Throwback Thursday – 2011 Southwick National
By Billy Rainford
As we head into the final Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross race at Ironman MX in Crawfordsville, Indiana, I took a look at the Canadians who are going to line up and couldn’t help notice the similarity to the 2011 Southwick National. Here’s a quick look back at a tough day in Massachusetts.

This could have been taken this year at an eastern round of the Rockstar MX Nationals. John Dowd came up and raced Gopher Dunes, Sand Del Lee, and Ulverton. He finished 8th overall in Ulverton, 1 day before his 50th birthday!He went 9-8 for 8th this day at Southwick.

2-time MX2 Canadian Champion Kaven Benoit was there on his #626 KTM. He’ll be in Indiana this weekend on a 450 with #926 on it.

I wasn’t really in position, but it was cool to see both brothers in the same corner together at a big US National.

Tgis was also the year Ryan Dungey had to wait at the line for his bike as the rest of the field took off. He came all the way up to 7th!
Let’s see how everyone does this weekend. See you at the races…