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The Olympics of Motorcycling, the 62nd annual Motocross of Nations, takes place at Donington Park, Great Britain, September 27-28, 2008.
The Canadian Motorcycle Association has announced a Team made up of the young upcoming stars of Canadian Motocross.
Riding the #28 in the premiere MX1 class will be Aldergrove B.C. native Colton Facciotti. The 20 year old, who rides for the Calgary based Toyota Yamaha Blackfoot Fox Racing Team, is the current MX1 Canadian National Champion.
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Ride Concepts Inc. is now offering engine services!! Ride Concepts is a Canadian-based world renound MX suspension shop. We are proud to be 100% Canadian !! and we are located in the center of Canada.
Note: www.rideconcepts.ca
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The largest Motocross event on the World Calendar returns to Great Britain in 2008. The 62nd annual Motocross of Nations will take place at Donington Park, September 27-28.
The Canadian Motorcycle Association had made a commitment to re-build with its youngest team in history. This has resulted in the naming of the following riders.
Riding the #28 Yamaha in MX1 will be Aldergrove B.C. native Colton Facciotti. The 20 year old, who rides for the Calgary based Toyota Yamaha Blackfootdirect.com team, was teh top Canadian in last years National Series and is currently second overall in MX1 in 2008.
The MX2 class will feature the #29 Suzuki of Tyler Medaglia. The 21 year old Medaglia, a resident of Ottawa, Ont. is the sensation of this years National Series and is currently leading the MX1 class. Medaglia rides for Vaughn, Ont. based OTSFF Motorsport.
Riding for Canada in MX3 will be the #30 Kawasaki of Dusty Klatt. The 23 year old from Campbell River B. C. was the #1 rider in Canada in 2006 and is just coming off a season of racing in the U.S. Klatt is currently 3rd in the MX1 class. He rides for U.S. based Cernics Kawasaki.
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Yamaha Monster Motocross Team's Josh Coppins returned to the podium with second position overall at an overcast St Jean d'Angely for the Grand Prix of France and the seventh event of fifteen in the 2008 FIM MX1-GP World Championship. Team-mate and series leader on the works YZ450FM, David Philippaerts, had a tough and unlucky day in front of 30,000 spectators and did not finish the second race to place 18th overall.
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The event will be held in Great Britain September 28, 2008. The location is Donington Park, located near Derby in East Midlands. Derby is approx. 2 hours drive from Heathrow Airport and our current plans are to fly to Heathrow and travel to Derby in rented vehicles.
The team will depart for Great Britain September 23 and return September 29. A practice at a local track will be arranged for September 25.
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Yamaha Monster Motocross Team's David Philippaerts was not able to win his home Grand Prix at a wet Mantova circuit but certainly captured the admiration and attention of the 29,000 spectators with a captivating flight from last position to fifth spot in the first moto. The performance on his YZ450FM was backed-up by a strong second place in the following race to allow the series leader to tread the third step of the podium and increase his advantage in the standings even further. Josh Coppins was content with sixth position overall.
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The burly man looked tough a nails, built like the proverbial brick outhouse and strong enough to fell large trees with his bare hands. Yet as he stood next to the fence, he was a bundle of nerves, and whatever he was watching was making him nervous and meek as a mouse. A quick glance at the flag protruding from his back pocket provided a clue. The Black, White and Blue revealed him to be an Estonian, one of the diehard fans that travel the world's motocross tracks to follow their heroes. His nervous disposition arose form the fact that Tanel Leok, the Estonian Express, was involved in a fierce on-track battle with world champion Steve Ramon.
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The weeks leading up the the first GP of the 2008 motocross world championship season have been agonizingly frustrating for Tanel Leok. The Estonian Express was on a mental high coming into the season, and his speed was right where it left off at the end of 2007, which means blazingly fast. A thundering crash at the international event in Valence left him with a shoulder injury, sidelining him for more than a month. Tanel then had to play the fine balancing act known to sportsmen (and particularly so motorcycle racers) the world over. On the one hand the injury has to heal and loading the shoulder too early could aggravate the situation, on the other hand he has to achieve race fitness before the first world championship event.
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Yamaha's Chad Reed got back to winning ways with his seventh victory of the 2008 AMA Monster Energy Supercross championship in Toronto last weekend. The Australian reengaged his title quest to claim the twelfth round of the campaign and lead the series by 20 points with just five events remaining.
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2008 FIM Red Bull Motocross of Nations - Donington Park, England
Courtesy Youthstream / FIM : Following the cancellation of the location Moneyglass Demesne due to lack of infrastructure and improvement to the venue, Youthstream and Donington Park found an agreement for the organization of the 2008 FIM Red Bull Motocross of Nations.
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With Northern Ireland due to stage a number of major events including the World Police and Fire Service Games in 2013, Mr Poots said they wanted to ensure those could still go ahead. However it is not known if this includes the Motocross des Nation which is due to staged in September 2008.
Note: http://motocross.ie/
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As November the 3rd and the first round of the Future West ACU British Supercross Championship draws ever closer, the impressive world class rider line-up will see the addition of another Canuck to the line up. Doug Dehaan of Ontario, Canada who rode for the Butler Brother's US Supercross/Motocros team in 2007 will be racing aboard a PAR Homes Honda at the opening round of the Future West ACU British Supercross Championships. Dougy D will be replacing fellow Canadian Brady Sheren who broke his wrist last weekend testing and preparing for Sheffield. Sheren will be out for at least 6 weeks but will be back in time for Anaheim 1 in January.
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Suter Racing is looking for a Motocross mechanic starting in January for the year. Successful candidate need not be licensed, but well versed in all aspects of modern MX bike maintenance. Will be responsible for approx. 8 MX bikes used for testing. Apartment will be provided. A great opportunity for a young person that wants to see Europe. Respond to joe@superiorsettings.com
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Yamaha Motocross Team’s Joshua Coppins experienced a very unlucky race weekend at Round 11 of the MX1 World Championship held at Loket (CZ). He scored two DNF’s and sustained an injury to his left shoulder when he crashed in the second moto. Although first examinations did not reveal any fractures, a MRI scan yesterday discovered a small crack in the neck of his glenoid, a part of the shoulder blade.
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When the MAXXIS FIM World Enduro Championship rolled into beautiful Parry Sound July 28, Suzuki OTSFF’s Guy Giroux was eager to take on the challenge.
Different than the FMSQ Endurocross series, the Maxxis FIM World Enduro Championship utilizes three special tests per 65 km off-road trail loop. Each loop is repeated three times, and all special test times are combined to determine the winner. Each test is timed to 100th of a second, and even the smallest mistake can make the difference between podium and ‘also-ran’ status.
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