Frid’Eh Update #13 | Drew Adams | Brought to You by Dirt Care

Frid’Eh Update #13 | Drew Adams | Brought to You by Dirt Care

Frid’Eh Update #13 belongs to Drew Adams from Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is brought to you by Dirt Care.

By Billy Rainford

Welcome to Week #13 of the DMX Frid’EH Update brought to you by Dirt Care. After a week off in the Monster Energy AMA Supercross schedule, we’re back in action this week out in Seattle, Washington. I always laugh at the idea of having a race in the Pacific Northwest with an open stadium in the springtime, but as of right now the forecast is for cold but dry conditions for Saturday.

Here in my neck of the woods, the extended forecast looks like a rollercoaster ride of warm and cold temperatures with a good amount of expected springtime precipitation. I’ve been able to get out for a few bicycle rides lately but still don’t have the Yamaha YZ250 2-stroke ready to hit the track yet.

I don’t remember the last time we had the top amateur prospect in all of the USA as our weekly guest of honour for one of these Frid’Eh Update interviews, but that’s what we’ve got this week.

Drew Adams is #13 for the 2025 Canadian Triple Crown Series MX Nationals, but, of course, we’re not going to see him up here to run it because he’ll be making his AMA Pro Motocross full season debut when that series gets going south of the border in May.

As we all know, Drew got the call to step in and race 250 West Supercross in response to rider injuries. His initial plan was to start when the series headed East to Tampa, Florida. He looked good and ended up 8th in the Main, but things took a turn for the worse when the series moved to the Glendale Triple Crown.

We all saw him crash and break his collarbone, but we didn’t realize how much damage he’d actually done. We talk about that in our interview and it may surprise a lot of you.

Drew came to Canada last summer during his A class season in the USA. He used it as preparation for Loretta Lynn’s and then for his debut in the AMA Pro Motocross series at the final round at Ironman MX.

The plan worked perfectly and he was the dominant rider at this year’s Amateur National Championship in Tennessee. It was impressive.

He went up against 2-time 250 champion Kaven Benoit up here in Canada for the summer. Heading in, I thought he was only going to race a few rounds, but then he stayed all summer and gave us all something to line the fences over.

He was clearly the fastest rider in the class but Kaven hung on to take the title by just 2 points in what was one of the most memorable Nationals we’ve ever seen here at Walton Raceway. If you haven’t watched it, do yourself a favour and go watch it. You can watch our recap on YouTube here:

Here’s a look at Drew’s results from last summer in Canada, Kaven’s included:

It was great getting to know Drew last summer. I’ve bumped into him at a bunch of races since the summer ended and he’s always up for a chat. It will be exciting to see what he can do when the gate drops for the AMA Outdoor season.

Direct Motocross: Hey, Drew. First off, you’re #13 for the 2025 Canadian Triple Crown Series season. If you were to race up here, would you run that number??? Do you have any superstitions?

Drew Adams: I would most likely run 300 again just because I really like the number. 13 is a great number but just gotta go with 300, not really any superstitions at all.

Let’s back it up for everyone here, first. Give us a little bit of your background. You’re a Tennessee kid who came up training with Matt Walker when I first met you. How did you get into the sport in the first place? 

My dad used to road race and one day he bought me a Honda 50 and I just started barking it up and then when I turned 6 he took me to my first ever race and just been going since.

Being as young as you are, I’m curious who your moto hero was when you were younger?

Ryan villopoto was my hero growing up.

From your perspective, what was your best amateur race and why would you say that?

I would say my best amateur race was Loretta Lynn’s ’24 for sure and I would honestly say it was because of all the racing I was doing in Canada.

2024 was your A Class season in the USA but you came up here to race our 250 Pro Am class. Can you take us through that decision? Was it something you thought was a good idea right away?

Honestly, I didn’t like the idea at first just because of all the traveling, but then I just told myself to not be a sissy and realized I need to race so I was good with it.

How much did you know about our series? Did you head to Youtube and do some homework?

i didn’t know nothing coming to Canada. I didn’t know who anyone was or anything. The only thing I’ve ever seen was when Dylan Wright landed on Phil (Nicoletti) at Sand Del Lee that one year. 

So, with 2-time 250 champion Kaven Benoit returning to race the class, you had no idea who he was or what he would be like to race against?

I didn’t really know who Kaven was going into Canada, but I found real quick in Calgary.

You were clearly the fastest rider in the class, but came up just short in the end. Was this the best case of the old cliché: “Sometimes you win and sometimes you learn”? From my perspective, your battles and coming up short may have been the best thing for you to go through. What are your thoughts on that? What was the main thing you learned in your time in Canada?

