Coming into the 2013 Monster Energy Canadian Nationals I suspected this might ultimately  be remembered as ‘The Year of the Ringers’. When Leading Edge Kawasaki  signed Brett Metcalfe and Austin Politelli I knew it could be all over but the crying…before it even started. Oh me of little faith. My reasoning was well founded though. Both of these riders are regular top 10 guys in AMA National competition (in their respective classes), and in fact both have spent time messing about in the top 5. Only Colton Facciotti,  of our current crop of Canadian pro riders, has had any significant amount of AMA success , and he has nowhere near the amount of high level experience a guy like Brett Metcalfe has. Metcalfe has hung in there with some of the best in the world over the years. I’m happy to be a Canadian, but I’m not particularly patriotic. I’m much more enthused and dedicated as a motocross fan than I am as a Nationalist, and as a motocross fan I’m absolutely thrilled to see talent like this in our National series. I just want to see really fast guys ride, no matter what country they’re from. So I’d be thrilled to be here watching these guys ride even if they were lapping the field. READ MORE.

Jim Muir