Monday Morning Coffee

By Billy Rainford

Happy May 24th Long Weekend, everyone! I hope the weather wherever you are is perfect and you’re able to get out and do whatever it is you feel like doing today. Likely, if you’re reading this, you’re on your way to or at a track somewhere.

My plan for the day is to tag along with Greg Poisson and head over to the Dean Brother’s track in Putnam, ON called Vision Built. Over the past few years I’ve spent a lot of time standing around out in their corn field of dreams.

Many riders in the area would use their professionally-prepped Supercross track to get ready for the indoor portion of our Canadian Triple Crown Series. During the pandemic years (did all that really happen?) the SX/AX portion of the series just went to Gopher Dunes and then we went down to Sarnia, so it made sense for riders to hit the track to get ready.

Today, they’ve got the MX track ready to go and a few Pro riders are heading over to spin some laps with just 2 weeks to go before we’re out at RAD Torque Raceway in Edmonton for round 1.

Brandon Dean is actually heading west early to help build the hybrid track out at what used to be called Castrol Raceway. I spoke with him on Sunday and he was looking forward to it but hadn’t seen any track plans at that time, so he didn’t have any insight on what we can expect from this track that will act as both a Supercross and Motocross round of our series.

I have been told that there will be no whoops and that riders should just run their usual MX suspension. Let’s hope they don’t sneak in a 90-foot triple and a 14-whoop whoop section on us while we’re not looking!

I’m sure we’ll get a track map before the June 3-4 weekend, so we’ll wait to see that.

My plan was to also ride today but I think I need to back off the moto a little bit to save my back and right knee. I’t tough to get old gracefully, folks. I’ve got my cameras all charged up, so I’ll just be photo guy and maybe even get back to my “vlogging” since Tanner Ward is supposed to be riding there today.

If you watched my vlog from the WLTN Kawasaki Seven photo shoot, you’ll know that Tanner got a kick out of the fact that I was vlogging.

If you missed it, here it is:

I’ve actually ridden the MX track in Putnam once. I was able to get out and rip the perfectly-prepped Honda CR500 2-stroke last season. It had rained recently and there were a few muddy sections that sort of had me second guessing my decision to try this thing.

However, it was as much fun as I was hoping it would be. The sound of that thing hitting the powerband is the stuff dreams are made of and totally worth paddling my way through a couple wet, rutty sections. Oh, he also had an electric start fitted on this thing so I didn’t even have to kick the beast over. That right knee is the one I’ve got to be careful with, so that was a huge life saver.

Anyway, be sure to check in throughout the day for updates from the side of the track.

Kate Kowalchuk is still over in Europe and was at the MXGP of France where that series appears to be having the same problem the 2023 Monster Energy AMA Supercross just had – top riders getting injured.

She sent over a nice report leading into the weekend that you can check out HERE.

She was updating our Instagram page throughout the day and will have a report ready for us in the coming days.

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MX2 – GP Classification

Pos Nr Rider Nat. Fed. Bike Race 1 Race 2 Total 1 198 Benistant, Thibault FRA FFM YAM 25 22 47 2 80 Adamo, Andrea ITA FMI KTM 20 20 40 3 72 Everts, Liam BEL FMB KTM 22 18 40 4 96 Coenen, Lucas BEL FMB HUS 14 25 39 5 74 de Wolf, Kay NED KNMV HUS 18 16 34 6 39 Van De Moosdijk, Roan NED KNMV HUS 16 14 30 7 282 Rossi, Marc-Antoine FRA FFM KTM 13 15 28 8 24 Horgmo, Kevin NOR NMF KAW 15 12 27 9 73 Zanchi, Ferruccio ITA FMI KTM 10 13 23 10 253 Pancar, Jan SLO AMZS KTM 5 10 15 11 51 Oliver, Oriol ESP RFME KTM 8 7 15 12 517 Gifting, Isak SWE SVEMO GAS 11 4 15 13 123 Tuani, Federico ITA FMI KTM 6 6 12 14 11 Haarup, Mikkel DEN DMU KTM 12 0 12 15 319 Prugnieres, Quentin Marc FRA FFM KAW 0 11 11 16 122 Mc Lellan, Camden RSA KNMV HON 0 9 9 17 696 Gwerder, Mike SUI FMS KTM 1 8 9 18 12 Chambers, Jack USA AMA KAW 9 0 9 19 313 Polak, Petr CZE ACCR YAM 2 5 7 20 22 Braceras, David ESP RFME KAW 7 0 7 21 744 Soulimani, Saad FRA FFM KTM 3 2 5 22 579 Bruce, Bobby GBR ACU GAS 4 0 4 23 505 Lüning, Arvid SWE SVEMO GAS 0 3 3 24 446 Petit, Adrien FRA FFM YAM 0 1 1 25 234 Krajewski, Bogdan FRA FFM KTM 0 0 0 26 31 Bassi, Francesco ITA FMI KTM 0 0 0 27 56 Corti, Lorenzo ITA FMI HUS 0 0 0 28 301 Vampa, Noah FRA FFM YAM 0 0 0 29 23 Hammal, Taylor GBR ACU KTM 0 0 0 30 338 Olsson, Filip SWE SVEMO HUS 0 0 0 31 93 Geerts, Jago BEL FMB YAM 0 0 0 32 27 Guyon, Tom FRA FFM FAN 0 0 0 33 125 Weckman, Emil FIN SML HON 0 0 0 34 79 Coenen, Sacha BEL FMB KTM 0 0 0

