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This week The Canadian Rockstar Energy Drink Motocross National series makes its way to Atlantic Canada. For the next two weeks the traveling circus will be stationed in the beautiful Maritimes. The race this week takes place at the Pleasant Valley Motorsports Park facility located in Brookfield, Nova-Scotia. We'll be stepping away from the sand and onto a loamy soil that gets rougher and rougher as the day progresses. The Pleasant Valley race track is fast and technical with off cambered corners. Last year's start was a short and tight left hand turn. This year the track crew have change it up so that the start straight will provide a long sweeping turn. They've also added a couple of new jumps.
Bad News out of the Benoit camp. Kaven Benoit had a big crash last weekend at his home race of MX Bon-Conseil. He suffered a couple of injuries and after getting checked out at the hospital it was determined that he lacerated his liver in the crash. As a result of his injuries Kaven Benoit will now be sitting out the rest of the Canadian Nationals and will turn his attention on getting healthy and getting ready for the 2018 season.
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Live Timing: http://www.mxnationals.ca/live-results/
Series Points Standings After 6 of 10 Rounds
MX1/450
1- Matt Goerke (USA) YAM 316 pts.
2- Christophe Pourcel (FRA) HSQ 308 pts.
3- Colton Facciotti (CAN) HON 288 pts.
4- Mike Alessi (USA) KAW 269 pts.
5- Tyler Medaglia (CAN) HON 267 pts.
6- Dillan Epstein (USA) KAW 249 pts.
7- Cade Clason (USA) KTM 213 pts.
8- Kyle Chisholm (USA) HON 210 pts.
9- Tim Tremblay (CAN) YAM 195 pts.
10- Nathan Bles(CAN) HON 162 pts.
MX2/250
1- Cole Thompson (CAN) KTM 298 pts.
2- Shawn Maffenbeier (CAN) YAM 296 pts.
3- Josh Osby (USA) KTM 289 pts
4- Ryan Surratt (USA) KAW 258 pts.
5- Dylan Wright (CAN) HON 245 pts.
6- Casey Keast (CAN) YAM 198 pts.
7- Jacob Hayes (USA) KAW 186 pts.
8- Davey Fraser (CAN) HSQ 181 pts.
9- Hayden Halstead (CAN) YAM 176 pts.
10- Jess Pettis (CAN) YAM 148 pts.
After having a 40 point lead in the MX2/250 championship Cole Thompson now enters round 7 with a measly 2 point lead over Shawn Maffenbeier after crashing and dislocating his throttle hand thumb twice last weekend. In the MX1/450 class Christophe Pourcel managed to make up a single point on Matt Goerke and despite having only 1 overall win this season Goerke now leads the championship by 8 points.
Weather: Calling for sun and a high of 23°C/74°F.
Pleasant Valley Motorsports Park
If you're a fan of Canadian Motocross and would like to support Team Canada get to England for the Motocross Des Nations race you can do so by purchasing a raffle ticket. Tickets are 50$ each. Great prizes to be won each month (9 total) with 3 grand prizes. Monthly prize winners are still eligible for the grand prize draws.
Tickets available here: https://rafflecreator.com/pages/15213/2017-team-canada-raffle
Grand Prizes
1st- Trip for 2 MXON 2017 Matterley Basin, England
Prize pack includes the following: Flights, Accommodation, Team Jackets, Pit Shirts and flags, 2 Weekend Passes including Pit Passes for the event.
Value: $5000.00
2nd- Honda CRF125F
3rd- Fox Head Canada Prize Pack (helmet, jersey,pants, gloves, boots)
Prize pack includes the following: Fox Helmet, Fox Instinct Boots, 2 sets of Fox Gear (Jersey, Pants and Gloves)
Value: $1800.00
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