Sunday, October 03, 2010

Nick Wey wins the Supermotocross Monster Energy & Kaven Benoît shines among Quebec riders at the Olympic Stadium

American Nick Wey wins
the 33rd  running of the Supermotocross Monster Energy
Kaven Benoît shines among Quebec riders by winning the MX2 class

Montréal, October 2, 2010 - In front of a highly-charged crowd at the Olympic Stadium, veteran American Yamaha rider Nick Wey from Michigan won the 33rd running of the Supermotocross Monster Energy presented by Coors Light and Parts Canada/Thor held Saturday night in Montréal. Two other American riders, Teddy Maier and Troy Adams, both on Kawasakis finished second and third. But the MX2 finale really got the crowd on its feet as Quebec KTM rider Kaven Benoît won in spectacular fashion.


The featured class of the show, the MX1 category, started the evening off with two qualifying heat races. In the first heat, American rider Nick Wey led his Kawasaki first to the finish line ahead of fellow countryman and 2009 Supermotocross winner Jason Thomas (Suzuki) and Josh Demuth on a BMW. Simon Homans of Sherbrooke, Quebec also qualified his Honda for the main event finale finishing ninth. Matt Goerke (Yamaha) of Florida won the second qualifying heat ahead of 16-year-old Florida sensation Justin Starling (Honda) and New York rider Philip Nicoletti (KTM). Tim Tremblay from Lac Saint-Jean, QC finished fourth to move on to the evening finale.


The Endurocross class followed suit with American KTM rider Mike Brown quickest to negotiate the tough course to finish ahead of Kornel Nemeth (KTM) of Hungary and Bartosz Oblucki (Husqvarna) of Poland. Quebec rider Guy Giroux brought is Husqvarna home in fourth place.


The last chance MX1 qualifying heat race enabled Quebec rider Kaven Benoît (KTM) to shine as he led from the start to win with a seven-second lead. Marc-Antoine Généreux finished fourth. He also qualified his Kawasaki for the evening grand finale.


Following the MX1 last chance race, the ATV Quads took to the track for their two qualifying races with the first one going to Pennsylvania Can-Am rider John Natalie, while the second heat race was won by Quebec rider Jasmin Plante who crossed the finish line ahead of his long-time rival Richard Pelchat of Lévis, Québec. Later that night in the ATV feature race, Natalie prevailed ahead of Pelchat and American Cody Miller. First out of the blocks, Plante fell of his ride in the first corner of the race, but continued at the rear of the field. Bobby Desjardins (KTM) of Ferme-Neuve, QC finished fourth.


The first evening grand finale, a 12-lap race, opposed the 25 Canadian MX2 riders who had qualified earlier in the afternoon, and it was Kaven Benoît of Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil, QC who outclassed the field to win by a five-second margin over of Ontario rider Tyler Medaglia (Yamaha). Tim Tremblay, who ran second for a while, brought his Kawasaki home in third place.


At nine p.m., the Freestylers put on their circus act as the crowd cheered on their acrobatics. Charlie Pagès of France delighted the fans and won the 2010 contest ahead of local favorite Ben Milot of Yamachiche. Fans were also treated to the Double Back Flips performed by American Scott Murray.


The spectacular endurocross finale crowned 38-year old American veteran Mike Brown who continued his domination on the rest of the field. The Midwest rider crossed the finish line with a lead of 17 seconds ahead of Nemeth and Oblucki. Best Quebec rider in EX was Guy Giroux who finished 10th.


The highlight of the 33rd running of the Supermotocross Monster Energy featured the MX1 class, and the crowd enjoyed a three-way fight for first place between American riders: last year's winner Jason Thomas, Nick Wey, who won in 2004, and Josh Demuth who led several before falling back to sixth place at the finish. Wey eventually held off the late race assaults of Teddy Maier, who charged to the forefront from his sixth place at the beginning of the race, to win his second career Montreal Supermotocross. Troy Adams of Florida went by Thomas on the last lap of the race to finish third. Best Quebec rider in the evening finale was Kaven Benoît (winner in MX2) who came in a distant 19th in MX1.

Aside from the local professional NHL and CFL teams, the Supermotocross Monster Energy is the oldest running sporting event in Montreal. Since the launch of the event in 1977, it has been produced and staged annually except the year the Olympic Stadium was closed due to repairs. To date, more than 1.6 million spectators have crossed the turnstiles of the Olympic Stadium to watch more than 150 participants from Canada, the United States, and Europe, who each year accept the organizers invitation to compete in Montreal.



