Monday Morning Coffee Opinion Column

Grab yourself another Monday Morning Coffee and check out some of what happened over this Canada Day long weekend in the sport of Motocross.

By Billy Rainford

Happy Canada Day, everyone.

Happy Canada Day! | Zoe Verbauwhede photo

From Canada.ca:

The creation of Canada Day

July 1, 1867: The British North America Act (today known as the Constitution Act, 1867) creates Canada.

June 20, 1868: Governor General Lord Monck signs a proclamation that requests all Her Majesty’s subjects across Canada to celebrate July 1.

1879: A federal law makes July 1 a statutory holiday as the “anniversary of Confederation,” which is later called “Dominion Day.”

October 27, 1982: July 1, “Dominion Day” officially becomes Canada Day.

I’m not a big fireworks guy. I never have been. The only think I waited for on “Fireworks Day” as we called it when I was a kid was when my dad would bring out the “burning schoolhouse” to end the show. That was the one I always looked forward to. No, it didn’t shoot a tail of fire high into the air and it didn’t sneak skyward before exploding with a big bang. All it did was slowly burn a schoolhouse to the ground and I loved it.

Apparently, I wasn’t a big fan of school when I was a kid, which is weird because I would end up doing 5 years of university when I got older. I’ve never bought fireworks and I’ve never been one to pay to go watch them somewhere. It always amazes me when I drive around the USA at how many shops there are selling them year round.

I used to have to go watch the Symphony of Fire when I lived at Kits Beach in Vancouver because it was the only way my dog, Rupert, wouldn’t freak out. He was OK as long as he could see what it was that was making all the noise. And I used to go out into False Creek in a friend’s sailboat to watch the show, but that was always more about just hanging out with people and having a few drinks on a boat than it was to see which country was going to put on the best fireworks display put to music.

Anyway, if you’re heading to a fireworks show tonight, just remember, if you didn’t pay, don’t look up!

Ryder McNabb at Southwick

#107 Ryder McNabb | Brown Dog Wilson photo

Canadian AEO Powersports KTM rider #107 Ryder McNabb was back in action over the weekend, this time in the sand at Southwick. Ryder used to ride for the Honda Canada GDR Fox Racing team so he knows a little something about riding sand.

As often happens at Southwick, riders who get to ride the track early get to put in the fastest times before the track gets rough. So it wasn’t all that surprising when #404 Tom Guyon from France put in the quickest 250 qualifying time out of the B Group.

Ryder managed to go 28th fastest and headed to the line near the outside of the gate in moto 1. He got tangled with another rider and ended up having no rear brake for most of the moto. He still pushed hard for a hard-earned 16th place.

He was 3rd bike in from the inside for moto 2. Sure, that sounds good except for the fact that if you watch the replay of the start you’ll see that the inside gates point riders into the woods! They need to swerve to the left before making the right-hand corner in T1.

Ryder locked bars with his teammate #473 Lux Turner and got sideways, dropping him to the back of the pack as the field headed out for lap 1.

He’s scored with 34th at the end of the first lap, so he had his work cut out for him!

He would push to the end and cross the line in 19th place for 17th overall. That’s a good result on a bad day for Ryder.

We had Jordan Wilsey from RussOgraphy on site for DMX on Saturday with video credentials. Here’s some of the stuff he’s been able to create so far:

This #65 Henry Miller miscue certainly got some attention:

We grabbed Ryder for a podcast interview on Sunday and you’ll be amazed to hear that he did all that hard charging on Saturday under some pretty serious conditions. He went to the hospital at the end of the day!

His situation is easily treatable and should see him back to 100% in a matter of days, so he’s confident he’ll be ready to go this coming week at RedBud.

Here’s the interview:

APPLE PODCASTS

As always, you can find this and the rest of them wherever you get your podcasts.

