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$2 Tuesday: Dylan Wright|125 2-Stroke Love at Sand Del Lee

$2 Tuesday: Dylan Wright|125 2-Stroke Love at Sand Del Lee By Billy Rainford This video goes back a couple years to when Richmond, Ontario, rider, #539 Dylan Wright was a blazingly fast Intermediate. I don’t want to sound like ‘that old guy you know,’ but listening to him wring the neck of that 125 just gets my heart pounding and, to me, sounds the way moto should sound – a

2016 Rockstar Energy MX Nationals: Time for a Change?

2016 Rockstar Energy MX Nationals: Time for a Change? By Billy Rainford By now, we’ve all heard the rumours: Walton Raceway will be off the schedule in 2016. As difficult as that is to believe, there may be some validity to it. The Walton National has been the end of the Pro season in Canada for a long time – it’s WALTON! In fact, nobody even says “the end of

VIDEO: Introducing Jean-Christophe Bujold at Sand Del Lee

VIDEO: Introducing Jean-Christophe Bujold Intermediate rider, #456 Jean-Christophe Bujold, talks about his second-ever Rockstar Energy MX National where he finished top Intermediate rider (21-17 19th) against the top Pro riders in MX2 at the Ottawa MX National at Sand Del Lee. Sunday, July 19, 2015

McThoughts: Ottawa National

McThoughts: Ottawa National By Jeff McConkey MX2 Round 6 went off on Saturday just outside of Ottawa, Ontario. It was very hot, and very humid, but that didn’t hold back the top racers from hanging it out and giving us some great racing. Kaven Benoit went 1-1 yet again, and looks to be on his way to his 2nd National Championship. There are still a few riders with a mathematical

Faces at the Races – Ottawa National

Faces at the Races – Ottawa National Photos and captions by Billy Rainford These photos won’t come close to describing just how humid it really was last weekend at Sand Del Lee for round 2 of the Women’s East Nationals, round 2 of the KTM East Supermini Nationals, or round 6 of the Rockstar Energy MX Nationals. Here’s a look at some of the people who made it through one

Ottawa National Photo Report

Ottawa National Photo Report Photos and captions by Billy Rainford The Rockstar Energy MX Nationals made it’s annual stop in Ottawa, Ontario, this past weekend. Sand Del Lee in the nearby town of Richmond has played host to the series for many years and it seems to get better every year. Johnny Grant, Kevin Tyler, and the entire MX101 gang do and amazing job at getting the place ready to

McThoughts: Women’s East Nationals Round 2

McThoughts: Women’s East Nationals Round 2 By Jeff McConkey Round 2 of the Women’s East National Series went off on Saturday at the fast, fun, flowing Sand Del Lee racetrack in Richmond, Ontario. Earlier in the week, we were informed that fast American Brittany Gagne was going to make the trip north from her home in Montana. That was pleasant news as we were all hoping someone could show our

Women’s East Nationals – Round 2 Photo Report from Sand Del Lee

Women’s East Nationals – Round 2 Photo Report from Sand Del Lee Photos and captions by Billy Rainford We were in our nation’s capital, Ottawa, for the second of three rounds of Women’s East Nationals. With defending champion #1 Duroy Racing KTM’s Eve Brodeur enforcing her dominance at the first round at Gopher Dunes the week before, the daunting task of the rest of the ladies was to try to