Monday Morning Coffee

It’s time for another cup of Monday Morning Coffee where we talk about some of what happened in the sport of Motocross and usually much more

By Billy Rainford

Happy Family Day, everyone. If yours is going anything like mine here in London, Ontario, it’s been spent outside in 3 feet of snow snowblowing driveways all around the crescent. I heard someone else say that they don’t do the ones of people who wander out and pretend to shovel as soon as they hear your machine fire up. Haha That makes me laugh.

We live on a small crescent near the centre of the city, but it’s got a small town feel which also means we get forgotten about as far as city plowing goes. However, you can always count on them swinging by just as you’ve finished all the driveways and put the blower back in the garage. Yep, it happened again this time.

I made a deal with Emily today that I’d make breakfast and she’d go out and do the bottom of everyone’s driveway after we’d eaten. She’s actually out there right now. I made my classic scrambled eggs with melted cheddar cheese.

We’ve got snowbanks on our street higher than me. We’ve got one retired cop a few houses down who must have some sort of competition that the rest of us don’t know is happening because he seems to be piling his snow up in one place and it must be 15 feet high! His name is Bob, making him “New Bob” on a street that has 5 Bobs on it.

I’m hearing some strange noise coming from outside. I get the feeling Em ran something over that she shouldn’t have, but I’m resisting the urge to go outside…

Well, I went out and the gear that starts the blades turning is screwed. It makes one hell of a horrible noise when you hold down the lever. Oh well, maybe the snow is done for the season.

Anyway, let’s start in Canada.

#585 Blake Davies defended his Iron Horse Arenacross title out at the Co-Operators Agrim Centre in Rimbey, Alberta.

I haven’t researched this but that must be the first, or at least a very early, win for a Triumph 450 in a series! Congratulations to the RAD Torque International Triumph team for accomplishing that.

Blake’s teammate (and odds-on favourite to take the title) #500 Julien Benek is coming back from a pretty bad crash in Georgia. He fell earlier on in this series and had to miss a Main. He went 1-1 on Friday night but then decided not to race on Saturday due to his head not feeling right. He still hopes to be back in action when the Monster Energy AMA Supercross 250 West races this coming Saturday in Arlington, Texas. Good luck, Julien.

#43 Tiger Wood made another appearance for the Honda Canada GDR Fox Racing team and took both Main wins at the final round.

Here’s a look at the results and final point standings:

Round 3 – Friday

Pro Am

1. 500 Julien Benek 1-1
2. 585 Blake Davies 2-2
3. 14 Quinn Amyotte 3-4
4. 43 Tiger Wood 5-3
5. 22 Tyler Gibbs 4-5
6. 58 Liam Dodds 6-6
7. 50 Wyatt Hasil 7-7
8. 141 Danny Robertson 9-8
9. 819 Dawson Gravelle 8-9

Round 4 – Saturday

Pro Am

1. 43 Tiger Wood 1-1
2. 22 Tyler Gibbs 4-2
3. 585 Blake Davies 3-3
4. 14 Quinn Amyotte 2-6
5. 58 Liam Dodds 5-4
6. 50 Wyatt Hasil 6-5
7. 819 Dawson Gravelle 7-7
8. 141 Danny Robertson 8-8
9. 500 Julien Benek DNS-DNS

Final Series Standings

1. 585 Blake Davies 137
2. 22 Tyler Gibbs 120
3. 43 Tiger Wood 114
4. 14 Quinn Amyotte 110
5. 50 Wyatt Hasil 94
6. 58 Liam Dodds 91
7. 141 Danny Robertson 80
8. 500 Julien Benek 68
9. 819 Dawson Gravelle 40
10. 801 Colten Beattie 26

Full results HERE

Cooper Webb took the 450 Main win in Detroit after stalking his old nemesis Ken Roczen. While this battle was raging, Chase Sexton was stuck in the gate off the start and had to charge from a full straightaway behind everyone. He made it all the way up to 3rd at the flag and had everyone keeping an eye on both races the entire time.

Chase and Cooper are now tied for the red plate heading to Texas this week.

