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Here's a list of other riders that are coming up north this summer.
Carlen Gardner (MX2), Kyle Swanson (MX1) & Lane Staley (MX1) will all be riding for the PR-MX Strikt Pelletier Kawasaki Team.
Nolan Heppner (MX2) on Yamaha: Racing the western rounds and might go east.
Australian Geran Stapleton (MX2) on Honda.
Marky Worth (MX2) on Yamaha: Racing the western rounds and might go east.
Mike Brown (MX1) on Husqvarna: Plans to be at the first two nationals.
Austin Politelli (MX1) on Yamaha: Racing the first 4 nationals and might go east.
Alex Ray, Heath Harrison & Jason Brooks to race select nationals once the series heads east.
Carlen Gardner (MX2), Kyle Swanson (MX1) & Lane Staley (MX1) will all be riding for the PR-MX Strikt Pelletier Kawasaki Team.
Nolan Heppner (MX2) on Yamaha: Racing the western rounds and might go east.
Australian Geran Stapleton (MX2) on Honda.
Marky Worth (MX2) on Yamaha: Racing the western rounds and might go east.
Mike Brown (MX1) on Husqvarna: Plans to be at the first two nationals.
Austin Politelli (MX1) on Yamaha: Racing the first 4 nationals and might go east.
Alex Ray, Heath Harrison & Jason Brooks to race select nationals once the series heads east.
Win a 250 moto and you get almost $300 USD
but they will take US$ at par for registration per event @ $85 pre or $100 post
The Shop
That's far less payout than just racing local races.
Edit: Sorry, I should clarify. The actual numbers don't make me smile, the tongue-in-cheek response made me smile.
Is that the mystery bonus? Gutted if you came in 23rd.
Sure we might not have the biggest payouts in the sport and only a couple of guys can make a living at it in Canada but have you stopped to think for a minute why more people are choosing to come up here than staying south.
Starting the series on the west coast and going east once is just one thing that comes to mind. Privateers have limited funds and crossing the country once saves them a bunch of money.
Getting in the top 10 or close to it is better than fighting at the back of the pack down south. What looks better on a resume a 12th or a 28th.
I've even heard people saying they keep coming back each year simply for the fact of how laid back the series is. There's no wait time or timed autographed sessions. The riders are accessible all day long. After the race simply head to the pits give them a couple minutes to recover and they'll gladly sign an autograph and talk for a couple minutes. I'm way passed the autograph thing but if you have kids this is big for them.
We also have some pretty great tracks.
I don't personally drink coffee but apparently Tim Hortons is a perk to have for some of the guys.
The series isn't perfect but they've come a long way with it. We're not on the same level as down south or the MXGP's but it could be argued that it's the 3rd biggest pro series in the sport. For a country that is frozen most of the year and the fact that there's more people living in California than all of Canada I think we're doing alright.
Pit Row
Do you know what the story is behind it all? Rich family? Sideline?
Just interested. Always cool to have more people come up and race our series. Makes it more entertaining to watch.
Everyone races for different reasons and for some the payouts are irrelevant compared to the life experience you get to have. Life is all about experiences/making memories and what better way to see an entire country while racing dirt bikes all summer and making friends along the way.
FXR have made big strides in terms of design and are making a big push in marketing. Some of their stuff looks really good. They dominate the gear market in snocross but looks like they are trying to grab some shares of the moto market.
They've been around for a pretty long time. I've never worn their gear because frankly it didn't look that good when I was riding but I'd definitely wear the stuff they have out now. How do you like it? Does it compare to the other big name brands out there? What about the fit and durability?
Out of curiosity have you looked at the tags to see where it's made? Canada? China? Taiwan? It would surprise me a lot if it was made here in Canada.
Not sure if you are aware but if you would like to let your friends/family/fans know that they can follow your racing up north this season they can watch the races live. All you need to do is download the free Conx2share app on your phone, create an account and follow the racing all summer long. It's available for iOS and Android. They can watch on their phone, tablet or laptop/desktop.
Last year was the first time that feature was available so there was a few hiccups with the system but overall it wasn't that bad. Apparently they made some improvements to the platform so hopefully it'll be even better this year. It's free so you can't complain. Personally I wish they would switch things over to the Livestream.com platform as I think it's a better system. I watched snocross all winter on Livestream.com and the stream never had any issues.
Anyways you can download the Conx2share app on the App Store or Google Play store.
https://www.conx2share.com/
I'll have updated pics in a bit. Going to see my race bike now it just got off the dyno
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