Monday Morning Coffee

It’s time for another Monday Morning Coffee where we talk about what happened in Motocross and usually much more…

By Billy Rainford

The stuff I wore at the Foxborough Supercross is still in a garbage bag in the back of the van. I don’t think I ever want to see it again. Nah, that’s not true. I think I actually had a smile on my face all day and night on Saturday. Like I always say, a mud race is fun once in a while…once in a very long while.

I understand SX is supposed to be the clean and neat brother of MX, but I didn’t complain when the forecast called for constant rain at Gillette Stadium for Round 12 of the SMX World Championship. I decided early to only carry 1 camera and to get it all covered and safe with a rain bag. I also made sure to bring my 100% waterproof pants and jacket as well as my rubber boots, so I stood a chance of staying dry the entire time. It worked!

The only trouble I had was that sometimes the mud would do its best to rip the boots right off my feet, and I almost fell down a couple times when the slipperiness of the wet and muddy plywood caught me off guard. I didn’t fall and I didn’t pull a groin, so everything was fine.

Before I forget, I have to tell a story about how our day started…

Jordan Wilsey from RussOgraphy was on hand to take care of the video shooting at this round (he’ll also be in New Jersey and in Pittsburgh). He left early Saturday morning to make it there from Saratoga Springs, NY. I, of course, drove the day before in the DMX Van. Yes, it made it on another round trip.

Anyway, we went to the required safety meeting but then the schedule had been so delayed due to the weather that we found ourselves with like 5 hours before bikes were going to hit the track so we went to a restaurant in the plaza that is connected to the stadium.

I had just eaten on the way to the track so I was just getting coffee. Jordan grabbed himself a meal and we sat there and shot the breeze for a while.

When he finished, I told hime to put his wallet away. He was about to stand in the pouring rain for hours so DMX could have some cool video to post. I told him it was the very least I could do to grab his meal for him.

Guess who left his wallet in the photo den? Yep, this guy. Not only did Jordan have to pay for his food but he had to get my coffee too! Christina Denney had told me that Kourtney Lloyd was there and I knew she’d really get a kick out of that story when she heard it.

It turned out there actually was less I could do!

It never really poured hard on Saturday but then again it never really stopped either. It was a constant rain that left the track crew nothing more they could do to make this race…raceable. It was going to be one of those days where if you managed to only fall a couple times, you could do well. And that’s what happened.

When I got settled in the photo den, there was someone new sitting just behind me so we got chatting. Her name was Brittany Johnson and she is the mother of #177 Kade Johnson. She got the opportunity to see the action from the floor and was pumped to watch her son go out and see what he could do.

I didn’t think a whole lot more about it until the checkered flag wave in the SMX Next Main.

#18 Landen Gordon has been the class of the field in the “Futures” class this season. He pulled the holeshot but found himself down and at the back of the pack when the race got going.

Believe it or not, he managed to claw his way through the entire field and was in the lead on the final lap. Unfortunately for him, he ran into trouble and that allowed none other that #177 Kade Johnson to get back out front and take the win. It was brutal for Gordon but absolutely amazing for young Johnson. What a perfect experience for him and his family with Brittany down on the floor taking it all in!

Picking up 3rd was #46 Luke Fauser who you’ll remember raced in Canada last summer.

#1 Tom Vialle headed into the round with a nice 15-point cushion in 250 East Regional action. And we all assumed it would grow by at least 3 more points due to his skill in these terrible conditions. Unfortunately, mud races can produce strange results and when all was said and done he left Boston tied in points with #56 Seth Hammaker and just 2 points ahead of #24 RJ Hampshire!

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By the way, on the drive to Gillette Stadium from the direction I came, you go right through a little town called Hopkinton. If you know anything about a little race called the Boston Marathon, it’s where the race starts and everyone poops in the locals’ bushes.

#10 Chance Hymas hangs out with our guy Dylan Wright down in Florida. He went into this one knowing he’s fast in muddy conditions and looked right from the outset.

The big stories from the 250 class during the day were new Partzilla PRMX rider #62 Mark Fineis taking to qualifying spot out of Group B and the mud skills of #734 Dayton Briggs!

Brigs headed out in first place in the Main and looked like this could be a Cinderella story for him. He led the first couple laps but then fell victim to the conditions and dropped way back. He hung around at the stage to get his holeshot cheque but he was so upset with himself.

