SteelCityRider at Gopher Dunes

This past Sunday, the SteelCityRiders raced at GopherDunes .

These races are a little different for me; my family races at this club.

I have a brother-in-law, two nieces and a nephew that race so I tend to watch more than take pictures.

SCR is not as big as some clubs, which creates a small family atmosphere between riders and families.

I try to help out as much as I can with pictures and flagging when needed.

One thing different about this club is a member must do a work day sometime through the MX season, which could include flagging or working the start gate.

Friends and family usually help if a rider misses a round or two and need to race that day.

I only got to see the first motos because I had to work later.

The 65cc class had a cool race with three riders fighting for first and at one point the first place rider, Zackery Ethridge, looped out and fell to third only to come back on the last lap to win.

The Vet Master class had a good battle between Jamie McCollum and Jason McAlpine. The two were racing hard when Jamie washed out in a corner on the last lap and took Jason down with him.

Jason got first on his KTM and beat Jamie to the finish.

The Pro division had a fast group with Pete Venczel, the #1 guy being chased by a handfull of fast riders.

One of the funny things that happened that didn't looked funny was Dakota Beamer on the ground in pain.

It turned out he might have landed the big table without his foot on the pegs and might be singing soprano the rest of the week lol.

SCR next race is at Grand Bend Motorplex this weekend.

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50a rider Jake Gallea 2nd in points using some

body English to get around the corner.

50a rider Travis Nederpelt 1-1 on Sunday.

50b rider Nathan Murray looks fast jumping,

going straight looks like a little bullet.

65a rider Zackery Ethridge went 1-1 in both moto's

Brett Husak getting Holeshooooot!

Kyle Vigar went 1-1 in GP Junior.

Jason McAlpine looking fast on his new KTM.

#415 Jamie McCollum and #626 Jason McAlpine

Vet Master racers had a good battle until

two corners later they both went down.

Points leader in 85a was fast all day!

Pro race start.

Chris Holland went 1-1 in Pro race.

115 Risi George chasing down Alex Nelles.

Derek Knatko #75 looking to get by Brett Husak.

Matt Phelps went 1-1 in 85b

Shelden Litwiller went 1-1 in 85a

Justin Beam now knows what it means when

GopherDunes will eat you up!

He was OK

CMRC ANQ Motopark

This past Sunday I made the trip up to Motopark for the CMRC ANQ.
The place was packed full of riders; pretty sure the horses thought they would have to move out.

The track was in great shape and thanks to the new topsoil they put in a few sections, the track held up very well.

The Pro races were fun to watch. Kyle Keast won them but got a good challenge from Liam O'farrell, who had his TM ride running much better than at Gopher Dunes.

I met rider, Dan Miller, who had just came back after eight years off and looked like he was having a fun day. After I left, he had crashed, cracked his skull and temporarily lost vision in one eye. I hope he gets better and heals up.

I have to rant a little about "flaggers". I know 95 percent of them do a great job but some shouldn't do it. I have seen at different tracks flaggers using the flag as a blanket or sitting with their backs to the track and too into each other instead watching the riders. It frustrates the hell out of me. I spend most of the day out on the track and have given a couple of them my 2 cents worth. I wear a yellow or orange shirt when I am out shooting just in case a rider goes down. I can alert other riders to the problem. There are four things you need to be a flagger: 1) a chair 2) an umbrella 3) a cooler with drinks, and 4) common sense. Not sure if there's a minimum age for doing that job.

Wish I was going to Sand Del Lee this weekend. The track is cool and fun to shoot at.

I’ll be at Gopher Dunes with my family for the SCR race on the big track.

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Motopark has  great spots to watch races from ,including

motohotel and restaurant.

Full gate starts were insane to watch.

Hayden Halstead won MX2 Int. on his 2 stroke.

The "Dozers" eyes have more determination it looks

like this year.

Vet Master had a good race between Ryan Gauld

and Chuck Mesley .

The 107 won!

Dan Miller heal up!

85cc Winner Duncan McLeod.

Jack of all trades including pro photographer

Brett Lee

Liam O'Farrell asking Kyle Keast if he wants

to go to Tim Horton's .....Ok your buying lol.

These two were stuck together most of the race.

76 Zeb Dennis ans 37 Richard Grey

Roost dosn't always do the body good!

When trying to avoid another rider look for something soft

like Cody Imbeault did.

Start of the ladies race.

Chris Pomeroy was rocking the SCOTT gear

on his Honda.

Ryan Lockhart aka "Newf" think he

knows product name placement.