Behind The Lens With James Lissimore

Chris Pomeroy06/13/2015

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Here are a few James Lissimore photos from Saturday in the Calgary pits. This was a day that saw everything from one of our fastest young riders getting injured in Casey Keast, to some afternoon adverse weather, to Sara King winning her very first pro women’s title.

cal sat1 — The view of downtown Calgary from the track is always spectacular.

cal sat — For the first time in a long time, Mike Alessi will trade his customary #800 for the big #2 this weekend in Calgary.

cal sat3 — MX2 points leader Kaven Benoit will race tomorrow with the red plates on his KTM 250 two-stroke.

cal sat7 — To celebrate Yamaha’s 60th Anniversary, the Rockstar Energy OTSFF Yamaha Team will go full retro on Sunday with yellow plastics on all three of their team bikes.

cal sat4 — Honda Canada’s GDR Team Manager Derek Schuster sure seems to be enjoying his own company these days.

cal sat5 — Instead of new jeans, Rachel Springman won a Fox clock for finishing on the podium in the 2015 CMRC West Women’s Series.

cal sat6 — It was nice of Mr. Medaglia to poke his head out and say hi to us.

cal sat8 — Let’s prey that the rain we saw today in Calgary, doesn’t repeat itself on Sunday.

keast mec2 — Although this is a photo from last year’s Monster Cup, we just wanted to wish Casey Keast a quick recovery from today’s crash.

Chris Pomeroy06/13/2015

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Chris Pomeroy

1989 Rookie-of-the-year and former nationally ranked pro racer who turned into a dirt oriented scribe