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(Stouffville, ON – June 7, 2010)

Colton Facciotti rules MX1 – Tyler Medaglia takes MX2 overall

Blackfoot Racing Yamaha dominated Round 1 of the Monster Energy Motocross


Nationals, which got underway at Whispering Pines Raceway in Kamloops, British
Columbia on Sunday.

With defending champ Colton Facciotti, the winningest team in Canadian motocross
history nailed down the MX1 overall on the strength of solid 1-1 motos while Tyler
Medaglia claimed the MX2 overall, thanks to 3-1 motos. Putting the icing on the cake for
Blackfoot was a second overall MX1 finish by Dusty Klatt. The Vancouver Islander
cleared the task with hard charging 3-2 motos.

Other than some strong winds blowing through the North Thompson River valley, the
weather gods delivered ideal racing conditions, with mostly sunny skies. A huge rider
turnout complemented by a throng of rabid motocross fans made for an excellent start to
the season.

In the first MX1 moto, Rockstar OTSFF Racing Suzuki’s Bobby Kiniry snared the
holeshot with Royal Distributing KTM’s Kornel Nemeth and Facciotti on his tail. Kiniry
was unable to hold onto the lead, however, and was quickly passed by Nemeth and
Facciotti.

Nemeth, for his part, didn’t last long in the up front position. Once an on-fire Facciotti
took control, he continued to lay down a blistering pace that the Hungarian was unable to
match.

Behind the leaders Kiniry kept the rest of the chase group, which included Redemption
Racing Kawasaki’s Mason Phillips, Suzuki mounted Freddy Karrle and Gopher Dunes
Suzuki’s Liam O’Farrell at bay.

Klatt suffered a tepid start that saw him stranded outside of the top-ten going into the first
turn. But the former MX2 and MX1 champ didn’t waste much time connecting with the
chase group. After some duelling with Keast, he installed himself in fourth place and then
set out to reel in Kiniry.

Despite pouring on the gas Kiniry was unable to keep Klatt from sticking a pass on him.
Once that task had been completed the top-three finishers were determined, with Facciotti
greeting the checkered flag no less than 39 seconds ahead of Nemeth.

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In the second moto, Kiniry pegged the holeshot again only to be passed by Facciotti a
split second later. Within two laps, an unbridled Facciotti had already registered an
amazing 15-second lead leaving the rest of the field to sort things out for themselves. The
Aldergrove, BC native never looked back. He put on one of his patented clinics and went
on to finish the moto with another lead of +30 seconds.

Nemeth, meanwhile, saw any chance for a second overall finish go down the drain, when
he got caught up in a chaos peppered first turn. Klatt managed a top-five start this time
and quickly went on to connect with Kiniry. Some two laps later Klatt put a nail-biter
pass on the American. Once again the dice were cast and the top-three finishing positions
were determined.

Nemeth barnstormed his way into 10th place within a few laps but the knarly, physically
demanding track proved to be his main nemeses. He finished the moto in a still
respectable sixth place that saw him claim fourth overall on the day.

Machine Racing Honda’s Kyle Keast proved to be one of the big chargers of the day
parlaying starts that hovered just outside of the top-ten into a fifth place finish in the first
moto, and fourth in the second. Those results netted him a noteworthy fifth overall

In MX2 action, Leading Edge Kawasaki’s Shawn Rife snared the first moto holeshot. He
blitzed his way to an impressive win demoralizing the rest of the field in the process.
Royal Distributing KTM’s Eric Nye settled into second place pretty well from the get-go
and he would finish there unchallenged when the checkered was waved.

Many of the key players, including Tyler Medaglia, went down early in the fray making
for some tense catch-up racing. Despite finding himself at the back of the pack after
remounting, an undaunted Medaglia sliced and diced his way to a third place finish. He
passed Duroy Racing KTM’s Kaven Benoit, who resided in the top five for the entire
moto, on the last lap.

Meanwhile, defending champion Teddy Maier saw his first moto of the season turn into a
zero points race despite running in the lead for a while. The Monster Energy Leading
Edge Kawasaki ace was betrayed by a flat tire, which saw him struggle to a finish outside
the top-20.

Leading Edge Kawasaki’s Spencer Knowles reserved the second moto holeshot with his
teammate Rife in his rear fender. It didn’t take long for Rife to stick a pass on Knowles
and for all intents and purposes he looked like he was going to make it a clean sweep day.

Medaglia, who clinched a top-five start this time, charged hard to install himself in
second place before the halfway mark of the moto. He then remorselessly hounded Rife,
who was unable to take the pressure, and went on to take the moto win without further
ado. Rife would lose two more positions to greet the checkered in fourth ending his day
in second overall.

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Orange Motorsports KTM’s Jeremy Medaglia, another moto one first-turn victim that
saw him end in sixth, again rode strong to finish in third place giving him fourth overall
on the day.

Nye, meanwhile, came from way back in the second moto proving his mettle by taking a
fifth place at the finish line. The American claimed third overall on the day.

This time Maier, who pulled away with the lead group after the start, stayed in the game
to cross the finish line in second place about five seconds behind Medaglia.

Knowles, who placed fifth in the first moto, went on to finish sixth, which presented him
with fifth overall on the day.

In the Women’s Nationals presented by Honda, two different moto winners made for an
exciting day of racing. In moto one, Shrader Yamaha’s Denaye Giroux took the honour
of crossing the finish line in first place.

KTM’s Shelby Turner handily won the second moto. The 14-year-old proved to be the
revelation of the day in the women’s class by hammering down the overall, thanks to the
moto win and a second place in the first moto.

Third overall went to Newway Motorsports Kawasaki’s Karly Pozdnekoff who cleared
the task with 4-2 moto results.

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