The Chilliwack fans packed the house for the first round of the Canadian Arenacross Championships.

Colton Facciotti only had a 450 to race so he was limited to just racing the AX Open class, but he had no problem making it look easy, winning both Open mains and Saturday night's Dash for Cash. The big number 2 definitely looks good!

Ryan Lockhart's back bruise had grown considerably worse by Saturday night. Ouch! No wonder he elected to sit the evening out. Hopefully that won't keep from work this week!

Lockhart also showed off his helmet from Friday night's crash. The impact of getting landed on by Cory Graffunder actually snapped his chin bar. The helmet did it's job though, as Ryan reported that he felt no effects of a concussion and showed the importance of wearing a good helmet while riding.

Leading Edge Kawasaki's Brock Hoyer was flying all weekend, as the Williams Lake rider won two heat races and came back from mediocre starts to land on the podium in 3 out of 4 main events. His best finish was a second-place in Friday night's AX2 main. 

Known holeshot artist, Kirk Haws, finally got a win, taking the win in Friday's 125 Intermediate main on his new KTM. 

 Tron Cathcart had a dominant weekend, winning both 65cc mains and the 85cc 7-11 main on Saturday night.

Colton Facciotti's girlfriend, Jocelyn Killough, flew out from Ontario and borrowed a bike to race. She put it to good use, winning the Ladies main both nights. 

The Courtenay Crusher, Lee Coutts, used his size well, muscling his way to the Dash for Cash win on Friday night over Kyle Beaton. He then padded his beer fund with a podium finish in the AX2 main on Saturday while riding with a dislocated finger that he had the starter push back in before the gate dropped. 

Charlie Pietila won Saturday night's 125 and Open Junior main. 

Spencer Knowles made his big bike debut riding the KTM 144 in the intermediate class. He's still getting used to the larger bike and will probably be a contender by the end of the series. 

Manitoba's Ryan Millar made the trek out to Chilliwack with help from KTM and Kamloops' dealership RTR Performance. Millar won the 125 Intermediate main on Saturday. He also finished sixth-place in Saturday's AX2 Main.

 Ben Puky won Saturday's 85cc 12-16 main.

Coleton McLean finished second both nights in the 125 Intermediate class and came out with the points lead going into Round 2. 

Kris Foster looked good on his new RTR Performance KTM. He finished third in Friday's AX2 main and backed it up with a second on Saturday night. 

Dylan Delaplace won Friday's 85cc 7-11 main. 

Shane Wiebe made his pro debut and looked fast but struggled with consistency. He had a good battle going for the heat race win with Brock Hoyer on Saturday before the two made contact, sending Wiebe to the ground. 

Rachel Springman finished second behind Jocelyn Killough both nights in the Ladies class. 

In the AX2 class, Kyle Beaton was in a class of his own all weekend. He was also the only rider to provide Facciotti with some competition in the Open class, where the two had a good battle shaping up in Friday night's main before Beaton went down.

Facciotti gets the 661 Dollar Bonus cheque, courtesy of Rick Sheren and 661, from his sister, Vanessa. This is probably one time when Colt doesn't want to kiss the trophy girl. 

Broc Shury and his dad, Brent, made the long haul all the way from Saskatchewan to race in Chilliwack. His best finish was a sixth in Saturday's Open main. 

Scott Saura came out to race his first arenacross in three years, and had all sorts of bad luck. On saturday, his trusty RM250's shock siezed, so for Saturday he borrowed a Kawasaki ... and broke the footpegs off while running fourth in his heat. Ouch. 

James Moran won Saturday's 250 Intermediate main. 

See you at the races!