I asked on our social media pages how this performance ranked on a scale of 1 to 2014 James Stewart at the 2014 Toronto Supercross. Although Chase was impressive, it seems people still remember that ride by JS7 and aren’t ready to use the two in the same sentence.

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450 Main Event Main Event Results

POS	#	BIKE	RIDER	INTERVAL	BEST LAP (LAP #)	TOTAL TIME	HOMETOWN	TEAM
1	2		COOPER WEBB	25 Laps	48.426 (9)	25/21:01.597	Newport, NC	Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha
2	94		KEN ROCZEN	0.834	48.368 (5)	25/21:02.430	Mattstedt, Germany	Progressive Insurance ECSTAR Suzuki
3	4		CHASE SEXTON	19.415	47.935 (10)	25/21:21.011	La Moille, IL	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
4	27		MALCOLM STEWART	23.050	48.898 (8)	25/21:24.647	Haines City, FL	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing
5	32		JUSTIN COOPER	23.492	48.939 (7)	25/21:25.088	Cold Spring Harbor, NY	Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing
6	21		JASON ANDERSON	33.006	48.585 (8)	25/21:34.602	Edgewood, NM	Monster Energy Kawasaki
7	51		JUSTIN BARCIA	33.787	49.499 (6)	25/21:35.384	Monroe NY	Rockstar Energy GASGAS Factory Racing
8	14		DYLAN FERRANDIS	43.621	49.652 (9)	25/21:45.218	Avignon, France	Phoenix Racing Honda
9	7		AARON PLESSINGER Holeshot	48.582	49.200 (6)	25/21:50.179	Hamilton, OH	Redbull KTM Factory Racing
10	46		JUSTIN HILL	1 Lap	50.090 (4)	24/21:07.657	Yoncalla, OR	Team Tedder Racing
11	45		COLT NICHOLS	1 Lap	50.253 (9)	24/21:09.868	Muskogee, OK	Twisted Tea Suzuki presented by Progressive Insurance
12	12		SHANE MCELRATH	1 Lap	50.267 (9)	24/21:27.545	Oakland, FL	Quadlock Honda Racing
13	17		JOEY SAVATGY	1 Lap	49.965 (15)	24/21:28.585	Clermont, FL	Quadlock Honda Racing
14	49		MITCHELL OLDENBURG	1 Lap	50.284 (7)	24/21:56.812	Alvord, TX	Liqui Moly Beta Factory Racing
15	77		JERRY ROBIN	2 Laps	51.164 (5)	23/21:12.794	Hamel, MN	Estenson Racing / McGinley Clinic Privateer Support Program
16	86		MITCHELL HARRISON	2 Laps	51.746 (4)	23/21:15.703	Brighton, MI	Partzilla Blaster PRMX Racing
17	11		KYLE CHISHOLM	2 Laps	51.521 (7)	23/21:18.558	Valrico, FL	Twisted Tea HEP Suzuki
18	146		KEVIN MORANZ	2 Laps	51.734 (3)	23/21:22.159	Topeka, KS	Champion Tool Storage Geebo KMR KTM
19	43		GRANT HARLAN	2 Laps	51.942 (3)	23/21:23.947	Paso Robles, CA	Gizmo Mods RockRiver Yamaha
20	72		ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ	2 Laps	51.516 (3)	23/21:42.302	Venezuela	Rides Unlimited RMATV MC Racing
21	122		JUSTIN STARLING	2 Laps	52.475 (3)	23/21:59.985	De Land, FL	MotoWhips Racing Team
22	57		BENNY BLOSS	13 Laps	50.191 (7)	12/10:47.934	Oak Gro

