Mike Alessi and Vince Friese win at Wild Rose MX Park

CMRC MEDIA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Stouffville, ON – June 16, 2014)

Grey skies, a threat of rain and temperatures that stayed below 16º C were the hallmark of Round 3 of the Rockstar Energy Drink Motocross Nationals in Calgary, AB on Sunday.

Mike Alessi ruled the day in MX1 at Wild Rose MX Park with a clean sweep while his MotoConcepts Racing teammate Vince Friese grabbed the MX2 overall on the strength of 3-1 motos.

Completing the MX1 podium were Colton Facciotti, who twice finished second behind Alessi, and Tyler Medaglia who recorded 4-3 moto results to snare third overall.

Kaven Benoit grabbed second overall in MX2 action, thanks to 2-3 motos while Jesse Wentland cemented the podium, taking third overall on the strength of 5-2 motos.

Devil’s Lake Yamaha Josh Clark nailed the first MX1 moto holeshot with Alessi, GDR Honda’s Colton Facciotti, Royal Distributing Fox KTM’s Tyler Medaglia and Monster Energy Thor Kawasaki’s Teddy Maier in his rear wheel.

Within a few turns Alessi grabbed the lead from Clark, which he would then take to the finish line, chased by Facciotti in second place all the way. Facciotti was never in a position to challenge Alessi for the lead, however, looking at an ever-increasing gap that totalled some 10 seconds by the end of the moto.

While Clark faded out of the top-five into an eighth place finish, the action behind Alessi and Facciotti was fast and furious as Medaglia, who took over third place, spent most of the moto keeping Maier behind him.

In the closing laps, a relentless Maier finally stuck a pass on Medaglia. Maier’s Monster Energy Thor Kawasaki teammate Josh Hill, who started just inside the top-10, diligently worked his way into fifth place, sealing the top-five behind Alessi, Facciotti, Maier and Medaglia.

The hard luck case in the first moto proved to be Rockstar Energy Drink OTSFF Yamaha’s Bobby Kiniry, who along with his teammate Kyle Chisholm suffered a mid-pack start. But while Chisholm managed to contain the damage by methodically knifing his way into the top-10, finishing sixth, Kiniry exited the track with a technical problem around the halfway mark.

The second moto holeshot went to Tyler Medaglia, followed neck-in-neck into turn one by Facciotti, Clark, Hill, Kaelin, and Maier. Facciotti stuck a pass on Medaglia by the end of the first lap to lead the express train until the halfway mark of the moto. That’s when Alessi, who had started dead last after getting stuck in the gate, came calling. After one lap he had already sliced his way into seventh place and he was on a mission, which Facciotti soon discovered.

Once Alessi had run down the lead group and taken command of the moto he never looked back. Facciotti only managed to stick with the California native for a few laps and then had to let him go. By the time the checkered flag was waved, Alessi had a 10-second lead on Facciotti. Meanwhile, Medaglia settled into third and he would stay there, running his own race, until the finish line.

Once the top-10 had claimed their positions, very little changed. Josh Hill stayed in fourth, the place he had started, while Teddy Maier cruised in fifth. Bobby Kiniry, who started around 10th, worked his way into a sixth place finish. Kiniry’s teammate Kyle Chisholm finished in his real wheel, taking home sixth overall on the day.

In MX2 action, the first moto holeshot went to RTR KTM’s Topher Ingalls, followed closely by Monster Energy Thor Kawasaki’s Austin Politelli, Royal Distributing Fox KTM’s Kaven Benoit, MX101 Yamaha’s Jesse Wentland, Monster Energy Thor Kawasaki’s Jeremy Medaglia, Rockstar Energy Drink OTSFF Yamaha’s Shawn Maffenbeier and MotoConcepts Racing’s Vince Friese.

 

Politelli wasted little time displacing Ingalls from the lead position, taking it all the way to the checkered flag, starting on lap two. Benoit installed himself in second place not long after Politelli took the lead and first and second place were decided right then and there. Benoit never threatened Politelli for position, happy to take the points and extend his current lead at the head of the title hunt scoreboard.

Most of the action was behind Politelli and Benoit, which saw Friese gradually take over third place. Friese, who started around seventh, finished the moto in third ahead of Ingalls, with Wentland sealing the top five.

The second MX2 moto holeshot was also claimed by Ingalls, which earned him the Royal Distributing Triple Crown Award. This time he pulled Friese, Wentland, Politelli, and Benoit along with him through turn one. Ingalls hung on to the lead for five laps; that’s when Friese stepped up to the plate to take over the No.1 spot. Once up front, Friese stayed in control of the moto until the finish line.

Politelli had followed closely in Friese’s rear wheel to stick a pass on Ingalls on lap five. It looked like the defending champ was going to give Friese a run for his money, only to succumb to a technical problem around the halfway mark that saw him park his bike for the day.

Benoit inherited second place from Politelli, but he would have to hand that over to Jesse Wentland a few laps later. Although Wentland reeled in Friese in the closing laps, there wasn’t enough time for him to mount a challenge for the lead.

Ingalls, meanwhile, stayed in the top-five to finish fourth again. Sealing the top-five was MX101 Yamaha’s Dylan Wright, who had started around ninth. Wright, who started both motos inside the top-10, impressed with fifth overall on the day, thanks to 9-5 motos.

Meanwhile, Jeremy Medaglia, who started around 10th place, finished a distant 26th, one lap down, nursing a damaged bike. Shawn Maffenbeier, who finished eighth in the first moto, salvaged a mid-pack start to greet the checkered flag in seventh place.

Medaglia, who took a big hit in the points, ended the day in 12th overall while Maffenbeier managed to record a still respectable sixth overall on the strength of his 8-7 moto results.

BlackfootDirect Yamaha’s Jared and Parker Allison, who are not campaigning the nationals this year, also did good business on their home track. Jared took seventh overall on the strength of 8-7 motos while his brother Parker snared ninth on the strength of 11-8 motos.

Photos by Mark Dzikowski
www.dzikphoto.com/blog

Overall Results – Round 3

MX1

1. Mike Alessi (Suz) 1-1
2. Colton Facciotti (Honda) 2-2
3. Tyler Medaglia (KTM) 4-3
4. Teddy Maier (Kaw) 3-5
5. Josh Hill (Kaw) 5-4
6. Kyle Chisholm (Yam) 6-7
7. Dylan Kaelin (Yam) 7-8
8. Josh Clark (Yam) 8-10
9. Morgan Burger (Yam) 10-9
10. David Gassin (Yam) 9-11

MX2

1. Vince Friese (Hon) 3- 1
2. Kaven Benoit (KTM) 2-3
3. Jesse Wentland (Yamaha) 5-2
4. Topher Ingalls (KTM) 4-4
5. Dylan Wright (Yam) 9-5
6. Shawn Maffenbeier (Yam) 8-7
7. Jared Allison (Yam) 10-6
8. Austin Politelli (Kaw) 1- DNF
9. Parker Allison (Yam) 11-8
10. Robert Wilson (Yam) 14-9

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