MAY 16, 2008
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Shadow Valley Raceway in Morden played host to round three of the Motovan Spring Provincial Championship. It was only fitting on Mothers Day that Mother Nature finally shined on a 2008 MMA race with near seasonal temperatures. |
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Report and photos by Doug Engstrom |
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An off-season visit to MTF seems to have paid off for Justin Gevoga. The Junior rider has picked up his speed greatly over last season and was rewarded with a victory in the MX-2 Junior Main in Morden. |
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The 25+ class has seen some great battles this season. Corey Parent put in a perfect day to take the overall ahead of Johnnie Unrau and Luke Mcfadden. |
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Stefani Blaquiere is running the tables to this point in the season in the Little Ladies class. |
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Stacy Groening grabbed the second step on the box in the Vet Junior class. |
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Second year Pro Tim Lavoie (166) has picked up the pace in 2008. Lavoie left Morden with a pair of top five finishes in the MX-2 Pro and Youth classes. |
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Kim Houde returned to the top of the podium in the 40+ class this week with a 1-1 day. Houde also picked up second overall in the Vet Master class. |
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Hunter Teichrib made a very rare MMA appearance in Morden. Teichrib took the 65cc 7-9 class overall with 1-1 finishes, while a 2-2 day was good for second overall in the 85cc 7-11 class. |
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Jason Friesen returned to the ATV Pro class and left with another overall. |
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Russ Suderman took the MX-1 overall and finished second in the Youth B Main. |
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Former Provincial Champ Charity Schmidt has returned after taking a one year hiatus to focus on a new business interest. Schmidt rode a pair of third place moto finishes to third overall in the Ladies class. |
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Perhaps waiting to be sculpted by Rodin, Stuart Brincheski adopts his best “thinker” pose. The first year Intermediate obviously thought his way around the track on this day with a second overall in the MX-2 Intermediate class behind class favorite Ryan Millar. |
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Noah Robinson had to be smiling with a podium appearance with third overall in the 50cc 7-8 class to go along with a pair of top ten finishes in his first ever race in the 65cc 7-9 class. |
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Enns Agri Yamaha rider Josh Shiskoski sports a little personal reminder on his chest protector of his get off in the second MX-2 Pro moto. Fortunately the MX-1 class ended on a better note where his 2-6 finishes landed him on the third step on the box behind the Westside Honda of Adam Pfeiffer and the Transcanada Motorsports Kawasaki of Josh Penner. |
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With second place in the Supermini main on the line Coard Allard came out on top of the battle of the day with Brayden Foster. |
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New kid on the block? Danton Rach made his first appearance at an MMA event and won an MX-2 Beginner moto while finishing second overall. |
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With a grenaded bearing in his 450, Kurtis Ross arrived minutes before practice with a borrowed bike. Blue must agree with Ross as he took his first overall in the MX-1 Beginner class. |
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Brett Foster tries to put a little show into his jumps for the fans on his way to third overall in the 65cc 10-12 class. |
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The third step on the box is also where Kyle Cyr found himself at the end of the day in the MX-1 Intermediate class. |
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Dylan Wiebe was top thumper in the 85cc 12-16 class with second overall. |
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See you at the races… |
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This season's Manitoba Motocross reports are brought to you by: Motovan, Quadivator, Greg's Custom, Capitol Motosports, Headingley Sport Shop, CTi, Morden Motorsports, |
