Monday Morning Coffee | 2024 Indy Supercross

By Billy Rainford

I need to start this Monday Morning Coffee on a really scary note. As racing began Saturday at the Motoplayground Spring a Ding Ding at Oak Hill MX in Texas, the first race of the day was on the track, 250 B.

#305 Alistair Dickert had something happen to him that we all brush of as an impossibility – he was actually struck by lightning while racing.

As we were sitting in the Photo Den at the Supercross, announcer Jeff Hines was messaging me with updates about the situation there in Texas and it sounded like it was something right out of a movie.

Here’s the last message from Motoplayground from their Stories:

They canceled the racing for the rest of the day and we’ll let you know how Alistair is doing as soon as we hear anything more. All the best from up here in Canada, Alistair.

Racing continued on Sunday and they handed out championships.

Canadian Results:

JR GIONETTE BLIND RIVER, ON

Class	Number	Brand		Moto 1	Moto 2	Class Finish
51CC (7-8) LTD	#123	COB		12th	10th	12th
65CC 7-9	#123	GAS		15th	27th	27th
65CC 7-9 LTD	#123x	GAS			19th
E BIKE MINI 4-8 LTD	#123	COB		4th	8th	8th

BAILEE BANCARZ CANADA

Class	Number	Brand		Moto 1	Moto 2	Class Finish
WMX	#24	GAS		21st	20th	21st
450 C	#24/	GAS			21st
SPRING A DING DING SX 2024 – 3/12/2024 – OAKHILL MX
Class	Number	Brand		Moto 1	Moto 2	Class Finish
WOMEN (16+)	#24	GAS		6th	6th	6th

EVAN THALMAN WEST ST PAUL, CANADA

Class	Number	Brand		Moto 1	Moto 2	Class Finish
85CC C 9-15	#99	GAS		7th	24th	18th
MINI SR 1 (12-14)	#99	GAS			25th
85CC 9-12 MOD	#99	GAS		14th	13th	14th
85CC OPEN	#99	GAS		20th	25th	27th

TREY SCHMUCKI CANADA

Class	Number	Brand			Moto 1	Class Finish
85 12-15	#315	KTM			17th
SPRING A DING DING MX 2024 – 3/12/2024 – OAKHILL MX PARK
Class	Number	Brand		Moto 1	Moto 2	Class Finish
85CC C 9-15	#315	KTM		3rd	30th	22nd
MINI SR 1 (12-14)	#315	KTM			19th
85CC 9-12 MOD	#315	KTM		19th	26th	26th

ALEK GUADAGNO BROME LAKE, QU

Class	Number	Brand		Moto 1	Moto 2	Class Finish
SUPERMINI 1 (12-15)	#27x	KTM		11th	DNS	34th
SUPERMINI 2 (13-16)	#27x	KTM		17th	DNS	39th
Schoolboy 1 (12-17) B/C	#27x	KTM			23rd

PRESTON MASCIANGELO WATERFORD, ON

SPRING A DING DING SX 2024 – 3/12/2024 – OAKHILL MX
Class	Number	Brand		Moto 1	Moto 2	Class Finish
OPEN A/PRO	#800	GAS		6th	DNF	DNF
SPRING A DING DING MX 2024 – 3/12/2024 – OAKHILL MX PARK
Class	Number	Brand		Moto 1	Moto 2	Class Finish
250 PRO SPORT	#800	GAS		3rd	6th	5th
OPEN PRO SPORT	#800	GAS		6th	6th	6th

PAYTON MORNINGSTAR CAIRO, GA (CANADA)

Class	Number	Brand		Moto 1	Moto 2	Class Finish
250 PRO SPORT	#292	KTM		DNS	DNS	DNS
OPEN PRO SPORT	#292	KTM		18th	DNS	33rd

TEGAN KORTENBACH WOLF CREEK, AB

SPRING A DING DING SX 2024 – 3/12/2024 – OAKHILL MX
Class	Number	Brand			Moto 1	Class Finish
OPEN C	#247	KTM			DNS
SPRING A DING DING MX 2024 – 3/12/2024 – OAKHILL MX PARK
Class	Number	Brand		Moto 1	Moto 2	Class Finish
250 C	#247	KTM		1st	2nd	2nd
250 C LTD	#247	KTM		1st	1st	1st
250 C JR (12-17) LTD	#247	KTM		19th	DNS	38th

