Monday Morning Coffee

Grab yourself another cup for this week’s Monday Morning Coffee column about some of what happened this weekend in Motocross and more…

By Billy Rainford

Hello again from the deep freeze! We woke up to -21C this morning. That looks like the end of it though because the forecast even show us going up above the freezing mark. It’s been a winter straight out of my elementary school days this year. We haven’t seen weather like this since…well, I’m not even gong to tell you when I was a public schooler. Just know that it’s been a ling time.

Just a couple years ago, Gopher Dunes was able to open at least one day every single month of the year. I can guarantee that won’t happen this winter. December and January kicked our butts!

Did you watch the Super Bowl last night?

I watched it from home on a feed from the USA. It’s always more entertaining that way because then you get all the multi-million dollar commercials. But something sort of freaked me out this time. 80% of the ads were for some sort of AI or product that used AI.

I typed the question into….AI to see what it would tell me:

“The exact percentage of commercials during the 2026 Super Bowl that were for AI is not specified. However, it was noted that there was a significant presence of AI-themed advertisements, particularly in the first quarter, where many viewers expressed frustration over the abundance of AI ads. This trend suggests that AI commercials were a prominent feature of this year’s Super Bowl, similar to the previous year’s focus on cryptocurrency ads.”

AI, Crypto, and Gambling seem to take up the majority of ad space these days and I’m not a fan.

I didn’t have a horse in this race, but since I lived in Vancouver, BC for 11 years I was cheering for Seattle. It’s nice not really caring who wins one of these big games. I’m actually a Vancouver Canucks fan, so believe me when I say I’ve had more than my fair share of disappointment.

I do remember when the Canucks went to Game 7 a “few” years ago. We were all staying at the Allison’s farm in Delburne, Alberta, between rounds of the Canadian Triple Crown Series Motocross Nationals.

I had a playoffs tradition that meant you had to do a shot of Crown Royal every time the Canucks scored a goal. It had been a pretty safe gamble for a ling time, but this year they went as far as a team could go without winning.

We were all watching the game at Brad Allison‘s place. I had stopped and bought a couple bottle of Crown Royal at the Duty Free and everyone joined in the gamble. It was a memorable way to watch the games!

No, the Canucks didn’t win the Stanley Cup that year, but we all had a blast doing shots every time they scored. They actually had a hard time scoring any goals that final series so we all made it through relatively unscathed.

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Canadian results from Glendale Supercross

We had 4 Canadians in the night show at Round 5 of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series in Glendale, Arizona, on Saturday. I was talking with Kyle Springman who is with Tyler Gibbs and we didn’t think that had ever happened before. I plugged it into ai and it didn’t think so either!

#66 Cole Thompson YAM
Q: 16
Heat 1: 6
Main: 16

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#800 Preston Masciangelo GAS
Q: 24
Heat 1: 9
Main: 18

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#585 Blake Davies HQV
Q: 20
Heat 1: 16
LCQ: 12

#214 Tyler Gibbs YAM
Q: 40
Heat 1: 19
LCQ: 20 (crashed early causing red flag.)

