Faces at the Races|Deschambault National By Billy Rainford Photos by Jeff McConkey and Bigwave Here’s our weekly look at the riders under the helmets and the people around the fences in the Deschambault National edition of ‘Faces at the Races.’
Kaven Benoit/Cade Clason|Deschambault National|PODCASTS #6 Cade Clason KTM #11 Kaven Benoit KTM
McThoughts|Deschambault National|MX1 Class By Jeff McConkey Photos by Billy Rainford The second-to-last round was a good one. Early on, it looked like it was going to be Mike Alessi‘s day as he threw down a heater in qualifying that was a full second faster than anyone. Unfortunately, Mike had a fuel pump issue in moto 1, then proceeded to hit the dirt hard twice in moto 2. Davi Millsaps was
McThoughts|Deschambault National|MX2 Class By Jeff McConkey Photos by Billy Rainford Round 9 went off this past Sunday and we crowned our 2016 Rockstar Energy Drink MX Nationals MX2 champion a round early. Cole Thompson was the heavy favourite all season long, for good reason. He was simply the best guy and earned himself a championship. No disrespect to the others, it’s just that Cole was better this year. I don’t
Video: Kaven Benoit Wins Deschambault This video takes you through #11 KTM Canada Thor Racing rider Kaven Benoit‘s day as he goes on to win his first-ever MX1 moto and overall at round 9 of the 2016 Rockstar Energy Drink MX Nationals in Deschambault, Quebec.
Photo Report|Deschambault National By Billy Rainford We made our second of two stops in Quebec this past weekend at the rough sand track just west of Quebec City, on the north side of the St. Lawrence River in Deschambault. Most riders you spoke to on Saturday named it as one of their favourite tracks on the circuit. Unfortunately, the track came to life and bit a few of the riders
McThoughts|Women’s East Nationals|Deschambault Round 3 By Jeff McConkey Photos by Billy Rainford Round 3 of the Women’s East MX Nationals had some great battles. Defending champion Eve Brodeur was very dominant and looks as close to perfect as possible. Behind her we had fellow Americans Shannon Fleming and Brittany Gagne fighting over the vacant spot left by Jacqueline Ross. The track looked good, but seem to have many square, sharp
Women’s East Nationals|Deschambault Round 3|PODCASTS We speak with a few riders after round 3 of the 2016 Women’s East MX Nationals Round 3 at Deschambault. #68 Shannon Fleming YAM 2nd (3-2) #119 Amelia Landry YAM 27th (23-27) #27 Jessica Diarra KTM 26th (22-26) #16 Krista Casselman YAM 16th (16-17) #108 Carrie Davis YAM 11th (12-11) #108 Elizabeth Burke KAW 5th (6-6) #4 Madi Seguin HSK 6th (5-7) #1 Eve Brodeur
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