By Billy Rainford Just grab yourself a small cup this week. It’s been a busy morning here at DMX World HQ. Emily got her winter tires on her car and Al Strickert sent over a great interview with MX191 track owner Josh Neptune, so I got off to a late start on the MMC. All the snow is actually melting here in London. It’s supposed to go up to 9
Sit back and enjoy another Monday Morning Coffee where we talk about some of what happened in the sport of Motocross and usually more. By Billy Rainford And now the big thaw begins, apparently. After getting more snow than I can remember in the early part of December, it’s currently pouring rain here in London. The main roads have been fine the whole time, but the back roads, and little
It’s time for some Monday Morning Coffee where we talk about what happened in the sport of motocross and usually a lot more. By Billy Rainford OK, so it was actually pretty cold the final day of the Thor Mini O’s Presented by Pro Circuit. The 53rd annual event at Gatorback Cycle Park in Newberry, Florida, ended with a morning that saw the temperature hovering around the freezing mark! What
By Billy Rainford Without getting into details, I’m sorry this week’s MMC is late. I’m still out looking after my mom and things did not go smoothly last night or this morning. Hopefully, mom will actually go to bed at some point out here in Kamloops today. 🥱 Hopefully, a bunch of you have received your Direct Motocross/Team Canada MXON tee shirts in the mail. I tried to mail out
By Billy Rainford Remembrance Day From: veterans.gc.ca I remember a bunch of years ago when I managed what was likely one of the top 10 busiest running shops in all of North America in Vancouver, BC. The store was only closed 2 days of the year, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. November 11 was just a regular day and that didn’t sit well with a few of us. We
By Billy Rainford Hello from our final day in California after the 40th Annual Dubya World Vet Championships and World Cup of Nations at the famed Glen Helen Raceway track in San Bernardina. Most are moving around pretty slowly and gingerly this morning as we all get set to head out and catch our various flights from either Ontario or LAX airports today. I’m sitting in the front room at
By Billy Rainford Well, were you in Vancouver for Round 1 of the 2024 WSX Championship? We had Mark “Hal” Haliday from Moonrider Productions handling the heavy lifting for us. He covered the first round of the 2015 Canadian MX Nationals series at the Wastelands in Nanaimo, BC, if I remember correctly. Last time we were in Vancouver for a Supercross, the track was suspect and the fans didn’t come
It’s time for our Monday Morning Coffee opinion column where we talk about what happened in Motocross and usually a whole bunch more. By Billy Rainford Hello and welcome to a Monday Morning Coffee after one of the nicest late-October weekends I can ever remember here in my area of southwestern Ontario. And it continues today with an expected high of 24C. Normally, these are the days when I would
It’s time for Monday Morning Coffee where we talk about what happened in the sport of Motocross over the weekend and usually much more. By Billy Rainford Welcome to the Monday we head over to England! As I pack my bags and get ready for another long day of travelling to Europe for the 2024 MXON at Matterley Basin, my mind once again wanders to the thought of, “Man, if
It’s time for another Monday Morning Coffee opinion column where we talk about what happened in Motocross on the weekend and usually more… By Billy Rainford Wow, what can you say about the racing at Round 2 of the SMX World Championship Playoffs in Texas?! The temperature went up over 38C/100F and ended up riding like a dried-up outdoor track – slick and full of surprises. They talk about it