Monday Morning Coffee Opinion Column

It’s time for Monday Morning Coffee where we talk about things that happened in the sport of Motocross and usually a bit more.

By Billy Rainford

Now that the dust has settled here in Canada, we’ve got a few riders who still haven’t had enough racing and are lining up at Round 10 of the AMA Pro Motocross Championship down in the USA. Kudos to Kevin Tyler and his MX101 FXR Yamaha team for taking the entire crew down to Budds Creek in Mechanicsville, MD last weekend for the racing last week.

No, the results weren’t what he or any of the riders would have liked, but you don’t gain anything by staying away.

Here’s a look at their results:

250:

#612 Sebastien Racine – Casselman, ON

Q – 53rd

Consi – 8th

#424 Austin Jones – Perth, ON

Q – 57th

Consi – 16th

450:

#77 Preston Kilroy – Afton, WY

Q – 11th

Moto 1 – 33rd

Moto 2 – 22nd

Overall – 29th

It seems hard to believe that a rider as fast as Sebastien wouldn’t even make it into the motos, but the level of competition is so deep in the AMA that it takes a next level effort to get in. Just like in Supercross, if you don’t get a solid qualifying lap in, everything builds off of that and it makes it very difficult to have a good day with bad gate choice followed by a bad start. You just aren’t going to pick your way through that crowd up to a good position, like Seb would be able to up here.

I had a quick chat with KT and he mentioned that the cards were stacked against them with the conditions they had (tilled deep and then rain) in the 250 B practice and qualifying, compounded by the fact that they didn’t have scoop tires mounted.

They’re waiting to hear back as to whether or not they’re in for the final round this weekend at Ironman MX near Indianapolis, so we’ll have to wait until we see the official entry list to know for sure.

They barely got Preston into Budds this past weekend after being told the final 3 rounds were sold out.

#485 Devyn Smith and his dad, Troy Smith, also made the long drive to Baltimore, essentially. These guys are all the way from Maple Ridge, BC, so they are committed! Here’s a look at Devyn’s day:

250:

