Multi-time Canadian Enduro Champion, Corduroy Champion and International Six Days Enduro medalist Patrick Beaule set a new record for Canada at this year’s Dakar Rally.
by Kirsten Armleder
Yamaha Factory Racing is delighted to announce a Sponsorship and Partnership agreement with the Monster Energy Company (MEC) for 2013 and 2014.
Champion motorcycle racer and owner Kevin Erion has teamed with ACAT Global to provide product development, sales and marketing for the company’s line of lightweight and efficient catalytic converter products to the motorcycle and powersports industries.
Christmas Day 2012 will hold an important appointment for new Monster Energy Yamaha factory motocross racer Joel Roelants. The Belgian will throw his leg over a warm YZ450FM for the first time after making excellent progress in the wake of his recent hip operation.
Ben Rego has had a stellar year, winning the Canadian Enduro E3 Championship, riding the X Games and finishing third overall in the Canadian Off-Road Championships.
FLY Racing is proud to announce Tucker Hibbert has signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement to wear its F2 Carbon helmet during the 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 snocross race seasons as well as FLY Racing motocross gear during select AMA Pro Motocross races.
Yamaha Factory Racing rider Jorge Lorenzo wrapped up a season of domination on October 28, 2012, with second on the podium in the Grand Prix of Australia to claim his second MotoGP World Championship title, becoming Spain’s first ever double premier-class Grand Prix Champion.
The penultimate round of the Geico EnduroCross Series—which took place in the Idaho Center near Boise, Idaho, on October 27, 2012—provided the most technically difficult course of the season. Corner Grass Racing Team (CGRT) member Shane Cuthbertson (a.k.a. Moose) of Airdrie, Alberta, made the trek to Idaho to challenge the Open Amateur class and to qualify for the Pro class for the evening show.
A great time was had by all who came out for the Vancouver Island Motocross Association’s (VIMX) practice day on October 13, 2012. A little rain and a little mud did not stop the riders from preparing for the final race of the VIMX motocross season, which was to be held at the Campbell River Motocross Track on October 14.
by Ed Masters
Zero Motorcycles, the global leader in electric motorcycle technology, announced that two new land speed records for lightweight electric motorcycles have been recorded using the 2012 Zero S ZF6 model motorcycle.
Banner Recreation & Marine with operations in Kelowna and Vernon has signed a strategic alliance with Motor Tech Enterprises of Golden, BC.
Shane (aka Moose) Cuthbertson from Cochrane, Alberta, continued his dominance as he trampled the competition at the Second Gear Club’s Whispering Pines Hare Scrambles—which took place September 22 and 23, 2012, in the Waiparous Valley, Alberta.
The Vancouver Island Motocross Association’s (VIMX) fall club series kicked off on September 9, 2012, in Nanaimo, B.C. Daniel Vanderbasch of Victoria, B.C., finished the day in first place overall in the MX2 Intermediate class while Ana Jellema from Nanaimo, B.C., took home third place overall in the Ladies Class.
by Kirsten Armleder
Shane Cuthbertson of Airdrie, Alberta, has been on a roll, winning his last three events. This past Labour Day long weekend, Cuthbertson and his Husaberg TE300 put the beat-down on his competition on what is traditionally the toughest off-road race in the Alberta Dirt Riders calendar.
Kitimat, B.C.'s Ben Rego of the Corner Grass Racing Team finished in third place at the last round of the Royal Distributing Canadian Off-Road Championship at Motopark near Chatsworth, Ontario, on September 9, 2012.
Last week Monster Energy-backed Yamaha racer Kiara Fontanesi flew to California to take on the best of the AMA's female off-road riders. The recently-crowned FIM Women’s Motocross World Champion confirmed her position as the fastest female motocrosser on the planet by winning both motos at Lake Elsinore for the final round of the American series.