I shot video of him there fighting the tears and shot this photo of him, just crushed:

I’ll get into more details in another article, but I just wanted to touch on these couple stories here in the MMC.

250 EAST POINTS
1 56 Seth Hammaker 99 18 5 20 25 18 13
2 1 Tom Vialle 99 17 18 22 22 20 0
3 24 R.J. Hampshire 97 4 20 25 18 22 8
4 10 Chance Hymas 91 16 16 18 1 15 25
5 59 Cullin Park 84 15 11 13 9 14 22
6 41 Nate Thrasher 81 14 17 14 8 25 3
7 31 Max Anstie 78 25 22 16 15 0 N/A
8 34 Daxton Bennick 77 -5 22 0 15 11 17 17
9 92 Maximus Vohland 60 -3 1 13 17 12 16 4
10 55 Henry Miller 52 11 12 10 0 10 9
11 60 Carson Mumford 51 12 14 11 3 11 0
12 83 Austin Forkner 47 5 15 5 10 12 0
13 87 Hardy Munoz 44 9 10 12 0 13 0
14 75 Gage Linville 42 10 8 2 0 2 20
15 47 Levi Kitchen 39 13 25 1 N/A 0 0
16 192 Jack Chambers 34 3 7 9 0 0 15
17 89 Trevor Colip 32 6 9 6 0 0 11
18 195 Lance Kobusch 31 8 0 0 0 7 16
19 50 Cameron Mcadoo 20 20 0 0 N/A 0 N/A
20 148 Justin Rodbell 18 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 18
21 62 Mark Fineis 18 0 4 0 N/A N/A 14

In the 450 class, I didn’t realize #94 Ken Roczen‘s right ankle was also hurt so badly, so when he left qualifying early I thought he’d injured something in Foxborough. Turns out, he’d just aggrevated it even more.

We all knew heading into this one that #7 Aaron Plessinger was smiling under that rain wet and mud-soaked helmet of his. Being such a skilled Enduro rider, he was poised to continue his 2025 roll.

What we didn’t see coming was the 2nd place finish by #12 Shane McElrath! What a night he had.

450 POINTS
1 2 Cooper Webb 256 18 20 14 22 22 25 25 22
2 4 Chase Sexton 241 25 16 18 25 17 20 20 17
3 94 Ken Roczen 220 22 18 22 20 1 22 22 25
4 32 Justin Cooper 187 15 11 16 9 18 17 18 18
5 27 Malcolm Stewart 186 12 15 13 12 25 18 13 16
6 51 Justin Barcia 173 16 14 12 10 16 15 16 12
7 7 Aaron Plessinger 170 13 0 0 13 14 13 15 20
8 21 Jason Anderson 151 20 9 20 15 20 16 11 14
9 46 Justin Hill 137 14 8 7 16 12 12 17 15
10 12 Shane McElrath 126 9 5 5 8 13 10 9 11
11 14 Dylan Ferrandis 120 0 13 6 11 0 14 14 10
12 49 Mitchell Oldenburg 92 6 3 9 5 11 8 10 9
13 57 Benny Bloss 88 0 6 10 3 9 0 5 6
14 45 Colt Nichols 84 -5 0 4 8 6 10 11 7 7
15 3 Eli Tomac 80 17 25 15 18 5 0 0 N/A
16 17 Joey Savatgy 80 1 12 11 7 15 9 12 13
17 1 Jett Lawrence 71 10 22 25 14 N/A N/A N/A N/A
18 96 Hunter Lawrence 62 11 17 17 17 0 0 0 N/A
19 11 Kyle Chisholm 48 2 2 0 4 7 5 2 3
20 86 Mitchell Harrison 41 5 0 0 0 6 6 6 5

I hate to say it, but the longrange forecast for Philadelphia this week is…lots of rain on Friday and then cold and cloudy on Saturday with not much rain. We’ll see…

