Cole Thompson’s Supercross Season Comes to an End with an Injury By Billy Rainford During the 2nd race of Round 5 of the 2022 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, #161 Cole Thompson from Brigden, Ontario was in a heated battle with a few riders as the race was nearing an end. Along the far end of the track was a triple jump into
Cole Thompson Injury Update By Billy Rainford On the final lap of the 2nd race here in Glendale, Cole said he got landed on by #74@_derekkelley . I spoke to Doc Bodner and, of course, all he could say was that Cole was getting checked out in the medical unit. Cole just told us that it was his left shoulder that popped out in the incident. We’ll keep in touch with him
Jess Pettis Update By Billy Rainford #15 Jess Pettis crashed hard over the tabletop jump just passed the mechanics area at @mxdeschambault on Monday as he battled for the lead and then headed to the hospital to get checked out. Unfortunately, the results will take Jess out of competition for a while. We spoke with Jess earlier today and he said he was “pretty bummed to down n out again.” His list
Shawn Maffenbeier Update By Billy Rainford #3 Shawn Maffenbeier was involved in that nasty first turn crash on Monday morning at @mxdeschambault that took out a few riders. He was unable to re-enter the race and was in obvious pain as he headed back to the @mx101racing pits. He drove himself away from the track and has now said that “the knee is pretty banged up right now but we’re going to do everything
Tim Tremblay Update By Billy Rainford MX Deschambault sent this photo over of #777 @timtremblay ‘s big crash while running a strong second Sunday in 450 moto 2. He was looking good to finish there until this huge crash on the step down to the back section took him out of action. We spoke with him briefly on Monday and he summed up his injuries like this: “Perforated a lung, broke a
Marco Cannella Update By Billy Rainford #46 Marco Cannella made a a statement by running down the top riders and winning moto 1 at Sand Del Lee for Round 5 of the Canadian Triple Crown Series MX Nationals this past Sunday. He got off to a relatively good start in moto 2 and was in the top 4 group and heading towards the front. When early leader #18 Ryder McNabb
Christopher DaSilva Injured at Tring-Jonction By Billy Rainford Canadian Motocross Nationals competitor Christopher DaSilva was injured in a crash this past weekend at Tring-Jonction MX in Tring-Jonction, Quebec. It was round 1 of the Challenge Quebec Motocross (CQMX) Provincial Championships. Here’s what happened as Chris explained it on his Facebook page: We spoke with him this afternoon to see how he’s doing. Unfortunately, “I’m not doing too well,” is how
Casey Keast Supercross Injury Update By Billy Rainford #300 Casey Keast from Kelowna, BC joined the 2021 Monster Energy AMA Supercross series 250 West at the first Arlington SX at AT&T Stadium. He made the night show at his first-ever AMA Supercross and then made it to the evening program at Arlington #2 as well. Unfortunately, the tricky whoops section jumped up and bit him during the first qualifying session
Jess Pettis Injury Update By Billy Rainford When we learned that Canadian superstar Jess Pettis was headed to Aldon Baker‘s Baker’s Factory to prepare for a run at the 2021 Monster Energy AMA Supercross series, the nation was abuzz. It had been a long time since a Canuck had the chance to immerse himself fully in the work that it takes to compete in this most prestigious race series. Jess
Jess Pettis Injury Update By Billy Rainford After heading to the Baker’s Factory in Florida to prepare for the 2021 Monster Energy AMA Supercross series, Jess Pettis from Prince George, BC was more prepared and ready to race than he’s ever been. He headed into Round 1 in Houston but tweaked his knee early in the day. He tried to come back out on the track for qualifying, but it