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PODCAST (and Typed) | #500 Julien benek Talks about His 2024 Seattle Supercross

PODCAST (and Typed) | #500 Julien benek Talks about His 2024 Seattle Supercross By Billy Rainford Canadian rider #500 Julien Benek from Mission, BC has had an up and down racing season, from mono to a broken thumb, but was back behind the gate this past weekend. He lined up to race 250 West at the 2024 Monster Energy AMA Supercross at Lumen Field in Seattle, WA in some very tough

Julien Benek Injury and Recovery Update

Julien Benek Injury and Recovery Update Julien Benek undergoes successful “skier’s thumb” surgery in his home province of British Columbia By Billy Rainford Mission, British Columbia, racer #500 Julien Benek raced the first 2 rounds of the 2024 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series under less-than-ideal circumstances. For starters, he had mono and was feeling much less than 100%. During Free Practice at Anaheim 1, he fell and damaged his right

Podcast | Julien Benek Talks about the 2024 Anaheim 1 Supercross

Podcast | Julien Benek Talks about the 2024 Anaheim 1 Supercross By Billy Rainford #500 Julien Benek from Mission, BC raced the season opening round of the 2024 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, under extremely difficult conditions, to say the very least. Julien was diagnosed with mononucleosis in the weeks leading up to the January 6th race and then broke his right thumb during

Frid’Eh Update #26 | Julien Benek Interview | Brought to You by Leatt

Frid’Eh Update #26 | Julien Benek Interview | Brought to You by Leatt By Billy Rainford Well, it’s Week #26 of the DMX Frid’EH Update and this week it’s brought to you by our friends over at Leatt distributed by Kimpex. I knew I was going to run out of time, so I planned ahead and went over to Rempel’s track just outside Copenhagen, Ontario, which is just outside Aylmer,

Julien Benek Back in Action at Seattle Supercross

Julien Benek Back in Action at Seattle Supercross The Seattle Supercross at Lumen Field this coming Saturday means the 250 West is back in action. That also means #500 Julien Benek from Mission, BC is back in action with his Partzilla PRMX team in the class he was meant to be racing. Julien dabbled in the 450 class on his 250 but hasn’t done so since Daytona 3 weeks ago.

Podcast | Julien Benek Makes His First-Ever Main at the 2023 Oakland Supercross

Podcast | Julien Benek Makes His First-Ever Main at the 2023 Oakland Supercross By Billy Rainford Canadian Partzilla PRMX OGs Kawasaki Supercross rider #500 Julien Benek from Mission, BC made his first-ever SX Main when he qualified for the 2023 Oakland Supercross in Oakland, California, on Saturday, February 18th, 2023. We grabbed him to talk about it as he was getting ready to race the 450 class on his 250

Bigwave’s Briefs | 2023 Oakland Supercross – The Canadians

Bigwave’s Briefs | 2023 Oakland Supercross – The Canadians By Billy Rainford We finally made it to Oakland, California, on Saturday for what was supposed to be Round 2 of the 2023 Monster Energy AMA Supercross series at Ringcentral Stadium. Unfortunately, while I was out there the weather was so bad and they got so much rain that they were actually under a state of emergency and were unable to

How Julien Benek Missed the Night Show at A2

How Julien Benek Missed the Night Show at A2 So, by now you all know that this was the last we saw of #500 Julien Benek on the track at A2. He qualified 33rd and that sent him to the LCQ. In a nutshell, here’s what happened. During the riders meeting, it was announced that the LCQ to make the 3 Mains would start 10 minutes early. Apparently, that’s the part