Q – 69th

Consi: 13th

MX2 – GP Classification
Pos Nr Rider Nat. Fed. Bike Race 1 Race 2 Total
1 96 Coenen, Lucas BEL FMB HUS 22 25 47
2 74 de Wolf, Kay NED KNMV HUS 25 18 43
3 80 Adamo, Andrea ITA FMI KTM 18 22 40
4 8 Mc Lellan, Camden RSA KNMV TRI 16 20 36
5 72 Everts, Liam BEL FMB KTM 20 14 34
6 44 Elzinga, Rick NED KNMV YAM 15 16 31
7 19 Coenen, Sacha BEL FMB KTM 11 15 26
8 11 Haarup, Mikkel DEN DMU TRI 13 12 25
9 516 Laengenfelder, Simon GER DMSB GAS 12 11 23
10 172 Valk, Cas NED KNMV KTM 10 10 20
11 432 Van Erp, Ivano NED KNMV YAM 5 13 18
12 73 Zanchi, Ferruccio ITA FMI HON 9 8 17
13 319 Prugnieres, Quentin Marc FRA FFM KAW 7 9 16
14 51 Oliver, Oriol ESP RFME KTM 8 7 15
15 47 Reisulis, Karlis Alberts LAT LAMSF YAM 14 0 14
16 75 Mesters, Bradley NED KNMV KTM 6 5 11
17 22 Braceras, David ESP RFME FAN 4 4 8
18 12 Chambers, Jack USA AMA KAW 0 6 6
19 123 Tuani, Federico ITA FMI KTM 2 2 4
20 125 Weckman, Emil FIN FMM KTM 0 3 3
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 777 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		 9
20-15		 5
20-25		 10
25-22		 10
14-18		 9
25-18		 – – – – – – – –
2 96 Coenen, Lucas BEL HUS 733 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		 10
25-25		 10
25-18		 9
16-13		 8
25-25		 10
22-25		 – – – – – – – –
3 516 Laengenfelder, S. GER GAS 676 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		 8
22-16		 7
22-22		 8
13-25		 7
20-20		 0
12-11		 – – – – – – – –
4 72 Everts, Liam BEL KTM 636 – – 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
16-18		 8
16-20		 6
15-20		 6
16-16		 8
20-14		 – – – – – – – –
5 80 Adamo, Andrea ITA KTM 545 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		 1
15-22		 2
0-0
–		 1
18-22		 7
18-22		 – – – – – – – –
6 11 Haarup, Mikkel DEN TRI 542 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		 6
18-20		 0
18-16		 0
18-14		 9
22-15		 6
13-12		 – – – – – – – –
7 44 Elzinga, Rick NED YAM 492 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		 4
6-14		 6
15-15		 7
22-18		 3
13-12		 4
15-16		 – – – – – – – –
8 19 Coenen, Sacha BEL KTM 444 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		 7
14-8		 9
0-12		 3
11-15		 4
11-9		 3
11-15		 – – – – – – – –
9 8 Mc Lellan, C. RSA TRI 315 0
10-15		 0
13-14		 7
20-16		 1
16-14		 0
0-0
–
–
–
–
–		 2
13-12		 0
13-13		 3
14-13		 5
20-12		 0
15-13		 5
16-20		 – – – – – – – –
10 73 Zanchi, F. ITA HON 290 1
14-13		 0
3-9
–
–
–		 7
10-11		 2
14-13		 0
13-13		 2
6-10		 8
10-12		 4
7-13		 0
12-5		 1
7-9		 2
14-9		 5
0-14		 0
9-8		 – – – – – – – –
11 51 Oliver, Oriol ESP KTM 272 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		 3
11-12		 0
13-11		 0
9-10		 0
0-2		 0
8-7		 – – – – – – – –
12 319 Prugnieres, Q. FRA KAW 245 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		 0
10-1
–
–
–		 1
7-9		 – – – – – – – –
13 198 Benistant, T. FRA YAM 226 6
20-14		 2
14-16		 9
11-14		 2
22-18		 3
16-18		 10
16-15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–		 – – – – – – – –
14 489 Walvoort, Jens NED KTM 209 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		 0
7-9		 0
12-8		 0
10-11		 0
8-7		 0
3-0		 – – – – – – – –
15 12 Chambers, Jack USA KAW 175 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		 0
4-7		 0
0-0
–		 0
9-8		 0
0-6		 – – – – – – – –
16 22 Braceras, D. ESP FAN 154 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		 0
0-11		 0
10-10		 0
4-0		 0
10-10		 0
4-4		 – – – – – – – –
17 47 Reisulis, K. LAT YAM 140 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 0
3-0		 0
8-8		 2
9-10		 4
11-14		 4
12-16		 2
12-11		 0
14-0		 – – – – – – – –
18 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
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–		 – – – – – – – –
19 33 Karssemakers, K. NED FAN 115 – – 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		 0
8-0		 0
0-0
–
–		 0
0-0		 – – – – – – – –
20 132 Bonacorsi, A. ITA YAM 83 3
8-7		 1
10-12		 3
0-10		 0
9-20
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–		 – – – – – – – –