2024 Southwick Motocross National Results and Points

MXGP of West Nusa Tenggara

MX2 – GP Classification
Pos Nr Rider Nat. Fed. Bike Race 1 Race 2 Total
1 74 de Wolf, Kay NED KNMV HUS 25 25 50
2 80 Adamo, Andrea ITA FMI KTM 22 20 42
3 96 Coenen, Lucas BEL FMB HUS 14 22 36
4 11 Haarup, Mikkel DEN DMU TRI 20 16 36
5 19 Coenen, Sacha BEL FMB KTM 16 18 34
6 72 Everts, Liam BEL FMB KTM 18 14 32
7 516 Laengenfelder, Simon GER DMSB GAS 15 15 30
8 8 Mc Lellan, Camden RSA KNMV TRI 13 12 25
9 44 Elzinga, Rick NED KNMV YAM 12 10 22
10 73 Zanchi, Ferruccio ITA FMI HON 7 13 20
11 319 Prugnieres, Quentin Marc FRA FFM KAW 11 9 20
12 489 Walvoort, Jens NED KNMV KTM 6 11 17
13 12 Chambers, Jack USA AMA KAW 10 7 17
14 47 Reisulis, Karlis Alberts LAT LAMSF YAM 8 8 16
15 180 Ambjörnson, Leopold SWE SVEMO HUS 4 5 9
16 33 Karssemakers, Kay NED KNMV FAN 9 0 9
17 325 Alfarizi, Delvintor INA IMI HON 2 6 8
18 177 Wannalak, Jiraj THA FMSCT KTM 3 4 7
19 51 Oliver, Oriol ESP RFME KTM 5 2 7
20 914 Arsenio Algifari, Muhammad INA IMI HON 1 3 4
21 529 Makarim, Nakami Vidi INA IMI KTM 0 1 1
22 22 Braceras, David ESP RFME FAN 0 0 0
MX2 – World Championship Classification
Pos Nr Rider Nat. Bike Total ARG ESP SAR TRE POR ESP FRA GER LAT ITA INA INA CZE BEL SWE NED SUI TUR CHN ESP
1 74 de Wolf, Kay NED HUS 532 9
22-25		 10
25-22		 10
22-25		 5
25-13		 1
20-12		 4
22-20		 8
20-22		 10
22-22		 10
25-12		 1
14-15		 9
25-25		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
2 96 Coenen, Lucas BEL HUS 467 10
0-20		 7
20-18		 2
25-22		 0
11-12		 6
5-13		 9
18-25		 10
25-25		 4
25-25		 9
22-20		 0
11-22		 10
14-22		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
3 516 Laengenfelder, S. GER GAS 463 7
25-18		 9
22-20		 6
14-20		 8
13-25		 7
22-0		 6
14-12		 4
18-20		 3
20-20		 8
18-22		 9
22-13		 8
15-15		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
4 72 Everts, Liam BEL KTM 432 – – 8
18-15		 5
13-18		 9
20-22		 10
25-25		 0
20-22		 7
15-16		 8
14-14		 3
16-18		 10
25-18		 6
18-14		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
5 80 Adamo, Andrea ITA KTM 417 8
13-16		 5
15-25		 0
18-0		 10
14-15		 0
15-14		 0
25-18		 6
22-18		 9
18-15		 7
8-13		 5
20-16		 7
22-20		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
6 11 Haarup, Mikkel DEN TRI 355 0
16-22		 6
16-4		 4
16-12		 7
12-16		 0
3-20		 0
12-16		 3
16-15		 7
11-18		 6
14-15		 0
13-14		 5
20-16		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
7 44 Elzinga, Rick NED YAM 322 0
11-12		 0
11-8		 8
15-13		 6
18-8		 9
18-22		 5
13-13		 0
11-10		 6
16-16		 0
13-16		 0
15-7		 0
12-10		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
8 19 Coenen, Sacha BEL KTM 312 2
15-11		 3
9-13		 1
8-15		 3
0-10		 0
13-1		 8
15-14		 0
6-12		 0
8-11		 5
20-25		 7
18-25		 0
16-18		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
9 198 Benistant, T. FRA YAM 226 6
20-14		 2
14-16		 9
11-14		 2
22-18		 3
16-18		 10
16-15
–
–
–
–
–		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
10 319 Prugnieres, Q. FRA KAW 217 0
12-5		 0
4-5		 0
9-0		 0
8-9		 4
12-15		 3
9-0		 5
13-11		 5
15-8		 1
12-9		 0
12-11		 0
