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(Stouffville, ON – July 22, 2009)

National titles could be a roll of the dice

It’s been many years since the CMRC National

Championship series has produced such intense racing
among the title contenders. All one needs to do is look
at the current points standings in the Monster Energy
Motocross Nationals MX1 and MX2 divisions, and the
Royal Distributing Women’s Nationals Presented by
Suzuki class.

In MX1 only 16 points separate top of the scoreboard

Colton Facciotti from his Toyota Yamaha Blackfoot
Red Bull Fox Racing teammate Dusty Klatt. Monster
Energy Kawasaki’s Paul Carpenter trails Klatt by just
10 points. For those who aren’t as smart as a fifth
grader, that means only 26 points separate 1st and 3rd
place. Although Facciotti has won the lion’s share of
overalls – three to be exact – Carpenter and Klatt have
also mounted the top level of the podium.

There’s a substantial 52 points drop from 3rd to 4th

place, which is occupied by Carpenter’s teammate
Bobby Kiniry. It’s interesting to note that two Canadian teammates and two American
teammates are in the top five mix. And it doesn’t take a pundit to recognize that Yamaha
and Kawasaki are poised to either snare the title, with a worst case scenario still putting
them in the illustrious top three club.

Sealing the top five is Royal Distributing Thor KTM’s Jeff Northrop, who’s looking at a
14 points deficit on Kiniry. Fifty points separate Northrop from St. Cesaire Motosport
Motovan Honda’s Tim Tremblay, who caps off the 10. So it’s “open season” for those
sandwiched in between and shuffles and reshuffles in the ranks are almost guaranteed
during the remaining four rounds.

While Facciotti, Klatt and Carpenter have been the undisputed stars of the MX1 wars, the
Hungarian, Kornel Nemeth, would certainly have been more than the co-star he’s played
in the series if he had been at all the rounds. Nemeth, who rejoined the MX1 points chase
at Gopher Dunes, after missing Rounds 2, 3 and 4 due to commitments in Europe (not in
the USA as stated in a previous press release), has been contracted by Orange Motorsport
RTR Performance KTM Canada to race Rounds 1, 5, and 9.

At the first round in Kamloops, Nemeth, making his debut in Canada, caught everybody
off guard by recording a noteworthy fourth place in the first moto. Unfortunately, he
found himself disqualified for clipping one of the flag personnel. Not a great way to
begin a Canadian motocross adventure. In the second moto, he impressed by carding
second place, recording 10th overall on the day.

At Gopher Dunes he astounded everyone by effectively knifing his way through traffic,
after a first turn pileup saw him go down in moto one and remount dead last, to snare
second place at the checkered. In moto two he recorded third, which gave him second
overall on the day. Hopefully we will see Nemeth come back for a full season next year;
and who knows, we may have our first Euro Canadian MX1 National Champion.

In the MX2 class, Leading Edge Kawasaki Vanquish MX’s Teddy Maier has taken over
the points lead from Dean Wilson who departed the scene after dominating the first three
rounds. Maier, who proved his mettle at Gopher Dunes by carding a clean sweep, has a
narrow six points lead over Royal Distributing KTM’s Eric Nye. The defending champ in
turn holds a somewhat comfortable 36 points lead over Toyota Yamaha Blackfoot’s Aron
Harvey. Harvey, who won Round 4 with 2-1 motos, is the only rider besides Wilson and
Maier to claim an MX2 overall. He had an off day at Gopher, however, carding eighth
overall on the strength of 8-6 motos.

With Toyota Yamaha Blackfoot’s Kyle Beaton – runner-up in last year’s MX2 title hunt –
spending a good deal of his time on the track taking soil samples, Alberta’s Kyle
McGlynn remains the only Canadian who can still hope to finish top three. The Royal
Distributing KTM rider’s title hopes, however, are becoming slimmer each round. He is
currently tied with Harvey for third place and, like Harvey, he needs to win motos.

The Royal Distributing Women’s Nationals Presented by Suzuki appears to be in full

control of Monster Energy Cernics Kawasaki’s Heidi Cooke. She has won all three
rounds of the points chase with clean sweeps and looks to be well on her way to keeping
the title in Canada this year. That being said, Rockstar Suzuki OTSFF’s Jocelyn Killough,
who trails Cooke by 27 points, shouldn’t be discounted yet but she’s going to have to beat
Cook in the remaining two rounds of the series or settle for runner-up. Killough currently
enjoys a 29 points cushion over Schrader's Yamaha Denaye Giroux.

But as in MX1 and MX2, the Women’s title may very well come down to a roll of the
dice. One lucky or unlucky break could dramatically alter the final results when the
points are tallied at the end of the season.

Be sure to watch Monster Energy's Motovision at www.mxpmag.com for a video

recap of the day's racing.
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