SixSixOne Photo Report: Motocross of Nations #2

 

Photos by Dawn McClintock 

 

 

Fans tour the Matterley Basin pits. 

 

 

FXR made sure Marco Dubé was looking patriotic with his custom Team Canada MXoN gear. 

 

 

Checkpoint Charlie keeps things in control. 

 

 

Great Britain's riders Tommy Searle (MX2), Billy MacKenzie (MX1), and Carl Nunn (Open) earned the country a ninth overall finish.

 

 

Blair Morgan's mechanic, Anthony Turner, returns from the wash bays. 

 

 

Where's Waldo: Can you spot the Canadians? Colton Facciotti and Dubé work through the sea of media and spectators before getting to the start gate.

 

 

King Stefan puts in his contacts before a moto. Think Everts will buy a new orange bandanna for his new job as KTM's MX Race Director?  

 

 

Everts (7) leads France's Sebastien Pourcel (4) and Finland's Antti Pyrhonen (31) around the first corner.

 

 

The Fighting Irish were well represented in England. They will have a even bigger presence at the Des Nations in 2008, when the event comes to Ireland! 

 

 

Team USA's James Stewart rode two a second-place finish in the final moto to give his team the overall. I wonder if Ricky would have settled for second?  

 

 

Colton Facciotti ( or "Facciotto, as the Euros liked to refer to him as) struggled throughout the weekend until a solid ride in his final moto where he finished 25th. 

 

 

Dubé probably had the best bike out of the Canadian contingent: a factory KTM 250 SX-F.  

 

 

Canada's hero, again: Blair Morgan once again showed why he's earned the title, "Superman," in England. After securing Canada a spot in the A Final with a sixth, he went on to score a 14th in the final moto. 

 

 

I can't wait to be one of these crazy fans at next year's MXoN at Budds Creek in Maryland! 

 

 

RXC product tester, Rob McCullough, was an alternate for Team Canada. Just kidding! 

 

 

See you at the races!