11-9		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
11 73 Zanchi, F. ITA HON 195 1
14-13		 0
3-9
–
–
–		 7
10-11		 2
14-13		 0
13-13		 2
6-10		 8
10-12		 4
7-13		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
12 51 Oliver, Oriol ESP KTM 186 0
7-2		 0
0-7		 0
12-8		 0
10-11		 0
0-11		 2
1-4		 1
7-14		 1
12-12		 4
15-14		 4
9-10		 1
5-2		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
13 8 Mc Lellan, C. RSA TRI 153 0
10-15		 0
13-14		 7
20-16		 1
16-14		 0
0-0
–
–
–
–
–		 2
13-12		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
14 12 Chambers, Jack USA KAW 141 0
9-10		 0
8-10		 0
0-5		 0
7-7		 0
10-6		 0
6-0		 0
8-7		 0
9-5		 0
4-5		 0
5-0		 3
10-7		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
15 489 Walvoort, Jens NED KTM 134 0
2-1		 0
2-2		 0
5-6		 0
2-5		 5
11-16		 0
4-3		 0
10-5		 0
4-7		 0
10-11		 0
2-4		 0
6-11		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
16 28 Rossi, M. FRA GAS 122 5
18-9		 4
12-11		 0
10-11		 4
15-2
–		 1
11-0		 9
0-0		 0
0-0
–
–
–		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
17 33 Karssemakers, K. NED FAN 107 – – 0
0-3		 0
4-9		 0
6-6		 0
0-0		 0
3-7		 0
12-4		 2
10-10		 0
9-7		 0
0-6		 0
9-0		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
18 22 Braceras, D. ESP FAN 91 0
0-8		 0
5-6		 0
6-0		 0
3-0		 0
9-7		 0
0-0		 0
5-6		 0
5-9		 0
7-0		 2
4-9		 0
0-0		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
19 132 Bonacorsi, A. ITA YAM 83 3
8-7		 1
10-12		 3
0-10		 0
9-20
–
–
–
–
–
–
–		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
20 451 Mikula, Julius CZE KTM 75 – – – – – – 0
1-4		 0
0-9		 0
0-10		 0
9-8		 0
7-0		 0
11-8		 0
0-8
–		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
MXGP – GP Classification
Pos Nr Rider Nat. Fed. Bike Race 1 Race 2 Total
1 1 Prado, Jorge ESP RFME GAS 22 25 47
2 84 Herlings, Jeffrey NED KNMV KTM 25 22 47
3 10 Vlaanderen, Calvin NED KNMV YAM 18 18 36
4 243 Gajser, Tim SLO AMZS HON 20 16 36
5 91 Seewer, Jeremy SUI SWISSMOTO KAW 15 20 35
6 24 Horgmo, Kevin NOR NMF HON 12 15 27
7 101 Guadagnini, Mattia ITA FMI HUS 11 14 25
8 132 Bonacorsi, Andrea ITA FMI YAM 16 9 25
9 259 Coldenhoff, Glenn NED KNMV FAN 14 10 24
10 253 Pancar, Jan SLO AMZS KTM 9 12 21
11 92 Guillod, Valentin SUI FFM HON 13 8 21
12 17 Toendel, Cornelius NOR NMF KTM 6 13 19
13 6 Paturel, Benoit FRA FFM YAM 8 11 19
14 517 Gifting, Isak SWE SVEMO YAM 10 7 17
15 163 Okura, Yuki JPN MFJ HON 7 6 13
16 988 Kerhoas, Lionel FRA FFM KTM 5 5 10
17 189 Bogers, Brian NED KNMV FAN 0 0 0
18 336 Stewart, Lewis AUS IMI KTM 0 0 0
MXGP – World Championship Classification
Pos Nr Rider Nat. Bike Total ARG ESP SAR TRE POR ESP FRA GER LAT ITA INA INA CZE BEL SWE NED SUI TUR CHN ESP
1 243 Gajser, Tim SLO HON 555 10
16-25		 9
22-22		 9
22-22		 9
22-18		 10
25-11		 9
15-20		 9
25-18		 10
20-22		 10
22-22		 10
25-22		 8
20-16		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
2 1 Prado, Jorge ESP GAS 533 7
25-22		 10
25-25		 10
25-25		 0
20-25		 4
6-9		 10
25-25		 7
22-16		 9
25-25		 9
14-25		 5
22-0		 9
22-25		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
3 84 Herlings, J. NED KTM 497 5
13-14		 7
20-18		 8
20-20		 7
