Courtesy: CMRC Head Office

The final round of the western swing of the 2010 Monster Energy CMRC Canadian Motocross Nationals took place this weekend at Shadow Valley Raceway in Morden, Manitoba and despite persistent forecasts for rain, the team was treated to sunny weather and they capitalized on it, finishing first and second in the MX2 class.

The first MX2 moto started out well for the team, as Shawn Rife grabbed his third straight holeshot, leading his teammates, Spencer Knowles and Teddy Maier across the line. The Leading Edge trio rode strongly together at the front of the pack during the opening laps of the race. Rife went to work, opening up a lead and leading every lap en route to his second moto victory of the season, while his teammate Maier engaged in a battle with points leader, Tyler Medaglia, before eventually conceding the position to maintain another podium spot with a third place finish. Unfortunately for Knowles, while running fourth he miss-timed a jump and was launched off the track suffering a broken brake lever that forced him to retire from the race. He would regroup though to race a strong second moto.

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Written by CMRC Head Office Wednesday, 23 June 2010 15:41

The unique location at Wild Rose MX Park in the heart of Calgary presented riders and fans with a spectacular view of the city skyscrapers.  Monster Energy Cernic's Kawasaki rider Josh Demuth rode to a third place overall in the CMRC Monster Energy Canadian Motocross Nationals and Troy Adams finished sixteenth after a hard fall in the first moto.

In the first MX1 Moto, Adams came around the first turn in fifth while Demuth was stuck around tenth position.  Once again, Demuth impressed everyone in attendance with his charge through the pack eventually finding himself in fourth with Adams following right behind in fifth. However, towards the middle of the moto Adams took a fall in a high speed corner and could not immediately remount his bike.

The Monster Energy Leading Edge Kawasaki team finished off the Alberta swing of the 2010 CMRC Canadian National Motocross season as the series made a stop at Calgary's Wild Rose Raceway. The unique facility, which rests in the heart of the city, had endured a lot of rain coming into the weekend but the sun came out for the weekend and the track was in prime shape by race day.

After winning last weekend in Edmonton, the team was looking to keep the momentum rolling as reigning MX2 Champion, Teddy Maier, battled to regain the points he lost at the opening round at Kamloops. Qualifying went well as all three MX2 riders qualified in the top five in times, with Maier qualifying second, Shawn Rife third and Spencer Knowles fifth, respectively. Meanwhile, in the MX1 class, Brock Hoyer qualified with the ninth quickest lap time.

Tofino was served up a massive dish of good times yet again at Cox Bay, as the Rip Curl Stew rolled in for the 4th annual competition and celebrations.

With a packed beach, amazing music under the Monster tent and a surprise VIP cameo by T.J. Schiller the Rip Curl Stew reached new heights. Something was in the air for Noah Cohen, Keegan Varney and Simon Bauer, as these athletes were feeling the wrath of some sort of virus (Noah & Keegan had just gotten back from a trip to Indo with no time to recover before the Stew) which put them out of the finals.

Despite their results, these phenoms earned high-scale kudos for putting forth strong effort through the turmoil and still surfing.