Canadian MX Nationals season opener set for Nanaimo 03 June

British Columbia resident’s Colton Facciotti and Dusty Klatt look to battle for Series Championship as new KTM teammates at the Monster Energy Motocross Championship this weekend at Nanaimo’s Wastelands Motocross Track.

In 2011, the Monster Energy Motocross Nationals MX1 class featured, Facciotti and Klatt engaging in an epic battle during all nine series stops. The battle ended with Yamaha Red Bull Blackfoot Fox Racing’s Facciotti capturing his third Canadian Motocross Championship in just four seasons, while leaving teammate Klatt finishing in second place

In the MX1 class there is a long list of Canada’s top motocrosscers who will storm into Nanaimo aboard their 450F machines, including KTM Red Bull Royal Distributing’s Colton Facciotti and Dusty Klatt, Machine Racing Yamaha’s Kyle Keast, Gopher Dunes Honda’s Tyler Medaglia and Yamalube Schrader's SMX Racing’s Shawn Maffenbeier . If these Canadian racers plan to keep the Canadian Motocross Championship on home soil, they will need to defeat fellow top American racers including: Monster Energy Leading Edge Kawasaki’s Matt Goerke and Tyler Villopoto, as well as, OTSFF Rockstar Yamaha’s Bobby Kiniry and additional International racers from other numerous countries.

The 2012 season will also mark one of the deepest MX2 fields in series history, as the 2011 champion Tyler Medaglia has moved up to the MX1 class, leaving the door wide open for a new 2012 champion. The MX2 class favorites include: Monster Energy Leading Edge Kawasaki’s Teddy Maier and Kyle Beaton, KTM Red Bull Royal Distributing’s Jeremy Medaglia, OTSFF Rockstar Yamaha’s Richard Grey as well as an abundant of privateer racers who have been training for month to become championship contenders, hoping to make a name for themselves aboard their 250F machines.

Over the course of nice weekends there will be 18 motos deciding both the MX1 and MX2 championships, as racers will have everything from extreme temperatures to varying track conditions and weather elements challenging them.

 

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2012 Schedule: The 20th Anniversary of The Canadian Pro Motocross Nationals, going from the west coast to the east coast across Canada throughout the summer months.