18-14		 9
0-25		 8
18-22		 1
15-25		 7
22-20		 5
25-20		 9
20-25		 10
25-22		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
4 10 Vlaanderen, C. NED YAM 381 2
12-12		 2
12-16		 5
14-15		 4
15-22		 7
1-12		 6
20-14		 5
14-13		 4
18-18		 7
15-14		 6
18-16		 6
18-18		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
5 91 Seewer, Jeremy SUI KAW 374 4
14-16		 5
14-15		 7
10-14		 6
16-20		 0
0-16		 5
16-15		 8
18-15		 6
12-15		 0
7-15		 7
16-20		 7
15-20		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
6 3 Febvre, Romain FRA KAW 327 9
22-20		 3
18-20		 0
15-16		 10
25-16		 8
20-18		 7
22-18		 10
20-22		 8
0-0
–
–
–		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
7 259 Coldenhoff, G. NED FAN 327 0
15-13		 6
15-0		 4
18-12		 8
12-15		 5
18-8		 0
14-16		 0
13-8		 0
15-16		 8
20-18		 0
14-11		 1
14-10		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
8 41 Jonass, Pauls LAT HON 274 8
20-18		 0
13-14		 6
16-18		 5
13-11		 6
22-22		 2
12-11		 0
16-20		 5
16-0
–
–
–		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
9 24 Horgmo, Kevin NOR HON 238 0
9-11		 0
10-12		 0
11-11		 0
9-9		 0
11-15		 0
0-7		 6
10-14		 0
8-8		 0
16-11		 1
10-7		 5
12-15		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
10 92 Guillod, V. SUI HON 224 1
10-10		 4
11-13		 2
3-6		 2
14-12		 0
3-0		 4
13-12		 0
0-10		 0
9-12		 0
11-13		 4
12-8		 4
13-8		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
11 189 Bogers, Brian NED FAN 213 – – – – 3
13-10		 0
5-7		 0
16-14		 0
11-9		 3
12-9		 0
13-10		 3
18-16		 8
15-18		 0
0-0		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
12 17 Toendel, C. NOR KTM 157 0
7-4		 0
9-5		 0
5-7		 3
4-1		 0
9-20		 1
10-6		 0
0-0		 0
6-9		 4
13-10		 0
5-0		 0
6-13		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
13 101 Guadagnini, M. ITA HUS 146 – – – – – – – – 0
4-7		 3
8-13		 0
8-4		 3
10-11		 6
8-12		 3
7-14		 0
11-14		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
14 132 Bonacorsi, A. ITA YAM 143 – – – – – – – – 0
15-13		 0
0-10		 0
11-12		 1
14-2		 2
12-0		 2
13-9		 2
16-9		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
15 253 Pancar, Jan SLO KTM 140 0
6-7		 0
1-7		 0
0-0		 0
6-10		 0
12-5		 0
7-4		 0
7-7		 0
0-5		 0
3-7		 0
9-13		 3
9-12		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
16 6 Paturel, B. FRA YAM 129 – – 0
0-2		 0
1-0		 0
10-13		 1
5-3		 0
2-0		 4
9-11		 0
7-14		 0
0-5		 0
11-12		 0
8-11		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
17 919 Watson, Ben GBR BET 110 0
11-9		 0
8-9		 0
12-9		 1
11-8		 0
14-0		 0
0-5		 2
5-1		 0
5-0
–
–
–		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
18 517 Gifting, Isak SWE YAM 109 0
5-6		 1
6-6		 0
7-13		 0
1-0		 2
13-0		 0
9-8		 0
0-0
–
–		 0
0-15		 0
10-7		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
19 161 Östlund, Alvin SWE HON 95 – – 0
3-3		 1
8-3		 0
3-4		 3
10-10		 0
5-3
–		 0
3-6		 0
10-9		 0
6-5
–		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
20 128 Monticelli, I. ITA BET 71 3
8-8		 0
7-8		 0
2-0		 0
2-0		 0
0-2		 0
6-0		 0
3-5		 0
0-0		 0
5-0		 0
2-10
–		 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