MX2 – GP Classification

Pos Nr Rider Nat. Fed. Bike Race 1 Race 2 Total 1 1 de Wolf, Kay NED KNMV HUS 25 25 50 2 8 Mc Lellan, Camden RSA KNMV TRI 22 20 42 3 80 Adamo, Andrea ITA FMI KTM 18 22 40 4 27 Längenfelder, Simon GER DMSB KTM 20 15 35 5 19 Coenen, Sacha BEL FMB KTM 16 18 34 6 26 Everts, Liam BEL FMB HUS 15 16 31 7 4 Elzinga, Rick NED KNMV YAM 14 14 28 8 47 Reisulis, Karlis Alberts LAT LAMSF YAM 12 12 24 9 172 Valk, Cas NED KNMV KTM 13 10 23 10 319 Prugnieres, Quentin Marc FRA FFM KTM 8 13 21 11 73 Zanchi, Ferruccio ITA FMI HON 9 11 20 12 18 Lata, Valerio ITA FMI HON 10 9 19 13 22 Braceras, David ESP RFME HON 11 7 18 14 276 Skovbjerg, Nicolai DEN DMU YAM 6 8 14 15 9 Benistant, Thibault FRA FFM YAM 7 4 11 16 256 Smith, Magnus DEN DMU KTM 4 6 10 17 114 Vennekens, Nicolas BEL FMB KTM 3 5 8 18 408 Smulders, Scott NED KNMV TRI 5 3 8 19 20 Mikula, Julius CZE ACCR TM 0 0 0

MX2 – POINTS

Pos Nr Rider Nat. Bike Total ARG ESP EUR SAR TRE SUI POR ESP FRA GER LAT GBR FIN CZE BEL SWE NED TUR CHN AUS 1 1 de Wolf, Kay NED HUS 185 8 25-16 6 20-22 0 15-18 5 25-25 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 27 Längenfelder, S. GER KTM 177 7 22-15 0 16-18 9 25-20 10 20-15 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3 26 Everts, Liam BEL HUS 175 3 13-20 8 22-25 8 20-16 9 15-16 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 4 80 Adamo, Andrea ITA KTM 171 10 0-22 7 12-20 6 22-25 7 18-22 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 5 19 Coenen, Sacha BEL KTM 143 9 12-25 9 10-6 5 18-7 8 16-18 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 6 9 Benistant, T. FRA YAM 128 5 10-11 10 18-9 10 16-22 6 7-4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7 8 Mc Lellan, C. RSA TRI 118 0 16-13 0 11-2 7 11-12 4 22-20 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8 172 Valk, Cas NED KTM 115 0 20-8 2 15-16 2 13-15 1 13-10 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 9 73 Zanchi, F. ITA HON 97 0 6-6 5 25-11 1 6-14 3 9-11 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10 18 Lata, Valerio ITA HON 84 0 14-9 0 8-10 4 14-6 0 10-9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 11 47 Reisulis, K. LAT YAM 82 4 9-14 0 6-7 3 10-5 0 12-12 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 12 319 Prugnieres, Q. FRA KTM 76 0 7-5 3 14-14 0 12-0 0 8-13 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 13 4 Elzinga, Rick NED YAM 72 0 11-7 0 0-8 0 7-9 2 14-14 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 14 22 Braceras, D. ESP HON 63 0 18-3 0 9-1 0 3-11 0 11-7 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 15 51 Oliver, Oriol ESP KTM 54 2 0-12 4 7-12 0 9-8 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 16 20 Mikula, Julius CZE TM 51 0 8-2 0 13-13 0 5-10 0 0-0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 17 317 Valin, Mathis FRA KAW 46 6 0-18 0 1-0 0 8-13 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 18 99 Farres, G. ESP TRI 46 0 15-10 1 5-15 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 19 256 Smith, Magnus DEN KTM 21 – – 0 4-3 0 4-0 0 4-6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 20 114 Vennekens, N. BEL KTM 18 0 3-0 0 3-4 0 0-0 0 3-5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