2026 Glendale Supercross Round 5 Results and Points

State Farm Stadium
Glendale, Arizona

2026 SX 250 West Championship

	#	BIKE	RIDER	POINTS	POINT ADJUSTMENTS	1: Anaheim 1	2: San Diego	3: Anaheim 2	4: Houston	5: Glendale
1	1W		Haiden Deegan	118	0	184th	251st	251st	251st	251st
2	23		Michael Mosiman	91	0	175th	203rd	222nd	148th	184th
3	34		Ryder Difrancesco	89	0	203rd	157th	203rd	175th	175th
4	61		Max Anstie	88	0	251st	175th	166th	166th	148th
5	142		Cameron Mcadoo	80	0	022nd	222nd	184th	203rd	203rd
6	47		Levi Kitchen	79	0	166th	184th	121st	222nd	222nd
7	19		Maximus Vohland	77	-3	157th	148th	175th	154th	166th
8	60		Hunter Yoder	60	0	148th	121st	157th	157th	157th
9	40		Parker Ross	57	0	814th	1111th	139th	139th	1210th
10	57		Avery Long	49	0	139th	1012th	517th	814th	139th
11	71		Carson Mumford	48	0	1111th	814th	148th	1210th	319th
12	224		Joshua Varize	45	0	913th	319th	1210th	1111th	1012th
13	43		Lux Turner	39	0	715th	913th	319th	913th	1111th
14	29		Chance Hymas	38	0	222nd	166th	022nd
15	42		Dilan Schwartz	36	0	1210th	139th	1111th	040th
16	70		Anthony Bourdon	28	0	616th	1210th	024th	1012th
17	131		Crockett Myers	26	0	517th	040th	913th	418th	814th
18	237		Robbie Wageman	25	0	1012th	022nd	616th	041st	913th
19	83		Justin Rodbell	23	0	319th	023rd	814th	517th	715th
20	245		Matti Jorgensen	20	0	418th	024th	1012th	616th	024th

2026 SX 450 Championship

	#	BIKE	RIDER	POINTS	POINT ADJUSTMENTS	1: Anaheim 1	2: San Diego	3: Anaheim 2	4: Houston	5: Glendale
1	96		Hunter Lawrence	106	0	184th	222nd	222nd	222nd	222nd
2	94		Ken Roczen	101	0	222nd	203rd	148th	203rd	251st
3	3		Eli Tomac	98	0	251st	251st	203rd	184th	1012th
4	1		Cooper Webb	91	0	157th	148th	175th	251st	203rd
5	4		Chase Sexton	89	0	148th	184th	251st	175th	157th
6	32		Justin Cooper	75	0	166th	166th	1210th	139th	184th
7	26		Jorge Prado	73	-3	173rd	913th	157th	157th	175th
8	21		Jason Anderson	73	0	175th	1111th	184th	166th	1111th
9	17		Joey Savatgy	66	0	913th	175th	166th	814th	166th
10	14		Dylan Ferrandis	62	0	139th	139th	1111th	1210th	139th
11	7		Aaron Plessinger	50	0	1210th	157th	022nd	913th	148th
12	28		Christian Craig	45	0	1111th	715th	913th	1012th	814th
13	46		Justin Hill	40	0	814th	814th	715th	517th	1210th
14	24		R.J. Hampshire	38	0	418th	1012th	139th	1111th	036th
15	27		Malcolm Stewart	36	0	022nd	1210th	1012th	148th	022nd
16	45		Colt Nichols	34	0	1012th	616th	616th	616th	616th
17	36		Garrett Marchbanks	24	0	028th		814th	715th	913th
18	12		Shane McElrath	24	0	517th	418th	418th	418th	715th
19	719		Vince Friese	14	-5	319th	517th	-219th	319th	517th
20	33		Austin Forkner	12	0	715th	039th	517th

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FIM North American Arenacross Round 6

Results and Points

Findlay Toyota Center
Prescott Valley Arizona
Friday, February 6, 2026

AX Lites (A/B) Overall Positions
1st#33		DANE MORALES HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA	Main 1:2nd Main 2:1st
2nd#779		RYAN BOUTILIER PUEBLO, CO	Main 1:3rd Main 2:2nd
3rd#2		JEREMY FAPPANI SCOTTSDALE, AZ	Main 1:1st Main 2:3rd
4th#714		RYDER PATRIDGE SANTA ANA, CA	Main 1:4th Main 2:4th
5th#27		ROCCO MORSE BURBANK, CA	Main 1:5th Main 2:5th
6th#28		SAMSON VILLA GOODYEAR, AZ	Main 1:8th Main 2:6th
7th#28x		COBEE SERAK MONTE VISTA, CO	Main 1:6th Main 2:7th
8th#23		JACK MARDELL PEORIA, AZ	Main 1:9th Main 2:8th
9th#45		MASON SABATINA PRESCOTT VALLEY, AZ	Main 1:7th Main 2:DNS