Next Round:

MXGP of Lombok

Lombok

July 7.

Shelby Turner 3 Last Week at GNCC

Snowshoe
Snowshoe, WV – Round 9
18. WXC – Bike – Class Results
Place Nbr Name Hometown Brand Laps Elapsed
1 001 RACHAEL ARCHER NEW ZEALAND, // KAW 4 02:16:42.636
2 444 KORIE STEEDE BELOIT, OH HQV 4 02:18:01.009
3 550 SHELBY A TURNER BARONS, AB GAS 4 02:20:26.570
4 198 BRANDY RICHARDS LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ KTM 4 02:23:13.450
5 777 JOCELYN BARNES HONESDALE, PA HQV 4 02:27:43.133
6 090 PRESTIN I RAINES TRAVELERS REST, SC SHR 4 02:41:08.259
7 482 CARLY LEE MILLVILLE, NJ KTM 4 02:43:45.315
8 924 ADDISON J ELLIOTT LASCASSAS, TN KTM 4 02:57:37.498
9 713 TAYLA JONES LEWISVILLE, TX HQV 3 01:44:52.719
10 310 KAYLA A ONEILL GREENWOOD LAKE, NY YAM 3 02:11:52.100
DNF 879 KAITLYN LINDSEY BEAVER DAM, KY HQV 0 00:00:00.000
Snowshoe
Snowshoe, WV – Round 9
01. XC1 Open Pro – Bike – Class Results
Place Nbr Name Hometown Brand Laps Elapsed
1 969 JONATHAN S GIRROIR YADKINVILLE,, NC KTM 5 02:42:38.016
2 314 GRANT R BAYLOR HONEA PATH, SC KAW 5 02:42:44.957
3 514 STEWARD BAYLOR JR HODGES, SC KAW 5 02:45:24.026
4 003 JORDAN P ASHBURN LIVINGSTON, TN GAS 5 02:46:06.739
5 347 EVAN SMITH JEFFERSON, GA HQV 5 02:49:08.238
6 356 DANTE A OLIVEIRA HOLLISTER, CA KTM 5 02:50:04.858
7 007 JOSH V STRANG AUSTRALIA, // SHR 5 02:50:15.380
8 001 CRAIG B DELONG WAYNESBURG, PA HQV 5 02:50:59.699
9 178 LYNDON SNODGRASS AUSTRALIA, // KAW 5 02:51:00.737
10 212 RICKY A RUSSELL DUVALL, WA YAM 5 02:52:37.956
11 336 RYDER LAFFERTY ELKIN, NC GAS 5 02:57:32.774
12 014 RUY BARBOSA CHILE, // HON 5 02:57:52.259
13 282 MICHAEL WITKOWSKI CATAWBA, NC HON 5 03:02:51.139
14 981 JONATHAN T JOHNSON LANDRUM, SC BET 4 02:48:13.318
Snowshoe
Snowshoe, WV – Round 9
02. XC2 250 Pro – Bike – Class Results
Place Nbr Name Hometown Brand Laps Elapsed
1 922 GRANT W DAVIS MESHOPPEN, PA KTM 5 02:46:27.478
2 206 JOSHUA M TOTH HICKORY, NC HON 5 02:49:25.699
3 989 THADDEUS DUVALL WILLIAMSTOWN, WV KAW 5 02:50:52.588
4 099 CODY J BARNES STERLING, IL HON 5 02:54:22.399
5 035 ANGUS J RIORDAN AUSTRALIA, // KTM 5 02:59:31.779
6 235 BRODY JOHNSON LANDRUM, SC BET 5 03:02:05.398
7 213 TOBY D CLEVELAND ERIN, NY HQV 5 03:06:34.678
8 707 JASON C LIPSCOMB PARKERSBURG, WV BET 5 03:06:40.909
9 313 COLLIER MARTINEZ RIM ROCK, AZ HON 5 03:15:38.619
10 370 HENRY SYMANSKI MARSHALL, VA YAM 4 02:54:07.135

