As a fellow Canadian it's some cool to see one of our guys mixing it up with the best lites riders in the world. Coming from a country where outdoor racing is all we really do it is awesome to see how comfortable he has adapted with very little experience in SX.
He's got the jitters of leading a heat race over with...look out for him getting a good start in the main and I think you could see him up around 5th-7th before the end of the year.
I could be mistaken but I think Darcey Lange and Cole Thompson have been the only Canadians to ever get on a true factory US team. Lange with PC and Thompson I believe with Rockstar KTM years ago. Could the US teams have their eyes on Pettis and possibly deteriorate him from the Canada racing scene?