MX2 – World Championship Classification

Pos Nr Rider Nat. Bike Total ARG SAR SUI TRE POR ESP FRA LAT GER INA INA CZE BEL FIN SWE NED TUR ITA GBR 1 93 Geerts, Jago BEL YAM 319 10 25-25 10 22-25 8 14-20 7 25-14 10 25-25 10 22-22 0 0-0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 80 Adamo, Andrea ITA KTM 318 9 20-20 3 16-15 6 20-22 8 22-22 8 22-16 6 16-20 7 20-20 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3 74 de Wolf, Kay NED HUS 307 5 15-11 9 25-22 9 22-18 3 16-18 5 20-22 7 18-18 10 18-16 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 4 198 Benistant, T. FRA YAM 303 6 22-13 7 18-20 10 18-25 9 18-16 3 8-13 5 20-16 9 25-22 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 5 516 Laengenfelder, S. GER GAS 259 8 13-16 8 20-14 0 16-16 10 12-25 9 16-18 8 25-25 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 6 39 Van De Moosdijk, R. NED HUS 254 4 18-14 2 13-16 7 25-13 5 15-15 6 18-20 4 11-13 5 16-14 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7 72 Everts, Liam BEL KTM 235 7 16-8 5 12-13 5 13-15 6 20-20 7 0-10 1 14-15 8 22-18 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8 24 Horgmo, Kevin NOR KAW 201 2 12-22 6 14-12 0 12-14 2 10-13 0 9-15 3 13-14 1 15-12 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 9 96 Coenen, Lucas BEL HUS 196 3 0-12 4 15-18 0 15-5 4 14-12 2 12-14 9 15-0 3 14-25 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10 253 Pancar, Jan SLO KTM 149 0 11-9 0 9-11 3 11-12 0 8-11 4 15-11 2 5-12 0 5-10 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

MXGP – GP Classification

Pos Nr Rider Nat. Fed. Bike Race 1 Race 2 Total 1 91 Seewer, Jeremy SUI FMS YAM 25 22 47 2 3 Febvre, Romain FRA FFM KAW 20 25 45 3 61 Prado, Jorge ESP RFME GAS 18 20 38 4 70 Fernandez, Ruben ESP RFME HON 16 18 34 5 10 Vlaanderen, Calvin NED KNMV YAM 13 16 29 6 92 Guillod, Valentin SUI FFM HON 14 14 28 7 259 Coldenhoff, Glenn NED KNMV YAM 12 15 27 8 32 Van doninck, Brent BEL FMB HON 11 13 24 9 84 Herlings, Jeffrey NED KNMV KTM 22 0 22 10 189 Bogers, Brian NED KNMV HON 10 10 20 11 226 Koch, Tom GER DMSB KTM 7 11 18 12 77 Lupino, Alessandro ITA FMI BET 8 7 15 13 43 Evans, Mitchell AUS MA KAW 9 6 15 14 101 Guadagnini, Mattia ITA FMI GAS 15 0 15 15 6 Paturel, Benoit FRA FFM YAM 0 12 12 16 38 Rubini, Stephen FRA FFM HON 4 8 12 17 161 Östlund, Alvin SWE SVEMO HON 6 5 11 18 29 Jacobi, Henry GER DMSB KTM 0 9 9 19 9 Petrov, Petar BUL BMF YAM 3 4 7 20 991 Scheu, Mark GER DMSB HUS 5 0 5 21 71 Spies, Maximilian GER DMSB KTM 0 3 3 22 771 Croci, Simone ITA FMI HUS 0 2 2 23 331 Malaval, Adrien FRA FFM YAM 2 0 2 24 115 Dickinson, Ashton GBR ACU KTM 0 1 1 25 75 Roosiorg, Hardi EST EMF HON 1 0 1 26 97 Ivanov, Michael BUL BMF HUS 0 0 0 27 52 Gerhardsson, Albin SWE SVEMO HUS 0 0 0 28 141 Purdon, Tristan RSA ACU KTM 0 0 0 29 247 Boulard, Bryan BEL FMS KTM 0 0 0 30 875 Schaffter, Kim SUI FMS KAW 0 0 0 31 919 Watson, Ben GBR ACU BET 0 0 0 32 303 Forato, Alberto ITA FMI KTM 0 0 0 33 108 Ekerold, Stefan GER DMSB HUS 0 0 0 34 2 Jasikonis, Arminas LTU LMSF GAS 0 0 0 35 57 Goupillon, Pierre FRA FFM KTM 0 0 0

