A highly modified, diesel-powered utility vehicle has been developed for the Canadian Forces.
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RidersWest speaks to the pro champion of this year’s Alberta Triple Crown ATV Racing Series.
by Kirsten ArmlederAs summer drew to a close, organizers of the Alberta Triple Crown ATV Series bid farewell to the 2012 race season. The winners have been notified and plans have already been drawn up for next year’s program.
by Kirsten ArmlederYamaha 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.
And so another Canadian motocross season is winding down. The Nationals are over and done, racing has wrapped up back east, and we just have a few races left to run here on Vancouver Island, B.C.
by Jim MuirA 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 MastersKamloops Off Road Racing - B.C. (KORRBC) is wrapping up another busy season of full-throttle race action. This year, the club’s UTV class, which was added to the event schedule in 2011, really took off.
by Kirsten ArmlederZero 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 ArmlederFourteen-year-old Wyatt Waddell from Ladner, B.C., has been competing on dirt bike racing circuits in B.C. and Alberta since he was five years old. For this season, Waddell, who was a former superstar in the 85-cc class, moved up to a bigger, 125-cc bike.
by Kirsten ArmlederShane 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.