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Team Honda Canada Blackfoot Fox Racing’s Jean Sebastien Roy and Dusty Klatt decimated the competition at a rain soaked CMRC Canadian Motocross Championships season opener in Mission, BC on Sunday, June 5, 2005. Klatt, defending 125cc MX2 West Champion, and Roy, defending 250cc MX1 Champion, chalked up clean sweeps in their respective motos to take the overall wins for the day. Their results mirrored the clean sweeps they carded at Round 1 of the series in 2004. It also marked the team’s 12th consecutive overall MX1 victory since August 2003. This brings the overall results won since June 2001 to a grand total of 32 for the team.

In both MX1 motos JSR started in the top 10, however his blistering pace left no doubt in anyone’s mind that he would connect with the front runners in quick order. In the first moto, it took him just four laps to snatch the lead from Yamaha’s Doug DeHaan. Once in control, JSR checked out and waved the rest of the field goodbye. In typical fashion, the four-time consecutive Canadian MX1 champion distanced himself from his pursuers. By the end of the moto he put an impressive 45 second lead on DeHaan. Yamaha’s Craig Decker challenged DeHaan on a number of occasions but the California native had to settle for third at the finish line.

When the gate dropped for moto two, which was delayed due to track repairs that were necessary in order to make the track race-able,  JSR parlayed another top ten start and in no time flat moved to the front of the pack. Once he passed Suzuki’s Gavin Gracyk for the lead, the Acton Vale, Quebec native never looked back. When all was said and done, JSR crossed the finish line 32 seconds ahead of Gracyk’s teammate Keith Johnson., who finished second overall on the strength of 6-2 motos. Third on the podium was Decker, thanks to his 3-7 moto results.
 
“This was a more than satisfying win for me and for the team. Andrew McLean and the team did an awesome job with all the bikes and equipment this weekend,” said Roy. “There was never a doubt in my mind that our team and our Honda CR’s and CRF’s would be there at the finish line.”

In the first MX2 moto, Klatt carded a favorable start that saw him round turn one in sixth place.  From there it took him just two laps to connect with front-runners Kyle Beaton and Colton Facciotti. By lap six Klatt had taken over the lead from Beaton. Once in control at the head of the pack, Klatt simply took off to run his own race.
Ten minutes into the moto, however, the Campbell River, BC native had to get rid of his goggles because he had no tear-offs left to remove the mud from the lenses. Despite the stinging mud and harrowing track conditions an unleashed Klatt finished with a 28 second margin over second place Beaton. 

While Beaton again led the field at the start of moto two, Klatt was not to be denied. As in the first moto, he got a sixth place start, but this time he displaced Beaton from the lead by the end of the second lap. As in the first moto, the Campbell River native had to once more toss his goggles. That didn’t prevent him, however, from putting on a clinic that saw him lap up to third place and greeting the checkered an astounding 56 seconds ahead of Beaton.

“It was brutal out there today, especially riding a good deal of both motos without goggles. The mud and rain just chewed my eyes, but that made winning so much sweeter.” said Klatt.  “I would like to thank my mechanic Jon Balducci for building me an awesome, reliable CRF250 that allowed me to win the overall in these extreme conditions.”
 
While Team Honda Canada Blackfoot Fox Racing’s two other team members, Damon Huffman and Mitch Cooke, didn’t fare quite as well, they both showed a lot of speed and potential in MX1. Huffman was in contention for a top-five finish in the first moto when he hit a rock, sending him for a bath in the muddy ooze. He regrouped to finish 12th. In the second moto the two-time consecutive runner up in MX1 carded a fifth place at the flag, finishing eighth overall for the day. Cooke, meanwhile, finished the first moto in 13th place. In the second moto, the Atlantic Canada resident was in contention for a top 10 finish when he cart-wheeled over a downed rider, effectively ending his day.