Information:
Normand Prieur
450 492-6963
nprieur@videotron.ca


You can get all the Supermotocross results at www.mylaps.com


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Saturday, October 02, 2010

Mother Nature cancels Sunday Open practice day at Walton Raceway

Walton Raceway is officially closed for 2010 ! Mother Nature sent a 45 mm deep hint earlier in the week and when we persisted in prepping for this Sunday she followed up with sustained showers for the last 6 hours. So I am taking the hint and calling it a season.

Thanks to everyone for your enthusiasm and patronage. With club races, ATVs, Truck mud bogs, CMRC regional MX and of course the TransCan we estimate  2010 attendance at over 50,000 day visits in total  - a record attendance and making Walton Raceway one of (if not THE ) the most popular destinations in Huron County!!

The staff are hard at work already planning for 2011 so don't hesitate to drop a line with suggestions for things you would like to see next year and look for some exciting announcements in the coming months.

Chris Lee
42852 Walton Road
Walton ON N0K 1Z0

519-887-6735
519-902-29146 (c)

www.waltonraceway.ca

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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Canadian Arenacross Champions 2010/2011- a NEW DIRECTION

After two decades of staging the Canadian Arenacross Championship the Hellam family namely Jamie and dad John, respective owners and operators of both Nex Trax Entertainment & Future West Promotions have been hard at work re jigging this year's Canadian Arenacross Championships.
 
For the past decade Chilliwack's Heritage Park has been the host venue for the majority of the rounds and will remain the annual site for the first two weekends of the series in November. After the success of last year's expansion of the series to Penticton for the final rounds of Canadian Arenacross Championships promoted by RGibbs Promotions it was decided by John and Jamie to further expand the series in 2010/11 to new venues and a wider range of spectators in more communities utilizing hockey and concert style venues, something Future West has done successfully for the past 14 years in the UK with the British Supercross Championship.
 
The first new venue will be the Canada Games Arena in Grande Prairie Alberta provisionally scheduled for the weekend of December 18th and 19th title sponsored by Wesco Testing and Wireline Inc. and West Range Oilfield Hauling Ltd. The second new venue will be the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre home of the AHL Abbotsford Heat and will run on the weekend of January 22. The Abbotsford event will be held on the same weekend as the annual Vancouver International Motorcycle Show which is held at the Abbotsford Tradex Exhibition facility just a short distance from the Entertainment and Sports Centre. Penticton is back on the schedule for this year's series on the weekend of February 25th and 26th.
 
Because of the travel distance to Grand Prairie there will be two championships to be decided this year. The existing Canadian Arenacross Championship will consist of all rounds of the series at all venues including Grande Prairie. The West Coast Arenacross Championship will consist of Chilliwack, Abbotsford and Penticton.
 
Nex Trax' Jamie Hellam had this to say, "Chilliwack Heritage Park is a very unique venue and will continue to be the home of the Canadian Arenacross Championship. After much deliberation we felt the time was right to expand the series to premiere venues across the West Coast. It's only fair that we bring the series to the faithful competitors that come from the Interior and Alberta along with the help of my dad John and his vast knowledge of dealing with and organizing events in these type of venues we are excited to be moving in this new direction." John Hellam added "It's good to be expanding into new areas and taking the sport to new audiences. We have a lot of experience in these type of venues and are more than ready for this challenge.
 
On sale dates, rider information and track rentals for the 2010/11 Canadian Arenacross Championship will be available in the coming weeks on www.arenacross.ca
 
Canadian Arenacross Championship (Schedule)
 
Chilliwack Heritage Park
Round 1 & 2 November 5th and 6th
Round 3 & 4 November 12th and 13th

Grande Prairie - Crystal Centre, Canada Games Arena
Round 5 & 6 December 17th and 18th

Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre (Bike Show Weekend)
Round 7 January 22nd (Saturday)

Penticton - South Okanagan Events Centre
Round 8 & 9 February 25th and 26th      

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16th Place finish for Team Canada at MX of Nations

Kyle Keast, Jeremy Medaglia, and Kaven Benoit did Canada proud at the Motocross of Nations in Thunder Valley, Colorado this past weekend, finishing 16th overall out of 31 countries entered.

 
While a 16th place finish may not look all too impressive on paper to the casual motocross fan, it was nonetheless a major accomplishment for Team Canada. In fact, just reaching the A main at a world motocross showdown like the MXoN is a feat in itself.

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Thursday, September 23, 2010

KTM Canada Announces Team Line Up for Montreal Supercross

UPDATE: Huron County Economic Development Strategy and Survey

Dear Huron County Industry/Business Organizations and Municipalities:

The development of the new Huron County Economic Development Opportunities Blueprint (EDOB) is progressing well and is on schedule.  Final drafts of the Strategy and Action Plan are anticipated to be completed by November/December 2010, with final approval in early 2011.