CLAYTON SCHMUCKI CANADA

SPRING A DING DING SX 2024 – 3/12/2024 – OAKHILL MX
Class	Number	Brand		Moto 1	Moto 2	Class Finish
OPEN B	#43	KTM		14th	26th	26th
SPRING A DING DING MX 2024 – 3/12/2024 – OAKHILL MX PARK
Class	Number	Brand			Moto 1	Class Finish
250 B LTD	#43	KTM			21st
250 B	#43	KTM		16th	25th	25th
450 B	#43x	KTM		25th	20th	17th

ETHAN DARRACH MONCTON, NB

SPRING A DING DING MX 2024 – 3/12/2024 – OAKHILL MX PARK
Class	Number	Brand			Moto 1	Class Finish
125CC 12-17 B/C	#26/	KTM			DNS

PARKER HATT CALGARY, AB

SPRING A DING DING MX 2024 – 3/12/2024 – OAKHILL MX PARK
Class	Number	Brand		Moto 1	Moto 2	Class Finish
85CC 9-11 LTD	#518	HSQ		6th	9th	10th
85CC 9-12 MOD	#518	HSQ		17th	DNF	29th
85CC OPEN	#518	HSQ		19th	22nd	23rd

MASON MURDY NORWOOD, ON

SPRING A DING DING SX 2024 – 3/12/2024 – OAKHILL MX
Class	Number	Brand		Moto 1	Moto 2	Class Finish
65 10-11	#630	KTM		2nd	7th	7th
85 9-11	#630	KTM		6th	11th	11th
SPRING A DING DING MX 2024 – 3/12/2024 – OAKHILL MX PARK
Class	Number	Brand		Moto 1	Moto 2	Class Finish
85CC 9-11 LTD	#630	KTM		9th	14th	14th
65CC 10-11	#630	KTM		3rd	9th	6th
65CC 10-11 LTD	#630	KTM		5th	10th	9th
65CC OPEN	#630	KTM		3rd	7th	7th

NIKO HOLMES CHATHAM, ON

SPRING A DING DING MX 2024 – 3/12/2024 – OAKHILL MX PARK
Class	Number	Brand		Moto 1	Moto 2	Class Finish
250 B	#212	KTM		16th	29th	27th
450 B	#212	KTM		23rd	18th	13th

COLE GROVER MUIRKIRK, ON

SPRING A DING DING SX 2024 – 3/12/2024 – OAKHILL MX
Class	Number	Brand		Moto 1	Moto 2	Class Finish
65 10-11	#33	KTM		8th	19th	19th
SPRING A DING DING MX 2024 – 3/12/2024 – OAKHILL MX PARK
Class	Number	Brand		Moto 1	Moto 2	Class Finish
65CC 10-11	#33	KTM		14th	DNS	33rd
65CC 10-11 LTD	#33	KTM		15th	DNS	37th
65CC OPEN	#33	KTM			13th

MALCOLM SIGVALDASON WARREN, MB

SPRING A DING DING MX 2024 – 3/12/2024 – OAKHILL MX PARK
Class	Number	Brand			Moto 1	Class Finish
65CC 10-11	#322	COB			21st
65CC 10-11 LTD	#322	COB			22nd
65CC OPEN	#322	COB			27th

COLE DEKONINCK ST GENEVIEVE,

SPRING A DING DING MX 2024 – 3/12/2024 – OAKHILL MX PARK
Class	Number	Brand		Moto 1	Moto 2	Class Finish
450 B	#157	SUZ		27th	16th	16th
450 B LTD	#157x	SUZ		21st	19th	19th

If I missed anyone, I’m sorry.

Full results HERE

Just when we thought we were in the middle of an early spring, winter has at least one more week in store for us here in Southwestern Ontario. In fact, we woke up to barely seeing the blades of grass poking through a new, light layer of snow this morning. When I was down south in Florida, we hit 20C here and now this. It’s pretty amazing what the Great Lakes can do to the weather.

I made the trip to Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, this past weekend for Round 10 of the 2024 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series and Round 5 of the 250 East.