MXGP – GP Classification
Pos Nr Rider Nat. Fed. Bike Race 1 Race 2 Total
1 84 Herlings, Jeffrey NED KNMV KTM 25 25 50
2 1 Prado, Jorge ESP RFME GAS 22 22 44
3 243 Gajser, Tim SLO AMZS HON 18 20 38
4 259 Coldenhoff, Glenn NED KNMV FAN 20 18 38
5 3 Febvre, Romain FRA FFM KAW 16 16 32
6 91 Seewer, Jeremy SUI SWISSMOTO KAW 15 15 30
7 132 Bonacorsi, Andrea ITA FMI YAM 14 12 26
8 101 Guadagnini, Mattia ITA FMI HUS 10 14 24
9 24 Horgmo, Kevin NOR NMF HON 13 11 24
10 303 Forato, Alberto ITA FMI HON 12 10 22
11 93 Geerts, Jago BEL FMB YAM 11 8 19
12 189 Bogers, Brian NED KNMV FAN 9 9 18
13 32 Van doninck, Brent BEL FMB HON 3 13 16
14 71 Spies, Maximilian GER DMSB KTM 4 6 10
15 17 Toendel, Cornelius NOR NMF KTM 8 0 8
16 426 Mewse, Conrad GBR ACU HON 0 7 7
17 10 Vlaanderen, Calvin NED KNMV YAM 7 0 7
18 222 Cairoli, Antonio ITA FMI DUC 6 0 6
19 226 Koch, Tom GER DMSB KTM 0 5 5
20 253 Pancar, Jan SLO AMZS KTM 1 4 5
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 801 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		 9
22-22		 10
20-25		 8
16-18		 10
22-20		 6
18-20		 – – – – – – – –
2 1 Prado, Jorge ESP GAS 792 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		 7
18-16		 9
22-22		 10
22-22		 9
25-25		 8
22-22		 – – – – – – – –
3 84 Herlings, J. NED KTM 766 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		 10
25-25		 8
25-18		 9
25-25		 4
16-22		 7
25-25		 – – – – – – – –
4 10 Vlaanderen, C. NED YAM 550 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		 8
20-20		 6
16-20		 7
20-9		 0
15-16		 5
7-0		 – – – – – – – –
5 91 Seewer, Jeremy SUI KAW 547 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
16-15		 7
18-15		 1
11-16		 6
18-13		 1
15-15		 – – – – – – – –
6 259 Coldenhoff, G. NED FAN 495 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		 5
15-13		 3
12-14		 0
15-15		 1
12-15		 10
20-18		 – – – – – – – –
7 3 Febvre, Romain FRA KAW 492 9
22-20		 3
18-20		 0
15-16		 10
25-16		 8
20-18		 7
22-18		 10
20-22		 8
0-0
–
–
–
–		 5
15-16		 4
18-20		 8
20-18		 9
16-16		 – – – – – – – –
8 24 Horgmo, Kevin NOR HON 359 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		 0
12-14		 0
8-11		 6
14-14		 0
4-14		 0
13-11		 – – – – – – – –
9 92 Guillod, V. SUI HON 306 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		 3
14-18		 2
0-12		 0
0-0		 5
11-12		 0
5-0		 – – – – – – – –
10 189 Bogers, Brian NED FAN 283 – – – – 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
–		 0
11-9		 5
12-8		 7
0-0		 0
9-9		 – – – – – – – –
11 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
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–		 – – – – – – – –
12 132 Bonacorsi, A. ITA YAM 248 – – – – – – – – 0
15-13		 0
0-10		 0
11-12		 1
14-2		 2
12-0		 2
13-9		 2
16-9		 2
11-11		 0
4-10		 2
13-12		 0
6-8		 0
14-12		 – – – – – – – –
13 101 Guadagnini, M. ITA HUS 244 – – – – – – – – 0
4-7		 3
8-13		 0
8-4		 3
10-11		 6
8-12		 3
7-14		 0
11-14		 4
13-9		 4
13-5		 0
5-11		 0
3-4		 3
10-14		 – – – – – – – –
14 253 Pancar, Jan SLO KTM 207 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		 0
8-12		 0
7-7		 0
0-2		 3
13-10		 0
1-4		 – – – – – – – –
15 6 Paturel, B. FRA YAM 197 – – 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		 0
9-8		 0
14-8		 0
8-7		 0
9-5		 0
0-0		 – – – – – – – –
16 17 Toendel, C. NOR KTM 189 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		 0
7-7		 0
0-0
–		 0
7-3		 0
8-0		 – – – – – – – –
17 517 Gifting, Isak SWE YAM 159 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		 1
10-10		 0
0-0		 0
0-0		 2
14-11		 0
2-0		 – – – – – – – –
18 919 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
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–		 – – – – – – – –
19 226 Koch, Tom GER KTM 99 – – 0
2-11		 0
9-8		 0
7-3
–
–
–		 0
1-13		 0
0-0
–
–
–		 0
9-0		 0
10-10		 0
5-6		 0
0-5		 – – – – – – – –
20 161 Östlund, Alvin SWE HON 96 – – 0
3-3		 1
8-3		 0
3-4		 3
10-10		 0
5-3
–		 0
3-6		 0
10-9		 0
6-5
–
–
–		 0
0-1
–		 0
0-0		 – – – – – – – –

