Team Toyota Yamaha BlackfootDirect.com Fox Racing's Aron Harvey finally found the top of the podium, and he did it in convincing style, with a 1-1 sweep. Clearbrook Yamaha's Kyle Beaton put up a good fight in both motos but the Northern Nevada resident earned the win in moto 1 and then cruised to the win in moto 2 after Beaton was forced to retire with bike problems. Royal Distributing Thor Riverside KTM Canada's Eric Nye was consistent once again and now enjoys a whopping 30 point lead in the MX2 championship hunt. Beaton and Jeremy Medaglia, who were tied with Harvey for second overall only two rounds ago have now slipped to 4th and 6th, respectively. Medaglia lost his front brake in the first moto and had to fight back from a poor start in moto 2. Leading Edge Kawasaki's Teddy Maier rebounded after a couple of bad rounds and moved into a tie with Medaglia for 5th overall. And the Kiwi, Mason Philips, has quietly slipped into 3rd overall!

photos: James Lissimore

MX2 Overall

MX2 Points

1 Aron Harvey 1 - 1
2 Eric Nye 3 - 2
3 Teddy Maier 4 - 3
4 Mason Phillips 9 - 4
5 Nick Evennou 12 - 6
6 Jared Allison 11 - 8
7 Marc-Antoine Genereux 5 - 15
8 Kyle Beaton 2 - 0
9 Brock Hoyer 14 - 7
10 Ryan Lockhart 13 - 9
11 Kyle McGlynn 10 - 12
12 Kerim Fitz-Gerald 0 - 5
13 Brad Nauditt 7 - 19
14 Shane Wiebe 6 - 0
15 Shawn Maffenbeier 18 - 11
16 Spencer Knowles 8 - 0
17 PJ Stratton 0 - 10
18 Jeremy Medaglia 0 - 13
19 Ryan Millar 16 - 18
20 Coleton McLean 0 - 14
21 Davey Fraser 15 - 0
22 Kris Foster 0 - 16
23 Parker Allison 17 - 20
24 Kohl Canaday 0 - 17
25 Joey Leadbeater 19 - 0
26 Justin Patjas 20 - 0

1 Eric Nye 206
2 Aron Harvey 176
3 Mason Phillips 141
4 Kyle Beaton 140
5 Teddy Maier 126
6 Jeremy Medaglia 126
7 Ryan Lockhart 123
8 Marc-Antoine Genereux 103
9 Kerim Fitz-Gerald 102
10 Tucker Hibbert 97
11 Nick Evennou 93
12 Jared Allison 84
13 Paul Lamb 70
14 Brock Hoyer 65
15 Kris Foster 59
16 Davey Fraser 58
17 Kyle McGlynn 54
18 Shawn Maffenbeier 50
19 Shane Wiebe 43
20 Kaven Benoit 41
21 Ryan Millar 36
22 PJ Stratton 30
23 Tanner Reidman 22
24 Josh Jones 19
25 Parker Allison 19
26 Joey Leadbeater 19
27 Scott Jendro 17
28 Brad Nauditt 16
29 Spencer Knowles 13
30 Casey Schriock 9
31 Dustin Hayes 9
32 Coleton McLean 7
33 Michael Dupont 7
34 Tony Gallo 7
35 Brett Wagner 5
36 Karel Benoit 5
37 Kohl Canaday 4
38 Kory Snelgrove 3
39 George deGraaf 2
40 Brady Breemersch 1
41 Justin Patjas 1
42 Heath Hamblen 1
43 Kyle Stephens 1

Monster Energy Cernic's Kawasaki's Dusty Klatt won the opening moto in front of his hometown fans. It was his first moto win of the season and he was able to break Facciotti's (and Yamaha's) win streak. He was leading the second moto in the early stages, setting up a great battle for the overall win, but a crash put him well behind the pack. He charged up to 7th, salvaging 4th overall.

Check out that backdrop! Team Toyota Yamaha BlackfootDirect.com's Colton Facciotti had his moto win streak broken but his overall win streak is still intact as his 4-1 moto scores narrowly edged out Royal Distributing Thor Riverside KTM Canada's Jeff Northrop for the win. Northrop was fast in Nanaimo last year as well and his results really picked up after Nanaimo so it will be interesting to see how Norcal's series develops in the second half. MX1 points leader, Tyler Medaglia, had a tough day, and saw his points lead cut to one point heading into a new venue next weekend in Edmonton, Alberta. Some early photos from the track show a flat supercross-style layout which should be good for Medaglia, Facciotti and Klatt as they are all excellent supercross riders. And don't forget Blair Morgan, your 2001 U.S. Open 4-stroke winner!

MX1 Overall

MX1 Points

1 Colton Facciotti 4 - 1
2 Jeff Northrop 3 - 2
3 Blair Morgan 2 - 4
4 Dusty Klatt 1 - 7
5 Simon Homans 7 - 3
6 Jeff Gibson 8 - 6
7 Kyle Keast 5 - 9
8 Tyler Medaglia 10 - 5
9 Jimmy Nelson 6 - 12
10 Drew Clegg 9 - 11
11 Kevin Urquhart 15 - 8
12 Brady Sheren 13 - 10
13 Mitch Cooke 14 - 13
14 Tim Tremblay 11 - 18
15 Josh Snider 16 - 15
16 Chuck Mesley 12 - 0
17 Dylan Langlois 17 - 17
18 Milo Christie 0 - 14
19 Steve Taylor 0 - 16
20 Andrew Belin 18 - 0
21 Brayden Riddell 0 - 19
22 Ryan Bisseden 20 - 20
23 Josh Jackson 19 - 0

1 Tyler Medaglia 194
2 Colton Facciotti 193
3 Dusty Klatt 184
4 Blair Morgan 164
5 Jeff Northrop 149
6 Simon Homans 149
7 Kyle Keast 148
8 Jeff Gibson 122
9 Jimmy Nelson 110
10 Jay Burke 99
11 Mitch Cooke 83
12 Tim Tremblay 81
13 Kevin Urquhart 65
14 Drew Clegg 59
15 Chuck Mesley 55
16 Marco Dube 54
17 Brady Sheren 52
18 Chad Charbonneau 31
19 Liam O'Farrell 31
20 Pierce Chamberlain 26
21 Milo Christie 23
22 Julian Cerny 20
23 Robby Marshall 20
24 Josh Snider 17
25 Matt Eastman 14
26 Iain Hayden 11
27 Justin Delaware 10
28 Dylan Langlois 8
29 Jeff Curry 7
30 Josh Penner 7
31 Steve Taylor 5
32 Doug De Haan 4
33 Andrew Belin 3
34 Bryan Wallace 3
35 Brayden Riddell 2
36 Ryan Bisseden 2
37 Broc Shury 2
38 Josh Jackson 2
39 Tyler Bezzo 1

A view from the top in '06. What a view! Unfortunately we will lose one of the most scenic stops on the circuit as the Nanaimo round has been dropped from the schedule for future years. Many thanks to the Nanaimo Motocross Association and its members for many memorable years. Remember Klatt's MX2 West sweep and his epic battles with JSR in the MX1 class? How about Darcy Lange's wins here? And who could forget Blair Morgan's stuck throttle incident? Yikes! Click here for a local news story from the Nanaimo Daily News. 

photo: Dailey