I spent a few days at home after driving back from Alabama the Sunday before, so the 6:20 drive from London to Indy (according to Google Maps at the time) seemed like a walk in the park and the DMX Van was ready for yet another trip.

We had too much going on around here for me to make it to the stadium for Friday’s Press Day, so Saturday orning was my first actual look at the track. It’s notoriously soft and rutted and this year was no different. I’d like to say that riders are likely looking forward to getting back out west to some hard pack, but we’re going to Seattle next and we’re pretty much guaranteed a soft or even muddy track in the Pacific Northwest in late March. Lumen Field is an open stadium, you say? Makes sense…

We’ll have some more Canadians to cheer for in Seattle: Cole Thompson, Guillaume St Cyr, and Julien Benek, (Parker Eales?) will be on the line as 250 West goes again for 2 weeks in a row.

Benek is coming off that thumb surgery that only seemed to keep him off the bike for an afternoon! The kid is tough as nails. Hopefully, he’s ready for a string of good health because it’s hard to find anyone else who wants it as badly as he does.

On a side note, can we get Julien Benek, Daniel Elmore, and Tyler Gibbs together with some support to do the Canadian series this summer? That’s a team of top 5-8 riders with the potential for some holeshots and threats of a podium every week. These are 3 riders who are too close to the front of the field to be on their own as professionals.

Interestingly, Tyler told me that for the following week in St Louis (another West round) he’ll move up to the 450 and they’ll have former CREO KTM rider Guillaume St Cyr under their tent for the 250 West round at the Dome at America’s Center in St Louis.

#221 Tyler Gibbs at Round 5 of 250 East:

I’ll do a separate article on the actual racing from Indianapolis, so watch for that.

I also realize that I still have to do an extended ‘Faces at the Races’ column from my time down in Florida, so watch for that, too. It must be nice to fly in and out of the races and have time to get things done! 🤣

Oh, so after leaving the stadium late Saturday night, I hopped in the van and made my way out of the downtown core and onto the highway heading north. As soon as I got up to highway speed, I heard a “ding!” and the Check Engine light shone brightly on the dash. Dammit!

Fortunately, it wasn’t flashing and is likely just the replacement gas cap that I had to use when the left emergency brake stuck and the rear end blew up on the way home from Quebec last summer and I had to spend a few days in Cornwall. It blew out all the plastic lining under the wheel well, so the filler tube is just exposed underneath. You can’t see it until you open up the gas filler latch. I’m hoping it’s just that.

We’ll have Jessica Longname from Tree Three Media covering the action in Seattle this coming week.

Loretta Lynn Area NE Qualifier Sun 3/16-17/24 – Budds Creek

Open Pro Sport Overall Positions
1st#831		JACOB GLENNKING WILLIAM, VA	Moto 1:2ndMoto 2:1st
2nd#1		AIDAN DICKENSSKIPPERS, VA	Moto 1:1stMoto 2:2nd
3rd #12		SEBASTIEN RACINE CASSELMAN, ON	Moto 1:3rd Moto 2:3rd
4th#809		BRAYDEN EHLERMANNWESTTOWN, NY	Moto 1:4thMoto 2:4th
5th#661		NOAH CHAMBERSOXFORD, PA	Moto 1:5thMoto 2:6th
6th #104		KYLE KEAST CAVAN, ON	Moto 1:7th Moto 2:5th
7th#88		TYLER MYERSWILLIAMSTOWN, NJ	Moto 1:6thMoto 2:8th
8th#49		CODY WAGNERWALLKILL, NY	Moto 1:8thMoto 2:7th
9th#74		AIDEN LABRECKOSWEGO, NY	Moto 1:10thMoto 2:9th
10th#178		MIKE GESSOMONTGOMERY, NY	Moto 1:9thMoto 2:10th

College (18-24) (SportsmanOverall Positions
1st#831x		JACOB GLENNKING WILLIAM, VA	Moto 1:1stMoto 2:1st
2nd #12		SEBASTIEN RACINECASSELMAN, ON	Moto 1:2ndMoto 2:2nd
3rd#82		CLAYTON STOCKSTILLMILLERSVILLE, MD	Moto 1:3rdMoto 2:3rd
4th#661		NOAH CHAMBERSOXFORD, PA	Moto 1:4thMoto 2:5th
5th#116		WILLIAM RUNIONDURHAM, NC	Moto 1:6thMoto 2:4th
6th#22		BRENT BURROUGHSST MARY’S COUNTY, MD	Moto 1:8thMoto 2:6th
7th#57		LOGAN FORWARDBOUCKVILLE, NY	Moto 1:7thMoto 2:7th
8th #199		TRAVIS BYROM	Moto 1:5thMoto 2:9th

