By Billy Rainford
Hey, we’re back for another Monday Morning Coffee! We just had a weekend off from racing in the Canadian Triple Crown Series, but that didn’t mean things weren’t happening. In fact, there were a couple things going on that sort of took me by surprise, so let’s fill that cup and dive in.
Shawn Maffenbeier and Robin Hutchinson had their wedding right here in my hometown on Saturday. I didn’t go to the ceremony but managed to get over there in time to catch the first dance. It was great to see a few people I hadn’t seen this summer, since we never made it out west with the series. Randy and Jackie Maffenbeier are two people who I’ve spent a ton of time with over the years. We’ve shared some ridiculous moments like getting in trouble for sleeping at the Moncton Airport and I’ve often stayed at their house in Swift Current, SK on my way through the prairies. It was great to catch up, albeit it very briefly.
Randy’s highlight of the night was when he took over the mic to let everyone know that Saskatchewan had beaten Ottawa in a CFL game…crickets. Three people clapped while the rest questioned if we still had a third of our teams named the same. Good times.
Keylan Meston was the best man and it sounds like he gave what everyone was calling the best wedding speech of all time! Well done, Keylan. I hope someone recorded it because it was what everyone was talking about.
James and Claudie Lissimore stayed at our house a couple nights and James was the photographer for the wedding. I was able to look over his shoulder at some of the shots as he was doing some editing and let me just say that if you’re looking for a wedding photographer James is your guy. Wow, there were some amazing shots and moments captured!
It was a super-hot and sticky day and then when it finally started to cool down in the evening the mosquitos came out. I drove Emily’s car out there and it didn’t have the bug spray that I always have in the DMX van. That would have made me a superhero if I could have handed the bottle around. Oh well.
Congratulations, you two. Now go get that knee fixed, Maff.
If you want to read what happened at Budds Creek on Saturday in detail, click HERE.
Results:
Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship
Circle K Budds Creek National
Budds Creek Motocross Park – Mechanicsville, Maryland
August 21, 2021
450 Class Overall Results (Moto Finish)
Dylan Ferrandis, France, Yamaha (2-1)
Ken Roczen, Germany, Honda (1-2)
Eli Tomac, Cortez, Colo., Kawasaki (4-3)
Chase Sexton, La Moille, Ill., Honda (3-4)
Cooper Webb, Newport, N.C., KTM (5-6)
Joey Savatgy, Thomasville, Ga., KTM (6-7)
Marvin Musquin, France, KTM (10-5)
Dean Wilson, Scotland, Husqvarna (8-9)
Coty Schock, Dover, Del., Honda (7-11)
Max Anstie, England, Suzuki (9-10)
450 Class Championship Standings (Round 9 of 12)
Dylan Ferrandis, France, Yamaha – 392
Ken Roczen, Germany, Honda – 353
Eli Tomac, Cortez, Colo., Kawasaki – 321
Chase Sexton, La Moille, Ill., Honda – 308
Marvin Musquin, France, KTM – 240
Cooper Webb, Newport, N.C., KTM – 240
Justin Barcia, Monroe, N.Y., GASGAS – 239
Christian Craig, El Cajon, Calif., Yamaha – 224
Aaron Plessinger, Hamilton, Ohio, Yamaha – 217
Joey Savatgy, Thomasville, Ga., KTM – 189
250 Class Overall Results (Moto Finish)
Jeremy Martin, Millville, Minn., Yamaha (3-1)
Jett Lawrence, Australia, Honda (2-2)
Justin Cooper, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., Yamaha (1-4)
Hunter Lawrence, Australia, Honda (6-3)
Austin Forkner, Richards, Mo., Kawasaki (4-5)
Jo Shimoda, Japan, Kawasaki (7-7)
RJ Hampshire, Hudson, Fla., Husqvarna (9-6)
Ty Masterpool, Paradise, Texas, GASGAS (8-9)
Dilan Schwartz, Alpine, Calif., Suzuki (10-8)
Jalek Swoll, Belleview, Fla., Husqvarna (5-15)
250 Class Championship Standings (Round 9 of 12)
Justin Cooper, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., Yamaha – 367
Jett Lawrence, Australia, Honda – 364
Jeremy Martin, Millville, Minn., Yamaha – 307
Hunter Lawrence, Australia, Honda – 298
RJ Hampshire, Hudson, Fla., Husqvarna – 270
Jo Shimoda, Japan, Kawasaki – 220
Jalek Swoll, Belleview, Fla., Husqvarna – 195
Austin Forkner, Richards, Mo., Kawasaki – 186
Colt Nichols, Muskogee, Okla., Yamaha – 172
Max Vohland, Sacramento, Calif., KTM – 168
Trystan Hart Wins Canada’s Largest Hard Enduro Competition
150 riders participated in Red Bull Outliers at the Canadian Badlands
STEVEVILLE, AB (August 21, 2021) – For the second edition of the event, over 150 riders raced in Canada’s largest hard enduro competition in the Canadian Badlands. Red Bull Outliers welcomed four classifications of athletes to some of the most challenging terrain that this country had to offer with unforgiving features and slopes.
