This weekend's racing in Fredericton was superb.  The track was groomed beautifully and the weather was excellent.  It was hot and sunny on Saturday but the hard working Fire crews did an excellent job of keeping the dust down.  Saturday saw a good rain shower during the first set of motos, but it cleared for the afternoon making the conditions some of the best we've seen.  Terry Bird and his crew did an excellent job of preparing and organizing the event.

Some highlights from the weekend...

R&B Blair's/Two-Wheel/Pro Action/Kawasaki's Machine Gun Mitchell Cooke ran away with all the Pro motos.  Except one.  In the first 125 Pro moto on Sunday, local hero Jammin' Jamie Bird holeshot Mitchell and the two of them went head to head for the next five laps or so.  Mitchell, sensing Jamie bobbled on the back straight, went for it on the inside of the next 180 degree left hander in front of the spectators.  Unfortunately the bike wasn't interested in Mitch's version of physics and the two of them blew the berm AND the fencing behind it!  Luckily Mitch wasn't injured badly, but the result was a DNF.  Aside from that incident, Mitch kept the crowd interested with his completely flat whips on the finish line jump (lap after lap, after lap, after lap....).

The Pro class also welcomed back multi-time Atlantic Champion Johnny Montes aboard a borrowed KX 125 of Boo Green's.  It's always good to see Johnny ride.  Joe "the Caveman" Doucette made an appearance and Lee Steeves made a successful debut in the Pro class with uncharacteristic good starts all weekend.

In the Intermediates, rookie Ryan Silliker had a great opening 125cc moto on Saturday and sure raised a few eyebrows with his speed.  He and Jean Pothier are worth watching in the future once they get acclimated in their new class.

But it really was Boo Green's weekend aboard his KX 125's in the Intermediate class.  Boo's trip to Quebec and Ontario, as well as riding all summer with Johnny Montes, seems to have boosted the Nova Scotian's confidence and riding level.  He consistently beat some Pro's this weekend and had very good starts.

This weekend also saw the return of 80cc rider "Taz Man" Charlie Smith who suffered two broken wrists at the end of the Spring series.  The wrists, although not fully healed, were good enough for Charlie to win a few races and stay in the hunt for the Fall championship.

By the way, Charlie's best friend and fellow 80cc rider Robbie Swinkels is now back home from the hospital and is hoping to get to come to one of the races in the near future.  And, speaking of the Swinkels, sister Jaime had a great weekend aboard her new CR 125.  Also notable in the women's class was Hurricane Heidi Cooke's performances.  She just gets faster and faster!  But now she's going to get richer and richer....!  Seems while competing in Walton, Heidi was recruited to do some stunt-double jumping for a new movie being filmed now in Montreal.  In fact, Heidi had to fly to the location before the weekend's racing was through.  This is an excellent gig for her and we're all so proud!

Pro Quad racing was also good this weekend with a few Quebec boys mixing it up with our locals.  Action Cycle's Kyle Ledwidge was able to steal a few motos though and keep them honest.

More info and possibly photos will be posted when available.  If you have photos of the racing, you can email them to Roddy.

Full results from the weekend will be (eventually) posted on the CMRC website here.