MXGP – GP Classification

Pos Nr Rider Nat. Fed. Bike Race 1 Race 2 Total 1 3 Febvre, Romain FRA FFM KAW 18 25 43 2 259 Coldenhoff, Glenn NED KNMV FAN 22 20 42 3 243 Gajser, Tim SLO AMZS HON 16 22 38 4 132 Bonacorsi, Andrea ITA FMI FAN 20 16 36 5 24 Horgmo, Kevin NOR FFM HON 14 13 27 6 70 Fernandez, Ruben ESP RFME HON 15 10 25 7 96 Coenen, Lucas BEL FMB KTM 25 0 25 8 517 Gifting, Isak SWE SVEMO YAM 9 15 24 9 919 Watson, Ben GBR ACU BET 13 9 22 10 93 Geerts, Jago BEL FMB YAM 10 11 21 11 92 Guillod, Valentin SUI FFM YAM 11 8 19 12 39 Van De Moosdijk, Roan NED KNMV KTM 12 7 19 13 10 Vlaanderen, Calvin NED KNMV YAM 0 18 18 14 91 Seewer, Jeremy SUI SWISSMOTO DUC 6 12 18 15 84 Herlings, Jeffrey NED KNMV KTM 1 14 15 16 71 Spies, Maximilian GER DMSB KTM 7 6 13 17 811 Sterry, Adam GBR ACU KTM 8 5 13 18 253 Pancar, Jan SLO AMZS KTM 5 2 7 19 87 Brumann, Kevin SUI SWISSMOTO HUS 2 4 6 20 189 Bogers, Brian NED KNMV FAN 3 3 6 21 959 Renaux, Maxime FRA FFM YAM 4 0 4 22 226 Koch, Tom GER DMSB BET 0 1 1 23 326 Gilbert, Josh GBR ACU HON 0 0 0 24 505 Lüning, Arvid SWE SVEMO HUS 0 0 0 25 991 Scheu, Mark GER DMSB HUS 0 0 0 26 212 Adamson, John GBR ACU HON 0 0 0 27 17 Toendel, Cornelius NOR NMF HON 0 0 0

MXGP – POINTS

Pos Nr Rider Nat. Bike Total ARG ESP EUR SAR TRE SUI POR ESP FRA GER LAT GBR FIN CZE BEL SWE NED TUR CHN AUS 1 243 Gajser, Tim SLO HON 215 8 20-20 10 25-25 9 25-25 10 16-22 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 3 Febvre, Romain FRA KAW 181 9 25-22 2 14-16 6 22-22 0 18-25 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3 259 Coldenhoff, G. NED FAN 156 5 16-14 6 18-20 0 10-18 7 22-20 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 4 96 Coenen, Lucas BEL KTM 141 0 14-13 5 12-13 10 20-20 9 25-0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 5 959 Renaux, Maxime FRA YAM 125 10 22-25 9 11-10 7 11-16 0 4-0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 6 24 Horgmo, Kevin NOR HON 114 6 4-15 3 16-11 1 12-13 6 14-13 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7 70 Fernandez, R. ESP HON 110 1 12-8 1 22-9 8 16-0 8 15-10 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8 132 Bonacorsi, A. ITA FAN 104 0 10-11 0 13-22 0 0-7 5 20-16 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 9 41 Jonass, Pauls LAT KAW 86 2 11-12 8 5-15 3 15-15 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10 101 Guadagnini, M. ITA DUC 84 4 18-18 0 0-12 0 18-14 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 11 10 Vlaanderen, C. NED YAM 79 3 2-10 4 20-0 5 13-0 4 0-18 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 12 517 Gifting, Isak SWE YAM 78 0 9-0 0 15-14 4 0-12 0 9-15 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 13 91 Seewer, Jeremy SUI DUC 76 7 15-3 0 7-7 0 8-11 0 6-12 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 14 919 Watson, Ben GBR BET 64 0 5-6 0 6-8 0 7-9 1 13-9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 15 189 Bogers, Brian NED FAN 61 0 7-4 7 10-18 0 9-0 0 3-3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 16 92 Guillod, V. SUI YAM 59 0 0-16 0 0-0 0 14-10 0 11-8 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 17 93 Geerts, Jago BEL YAM 51 0 13-9 0 4-0 0 2-0 2 10-11 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 18 253 Pancar, Jan SLO KTM 44 0 8-7 0 3-4 2 5-8 0 5-2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 19 39 Van De Moosdijk, R. NED KTM 36 – – 0 8-0 0 0-6 3 12-7 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 20 811 Sterry, Adam GBR KTM 23 – – 0 0-3 0 4-3 0 8-5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

OK, let’s end it there. I hope that got you through a nice Monday Morning Coffee. I hope most of us have working camera equipment for next round in Philly.