The main thing I learned in Canada was how to control a race because sometimes I didn’t do that in Canada but it helped me a lot. And with the championship, I was happy with it. It sucks we didn’t win but I learned so much and losing that only made me better all around.

We have to ask you about that final race at the final round at Walton Raceway. Now that time has passed, can you take us through all that excitement and what your thoughts are, looking back?

Yea, that final race was a fun one. I was just trying to make Kaven not get second the whole time, just trying everything I could. And that race I didn’t even get a good start. I was like 15th on the start so I had to pass so many people. Then I got to the front-runners and was just trying to do everything but it didn’t really work out.

OK, so we know you killed it at Loretta Lynn’s against some great competition, what happened the rest of the summer and fall for you?

Well, after Canada was over I raced Ironman National and that was awesome. Then I got to go experience MXON and that was awesome also.

Your plan was to pick up the 250 East Regional Supercross series when it started in Tampa, but Mitch Peyton had other ideas for you. You got put into the west series after rider injuries. You qualified 8th and finished 8th in the Main at Round 3 at A2. Can you take us through all that?

My first Supercross was great, I learned a whole lot and was just so excited to be there. I rode pretty good finish. It could’ve been a little stronger but overall I was happy.

You qualified 12th at the next round at the Glendale Triple Crown but that’s not the end of that story. I was talking to someone and they told me they heard a rumour you were actually hurt worse than people know. Any chance you’ll touch that question? What all did you hurt in that crash? What happened?

Glendale started off great. I was P5 in Q1 and just at the end had a good crash that ended the night. A lot of people don’t know this but in that crash I obviously broke my collarbone and I got surgery super fast after and tried to ride just 2 weeks after crash. I was having heavy pains in my back so we got a scan and I ended up compression fracturing my T6, 7, and 8 vertebrae’s in my back and fracturing a rib and that’s why I haven’t been back yet.

Yikes! I’ve seen you as a spectator a few times since then. How are things going and what’s the plan for getting back to the races?

Things have been going great. I’m back on the bike now and planning to race the East/West Supercross in Philly.

Have you talked to other A Class riders about coming up to Canada to get their feet wet at that level? Who have you talked into coming up here?

I haven’t talked to anyone yet but I’m sure a lot of people will follow my footsteps.

Hey, since you’re so young I have to ask you, what’s the top social media platform you scroll these days? Are you a feed guy or a video/reels guy? I’m asking for a friend… Haha

My top app is Instagram. I sit on Reels for an unhealthy amount every day.

OK, it’ been nice getting to know you better, Drew. I don’t know if you remember me in the red van back in 2016 at Matt Walker’s place, but I was there and have old photos of you! Good luck with everything. Who would you like to thank?

I would like to thank my mom and dad and my whole team for sticking behind me for all these years and all the Canadian friends and fans I met this summer. Thank you, Billy.

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Sam Gaynor Podcast Interview

If you haven’t had a chance to listen to Sam Gaynor talk about what he’s gone through with his scaphoid injury, it’s definitely an interesting listen. This is the kind of thing that would have seen most people simply walk away, but not Sam. Here it is:

Find it wherever you get your podcasts.

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2025 Canadian WMX and PreMix Schedules

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Amsoil Snocross Points

Canadian defending Pro Lites class champion #96 Crayden Dillon has 1 weekend of racing left in Deluth, MN on April 4-6 to catch Anson Scheele.

Position	Rider	Hometown	Sled	Points
1	Anson Scheele	North Branch, MN		466
2	Crayden Dillon	Zephyr, ON		457
3	Cameron Cole	Medina, MN		421
4	Drew Freeland	Corcoran, MN		391
5	Tyler Archambault	Mancelona, MI		377
6	Evan Christian	Finley, ND		362
7	Adam Ashline	Hartland, VT		319
8	Emil Mikalsen	Talvik, 20		308
9	Kellen Chapuran	Edina, MN		282
10	Eric Downs	Jordan, MN		273

In the Pro class, it looks like we’ll definitely have a Canadian champion. Perennial champion Elias Ishoel has headed over to Europe to race for the World Title.

Position	Rider	Hometown	Sled	Points
1	Emil Harr	Sorsele, AB		289
2	Jordan Lebel	Chicoutimi, QC		241
3	Adam Peterson	Medford, WI		224
4	Jacob Yurk	Rochester Hills, MI		205
5	Kody Kamm	Kansasville, WI		187
6	Hunter Patenaude	Hartland, VT		179
7	Oskar Norum	Bjurholm, AB		177
8	Ryley Bester	Prior Lake, MN		176
9	Elias Ishoel	Oppdal, 16		162
10	Evan Daudt	Remer, MN		160

You can catch the live stream on Flo Racing. I’ve been watching the races on Fox Sports.