450 POINTS
1 4 Chase Sexton 121 25 16 18 *25 17 *20
2 2 Cooper Webb 121 18 20 14 *22 *22 25
3 94 Ken Roczen 105 *22 18 22 *20 1 22
4 21 Jason Anderson 100 20 9 20 *15 20 16
5 27 Malcolm Stewart 95 12 15 13 *12 25 18
6 32 Justin Cooper 86 15 11 16 *9 18 17
7 51 Justin Barcia 83 16 14 12 *10 16 15
8 3 Eli Tomac 80 17 *25 *15 *18 5 0
9 1 Jett Lawrence 71 10 22 25 *14 N/A N/A
10 46 Justin Hill 69 14 8 7 *16 12 12
11 96 Hunter Lawrence 62 11 17 17 *17 0 0
12 17 Joey Savatgy 55 1 12 11 *7 15 9
13 7 Aaron Plessinger 53 13 0 0 *13 14 13
14 12 Shane McElrath 50 9 5 5 *8 13 10
15 14 Dylan Ferrandis 44 0 13 6 *11 0 14
16 49 Mitchell Oldenburg 42 6 3 9 *5 11 8
17 45 Colt Nichols 39 0 4 8 *6 10 11
18 57 Benny Bloss 28 0 6 10 *3 9 0
19 11 Kyle Chisholm 20 2 2 0 *4 7 5
20 70 Jorge Prado 18 8 10 0 N/A N/A N/A

Max Anstie was out to a 7 or 8 second lead and looking comfortable in the 250 Main. Unfortunately, Cameron McAdoo took a big crash at the end of the whoops section and needed attention. The put him in a neck brace but they needed to get the side-by-side on the track to get him to the medics so they red-flagged the race when there was just 7 seconds on the clock.

My take:

As a fan (and as Max Anstie) I can understand the displeasure in restarting the race. However, as a medic and official, you DO NOT even look at the clock or anything else when a rider’s safety is in question. The only question mark is the continuing of the race at all when it was that close to the checkered flag.

[By the way, I don’t usually take photos until a rider is moving around and coming out of whatever the crash did to them. I wasn’t even going to shoot this shot except the SMX guy was beside me with his camera fixed on Cameron the entire time, so I snapped this one. I don’t like to do it, but it’s all part of the story of the event. Plus, riders usually ask to see them once they’ve gotten over the initial crash. Ask me about my Area 51 experience sometime…]

With a staggered restart, Levi Kitchen was back on the rear wheel of Anstie and so was RJ Hampshire and the rest of the field.

Kitchen made a nice pass and took the win in the short sprint, taking the sure win away from Anstie. It was cool to see that Anstie didn’t hold anything against Kitchen. After all, what was Levi supposed to do?

250 Main Event Main Event Results

POS	#	BIKE	RIDER	INTERVAL	BEST LAP (LAP #)	TOTAL TIME	HOMETOWN	TEAM
1	47		LEVI KITCHEN	20 Laps	48.676 (3)	20/26:46.407	Washougal, WA	Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki
2	31		MAX ANSTIE	1.951	48.470 (1)	20/26:48.358	United Kingdom	Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha
3	24		R.J. HAMPSHIRE	3.037	48.874 (6)	20/26:49.444	Hudson Florida	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing
4	1		TOM VIALLE	3.878	49.338 (10)	20/26:50.285	France	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
5	41		NATE THRASHER	6.949	49.255 (3)	20/26:53.356	Livingston, TN	Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha
6	10		CHANCE HYMAS	7.563	49.692 (3)	20/26:53.970	Pocatello, ID	Honda HRC Progressive
7	83		AUSTIN FORKNER	11.228	50.042 (3)	20/26:57.635	Richards, MO	Triumph Factory Racing
8	60		CARSON MUMFORD Holeshot	11.753	49.362 (2)	20/26:58.160	Simi Valley , CA	Quadlock Honda Racing
9	92		MAXIMUS VOHLAND	14.723	50.381 (9)	20/27:01.130	Temecula, CA	Muc-Off/FXR/ClubMX Yamaha
10	55		HENRY MILLER	15.608	50.480 (7)	20/27:02.015	Rochester, MN	Storm Lake Honda Buddy Brooks Racing
11	59		CULLIN PARK	27.291	50.496 (6)	20/27:13.698	Clermont, FL	Phoenix Racing Honda
12	87		HARDY MUNOZ	1 Lap	51.510 (4)	19/27:04.544	Temuco, Chile	Munoz Racing
13	89		TREVOR COLIP	1 Lap	51.940 (5)	19/27:05.677	Bowling Green IN	TiLUBE Honda
14	75		GAGE LINVILLE	1 Lap	51.655 (6)	19/27:06.060	Lake Park, GA	The Dirt Bike Depot
15	192		JACK CHAMBERS	1 Lap	52.548 (4)	19/27:07.880	Auburndale, FL	Partzilla Blaster Power PRMX
16	74		LORENZO LOCURCIO	1 Lap	51.880 (4)	19/27:08.921	Valencia, Venezuela	Wildcat Race Team
17	56		SETH HAMMAKER	1 Lap	52.579 (11)	19/27:09.705	Bainbridge, PA	Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki
18	62		MARK FINEIS	1 Lap	51.865 (3)	19/27:18.453	Indianapolis, IN	Muc-Off/FXR/Club MX
19	73		PRESTON BOESPFLUG	2 Laps	52.688 (1)	18/27:13.879	Battle Ground, WA	Partzilla Blaster Power PRMX
20	137		AYDEN SHIVE	2 Laps	53.117 (2)	18/27:17.035	Dade City, FL	HBI Racing
21	682		IZAIH CLARK	4 Laps	51.650 (3)	16/27:25.022	Fort Dodge, IA	Storm Lake Honda Buddy Brooks Racing
22	50		CAMERON MCADOO	6 Laps	49.159 (2)	14/12:16.315	Sioux Ci

