By Billy Rainford
Hello from Kamloops, BC. It’s pretty weird here that there is absolutely no snow and you have to go to the very top of the local mountains to see any snow at all. I could have brought my bike! It was a busy weekend for Canadians racing below the border, so let’s have a look at who did what where.
We’ve gone through 5 rounds of 2023 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, and we’ll pick up the rescheduled Oakland round this coming weekend to get the numbering back under control. Technically, we’re supposed to be calling Tampa “Round 6,” but I understand everyone’s reluctancy to do that. It will all make sense next week.
It’s always exciting when we have a Canadian racing their first SX and that’s what we had Saturday at Raymond James Stadium with #614 Quinn Amyotte in the 250 East class. Quinn races for the Manluk Yamaha team here in Canada and when he mentioned his interest in racing some AMA SX this winter, the US-based Manluk Rock River FXR Yamaha team welcomed him under their factory tent and went racing with the friendly rider from Blackstock, Ontario.
Quinn will race Tampa, Arlington, and Daytona, before turning his attention north of the border and the 2023 Canadian Triple Crown Series that starts June 3rd at Rad Torque Raceway in Edmonton, Alberta.
Quinn joined fellow Canadians #83 Cole Thompson and #551 Guillaume St Cyr who both raced in the 450 class. Let’s have a look at how they did.
#614 Quinn Amyotte (250 East):
After the first qualifying session, Quinn sat 6th in 250 Group C (59.111) and 44th overall. #96 Hunter Lawrence was fastest and joined #23 Chase Sexton in the 450 class as the only ones who dipped below 50 seconds after the first qualifier. Quinn crashed and you could watch his left eye swell more and more closed in the interviews Kyle Snelgrove from OGs Moto was sending us.
Qualified – 40th
Quinn got some good screen time in Q2 and was going faster. He ended up 2nd in Group C with a fastest lap of 56.382 and that put him 40th. The top 40 riders move on to the night show, so he couldn’t have made this any closer, but he was IN in his first attempt!
Heat 1 – 16th
Quinn was near the outside and worked his way through the pack in turn 1 and was 13th early in the race and crossed the line in 12th to end lap 1. He made it up to 12th but then fall back to 16th at the flag and would head to the LCQ.
LCQ – 12th
Quinn was back in 16th to end lap 1 in the LCQ and had his work cut out for him. He moved his way up to 12th by the end, right behind our old friend #208 Logan Leitzel and just ahead of #115 Jonah Geistler from Illinois.
Quinn was done for the night but has to be proud that he made the night show at his first try. Check out a couple interviews with him:
#83 Cole Thompson (450)
Cole was 2nd after a fast last lap in 450 B Free Practice (53.729) behind #44 Benny Bloss. Cole was 3rd in 450 B after first qualifier (53.280) and 19th overall.
Qualified – 24th
Cole dropped his lap time (53.242) slightly in the final qualifying session, but so did most other riders.
Heat 1 – 10th
Cole was 11th early and then moved up to 0th but was 8 seconds behind #46 Justin Hill. Hill would get around #11 Kyle Chisholm and Cole would close the gap but run out of time and cross the line in the dreaded 10th place (the top 9 move directly to the Main).
LCQ – 5th
Cole ended lap 1 in 9th place and kept moving his way forward on his 250 in the 450 LCQ. Cole got right up behind #78 Grant Harlan to challenge for the final transfer spot but couldn’t make the pass and then dropped off Grant’s rear wheel to finish a couple seconds back in 5th.
Cole missed transferring by one place in both the Heat and the LCQ. He’ll move back to the 250 West class with the rest of his Team Solitaire Heartbeat Hot Sauce Leatt Yamaha team this coming weekend at the make-up race in Oakland, California.
#551 Guillaume St Cyr (450)
Guillaume was 7th in 450 Group C after Free Practice (1:00.191). He was 8th in Group C after Q1 (58.165) and 51st overall.
Qualified – 42nd
Guillaume dropped his time in Q2 (57.007) but so did most other riders, as the track worked itself in. He missed making the night show by 2 places. He’ll have a couple weeks to prepare for Arlington and then Daytona.