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5 Canadians at Seattle Supercross

We’ll have 5 Canadian racers to keep an eye on this Saturday at the Seattle Supercross:

61 Cole Thompson Team Solitaire Heartbeat Hot Sauce Yamaha

214 Tyler Gibbs

500 Julien Benek MVP International Triumph Racing

585 Blake Davies International Truimph Racing

800 Preston Masciangelo AJE/GasGas/Gas Monkey

#551 Guillaume St Cyr has decided to call it a season. He injured his shoulder right off the bat this season and has been struggling to get back to 100% ever since.

250 West Points

1 38 Haiden Deegan 129 17 20 25 22 25 20
2 23 Julien Beaumer 117 22 25 22 18 16 14
3 100 Cole Davies 104 14 18 20 20 15 17
4 30 Jo Shimoda 102 25 15 16 12 18 16
5 37 Coty Schock 90 16 16 17 14 22 5
6 19 Jordon Smith 85 20 22 18 25 0 N/A
7 93 Michael Mosiman 79 7 13 15 17 20 7
8 36 Garrett Marchbanks 73 13 14 N/A 16 17 13
9 63 Hunter Yoder 56 9 12 12 8 11 4
10 52 Anthony Bourdon 54 15 11 13 15 N/A N/A
11 65 Lux Turner 52 11 0 11 11 13 6
12 302 Parker Ross 43 5 7 10 13 8 0
13 25 Ryder Difrancesco 35 18 17 N/A N/A 0 N/A
14 91 Tj Albright 35 8 6 8 10 3 0
15 61 Cole Thompson 34 12 10 0 3 9 0
16 54 Jett Reynolds 34 0 9 9 4 12 0
17 101 Dylan Walsh 24 0 3 4 7 10 0
18 115 Gavin Towers 21 3 4 7 0 5 2
19 166 Enzo Lopes 19 N/A N/A 5 0 14 N/A
20 98 Drew Adams 14 N/A N/A 14 0 0 N/A

450 POINTS

1 2 Cooper Webb 211 18 20 14 22 22 25 25 22
2 4 Chase Sexton 203 25 16 18 25 17 20 20 17
3 94 Ken Roczen 184 22 18 22 20 1 22 22 25
4 27 Malcolm Stewart 162 12 15 13 12 25 18 13 16
5 32 Justin Cooper 160 15 11 16 9 18 17 18 18
6 21 Jason Anderson 151 20 9 20 15 20 16 11 14
7 51 Justin Barcia 142 16 14 12 10 16 15 16 12
8 7 Aaron Plessinger 125 13 0 0 13 14 13 15 20
9 46 Justin Hill 125 14 8 7 16 12 12 17 15
10 12 Shane McElrath 96 9 5 5 8 13 10 9 11
11 14 Dylan Ferrandis 91 0 13 6 11 0 14 14 10
12 3 Eli Tomac 80 17 25 15 18 5 0 0 N/A
13 17 Joey Savatgy 80 1 12 11 7 15 9 12 13
14 49 Mitchell Oldenburg 79 6 3 9 5 11 8 10 9
15 1 Jett Lawrence 71 10 22 25 14 N/A N/A N/A N/A
16 96 Hunter Lawrence 62 11 17 17 17 0 0 0 N/A
17 57 Benny Bloss 60 0 6 10 3 9 0 5 6
18 45 Colt Nichols 60 -5 0 4 8 6 10 11 7 7
19 11 Kyle Chisholm 38 2 2 0 4 7 5 2 3
20 86 Mitchell Harrison 37 5 0 0 0 6 6 6 5

Next, we’ll be in the northeast for an unprecedented 4 weekends in a row! It’s never happened before and may never happen again. It goes Foxborough, Philadelphia, East Rutherford, and then Pittsburgh. It will be a great chance for such a dense population area to check out Supercross. Of course, the stadiums are all open air, so who knows how this is going to go as far as “perfect conditions” go…

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Tracks are open or about to open here in Southwestern Ontario, so the hope is to get out and ride somewhere on Saturday. It looks like we’ll have to do it as early as we can as rain is scheduled to move into the area and pretty much ruin Sunday.

For those of you scoring at home, I’m finally very close to pulling the trigger on a new DMX Van, however, it looks like the 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan may have to hit the final 4 rounds of Supercross before riding off into the sunset. Wish me luck!

Have a great weekend, everyone. Thanks for reading and enjoy the racing from Seattle. Go, Canada, go!