MXGP – World Championship Classification

Pos Nr Rider Nat. Bike Total ARG SAR SUI TRE POR ESP FRA LAT GER INA INA CZE BEL FIN SWE NED TUR ITA GBR 1 61 Prado, Jorge ESP GAS 342 10 25-15 10 25-15 10 25-20 1 25-20 5 25-15 10 22-16 10 18-20 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 84 Herlings, J. NED KTM 318 1 18-22 8 22-22 8 15-18 4 12-25 9 20-25 9 25-25 8 22-0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3 3 Febvre, Romain FRA KAW 263 6 22-16 6 10-18 9 20-22 10 9-18 6 22-20 – 4 20-25 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 4 70 Fernandez, R. ESP HON 263 7 16-25 5 0-10 2 16-13 8 20-14 10 14-22 4 16-22 5 16-18 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 5 91 Seewer, Jeremy SUI YAM 243 0 4-20 4 15-14 5 1-16 7 5-16 7 16-18 8 13-18 9 25-22 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 6 10 Vlaanderen, C. NED YAM 226 5 10-11 3 20-16 4 18-14 0 15-9 8 13-16 2 14-13 6 13-16 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7 259 Coldenhoff, G. NED YAM 217 4 14-7 9 16-25 1 13-1 2 13-15 0 18-14 5 18-15 0 12-15 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8 101 Guadagnini, M. ITA GAS 203 9 11-13 2 11-9 0 12-9 3 18-11 3 15-13 7 20-20 2 15-0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 9 959 Renaux, Maxime FRA YAM 202 8 20-12 0 18-20 6 22-25 9 22-22 0 8-10 0 0-0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10 92 Guillod, V. SUI HON 162 2 7-9 0 4-3 3 14-12 6 14-10 1 11-12 1 12-10 3 14-14 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

Next Round: MXGP of Latvia at Kegums – June 4

AMO Race at Sand Del Lee

As we close in on this summer’s Nationals, riders are “getting gate drops” at local races across the country, so it’s always fun to keep tabs on how everyone is doing. This week, the AMO Reloaded Ontario Provincial Series was at Sand Del Lee in Ottawa.

Of course, that’s the home track of the MX101 Yamaha team and site of Round 5 of the Nationals, so this race held some extra interest.

Team riders #3 Shawn Maffenbeier and #12 Sebastien Racine were both on the line as was young MVP Racing rider #33 Tanner Scott in the Pro/Am and Catch Class. It was also nice to see #223 Austin Jones back on the bike and letting it rip.

PRO-AM – Overall Finish Positions    View Laptimes Moto 1 Moto 2     Points for this class   2023 TRUE NORTH FLEET OPC   2023 SIMCOE MOTORSPORTS EAST SERIES

Overall   Name Moto 1 Moto 2 Points Earned 1st #3  SHAWN MAFFENBEIER  Kamloops, Br  1st 1st 50 2nd #12  SEBASTIEN RACINE  Casselman, On  3rd 2nd 42 3rd #33  TANNER SCOTT  Oromedonte, On  2nd 4th 40 4th #223  AUSTIN JONES  PERTH, ON  5th 3rd 36 5th #104  KYLE KEAST  Cavan, On  4th 5th 34 6th #708  JASON BURKE  BURLINGTON, On  6th 6th 30 7th #777  TYLER SHEWCHYK  StThomas, On  8th 7th 27 8th #225  TRISTAN DARES  Rockwood, On  7th 10th 25 9th #187  LEITH NESS  Blackwater, On  10th 8th 24 10th #751X  JASON FLURY  Phelpston, On  12th 9th 21 11th #327  BRANDON GOURLAY  beachburg, On  9th 14th 19 12th #751  DONALD TURNER  , ON  13th 11th 18 13th #180  RYLAN LAVALLEE  , ON  14th 12th 16 14th #888  JESSE MORGAN  trenton, On  16th 13th 13 15th #216  AARON HENRY  Beamsville, On  15th 15th 12 16th #461  NICK JONES  Goreslanding, On  11th DNS 10 17th #89  KEVIN SULLIVAN  SuttonWest, On  17th DNS 4 DNS #107  RYAN GAULD  , ON  DNS DNS 0