250 WEST POINTS
1 31 Max Anstie 47 25 22
2 47 Levi Kitchen 38 13 *25
3 1 Tom Vialle 35 17 18
4 10 Chance Hymas 32 16 16
5 41 Nate Thrasher 31 14 17
6 59 Cullin Park 26 15 11
7 60 Carson Mumford 26 12 14
8 24 R.J. Hampshire 24 *4 20
9 56 Seth Hammaker 23 18 5
10 55 Henry Miller 23 11 12
11 50 Cameron Mcadoo 20 20 0
12 83 Austin Forkner 20 5 15
13 87 Hardy Munoz 19 9 10
14 75 Gage Linville 18 10 8
15 34 Daxton Bennick 17 -5 22 0
16 89 Trevor Colip 15 6 9
17 92 Maximus Vohland 14 1 13
18 192 Jack Chambers 10 3 7
19 195 Lance Kobusch 8 8 0
20 125 Luke Neese 7 7 0

Let’s not forget Canadian #4 Mak Torpe in the KJSX Main! I shot video that I’ll get up later.

KTM Jr. Racing Main Event Main Event Results

POS	#	BIKE	RIDER	INTERVAL	BEST LAP (LAP #)	TOTAL TIME	HOMETOWN	TEAM
1	8		WYATT TEDESCO	3 Laps	1:22.885 (1)	3/4:59.873
2	1		HUDSON RONDON	15.358	1:24.735 (3)	3/5:15.231
3	3		KYE FARROW	20.689	1:28.093 (1)	3/5:20.562
4	2		JEREMIAH VOGT	24.267	1:28.034 (3)	3/5:24.140
5	4		MAK TORPE	32.979	1:29.340 (3)	3/5:32.852
6	7		KADEN SMITH	36.991	1:30.722 (2)	3/5:36.864
7	5		JERRY URBANOWSKI	39.464	1:24.284 (3)	3/5:39.337
8	13		BODI GINKENS Holeshot	44.613	1:24.331 (2)	3/5:44.486
9	14		FYNN JEPPESEN	47.736	1:28.602 (3)	3/5:47.609
10	15		HADLEY WINTHER	56.393	1:33.202 (2)	3/5:56.266
11	12		CARSON SEARIGHT	57.723	1:35.896 (1)	3/5:57.596
12	11		TREXTON SCHAFF	58.450	1:35.201 (3)	3/5:58.323
13	9		KAJA WHEATON	59.306	1:37.198 (3)	3/5:59.179
14	10		RYDER BRANSCOME	1:21.983	1:35.141 (3)	3/6:21.856
15	6		VAUGHN WALLACE	3 Laps		0

OK, I’m out of time. We’ll have a full report on Detroit up as soon I can, so be sure to check that one out. Have a great holiday Monday, everyone. I have a snowblower to try and fix…