Brock Leitner Injury Update By Billy Rainford After coming extremely close to making the night show in San Diego (he was 2nd alternate and the 1st alternate got in) #497 Brock Leitner crashed hard during Supercross practice at Lake Elsinore Monday. Brock described his crash like this: “I was heading into the rhythm section by the entry road and was trying an inside line to go roll, double, triple when
Nathan Bles ‘Injury’ Update | The Baja Brawl Crash By Billy Rainford You’ve probably all seen it already – Nathan Bles launching himself into the stratosphere as you wonder whether he over-jumped a triple or under-jumped a quad at last week’s Baja Brawl at Baja Acres in Millington, Michigan. Truth is, it was a tabletop to single jump gone wrong. We gave Nathan a call today to get his thoughts
#265 Brittany Gagne Injury Update By Billy Rainford If you were at the final round of the 2016 Women’s East Nationals at RJ’s last Saturday, then the fact that #265 Brittany Gagne hurt her knee is definitely not news to you. She was leading the second and final moto in muddy conditions and looked to have the race in the bag when she got a little out of control and
Dave Blanchet Injury Update By Billy Rainford When we heard how hard #727 Dave Blachet had crashed Saturday at Motocross Deschambault, we figured we’d give him a few days to start feeling a little better before we got in touch with him – it was a nasty crash! Dave was racing the final Youth moto of the Motovan Amateur Motocross Championships when the crash happened. It was just a few
Graham Scott Calls It a Season, Heads Home By Billy Rainford SG Powersports Scotty Motorsports Honda Canada rider, #49 Graham Scott, earned the #49 for the 2016 Rockstar Energy Drink MX Nationals. The 20-year-old Victoria, BC native was looking forward to his best MX1 season to date and even broke the top 10 in a moto at round 2 at The Wastelands in Nanaimo, BC and finished a season high
#14 Jeremy Medaglia Cleared to Ride and Race this Weekend at Gopher Dunes By Billy Rainford #14 Honda Canada GDR Fox Racing rider, Jeremy Medaglia, was one of the riders heading into the 2016 MX2 season with aspirations of taking home a championship. Unfortunately, after an awkward fall early in the first moto at the 2nd round of Rockstar Energy MX Nationals in Nanaimo, Jeremy was forced to sit out
Jeremy Pronovost Injury Update By Billy Rainford Quebec Pro rider, #29 Jeremy Pronovost, has been an up-and-coming rider for the past few years at the Pro level. He wasn’t planning on doing the entire Rockstar Energy MX Nationals this season and instead focused on the Quebec Provincials until the series came east toward him. Unfortunately, his plans have been dashed after a crash this past weekend at Ste. Julie has
Nathan Bles Injury Update By Billy Rainford #56 Nathan Bles from Bayfield, Ontario, has indeed suffered a broken left wrist as the result of a crash while racing at Baja Acres in Millington, Michigan, Sunday, May 29th. The fall and resulting injury come eerily close to the one-year anniversary of his badly broken left humerus last season (2 days off, to be exact). We gave the Big Steel Box Fly
Brock Leitner Injury Update By Billy Rainford I’m sorry to report that the reason you saw BC’s #497 Brock Leitner‘s name listed as DNS in the 250 LCQ at Hangtown MX is for the reason you were afraid of. Brock got caught up in the first turn pile up that sent at least 8 riders to the ground. When riders fell in front of him like dominoes, he had nowhere
Marco Cannella Injury Update By Billy Rainford Fast up-and-coming Intermediate rider, #46 Marco Cannella, is on the short list of riders to keep a close eye on rising through the amateur ranks here in Canada. The 15-year-old Hamilton, Ontario, rider has been down south training at GPF in Cairo, Georgia, getting ready for the upcoming season. He was entered in the Ricky Carmichael Amateur Supercross at Daytona International Speedway March