Lap times:

PRO-AM – Moto 1 Laptimes   Points for this class 2023 TRUE NORTH FLEET OPC 2023 SIMCOE MOTORSPORTS EAST SERIES

Show Class Results Lap 1  Lap 2  Lap 3  Lap 4  Lap 5  Lap 6  Lap 7  Lap 8  Finish – Name Hometown Racer Number – Brand Laptime Behind  Position Laptime Behind  Position Laptime Behind  Position Laptime Behind  Position Laptime Behind  Position Laptime Behind  Position Laptime Behind  Position Laptime Behind  Position   1st – SHAWN MAFFENBEIER Kamloops, Br #3 02:00.000  00.000  1st  01:55.516  00.000  1st  01:58.517  00.000  1st  01:58.392  00.000  1st  01:59.688  00.000  1st  02:01.881  00.000  1st  02:03.690  00.000  1st  02:06.012  00.000  1st    2nd – TANNER SCOTT Oromedonte, On #33 02:04.995  04.995  2nd  02:00.494  09.973  2nd  02:02.025  13.481  2nd  02:00.912  16.001  2nd  02:03.391  19.704  2nd  02:05.562  23.385  2nd  02:03.867  23.562  2nd  02:07.667  25.217  2nd    3rd – SEBASTIEN RACINE Casselman, On #12 02:15.609  15.609  6th  02:01.948  22.041  5th +1 02:00.226  23.750  4th +1 02:03.825  29.183  4th  02:06.490  35.985  4th  02:03.179  37.283  3rd +1 02:05.059  38.652  3rd  02:06.180  38.820  3rd    4th – KYLE KEAST Cavan, On #104 02:09.205  09.205  3rd  02:03.179  16.868  3rd  02:04.420  22.771  3rd  02:04.459  28.838  3rd  02:06.346  35.496  3rd  02:07.792  41.407  4th -1 02:12.960  50.677  4th  02:13.394  58.059  4th    5th – AUSTIN JONES PERTH, ON #223 02:20.739  20.739  10th  02:03.160  28.383  8th +2 02:04.895  34.761  7th +1 02:06.547  42.916  6th +1 02:03.534  46.762  6th  02:07.932  52.813  5th +1 02:11.281  01:00.404  5th  02:07.329  01:01.721  5th    6th – JASON BURKE BURLINGTON, On #708 02:12.493  12.493  4th  02:04.436  21.413  4th  02:05.999  28.895  5th -1 02:06.147  36.650  5th  02:07.426  44.388  5th  02:10.330  52.837  6th -1 02:16.020  01:05.167  6th  02:22.679  01:21.834  6th    7th – TRISTAN DARES Rockwood, On #225 02:14.891  14.891  5th  02:05.362  24.737  6th -1 02:06.954  33.174  6th  02:08.209  42.991  7th -1 02:14.759  58.062  7th  02:14.243  01:10.424  7th  02:17.331  01:24.065  7th  02:19.386  01:37.439  7th    8th – TYLER SHEWCHYK StThomas, On #777 02:17.706  17.706  7th  02:04.421  26.611  7th  02:09.051  37.145  8th -1 02:09.696  48.449  8th  02:10.812  59.573  8th  02:23.361  01:21.053  8th  02:18.675  01:36.038  8th  02:19.472  01:49.498  8th    9th – BRANDON GOURLAY beachburg, On #327 02:22.304  22.304  11th  02:11.114  37.902  10th +1 02:10.093  49.478  10th  02:13.543  01:04.629  11th -1 02:17.542  01:22.483  11th  02:15.717  01:36.319  9th +2 02:12.313  01:44.942  9th  02:12.900  01:51.830  9th    10th – LEITH NESS Blackwater, On #187 02:20.434  20.434  9th  02:11.238  36.156  9th  02:09.386  47.025  9th  02:12.797  01:01.430  9th  02:15.286  01:17.028  10th -1 02:30.747  01:45.894  10th  02:21.967  02:04.171  10th  02:23.722  02:21.881  10th

PRO-AM – Moto 2 Laptimes   Points for this class 2023 TRUE NORTH FLEET OPC 2023 SIMCOE MOTORSPORTS EAST SERIES

