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Dave Blanchet Update

Dave Blanchet Update By Billy Rainford He was all set to perform in front of his home country this past weekend at the Rogers Centre in Toronto when he got out of shape in the tricky whoops section. As he tried to get up on top of them in free practice, his front end dropped and he got out of shape and tossed over the bars. The result was his

Jean-Christophe Bujold Injured at JWTF

Jean Christophe Bujold Injured at JWTF We’ve just learned that speedy Quebec rider Jean-Christophe Bujold has suffered a broken femur while practicing down at Jimmy Weinert’s Training Facility (JWTF) down in North Carolina. From JC’s Facebook page: “During my week of training at JWTF I had bad luck on a big step-up that [earned me a ride in a] helicopter to the hospital in Greenville, North Carolina. My first real

Bobby Kiniry Injury Update

Bobby Kiniry Update I gave Bobby Kiniry a call Friday and caught him as he was literally pulling out of the hospital parking lot. He went in for surgery Wednesday to get his hip repaired after his massive bail in Sarnia a couple weekends ago. It was major surgery to repair his broken femur (in a couple places) and broken hip (in a couple places). There were also som e

Bobby Kiniry Injury Update

Bobby Kiniry Injury Update Rockstar Energy OTSFF Yamaha rider Bobby Kiniry took one of the scariest falls when he launched 30 feet into the air without his bike and landed flat on the solid Hiawatha Park ground in a heap last Friday night in Sarnia. You know Bobby is hurt when he doesn’t, at least, find his own way off the track and look for his bike to remount! Well,

Bobby Kiniry Injury Update

Bobby Kiniry Injury Update By Billy Rainford Saturday, October 10, 2015 Sarnia, Ontario Rockstar OTSFF Yamaha rider #7 Bobby Kiniry took a scary fall last night at round 3 of the Canadian National AX Tour in Sarnia, Ontario. The New York rider was separated from his bike and flew 30 feet through the air, landing hard on the solid ground. He was taken to local hospital in considerable pain. He

Tyler Medaglia Injury Update

Tyler Medaglia Injury Update Parts Canada Thor Husqvarna’s roving racer, #3 Tyler Medaglia, headed to Pennsylvania to race round 11 of the Amsoil GNCC series last weekend. If you looked at the results, you would have seen that his day ended after just 3 laps. His Twitter post said he fell and banged his head so we got in touch with him to get a few more details and get

Teddy Maier Injury Update

Teddy Maier Injury Update DMX Staff Monster Energy Thor Kawasaki rider, #5 Teddy Maier from Iowa, had a rough day in Deschambault last Sunday. During the first MX1 moto, a fuel line came off his 450. He managed to put it back on himself but wasn’t able to pop it back on solidly enough so he pulled into the mechanics’ area to have the team take the time to do

Nathan Bles Injured

Nathan Bles Injured We heard rumours that Redemption Racing Fly Dragon KTM rider, #10 Nathan Bles from Bayfield, Ontario, was injured while practicing at Gopher Dunes today. We gave Redemption Racing Team Manager, Josh Snider, a call and he confirmed that Nathan was, in fact, taken to Tillsonburg Hospital emergency to have his left arm looked at after the fall today at the Courtland, Ontario, track. It is an upper