By Brett Dailey

Another great show! Marc Travers and Ryan Gauld talk with Heidi Cooke, Jeremy Medaglia, Jeff Northrop and other guests. Here are some highlights from show #7 for your reading pleasure.

“Right now, in England, we’re huge buddy. We’re rockstars.”
Ryan Gauld on some fanatical CMR fans from England

“Has he missed a round in like 15 years? [Laughs]”
Gauld on Julian Cerny missing the Nanaimo round when he welcomed a baby boy

“One thing that was so impressive was, they had more flaggers on that track than any track I’ve ever seen, for one, which was spectacular. Second thing was that every one of the flaggers out there was wearing an Alberta Old Timers yellow t-shirt. So they stuck out like sore thumbs and the riders were commenting about when they were coming around corners they could see flaggers everywhere. And you know what it’s like to be a rider … how that makes you feel, it makes you feel a lot safer, makes you feel more aggressive because you’re not worried about whether or not there’s somebody on that jump face. And the fact that it was the club, putting their time and efforts in—those guys busted their humps.”
Marc Travers on the Alberta Old Timers Motocross Association handling the flagging duties at the Edmonton national

“When they went out for a parade lap, Zoli Berenyi, Sr. went out, and there’s actually a picture on Racer X Canada, on the Edmonton photo report, and he was out there in his old gear on a new Suzuki, and did a full lap and the crowd.… I’m telling you, he was going by the grandstands and the crowd was going crazy.”
Travers on Canadian motocross legend, Zoli Berenyi, Sr., who is over 70 years old, going out for the parade lap

“His son kicked my ass that weekend and he was 41 years old. I was 19, and I’m like, ‘This guy’s got nothing on me.’”
Ryan Gauld on getting beat by Zoli Berenyi, Jr. at Antler Lake in 1997

“There are still some great battles, some great bragging rights battling going on. And then, of course, the Medaglia brothers coming home, Keast loves the sand, and then you’ve got Lockhart and Cooke with the Moncton thing, so you’ve got a lot of home field advantage coming up here too.”
Gauld on the title battles developing as the series moves back East.

“Oh, I had a problem … but I was called out on it so then I had to do it. Mitchell was calling me a wimp and a chicken. And I knew Jacqueline would do the jumps so I had no choice.”
Heidi Cooke on stepping up and jumping the tough sections at Edmonton

“She’s getting arm pump probably because her arms are getting hot as she’s pulling the buns out of the oven. You’ve got no blood flowing; it’s too hot right now.”
Gauld on Heidi’s arm pump problem. Heidi works at the family bakery in Brookfield, Nova Scotia

“It isn’t ever going to be me. I hate those things.”
Cooke on who will be the first female rider to race a 450 at a Canadian women’s national

“Can you deliver them in a bikini, Heidi?”
Gauld on Cooke delivering two of Brookfield Bakery’s top products to the Moncton National: cinnamon biscuits and date turnovers

“I’ll drop them off at the off ramp.”
Brian Koster on returning some DVDs to Gauld

“I thought it was great. The morning was perfect. They had it tilled, watered, everything was nice. I was really surprised at how all the lines developed. I thought it might be a little one lined but no way, it was three or four ruts throughout the whole track, every corner, off the jumps. They had some pretty big jumps for the spectators so I think it was really well done and a good track to put on the circuit for sure.”
Jeremy Medaglia on the Edmonton national

“At the beginning of the year I like to set one major goal that I am trying to accomplish. This year I wanted to get on the podium for an overall [championship] finish and it’s not too far out of reach…. Right now my goals are really just to keep riding safe and smart and I really just want to get a win out of this and I’m just going to keep pushing until I get that.”
Medaglia on his goals for the season

“I love it. That was my goal last year when I came up and privateered it a little bit—was to get on a team and I like the whole series. I like being in for the long run. I feel like I’m a good, consistent guy, always up there, and I know it pays off down the road. Tracks have been good. I’d never been to Gopher or Ste-Julie—those tracks were awesome. Edmonton was cool this weekend and I like it. I like riding the big bike and I like the long series, it’s better for me, I believe.”
Jeff Northrop on racing in Canada

“Definitely not, because I went into this series, in the beginning, like I wanted to win. That was my ultimate goal and if not, top three.”
Northrop on whether he would be happy finishing the series where he is currently, with the #5 plate.

“I’ve been racing for years and I’m not the one to start or initiate something but I’m definitely there to give it back and I gave it back to him again in the second moto in Regina just to show him that, Hey if you want to play that way, I’m going to play the same.”
Northrop on his heated battles with Tyler Medaglia

“We might take the weekend off; we’re thinking about going to hit some water slides. I haven’t done that since like the eighth grade or something. [Laughs]”
Northrop on his plans for the off weekend

If you missed the show, or just want to confirm that Northrop really said, "we’re thinking about going to hit some water slides" you can listen to the archive right here.