Tyler Medaglia 3rd in North Carolina
Tyler Medaglia has headed south to race and prepare for the 2023 Canadian MX season. He started his time in the warmth by racing Round 1 of the 2023 Full Gas Sprint Enduro Series in North Carolina.
| XC 1 – PRO | ||||||
| 1 | 17 | Josh Strang | Denver, NC | 10 | 00:58:43.092 | |
| 2 | 523 | Layne Michael | Boonville, NC | 10 | 00:59:16.672 | |
| 3 | 5 | Tyler Medaglia | Brookfield, NS | 10 | 00:59:52.880 | |
| 4 | 42 | Ben Nelko | Aliquippa, PA | 10 | 01:00:30.360 | |
| 5 | 254 | Michael McLean | Mineral Ridge, OH | 10 | 01:08:03.384 | |
If you’re wondering what Tyler has planned heading into 2023, we did a podcast interview with him for Week #5 of the Frid’Eh Update:
Tyler’s #1 American supporter, Jim Edgar from Jacksonville, Florida, posted this slow motion corner of him in action:
I’ll see Tyler at Round 2 of the GNCC Racing series at Hog Waller in Palatka, Florida, on the Daytona Supercross weekend.
Shelby Turner in Georgia
Canadian Shelby Turner was in Georgia to race Round 2 of the US Sprint Enduro series.
| PRO WOMEN (100cc-Open) – DAY 1 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event Place |
Bike# | Rider Name | Brand |  C 1 |
C 2 |
C 3 |
E 1 |
E 2 |
E 3 |
Tests | Total Time |
| 1 | 28W | Mackenzie Tricker | GG | 9:54.1 | 9:52.7 | 9:37.7 | 8:21.7 | 8:08.9 | 8:15.5 | 6 | 0:54:10.899 |
| 2 | 650W | RACHAEL ARCHER | YAM | 9:53.9 | 9:59.4 | 9:38.3 | 8:18.5 | 8:08.3 | 8:12.7 | 6 | 0:54:11.462 |
| 3 | 417W | RACHEL GUTISH | GG | 10:02.1 | 10:00.9 | 9:48.9 | 8:26.0 | 8:21.6 | 8:19.4 | 6 | 0:54:59.136 |
| 4 | 50W | Shelby Turner | KTM | 10:10.9 | 10:03.0 | 9:58.4 | 8:49.8 | 8:32.9 | 8:50.9 | 6 | 0:56:26.208 |
| 5 | 90 | PRESTIN RAINES | YAM | 10:48.4 | 10:29.9 | 10:32.2 | 9:01.7 | 8:52.2 | 8:59.8 | 6 | 0:58:44.598 |
| PRO WOMEN (100cc-Open) – DAY 2 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event Place |
Bike# | Rider Name | Brand | C 1 |
C 2 |
C 3 |
E 1 |
E 2 |
E 3 |
Tests | Total Time |
| 1 | 650W | RACHAEL ARCHER | YAM | 9:39.0 | 9:44.5 | 10:10.7 | 8:52.8 | 8:58.2 | 9:40.7 | 6 | 0:57:06.267 |
| 2 | 417W | RACHEL GUTISH | GG | 9:50.7 | 10:01.0 | 9:54.7 | 9:24.8 | 9:07.1 | 9:18.2 | 6 | 0:57:36.851 |
| 3 | 50W | Shelby Turner | KTM | 10:13.1 | 10:29.6 | 10:16.7 | 9:21.2 | 9:39.3 | 9:54.6 | 6 | 0:59:54.781 |
| DNF | 28W | Mackenzie Tricker | GG | 0 | 0:00:00.000 | ||||||
| DNF | 90 | PRESTIN RAINES | YAM | 0 | 0:00:00.000 | ||||||
Purchase Items to Support 2023 Team Canada MXON Effort
Team Canada MXON manager Kourtney Lloyd has gone live with he fundraising site in support of the 2023 Motocross of Nations effort in France October 8th.
We put up an article on someone who purchases the offer and we’re told it was the first sale of the campaign! Nice! We may have to figure out how to offer more things.
You can head over to the site to grab some items and support the team:
Have a great week, everyone. WE’ll be sure to get in touch with our Canadians racing down south and get some interviews up ASAP. I’m in a bit of a tricky situation out here with my mom until next Tuesday, but I’ll do what I can.
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