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CMRC National Race Report

Calgary, Alberta July 8th

MX1 Round 5 / MX2 Round 3

It was perfect racing weather this weekend and the track was in great shape. The track featured lots of elevation changes, big jumps, and was rough with lots of ruts. Saturday practice went well, with “Norcal” setting the fastest lap in MX 1, ( http://www.racerxcanada.com/news/3576/calgary-practice-update/ ) while Brady was 8th in MX2.
There was some unfortunate timed qualifying confusion on Sunday with several of the top ten MX2 riders, Brady included. Obviously, everyone knows that there is no track cutting to improve lap times, and these riders took off on the first lap and took a short cut to avoid the pack, but were promptly black flagged and disqualifed from their qualifying session, and had to ride the LCQ to get into the main race. Even though the first lap does not count, they still enforced this rule, and Brady ended up having to start the first moto in the back row.
Even with a back row start, Brady moved quickly into the top 15 midway through the first lap, but the track was watered after the sighting lap, and Brady went down in a puddle. He remounted dead last in 40th and way back, completely covered in mud. He charged hard and about 4 laps from the end was already in 15th place, and it looked like he could possibly even get up near the top ten, but then he had another incident. On the far side of the track there is no track fencing or marking whatsoever, and there is a dangerous steep embankment that Brady went down while trying to make a pass. Him and his bike went off the edge and tumbled about 60 feet down the cliff, ending up stuck in the bushes. It took 5 track workers and a quad to pull it out. He was unhurt, but had to climb his way up like a rock climber! DNF for moto 1 and even worse, no points.
In moto 2, Brady had 39th gate pick way on the outside, but got a good jump and salvaged a mid pack start from way out there. On the first lap he came around in 18th, and moved up quickly and was 11th the next time by. He worked his way up to 9th and thats where he finished, good enough for 14th overall and that leaves him in 10th overall in the series with one round to go in Nanaimo this weekend.
For Jeff Northrop, the first moto was going well, and Jeff ran third ahead of series leader Paul Carpenter for about 20 minutes, then the bad luck struck and Jeff had to pull out with a flat front tire. Carpenter ended up second in that race, and Jeff was disappointed to miss out on what would have been another podium finish for sure.
Moto 2 went better, and Jeff raced hard in 5th place for much of the moto, and made a great effort to catch the 3rd and 4th place guys but couldn’t quite get it done, and ended the race in 6th, good enough for 14th overall. Jeff is a fan favourite and is a proven top 5 racer, and his quick wit keeps us all amused, even when things don’t go as well as they should.
Both riders are signing a lot of autographs, and giving away a lot of posters, stickers, and Denny’s coupons.
Now on the way home the Fun Mover broke down and is stuck in Kamloops with a broken tranny, so they may have to race out of a pickup this week in Nanaimo. Hopefully, the bad luck is over and we are hopeful for some good results this weekend.
Rick Sheren
President
Sixsixone/Mechanix Wear Canada
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