Series Points

Pos		Racer	Total
1st#33		DANE MORALES HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA	77
2nd#58		LIAM DODDS 🇨🇦 REVELSTOKE, BC	45
3rd#27		ROCCO MORSE BURBANK, CA	34
4th#470		ETHAN DAY MUSKEGON, MI	27
5th#573		CHRISTOPHER BLACKMER MUSKEGON, MI	26
6th#714		RYDER PATRIDGE SANTA ANA, CA	25
6th#5		ZACH PHIFER 🇨🇦 CARLETON PLACE, ON	25
8th#779		RYAN BOUTILIER PUEBLO, CO	22
9th#28x		COBEE SERAK MONTE VISTA, CO	21
10th#31		CADEN MEYER AURORA, NE	16

AX ProOverall PositionsGo to PointsGo to Laptimes
1st#98		AUSTIN POLITELLI MURRIETA, CA	Heat 1:1st Main 1:1st Main 2:1st
2nd#200		RYAN BREECE ATHOL, ID	Heat 2:1st Main 1:2nd Main 2:2nd
3rd#14		ROBBIE WAGEMAN NEWHALL, CA	Heat 2:2nd Main 1:3rd Main 2:3rd
4th#581		KYLE BITTERMAN PELZER, SC	Heat 1:3rd Main 1:4th Main 2:5th
5th#2		JEREMY FAPPANI SCOTTSDALE, AZ	Heat 2:3rd Main 1:5th Main 2:6th
6th#597		MASON KERR ALTOONA, IA	Heat 1:4th Main 1:6th Main 2:7th
7th#16		COLE THOMPSON BRIGDEN, ON	Heat 1:2nd Main 1:11th Main 2:4th
8th#33		DANE MORALES HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA	Heat 1:5th Main 1:8th Main 2:8th
9th#636		LUKE KALAITZIAN SUN VALLEY, CA	Heat 2:5th Main 1:7th Main 2:11th
10th#357		KAMERON BARBOA LOS LUNAS, NM	Heat 2:6th Main 1:10th Main 2:9th
11th#383		DEREK VANDERGRAAF LEMOORE, CA	Heat 2:4th Main 1:9th Main 2:12th
12th#254		CONNOR CHANDLER MESA, AZ	Heat 1:7th Main 1:12th Main 2:10th
DNS#714		RYDER PATRIDGE SANTA ANA, CA	Heat 1:6th Main 1:DNS Main 2:DNS

Series Points

Pos		Racer	Total
1st#200		RYAN BREECE ATHOL, ID	214
2nd#98		AUSTIN POLITELLI MURRIETA, CA	196
3rd#16		COLE THOMPSON 🇨🇦 BRIGDEN, ON	187
4th#581		KYLE BITTERMAN PELZER, SC	148
5th#14		ROBBIE WAGEMAN NEWHALL, CA	113
6th#73		STEVE MAGES SARDINIA, OH	99
7th#33		DANE MORALES HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA	90
8th#2		JEREMY FAPPANI SCOTTSDALE, AZ	80
9th#636		LUKE KALAITZIAN SUN VALLEY, CA	72
10th#500		JULIEN BENEK 🇨🇦 MISSON, BC	68
11th#58		LIAM DODDS 🇨🇦 REVELSTOKE, BC	61
12th#114		QUINN AMYOTTE 🇨🇦 BLACKSTOCK, ON	56
13th#573		CHRISTOPHER BLACKMER MUSKEGON, MI	49
14th#37		PAYTON MORNINGSTAR 🇨🇦 FORT ERIE, ON	42
15th#316		EVAN STICE CARMEN, ID	32

Full results HERE.

Next Round:

Sparks Livestock Events Center
Reno, Nevada
Saturday, February 14, 2026

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Our old friend Al Strickert is back down in Florida again this year. He crashed early last year during his stay down south and had to have hip replacement surgery! Good news, he’s on an even faster bike this time, a YZ450! Haha.

He’s currently on the Florida panhandle and hopes to head over to see what Kody Renzland has going on for our Canadians at Dreamland MX. We’ll see if we can get him through the gates to check in this week.

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OK, I’ve run out of time. It’s high noon here in the east and that’s my MMC deadline. I hope this was enough to get you through another cup to get the week started.