Show Class Results Lap 1  Lap 2  Lap 3  Lap 4  Lap 5  Lap 6  Lap 7  Lap 8  Finish – Name Hometown Racer Number – Brand Laptime Behind  Position Laptime Behind  Position Laptime Behind  Position Laptime Behind  Position Laptime Behind  Position Laptime Behind  Position Laptime Behind  Position Laptime Behind  Position   1st – SHAWN MAFFENBEIER Kamloops, Br #3 02:00.000  00.000  1st  01:49.774  00.000  1st  01:48.766  00.000  1st  01:48.625  00.000  1st  01:51.719  00.000  1st  01:51.689  00.000  1st  01:53.987  00.000  1st  01:55.936  00.000  1st    2nd – SEBASTIEN RACINE Casselman, On #12 02:05.702  05.702  3rd  01:53.585  09.513  2nd +1 01:50.520  11.267  2nd  01:50.744  13.386  2nd  01:51.778  13.445  2nd  01:52.778  14.534  2nd  01:54.349  14.896  2nd  01:53.757  12.717  2nd    3rd – AUSTIN JONES PERTH, ON #223 02:08.402  08.402  5th  01:56.540  15.168  5th  01:57.577  23.979  5th  01:56.590  31.944  5th  01:57.319  37.544  3rd +2 01:57.457  43.312  3rd  01:59.341  48.666  3rd  01:58.900  51.630  3rd    4th – TANNER SCOTT Oromedonte, On #33 02:09.349  09.349  6th  01:56.815  16.390  6th  01:58.196  25.820  6th  01:58.061  35.256  6th  01:58.677  42.214  5th +1 02:00.242  50.767  5th  02:00.125  56.905  4th +1 02:00.673  01:01.642  4th    5th – KYLE KEAST Cavan, On #104 02:07.603  07.603  4th  01:56.247  14.076  4th  01:57.546  22.856  4th  01:57.212  31.443  4th  02:01.374  41.098  4th  02:00.527  49.936  4th  02:01.549  57.498  5th -1 02:01.337  01:02.899  5th    6th – JASON BURKE BURLINGTON, On #708 02:16.589  16.589  7th  01:59.440  26.255  7th  02:00.907  38.396  7th  02:03.801  53.572  7th  02:04.760  01:06.613  6th +1 02:03.819  01:18.743  6th  02:05.671  01:30.427  6th  02:09.426  01:43.917  6th    7th – TYLER SHEWCHYK StThomas, On #777 02:18.698  18.698  10th  02:05.704  34.628  9th +1 02:02.341  48.203  9th  02:04.300  01:03.878  8th +1 02:02.315  01:14.474  7th +1 02:05.638  01:28.423  7th  02:06.548  01:40.984  7th  02:05.981  01:51.029  7th    8th – LEITH NESS Blackwater, On #187 02:20.427  20.427  11th  02:05.591  36.244  12th -1 02:02.642  50.120  11th +1 02:03.998  01:05.493  10th +1 02:04.117  01:17.891  8th +2 02:05.413  01:31.615  8th  02:06.785  01:44.413  8th  02:08.386  01:56.863  8th    9th – JASON FLURY Phelpston, On #751X 02:17.640  17.640  9th  02:04.180  32.046  8th +1 02:03.695  46.975  8th  02:05.761  01:04.111  9th -1 02:06.934  01:19.326  9th  02:06.385  01:34.022  9th  02:08.749  01:48.784  9th  02:07.563  02:00.411  9th    10th – TRISTAN DARES Rockwood, On #225 02:20.906  20.906  13th  02:04.046  35.178  10th +3 02:02.082  48.494  10th  02:06.937  01:06.806  11th -1 02:05.307  01:20.394  10th +1 02:07.861  01:36.566  10th  02:08.301  01:50.880  10th  02:11.268  02:06.212  10th

Impressive rides by Maff, as expected, but also very nice rides by the youngster Tanner Scott. And coming into the 2023 season fairly quiet is Sebastien Racine. He’ll let his results do the talking for him, I’m sure.

And look at Kyle Keast and Jason Burke going at it out there, turning back time!

I was also impressed by the rides from young #111 Gavin Forsbrey. He won his first 250 Junior moto by 40 seconds! With him running the red numbers and young Brandon Davies with yellow plates, this year’s TransCan at Walton Raceway is likely going to be a Bronze Boot battle between these two rippers.

We’ll do a season preview this week before I hop in the van and head west, so watch for that.

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OK, short and sweet this morning. Greg just messaged that he’s on his way over, so I should probably wrap this up and get ready. Enjoy the rest of your long weekend and we’ll see you somewhere soon!