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Good day, and Happy Monday to everyone! I knew that July would go by fast as it does every other year, this summer month always flies by. Well, here we are entering the final week of July, and as I have since 2014, I’m getting ready to head to Quebec for the ECAN at the beautiful Deschambault MX facility. The ...

Matt Deroy has seen it all in this sport. From his early days as a racer in Quebec to being a championship-winning mechanic, to now overseeing the KTM Canada Red Bull Race Team with three title-contending riders. Yes, Matt brings much experience to his role as Team Manager of the KTM Canada Red Bull Race Team and loves every minute ...

Last week our Matrix Concepts Pit Tour took us to the MX101 Yamaha pit and Shawn Maffenbeier’s YZ450F Well, this time around, we headed over to the TLD/GASGAS/SSR Team to profile Daniel Elmore’s MC450F. Like most of the top riders in the Triple Crown Series, Elmore’s bike consists of parts that all of us can go out and purchase. However, ...

Heading into Round 5 of the 2023 Triple Crown Series at Sand Del Lee, everyone was excited, and it’s one of the most popular tracks on the circuit. Not only is the SDL facility close to our Nation’s Capitol, but with the solid layout and loamy sand soil, it gives the riders and teams a little bit of everything during ...

Derek Schuster and his Gopher Dunes crew had the track and facility in great shape last weekend. Photo by James Lissimore MXP: Hey Newf! It was a big weekend at Gopher Dunes as the Eastern swing of the 2023 Triple Crown Series kick-off. First off, what are your thoughts on the weekend as a whole?RL: Big weekend is right. I ...

This was the first year that all of us Ferguson Sisters raced the Thor WMX West Series, and we were very excited about it. The youngest of us girls, Téa (pronounced Taya), joined the national ranks this year; this gave Kyle Thompson from the Triple Crown Series one more name to mispronounce. You can thank my mom for insisting on ...

It always amazes us how fast the summer goes by once the Triple Crown Series begins. Here we are on the eve of Round 5, and it’s time for another Matrix Concepts Canada Pit Tour. This week we’re looking at one of the cleanest-looking bikes in the paddock, Shawn Maffenbeier’s 2023 MX101/FXR Racing/Yamaha YZ450F. Kevin Tyler and his MX101 Yamaha ...