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MONSTER ENERGY MOTOCROSS 2012 NATIONALS SCHEDULE
MONSTER ENERGY MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON OPENER SET FOR NANAIMO, JUNE 3
THE WASTELANDS June 3 – Nanaimo, BC. WHISPERING PINES RACEWAY June 9 - Kamloops, BC. WILD ROSE MX PARK June 17 – Calgary, AB. CASTROL RACEWAY June 24 – Edmonton, AB. GOPHER DUNES RACEWAY July 14 – Tillsonburg, ONT. CIRCUIT DE STE-JULIE July 22 – Ste Julie, Que. RIVERGLADE MX PARK August 5 – Moncton, NB. SAND DE LEE August 12 – Ottawa, ONT. WALTON RACEWAY Aug. 19 – Walton, ONT.
Colton Facciotti and Dusty Klatt look to battle for Series Championship as new KTM teammates Nanaimo, BC (May 23, 2012) – When the Monster Energy Motocross Nationals return on June 3rd to Nanaimo’s Wastelands Motocross Track, competitors Colton Facciotti of St. Thomas, ON and Dusty Klatt of Campbell River, BC will kick off the most highly anticipated Motocross season in recent history. In 2011, the Monster Energy Motocross Nationals MX1 class featured Facciotti and Klatt who engaged in an epic battle during all stops of the nine race series. The battle ended with Yamaha Red Bull Blackfoot Fox Racing’s Facciotti capturing his third Canadian Motocross Championship in just four seasons, leaving teammate Klatt to finish in second place. Nanaimo will kick off the first of nine rounds that make up the 2012 Monster Energy Motocross Nationals as the CMRC celebrates its 20th Anniversary of the Canadian Pro Motocross Nationals. The excitement level for the upcoming season is at an alltime high as many athletes, including both Facciotti and Klatt, have switched rides and are ready to kick off their 2012 championship hunt with avenges. In the MX1 class there is a long list of Canada’s top motocrossers who will storm into Nanaimo aboard their 450 four-stroke 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 national title 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 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 champion. The MX2 class favourites 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 abundance of privateer racers who have been training for months to become championship contenders, hoping to make a name for themselves aboard their 250 four-stroke machines. Over the course of nine weekends there will be 18 motos that will decide both the MX1 and MX2 championships, as racers will have everything from extreme temperatures to varying track conditions and weather elements to challenge them. For our competitors, this year will be full of emotions as the Monster Energy Motocross Nationals is one of the toughest and most respected motocross series in the world.
For more information pertaining to the CMRC Monster Energy Motocross Nationals, please log on to www.cmrcracing.com, or for additional event information about Nanaimo please visit: www.nanaimomx.com WHAT: The CMRC Monster Energy Motocross Nationals, Opening Round in Nanaimo, British Columbia. WHERE: Nanaimo MX (The Wastelands MX) – From Duke Point Ferry/Naniamo, take Nanaimo Hwy (Hwy 19) to Jinglepot Rd. south (exit 24) to Biggs Rd (right) 5kms to Wastelands MX Park. From Departure Bay Ferry/Nanaimo take Hwy 19A, turn left on Mostar, cross Hwy 19 first right on Biggs Rd, 5km. WHEN: June 3, 2011 WHO: Over 100 professional motocross racers will be soaring three stories high and over 70 feet in length in what many consider “the most grueling, yet entertaining sport in the world.” Motocross is the ultimate combination of stamina, skill and speed. 2011 WINNERS: MX1: Colton Facciotti (Yamaha). MX2: Tyler Medaglia (Yamaha). SCHEDULE: Sunday (June 3) - Pro Practice 8:00am; Qualifying 9:20am; Opening Ceremonies 11:50am; MX2 Moto 1 starts at 12:10pm; MX1 Moto 1 starts at 1:30pm. TICKETS: Tickets are available on-site. Gates open at 7 a.m. Weekend Admission: Adults - $40, Under 12 - $25, Pre-schoolers FREE! Sunday Admission: Adults - $25, Under 12 - $15, Pre-schoolers FREE! About CMRC Pro Racing The Canadian Motosport Racing Corporation is a marketing and sport driven organization committed to the growth and development of competitive off-road motorcycle racing for amateurs and professionals, regional and national. CMRC exists to enhance, communicate and promote motocross for the benefit of participants, spectators, organizers and industry participants and thereby to ensure stability, growth and social and political acceptance of our sport. CMRC is responsible for setting, implementing, maintaining and developing standards for rules of competition, officiating, organization and promotion of events. CMRC will seek to cultivate promotional opportunities, which are intended to be to the benefit of all competitors. For more information about CMRC, please visit: www.cmrcracing.com.