After seeing their winning streak come to an end at Round 5, Yamaha Red Bull Blackfoot Fox Racing’s Colton Facciotti and Tyler Medaglia rebounded at Round 6 of the Monster Energy Motocross Nationals in Ste-Julie, QC.

Facciotti demolished the MX1 class with yet another clean sweep while Medaglia nailed down the MX2 overall on the strength of 5-1 motos.

A hardpack Circuit de Ste-Julie track, blue skies, temperatures that hovered in the low 30s, and a stiff breeze were a welcome change from the deep sand and scorching heat and humidity that felled many a rider one week earlier at Gopher Dunes in Courtland, ON.   

In the first MX1 moto, Facciotti nailed down the holeshot and never looked back. By the third lap he had a 10 second lead on his teammate Dusty Klatt, who had followed Facciotti into turn one. By the end of the moto Facciotti had about 22 seconds on Klatt, who stayed in second the entire moto without being threatened for position.

Close behind were Rockstar Energy Troy Lee Designs OTSFF Suzuki’s Bobby Kiniry, Monster Energy Leading Edge Kawasaki’s Teddy Maier, Yamalube BlackfootDirect Yamaha’s Jared Allison and Maier’s teammate Matt Goerke.

By the halfway mark Facciotti and Klatt had a huge lead on the chase group, which included Maier in third, Goerke in fourth and Rock River MSR Yamaha’s Travis Sewell in fifth. Kiniry experienced bike problems early in the moto and finished outside of the points.

The biggest battle was for third place between Maier and Goerke. Goerke hounded Maier the entire moto, passed him with some three laps to go, and then lost the position back to Maier on the last lap.

Sewell sealed the top five, which coupled with an eighth place in moto two, also gave him fifth overall on the day.

The second MX1 moto holeshot went to defending champion Klatt with Goerke, Maier, Royal Distributing KTM’s Robby Marshall, Confused Clothing Bulldog Racing Kawasaki’s Kevin Urquhart, Facciotti and Kiniry in tow.

Klatt managed to stay up front for about 10 minutes while Facciotti picked off the riders in front of him. Although Klatt would briefly reclaim the lead around the halfway point, Facciotti was untouchable once he was back in the lead.

He finished about five seconds ahead of Klatt, who again finished runner-up, taking home second overall on the day.

Goerke ran in third for most of the moto, finishing in that spot just ahead of his teammate Maier. Thanks to 4-3 motos Goerke snared third overall on the day while Maier grabbed fourth overall on the strength of 3-4 motos.

Kiniry redeemed himself by finishing fifth in the moto, taking home some valuable points towards the title hunt.

The first MX2 moto holeshot went to Royal Distributing KTM’s Jeremy Medaglia, who was followed into turn one by Gopher Dunes Racing Suzuki’s Topher Ingalls, Moose Racing Kawasaki’s Jarred Williams, and Les Chuts Kawasaki’s Jonathan Parise.

Medaglia, who missed Round 5 due to injuries, was obviously on a mission to make up some ground on the other title contenders and led wire to wire. Unfortunately an early mechanical DNF in the second moto saw what could have been a great day go sour.

Meanwhile, the two leaders in the points chase, Tyler Medaglia and Royal Distributing KTM’s Kaven Benoit, were both faced with catch-up races. Benoit was caught up in a first turn crash and Medaglia went down for a soil sample early in the moto.

While Medaglia clawed his way into a fifth place finish, Benoit exited the stage with a mechanical issue.

At the flag it was Jeremy Medaglia, Topher Ingalls, who kept a persistent Monster Energy Leading Edge Kawasaki’s Tyler Sjoberg behind him for second; Sjoberg in third, followed by his teammate Austin Politelli in fourth, and Tyler Medaglia sealing the top five.

Sjoberg nailed the second moto holeshot but Benoit relieved him of the lead right after turn one. On the second lap, Tyler Medaglia, who started around fifth, took over the lead from Benoit and never looked back.

Most of the moto saw position changes behind the defending champ, which eventually saw Benoit latch onto second place, Sjoberg third, Ingalls fourth and Politelli fifth. With 3-3 motos Sjoberg recorded second overall on the day while Ingalls snared third overall.

Politelli took home fourth overall on the day, thanks to his 4-5 motos; Kini KTM’s Kieran Leigh sealed the top five overall on the strength of 6-6 motos.

In the Women’s Nationals, Taylor Miller again crushed the competition with two holeshots and a clean sweep. She led both motos wire to wire and was never threatened for position as she put a lot of real estate between herself and second place Kirsten MacDonald and third place Karly Pozdenkoff in the first moto.

McDonald saw a possible second overall podium finish go down the drain early in the second moto thanks to a get-off that dropped her back to a 17th place finish.

Morgan Gillis followed Miller across the finish line in moto two for second place with Naydeen Lothian in third. Thanks to fourth place finish in moto one, Gillis recorded second overall on the day while Pozdenkoff claimed third overall on the day on the strength of 3-5 motos.