Next Round:

RD 10 – BUCKWHEAT 100

CJ Raceway – Newburg, WV

August 30, 2024 – September 1, 2024

Trystan Hart Wins Silver Kings Hard Enduro

Silver Kings – OVERALL
GOLD
Pro
  Pro 1 1 – Hart, Trystan Finisher 6:31:26,55 6 10    
  Pro 2 8 – Leblond, Ryder Finisher 6:53:57,46 6 10    
  Pro 3 39 – Riordan, Will Finisher 7:04:15,19 6 10    
  Pro 4 89 – Gomez, Alfredo   7:14:01,70 5 6    
  Pro 5 14 – Waiwaiole-Kahalepuna, Kamakana   7:23:55,58 5 6    
  Pro 6 71 – Curtis, Keith   7:11:12,22 5 4    
  Pro 7 10 – Haaker, Colton   7:21:15,43 5 4    
  Pro 8 4 – Guest, Ryder   7:24:34,40 5 4    
  Pro 9 55 – Flynn, James   7:36:09,93 5 4    
  Pro 10 26 – Satterfield, Chris   7:46:37,89 5 2    
Pro W
  Pro W 1 296 – Gomez, Sandra Finisher 8:14:44,02 5 1 60:00  
  Pro W 2 301 – Hall-Leah, Katie Finisher 7:04:37,43 2 3    
  Pro W 3 298 – Harten, Melissa Finisher 6:42:57,82 2 2    
  Pro W 4 297 – Albrecht, Addy Finisher 6:50:43,57 2 2    
  Pro W 5 302 – Larouche, Magalie   5:51:06,58 1 3    
  Pro W 6 299 – Lange, Mesa   1:29:25,41 0 3    

Our Canadian Triple Crown Series was on its 2nd weekend off. We head to Gopher Dunes for Round 4 this coming weekend. There’s a chance I’m going to try to run the double and do RedBud Saturday and then Gopher Dunes Sunday. Assuming Ryder is good to go for this week in Michigan, I think that’s what I’ll do.

Of course, I avoided Emily’s cold for the past 10 days, but it looks like my luck has run out. If it doesn’t get much worse, I’ll hop in the DMX Van and go for the double, but I can’t guarantee it at this time. I don’t like missing the Parts Canada Amateur Open on Saturday, but I need to get to a race and see Ryder race AMA in person.

The weather is perfect here in London, so we’ve got a few things planned to close out this weekend. Thanks for reading. We’ve got a lot of riders in the area, so I’ll do my best to find where they’re riding and get some content this week.

And the Tour de France is underway!

Enjoy the rest of this long weekend and have a great week! Olive says, “See you at the races…“