This strategy is being developed in close partnership with the Huron Business Development Corporation, as well as with considerable input from industry and municipal partners.  Phase 2 industry consultations/workshops began in May and continued into June and July with organizations such as the Huron Manufacturing Association, Huron County Federation of Agriculture, Huron Tourism Association, Huron Business Leaders Network, etc.  Meetings will all nine municipalities also occurred as part of this consultative process to ensure that local municipal opportunities and needs are addressed within the new Strategy and Action Plan.

In addition to special industry workshops, an on-line business survey was launched in July and targeted at County businesses through various business organizations and sector groups.  Telephone interviews were also conducted in July and August with key business and public sector contacts.  The last industry workshop occurred on September 15th with the Huron Business Leaders Network.

The on-line survey has been well received, with over 120 detailed responses to date.  The EDOB Action Team are closing this survey on October 1st.  If you and/or any of your members or contacts have not yet filled out this brief survey, we would encourage you do do so in the next week.

For the link to the survey please visit:

Additional information regarding the new Economic Development Strategy (Opportunities Blueprint) can be found at:

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. 

Once again, we appreciate your cooperation in this very important economic development initiative for the County and many thanks in advance for your participation!

As many individuals are involved with more than one organization, we apologize in advance if you receive this message more than once.

Yours truly,

Mike Pullen,
Senior Economic Development Officer
County of Huron
Economic Development Services
57 Napier Street
Goderich, ON  N7A 1W2
Phone: 519-524-8394 ext. 3
Fax: 519-524-5677

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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Eastern Canadian Enduro Championship & Overall Canadian Enduro Championship wrapup

   
    The second season of the Royal Distributing Canadian Enduro Championship prestented by Parts Canada is in the books.  Riders, organizers, and the media all agree it was another successful season.  This year there were over 30 pro and amateur riders who contested all 8 rounds with 9 provinces represented (BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick).
    On Sunday World Enduro Canada awarded the Inside MotoX & Offroad Magazine Eastern Canadian Enduro Championships as well the overall Canadian Enduro Championships.  Honda's Jason Schrage took home the #1 Pro plate, and the Kymco scooter that went with it.  Congratulations to all the riders who competed this year and to all of our Champions. 
    A special thank you goes out to all the sponsors who made this series possible.  Royal Distributing, Parts Canada, Honda, Yamaha, KTM, Husqvarna, Kymco, Rockstar, Rekluse, Steadymate, West Jet, Label It, Wiesner Insurance, Fullbore Marketing, Arai Helmets and Moose Racing.
    World Enduro Canada also wants to recognize and thank our great media partners.  Thanks to them our media exposure doubled this season.  Offroadmotorcycles.ca (over 150,000 page views since June!) Inside Motorcycles, MXP, Inside MotoX & Offroad Magazine, Offroadchampions.com and Toronto Star.
 

2010 Canadian Enduro Champions

Overall Top Pro – Jason Schrage (Alberta) - Honda

E1 – Jared Thomas (Alberta) – KTM

E2 – Jason Schrage (Alberta) – Honda

E3 – Geoff Nelson (BC) – KTM

Vet Pro – Jean Pellerin (Quebec) – KTM

A – Tyler Murray (BC) - Suzuki

B – Ben Riviere (Alberta) – KTM

C – Ty Mckenna (Alberta) – KTM

Vet – Barry Billings (Ontario) – KTM

Super Vet – Jean Marie Breau (New Brunswick) – KTM

Inside Motorcycles Top Pro Junior - Ryan Graffunder (BC) - Husqvarna

 

 

2010 Inside MotoX and Offroad Magazine Eastern Canadian Enduro Champions

A – Tyler Murray (BC) - Suzuki

B – Ben Riviere (Alberta) - KTM

C – Ty Mckenna (Alberta) - KTM

Vet – Rob Martin (Ontario) - KTM

Super Vet – Jean Marie Breau (New Brunswick) - KTM

 

Media available for Eastern Rounds -

 

Toronto Star - Parry Sound, ON coverage www.wheels.ca/newsFeatures/article/791792 

 

Sportmoteur - Labelle, QC  Coverage www.sportmoteur.ca/apps/blog/show/4821761-label-enduro-pour-labelle

 

Offroadmotorcycles.ca - coverage from both events www.offroadmotorcycles.ca   

For more information on World Enduro Canada or to be removed from this distribution list please contact us at info@worldendurocanada.com
 

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