Building on the success of the event in Eau Claire Market in downtown Calgary in 2019, the course designed by Shane Cuthbertson featured a 10-kilometre track with 3000 feet of elevation change, 80-degree slopes and features as high as 640 metres.
The top spot of the day ultimately belonged to Invermere, B.C.’s, Trystan Hart in the pro category.
“It’s been incredible to come to my home country of Canada and get the first win of this new Red Bull Outliers competition,” said Hart following the event. “This event is so big for this country, we have some of the best terrain in the world, but this is a step forward of how we can showcase what we have to offer to the FIM Hard Enduro World Championship and bring the series here.”
Alongside Hart, competitors included Calgary’s own Lexi Pechout and Spenser Wilton who landed on the podiums of their respective categories.
RESULTS
Pro
- Trystan Hart
- Spenser Wilton
- Branden Petrie
Expert
- Jeff Stebnicki
- Tom Bodrovics
- Aaron Richardson
Veteran
- Jack Sawatzky
- Wayne Reimer
- Michael Dobovich
Amateur
- Russ Phillips
- Dominik Bafia
- Lexi Pechout
Yanick Boucher and Danika White Represent Canada in Sweden
Huh?!
Gonna have to get in touch with Yanick Boucher to see what this was all about!
Shelby Turner 3rd in Ohio
From: NationalEnduro.com
Kelley Wins Lumberjack National Enduro
2021 AMA National Enduro Series
Round 6
Bergholz, OH
August 22, 2021
Story and Photos by Shan Moore
FMF/KTM’s Ben Kelley claimed his first AMA National Enduro Series win of the 2021 season with a strong and consistent performance at this weekend’s Lumberjack Enduro in Bergholz, Ohio. Despite not winning a test all day, Kelley topped AmPro Yamaha’s Steward Baylor by 11.477 seconds for the overall.
With the win, Kelley became the fourth winner in six rounds of the series this year. The win was also Kelley’s first since the 2019 season.
“It’s been a long time coming,” said Kelley. “The climbs were huge. Everything was on a hill, so you had to be cautious and try not to slide off the trail. A lot of off-cambers, deep ups and downs. I’m happy to get a win a national enduro win, especially since they’re not my strong suit. A little surprised for me, but pumped to get the win.”
Baylor won two of the six tests en route to the runner-up slot. He extended his lead in the championship chase to 40 points with just three rounds remaining. Baylor was fast, as usual, but missed an arrow in test one, which got him off on the wrong foot.
“The last few races I’ve been trying to really start my day off with a good first test, but after that, that kind of just really frustrated me,” said Baylor.
Josh Toth appeared to be heading for a third-straight win, with a strong lead after three tests. However, the FMF/KTM rider buried his bike in a creek in test four and lost over five minutes pumping the water out of the engine.
“About halfway into test four, I came to a water crossing and hit a bad line where it was getting kind of deep and I committed. It was only about a foot or two across to go onto this riverbank. I tried to take a wheelie into it, and it just dropped off waist deep. Just murky water, so you really couldn’t tell how deep it was going to be and unfortunately it got me.”
Craig Delong seems to be getting his enduro legs under him. The Rockstar Energy Husqvarna rider was in the battle for the first place with Kelley and Baylor heading into the final test but came up just short and settled for third.
