Monday Maniac #37

by Gauldy107

This time of year is always the best for moto. The cooler nights really make the soil at most tracks a dream to ride. The fall colours are starting to take over and you’re not sweating your ass off while pounding some laps. If that damn thing we call school wasn’t in the way it would be sick to have some Nationals late in the year where all the best are still into racing and line up for some sick cash. The cooler temps would make it easier for promoters, and all involved because you’re not so worried about the dust factor. But school is uber important. It’s nice to slow down into fall off the dirt bike and change the scenery a bit and be a normal kid rather than a race kid. I find so many kids being horrible with their personality these days when all they do is focus on racing. Don’t forget about the real world out there; hone your people skills at school. Personality is very important in today’s sports, just being good is not good enough anymore.

The week is a special one for me. It will mark the second trip in my life where I will make the jump across the pond to Newfoundland. I did it once before back in 2003 when I raced Snocross at Marble Mountain in Cornerbrook. It was one crazy trip and I have tons of funny stores from that one, but I’m thinking this weekend when I arrive in St John’s for the Brian House Memorial race, a whole new experience from the island will be jumping all over me. I’m stoked to be a part of this race. Thanks to Rod Snelgrove and his crew for putting this together. Mitch Cooke, Adam Turner and I will be doing a moto school on the Saturday and racing on the Sunday. Of course all of this will happen for me if I can make it through Thursday and Friday on some street they call “George Street.” Apparently people there really know how to have a good time, and most of you know that I don’t shy away from a good time. LOL All in all, it’s for a good cause in support of one of our fallen riders that was part of our family for so long. Brian House passed away n 2005 but his memory lives on through events like this and the award for top maritime rider at Riverglade every year. So if you’re in the area this weekend come by for a visit or attend the school or the race. Should be one hell of a time!!

So, about 1:30am Saturday morning I get this call from a good bud of mine. He wants to talk shop about some racing and other things that are going on. Now I have been asked not to share all the information but he sure was some excited to tell me that a big sponsor of their team is interested in kicking in more money for 2013 to help the riders race some more Supercross races. Atlanta, Daytona and Toronto were the ones he mentioned. It’s far off but the conversation was so upbeat and positive that it really sounds like it could happen. Plus, this guy is no flake for the most part. How cool would that be to finally have some riders to cheer for at the Toronto SX other than the best the US has to offer? I would be stoked and would think they could win or maybe even qualify for the mains, but I will damn sure be waving my Canadian flag for them if this all goes through. Stay tuned for information on this as we will know more after Montreal as we head into the winter months.

The Montreal SX is less than two weeks away. Lots of chatter all over the message boards about SX tracks that are ready to rip for practice. Here is the info if you’re looking:

The Thompson compound is in its final stage of rebuild. It will be open to all Pros on Friday September 14^th and be open until mid October. It is $50 a day to ride, also overnight accommodations are available for $25 a night per person. Please note this is an AMA style Supercross that is very technical. Please call Jay Thompson for track conditions 810-689-8177.

Also, looks like Travis Hesketh has built a track at Cale Foster’s place in Picton, ON and the Foster family is going to open it up for private practice for Pros only! Get in touch with Cale at 1-613-391-7006 if you’re interested in riding it. The track will be fully prepped and watered.

Now here is all the information you may need as a fan or racer for Montreal:

Registration information for the Supermotocross Monster Energy

Amateur riders are pre-qualified for the event through the Quebec Championship. MX riders are qualified trough AMXQ.CA and ATV riders trough coursesvtt.qc.ca.

For MX Pro riders:

There are two classes for the 2012 event. MX2, which is Canadian only with 250cc 4-stokes bike, (same rule as the CMRC concerning 2-strokes). The MX1 class is open to Pro riders on the bike of their choice.

 New this Year:

– Riders can only register in one class, as top 10 MX2 riders will compete against the best MX1 riders in the super final!

– Now MX2 qualifiers will be real races that will take place in the afternoon.

ATV and SxS

There is one ATV finale open for Pro riders and the one SidexSide finale is a 900-1000 production class for Pro riders. The rules concerning SxS can be found at coursesvtt.qc.ca

Cost for every pro rider

Registration for Pro riders is $50, transponder included (same price if you already have your transponder), registration will only give you a pass for the rider. You can buy one pass for your mechanic and 8 other pit-passes at the cost of $60 each. Even if the transponder is included, you still have to leave an $80 deposit to get it. The pass gives you access to one seat, located in the red section, 124 to 146 AA.

Registration is now open on Supermotocross.ca, every registration made before the 4th of September HAVE to be made again. Places are limited and we reserve the right to accept and refuse anybody. Faster you make your registration, more chance to get accepted.

 

http://montrealmotocross.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Participant-info-for-the-Supermotocross-Monster-Energy.pdf

More info will be available shortly on the supermotocross.ca

For Tickets click here: http://montrealmotocross.com/dealers-tickets/#address

If I find more information I will get it to you ASAP.

The Annual Vet National will run this weekend. I don’t have the information on the event just yet but I’m sure Brett Lee and crew will get it out this week regarding the schedule. The date is Sept 22nd at Walton Raceway. Stay tuned for more on that.

Ok, that’s all I have for this week.

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Pretty sick video from Monster Canada