Next Round:

MXGP of Switzerland – August 25th

2024 Matterley Basin Ultimate VIP Pass

Team Canada MXON logo

Regular price $750.00 CAD

The Ultimate VIP Pass 

Come into the Team Canada VIP Pit Area, don’t be stuck out in the elements with no where to sit or put your bags. For the first time ever, it will be open to you for Friday, Saturday and Sunday! From opening ceremonies on Friday to the last checkered flag on Sunday you will feel like you are right in the heart of the action.

We will have 2 chefs on hand creating culinary delights, snacks, refreshments. Wine and spirits will be provided as well as soft drinks and still and sparkling water. 

Coffee and Tea provided all weekend

There will also be a lounge area with comfortable seating so you can put your feet up. Anyone who has been to an MXON knows how much walking is involved and we want to ensure we have a space for you to rest between motos. Umbrellas, noise makers and flags will be provided if needed as well. 

WIFI will be provided, we have our Starlink ready so you can connect with home or post to your socials at all times

Champagne toast Saturday and Sunday with the whole team

Breakfasts on Saturday and Sunday at the team truck

We are limited for space as the venue limits us so these passes will only be offered in a small quantity and it will be first come first serve.

Weekend pass plus paddock pass is included. We will have a Team Canada Welcome Dinner that you will also be exclusively invited to attend, where the riders will have special signature items for you on your arrival. 

This level of hospitality truly is once in a lifetime, you do not want to miss out

Click HERE

So, I was driving home after taking Emily out for her coffee break the other day. I pulled up behind a car making a right turn at a busy intersection with stop lights. The cross traffic was getting an advanced turn signal so I expected the car to take advantage of it and make the turn before the busy traffic got the green to go straight. Nope. They just sat there.

I gave a tap of the horn and they moved up a little closer. I tapped it again and they finally went and I followed. I had just saved them some busy traffic frustration, not to mention the steady stream of foot traffic that would have kept them sitting there until the light went red again.

It’s really difficult to give a “friendly” tap of the horn with car horns these days. I gave her the obligatory wave as we headed down the road. I was going left at the next light and drove past her as she was stopped at the next light. When the light went green, I’m pretty sure she looked over at me with an angry look on her face and yelled, “SIMP!”

I can’t be 100% sure if that’s what she yelled, but it was one syllable and sounded like that, so I think it must have been.

I couldn’t help but just start laughing a little bit.

Then, after I made the left, a driver was driving at an almost stop as they veered to pull into a driveway. They realized it wasn’t the right one and swerved back out into my lane to move on. They did it again. They finally found the correct address and pulled in WITHOUT A COURTESY WAVE!

If you screw things up while you’re driving, just give a bloody wave to the people you are torturing. Don’t look all mad and act like it’s someone else’s fault. You screw up, you apologize. It’s pretty SIMPle.

I feel like we’re losing what it means to be Canadian lately and I hate it. I’m seeing way too much lack of courtesy these days. Tighten it up, Canadians!

This clip by RussoGraphy of 250 Champion Haiden Deegan revving his bike to the moon at Budds Creek has sort of gone…viral and the comments are worth the scroll.

I’ll be at Ironman MX this Saturday for the final round so watch for coverage of whichever Canadians make the trip and Drew Adams in his first AMA Pro National

Have a great week, everyone.

This popped up as a FaceBook Memory this morning from the 2013 Walton National. “See you at...” nope, never mind.