Matt Moss	20			10	30
11	#53	Dylan Walsh	16	11		2	29
12	#200	Cole Seely	4	1	1	22	28
13	#891	Justin Bogle		13		15	28
14	#715	Phil Nicoletti	11	8		6	25
15	#401	Jace Owen	2	9		12	23
16	#384	Lorenzo Camporese	13	3		5	21
17	#45	Henry Miller	7	6		4	17
18	#40	Dilan Schwartz	6	7		3	16
19	#11	Kyle Chisholm		4		8	12
20	#79	Derek Drake	1	10			11
21	#275	Dylan Woodcock	3	5			8
22	#773	Thomas Do	5			1	6

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WSX – Race 1

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Bike	Time
1	#3	Eli Tomac	Yamaha	6:08.145
2	#19	Vince Friese	Honda	+4.435
3	#94	Ken Roczen	Honda	+5.251
4	#10	Justin Brayton	Honda	+9.251
5	#75	Josh Hill	Yamaha	+11.877
6	#941	Angelo Pellegrini	Honda	+12.535
7	#26	Thomas Ramette	Yamaha	+13.798
8	#15	Dean Wilson	Honda	+14.286
9	#155	Jack Brunell	GasGas	+16.732
10	#14	Ryan Breece	Yamaha	+18.895
11	#137	Adrien Escoffier	Kawasaki	+21.463
12	#85	Cedric Soubeyras	Kawasaki	+22.791
13	#61	Freddie Noren	Suzuki	+24.071
14	#945	Anthony Bourdon	Yamaha	+25.216
15	#911	Jordi Tixier	Honda	+25.904
16	#65	Grant Harlan	Yamaha	+34.031
17	#78	Cade Clason	Yamaha	+36.196
18	#60	Justin Starling	Suzuki	+56.735
19	#17	Joey Savatgy	Kawasaki	+3 Laps
20	#18	Luke Clout	Yamaha	+5 Laps

WSX – Race 2

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Bike	Time
1	#3	Eli Tomac	Yamaha	6:03.574
2	#94	Ken Roczen	Honda	+2.246
3	#19	Vince Friese	Honda	+4.787
4	#85	Cedric Soubeyras	Kawasaki	+7.080
5	#17	Joey Savatgy	Kawasaki	+8.545
6	#10	Justin Brayton	Honda	+9.062
7	#75	Josh Hill	Yamaha	+12.592
8	#137	Adrien Escoffier	Kawasaki	+14.053
9	#61	Freddie Noren	Suzuki	+16.227
10	#26	Thomas Ramette	Yamaha	+21.002
11	#78	Cade Clason	Yamaha	+23.150
12	#911	Jordi Tixier	Honda	+25.141
13	#941	Angelo Pellegrini	Honda	+27.976
14	#14	Ryan Breece	Yamaha	+29.189
15	#945	Anthony Bourdon	Yamaha	+31.367
16	#155	Jack Brunell	GasGas	+35.013
17	#65	Grant Harlan	Yamaha	+35.712
18	#15	Dean Wilson	Honda	+32.158
19	#60	Justin Starling	Suzuki	+4 Laps

WSX – Race 3 (Super Final)

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Bike	Time
1	#3	Eli Tomac	Yamaha	9:10.723
2	#17	Joey Savatgy	Kawasaki	+1.747
3	#10	Justin Brayton	Honda	+3.171
4	#94	Ken Roczen	Honda	+4.639
5	#19	Vince Friese	Honda	+14.148
6	#85	Cedric Soubeyras	Kawasaki	+23.801
7	#75	Josh Hill	Yamaha	+27.394
8	#941	Angelo Pellegrini	Honda	+29.388
9	#911	Jordi Tixier	Honda	+31.681
10	#945	Anthony Bourdon	Yamaha	+35.860
11	#61	Freddie Noren	Suzuki	+36.049
12	#137	Adrien Escoffier	Kawasaki	+38.278
13	#14	Ryan Breece	Yamaha	+40.430
14	#26	Thomas Ramette	Yamaha	+43.350
15	#65	Grant Harlan	Yamaha	+46.564
16	#155	Jack Brunell	GasGas	+50.671
17	#78	Cade Clason	Yamaha	+1 Lap
18	#60	Justin Starling	Suzuki	+8 Laps
19	#15	Dean Wilson	Honda	+11 Laps

WSX – GP Overall Points

Eli Tomac won the WSX 2022 British GP with 76 points, ahead of Ken Roczen in second and Vince Friese in third.

Pos.	Num.	Rider	R1	R2	FL	SP	Total
1	#3	Eli Tomac	25	25	1	25	76
2	#94	Ken Roczen	20	22		18	61
3	#19	Vince Friese	22	20		16	58
4	#10	Justin Brayton	18	15		20	53
5	#75	Josh Hill	16	14		14	44
6	#85	Cedric Soubeyras	9	18		15	42
7	#17	Joey Savatgy	2	16		22	40
8	#941	Angelo Pellegrini	15	8		13	36
9	#137	Adrien Escoffier	10	13		9	32
10	#26	Thomas Ramette	14	11		7	32
11	#61	Freddie Noren	8	12		10	30
12	#911	Jordi Tixier	6	9		12	27
13	#14	Ryan Breece	11	7		8	26
14	#945	Anthony Bourdon	7	6		11	24
15	#155	Jack Brunell	12	5		5	22
16	#78	Cade Clason	4	10		4	18
17	#15	Dean Wilson	13	3		2	18
18	#65	Grant Harlan	5	4		6	15
19	#60	Justin Starling	3	2		3	8
20	#18	Luke Clout	1				1

Full results HERE.

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I know it’s not moto, but did everyone see that Gustav Iden from Norway ran a 7:40 Hawaii Ironman on Saturday?! That’s 11 minutes faster than the record and a ridiculous time. Even if you’re not a fan of Triathlon, check out these highlights:

I’m heading back out to Kamloops, BC on Wednesday to take over mom-care duties and give my sister a well-deserved break for 10 days. There’s half a chance I end up in Chilliwack for some post-race interviews, at least, but we’ll see how my mom is doing. She doesn’t really enjoy long car rides like she used to, so I’d say it’s a 50/50 thing right now.

Have a great week, everyone.