250 Pro SportOverall Positions
1st#12		SEBASTIEN RACINE CASSELMAN, ON	Moto 1:1st Moto 2:1st
2nd#921		JAMES MCNEILLWASHINGTONVILLE, NY	Moto 1:3rdMoto 2:2nd
3rd#1		AIDAN DICKENSSKIPPERS, VA	Moto 1:7thMoto 2:3rd
4th#49		CODY WAGNERWALLKILL, NY	Moto 1:6thMoto 2:4th
5th#809		BRAYDEN EHLERMANNWESTTOWN, NY	Moto 1:5thMoto 2:5th
6th#22		BRENT BURROUGHSST MARY’S COUNTY, MD	Moto 1:4thMoto 2:7th
7th#74		AIDEN LABRECKOSWEGO, NY	Moto 1:8thMoto 2:6th
8th#831		JACOB GLENNKING WILLIAM, VA	Moto 1:2ndMoto 2:DNS

#12 SEBASTIEN RACINE

CASSELMAN, ON

3rd#12		1. Open Pro Sport	M1: 3rdM2: 3rd
2nd#12		14. College (18-24) (Sportsman	M1: 2ndM2: 2nd

1st#12

2. 250 Pro Sport

M1: 1stM2: 1st

#199 TRAVIS BYROM:

8th#199		14. College (18-24) (Sportsman	M1: 5thM2: 9th
3rd#199		9. 450 B	M1: 4thM2: 3rd

#104 KYLE KEAST

CAVAN, ON

6th#104		1. Open Pro Sport	M1: 7thM2: 5th
3rd#104		15. Junior (25+)	M1: 3rdM2: 3rd

#161 JAMIESON MACDONALD

GRAFTON, ON

5th#161		11. 450 C	M1: 7thM2: 4th
1st#161		6. 250 C	M1: 1stM2: 3rd

#72 JAMEY KEAST

LINDSAY, ON

8th#72		18. Senior (45+) (Sportsman)	M1: 9thM2: 8th
9th#72		19. Masters (50+)	M1: 10thM2: 7th

#372 CONNOR ETCHES

COBOURG, ON

9th#327

25. 65cc (7-9)

M1: 11thM2: 8th

8th#327

24. 65cc (7-9) Limited

M1: 8thM2: 9th

#226 JONATHAN BERGERON

CUMBERLAND, ON

3rd#226

34. 125 Jr. (12-17) B/C

M1: 3rdM2: 4th

7th#226

35. Schoolboy 1 (12-17) B/C

M1: 5thM2: 9th

#273 EVERETT MCDONALD

GARSON, ON

23rd#273		4. 250 B	M1: 14thM2: DNS
14th#273		9. 450 B	M1: 12thM2: 14th

12th#273

5. 250 B Limited

M1: 13thM2: 13th

#891 ELLIOTT MCDONALD

GARSON, ON

28th#891

6. 250 C

M1: 10thM2: 31st

30th#891		7. 250 C Limited	M1: 16thM2: 29th
21st#891		8. 250 C Jr. (12-17) Limited	M1: 24thM2: 20th

#361 JAKE MACDONALD

GRAFTON, ON

36th#361

6. 250 C

M1: 14thM2: DNS

14th#361		12. 125 C	M1: 15thM2: 12th
12th#361		35. Schoolboy 1 (12-17) B/C	M1: 14thM2: 12th

Full results HERE.

I hope that got you through another cup to get this week started. I know I can scour race results for way too long…

I’ll leave you with this slightly surprising factoid: There were more Suzukis in the 450 races in Indianapolis than there were Hondas, KTMs, GasGas, Husqvarnas, and Betas.

Kawasaki: 5

Suzuki: 4

Yamaha: 4

Honda: 3

Beta: 2

KTM: 2

GasGas: 1

Husqvarna: 1