It was kind of a bit of a nail-biter there at the end,” said DeLong. “We weren’t sure how it turned out at the finish. I knew we were going to be on the podium, but we were in the hunt for the win.”
DeLong’s Rockstar Energy Husqvarna teammate Trevor Bollinger had another stellar day, finishing fourth.
“I felt good first couple tests, but I had a few crashes the last three tests,” said Bollinger. “It just sucks I had those crashes. I feel like I could have been on the podium or even been in the fight to win the thing. But we’re in the right direction. We’ve just got to clean up a few things.”
Coastal Racing GasGas’ Ricky Russell parlayed a consistent ride into a top-five finish, finishing fifth in four of the six tests.
It seems that Jesse Ansley can have a bad day and still win the NE Pro 2 class. The Trail Jesters Racing KTM rider now has six-straight Pro 2 wins and was a solid sixth in Ohio.
“My riding wasn’t the best,” said Ansley, “I just couldn’t really find that flow like I needed to. Me and this terrain here don’t really gel that well. That’s something I need to work on for sure for the future.”
XC Gear/Enduro Engineering/Moose Racing/Husqvarna’s Ryder Lafferty bounced between sixth and seventh all race and finished off the day in seventh overall.
Former pro motocrosser Broc Hepler made a rare national enduro appearance and came away with a respectable eighth overall and second in the NE Pro 2 class.
Seven-Sixty Husqvarna’s Ben Nelko, who won the NE Pro 2 class in Ohio last year, battled with Ansley for first in the class. In the end, Nelko was ninth overall and third NE Pro 2 rider.
Toth rounded out the top 10 after his mishap in the creek.
Despite crashing in the first two tests, Rachel Archer (AmPro Yamaha) won three of five tests to top the Women’s Elite class.
“I had no idea where I was sitting, so I just pinned it every test,” said Archer. “I ran into some lap traffic and got tangled up. Then I managed to get out of it the next three tests and take the win.”
Enduro Engineering/Fly Racing KTM’s Mackenzie Tricker won the remaining two tests and finished second.
“It was a really good day honestly, until the last test,” said Tricker. “I got stuck on the last hill right at the end of the test. I got to the top of the hill and it was the end. I ended up losing a minute and a half, which I think ended up messing up my day. I was leading going into that test. Honestly, I worked really hard since Pennsylvania. I made some big improvements and I was able to compete with Rachel today.”
FXR/KTM’s Shelby Turner finished third, ahead of Kawasaki riders Rachel Gutish and Kori Steede.
Dakota Devore won the AA class on a KTM, with Tanner Whipple (Kaw) and Nathan Rector (KTM) rounding out the top three.
Nicolas Haftl (Hsq) took the Open A win, with Zach Huegel (Yam) in second and Josh Monsrud (KTM) third.
The AMA National Enduro Series resumes on October 3, 2021 with the Muddobbers Enduro, round seven of the series in Matthews, Indiana. For more information go to www.nationalenduro.com
OVERALL RESULTS
1. Ben Kelley (KTM)
2. Steward Baylor (Yam)
3. Craig DeLong (Hsq)
4. Trevor Bollinger (Hsq)
5. Ricky Russell (GG)
6. Jesse Ansley (KTM)
7. Ryder Lafferty (Hsq)
8. Broc Hepler (Kaw)
9. Ben Nelko (Hsq)
10. Josh Toth (KTM)
Team Canada Heading to MXON in Italy
It looks like Team Canada will be on the line when the racing starts for the 2021 MXON in Mantova, Italy September 25-26. There is an official Press Release due early this week with all the details, but the team will look like this:
MX1: Dylan Wright
MX2: Jake Piccolo
MX3: Tyler Medaglia
With our 2 current 250 and 450 MX champions and T-Dags representing the Maple Leaf, we are sending one of our strongest teams ever. Stay tuned for more information…
Have a great week, everyone. It sounds like we’re going to get James Lissimore and Dan Stenning out on bikes this week over at Gopher Dunes. With the three of us riding, who’s going to capture the photos?! We haven’t decided on the day, yet. It sounds like it’s going to be hot and humid all week, so I guess we’ll have to just suck it up and take the heat.
We’ll also make it over to the Vision Built SX track just east of London at the Putnam exit, so watch for more coverage of riders getting ready for the start of our two weekends of Supercross racing.
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