JUNE 15, 2008
Brett Dailey
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After finishing 11th in the second moto in Texas last weekend, Monster Energy's Tucker Hibbert crossed the border into Canada and swept Morden's MX2 class with a 1-1. KTM's Eric Nye was third overall but still enjoys a commanding 29 point lead in the series. Aaron Harvey, Jeremy Medaglia and Kyle Beaton are all tied for second in the standings with 93 points. | |
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MX2 Overall |
MX2 Points |
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1. Hibbert 1-1 |
1 Eric Nye 122 |
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Team Toyota Yamaha Blackfoot Fox Racing's Colton Facciotti won Round 3 in Morden, Manitoba with a perfect 1-1. He's now in third overall with 100 points despite missing Round 2 with a fractured collarbone! Suzuki OTSFF Rockstar's Tyler Medaglia still leads the championship with 132 points over Monster Energy Cernic's Kawasaki's Dusty Klatt. | |
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MX1 Overall |
MX1 Points |
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1. Facciotti 1-1 |
1 Tyler Medaglia 129 |
-- Kyle Beaton holeshot followed by Tucker Hibbert, Jeremy Medaglia and Aron Harvey. There was a great battle early in the moto for the top three positions, with Beaton fighting to hold off Harvey, Hibbert and Medaglia. Hibbert eventually worked his way into the lead on lap four, passing Beets and Harvey over the big step-down. Hibbert took off for the win, with Medaglia working his way into second, Harvey taking third, and Beets holding on for fourth. There was a big first turn pile involving Teddy Maier, Joey Leadbeater, PJ Stratton and Ryan Millar. Maier worked his way up to 14th, but was left with a deep gash on his arm. He will probably get stitches and should be back for moto two. Maier's Leading Edge teammate, Nick Evennou, was running in third early on, but his bike started acting up and he dropped back 16th. Kerim Fitz-gerald gets the hard charger award, going from around 15th to 7th.
MX 2 Moto 2 notes:
-- Local hotshoe, Ryan Millar, grabbed the holeshot in moto 2 with Nick Evennou in tow. Evennou led the early going but DNF'd with an electrical failure. Tucker Hibbert took the lead and the second moto win, making it a clean sweep for the snowcross ace. Eric Nye grabbed second over Blackfoot's Aron Harvey and extended his points lead in the MX2 Championship.
MX1 Moto 1 notes:
-- Simon Homans grabbed the holeshot in MX1 moto 1. Cooke went down hard on lap 2 and hit his head and bent his bike up. He pulled back on for the final laps. Keast crashed while chasing Medaglia. Gibson went down on lap one. Tremblay crashed at the halfway mark.
MX1 Moto 2 notes:
-- Jimmy Nelson holeshot. Tyler Medaglia was leading for the early going. Facciotti caught him and they had a battle going for a little bit but once Facciotti got into the lead he gapped Medaglia quickly. Morgan caught and passed Nelson, to grab third place. Keast was running 5th but got a flat tire with four laps to go and dropped to 14th. Burke was all over Gibson at the finish, Cooke came from near last place to 9th. Klatt was running third but crashed twice, finishing 7th.




















