Equipment Les Chutes Kaven Benoit (our Ignition Racing / RXC Factory Rider for this round last year) was fastest in practice and followed that up with a strong 5-6 and top privateer. Actually, I guess Beaton is a privateer isn't he?!

Thanks to a 1-1 sweep at Sand-Del-Lee, Clearbrook Yamaha's Kyle Beaton went from fourth to second in the championship standings. Royal Distributing Thor Riverside KTM Canada's Eric Nye has a 43 point lead going into the final round so barring disaster, he will wrap up the title in the first moto at Walton. If it weren't for Beaton's big weekend, Nye would have that #1 already. Hats off to Eric Nye. He got into the lead early in the series and has been strong and consistent at every round. Nye's teammate, Ryan Lockhart, deserves some kudos as well for his 2-5 for fourth overall. He actually tied with Nye and Leading Edge Kawasaki's Teddy Maier on points but he was bumped off the podium because they had better second moto results. It was a tough weekend for Suzuki Rockstar OTSFF's Jeremy Medaglia as a mechanical forced a DNF in the first moto while he was running second. He came back swinging in the second moto with a second place finish but his DNF allowed Ryan Lockhart to slip past him in the standings. With Aron Harvey out of the series, Lockhart and Medaglia are battling for fifth overall. RXC's Danny Brault was back in action again this weekend. He qualified and his best finish was 27th in the first moto. Not bad for a sleep deprived editor. His best lap time? 2:24. He really is the Dogger!

photos: James Lissimore

MX2 Overall

MX2 Points

1 Kyle Beaton 1 - 1
2 Eric Nye 4 - 3
3 Teddy Maier 3 - 4
4 Ryan Lockhart 2 - 5
5 Kaven Benoit 5 - 6
6 Joey Leadbeater 6 - 8
7 Shawn Rife 9 - 7
8 Brock Hoyer 7 - 10
9 Jeremy Medaglia 0 - 2
10 Marc-Antoine Genereux 11 - 9
11 Mason Phillips 10 - 11
12 Kerim Fitz-Gerald 8 - 13
13 Shawn Maffenbeier 16 - 12
14 Sylvain Ayotte 14 - 19
15 Kurtis Ritchie 12 - 0
16 Davey Sterritt 17 - 17
17 Jared Allison 13 - 0
18 Zeb Dennis 0 - 14
19 Dylan Langlois 15 - 20
20 Ryan Millar 0 - 15
21 Kory Snelgrove 0 - 16
22 Shawn Robinson 19 - 18
23 Bobby Jiminez 18 - 0
24 Nicholas May 20 - 0

1 Eric Nye 305
2 Kyle Beaton 262
3 Teddy Maier 242
4 Mason Phillips 238
5 Aron Harvey 226
6 Ryan Lockhart 217
7 Jeremy Medaglia 216
8 Kerim Fitz-Gerald 179
9 Marc-Antoine Genereux 162
10 Jared Allison 138
11 Brock Hoyer 131
12 Nick Evennou 121
13 Tucker Hibbert 97
14 Joey Leadbeater 72
15 Kaven Benoit 72
16 Kris Foster 71
17 Paul Lamb 70
18 Davey Fraser 70
19 Shawn Maffenbeier 67
20 Kyle McGlynn 63
21 Parker Allison 52
22 Ryan Millar 49
23 Shane Wiebe 43
24 PJ Stratton 33
25 Brad Nauditt 25
26 Zeb Dennis 25
27 Kory Snelgrove 23
28 Tanner Reidman 22
29 Dustin Hayes 20
30 Josh Jones 19
31 Scott Jendro 17
32 Nathan Slater 15
33 Spencer Knowles 14
34 Shawn Robinson 12
35 Casey Schriock 9
36 Dylan Langlois 8
37 Michael Dupont 7
38 Coleton McLean 7
39 Tony Gallo 7
40 Dylan Forsythe 6
41 Luke Firth 6
42 Tristan Heydemen 5
43 Brett Wagner 5
44 Karel Benoit 5
45 Johnathan Parise 5
46 Kohl Canaday 4
47 Josh Snider 4
48 Brad Lockhart 3
49 Greg Small 2
50 Aaron Barr 2
51 George deGraaf 2
52 Nicholas May 2
53 Brady Breemersch 1
54 Justin Patjas 1
55 Heath Hamblen 1
56 Kyle Stephens 1

Team Toyota Yamaha BlackfootDirect.com Fox Racing's Colton Facciotti has won 13 of the 14 motos he's entered this season.

Lucky I'm not a betting man as I would have put money on a 1-1 for MDK KTM's Nick Wey this weekend. Come on guys, Nick Wey! No doubt Team Toyota Yamaha BlackfootDirect.com Fox Racing's Colton Facciotti was a little nervous going into this round knowing that he had some new competition, and a factory rider no less. Well, nothing seems to shake Colt this year as he picked up exactly where he left off--another 50 points. Despite missing Gopher Dunes with a fractured collarbone he's leading the series by 38 points and can still wrap it up early. Unbelievable! Monster Energy Cernic's Kawasaki's Dusty Klatt is keeping the series alive with his 3-3. Klatt moved into second overall, ahead of Suzuki Rockstar OTSFF's Tyler Medaglia after Medaglia crashed and DNFd the second moto. Tyler was receiving medical attention at the track but we hear that he is okay so stay tuned for updates. Machine Racing's Kyle "The Welder" Keast had a strong ride at SDL, coming from near last to fifth in the first moto and then passing Blair Morgan and Klatt in the second moto for second. Keast gained on Morgan in the standings but it will be tough to make up 10 points in the final round for fourth overall. Ohio's Michael Willard came back this weekend to show off his #11 plate, finishing sixth overall. Check out how many riders in the top 20 are out of the series: Jeff Northrop (injury), Jimmy Nelson (illness), Tim Tremblay (injury), Kevin Urquhart (financial), Brady Sheren (injury), Marco Dube (personal). If my count is correct, there are only about 12 guys who have been at every MX1 round.

MX1 Overall

MX1 Points

1 Colton Facciotti 1 - 1
2 Dusty Klatt 3 - 3
3 Kyle Keast 5 - 2
4 Nicholas Wey 4 - 5
5 Blair Morgan 10 - 4
6 Michael Willard 7 - 6
7 Mitch Cooke 6 - 8
8 Liam O'Farrell 11 - 9
9 Matt Eastman 8 - 12
10 Tyler Medaglia 2 - 0
11 Jay Burke 12 - 11
12 Jeff Gibson 9 - 14
13 Pierce Chamberlain 14 - 13
14 Simon Homans 0 - 7
15 Bryan Wallace 13 - 15
16 Chuck Mesley 0 - 10
17 Andy Mathieu 15 - 16
18 Ryan Zimmerman 16 - 20
19 Josh Snider 0 - 17
20 Ryan Gainey 19 - 19
21 Johnny Silegren 17 - 0
22 Alex Gauthier 0 - 18
23 Tyler Bezzo 18 - 0
24 Guy Giroux 20 - 0

1 Colton Facciotti 343
2 Dusty Klatt 305
3 Tyler Medaglia 294
4 Blair Morgan 261
5 Kyle Keast 251
6 Simon Homans 204
7 Jeff Northrop 203
8 Jeff Gibson 184
9 Mitch Cooke 167
10 Jay Burke 141
11 Jimmy Nelson 112
12 Chuck Mesley 100
13 Drew Clegg 81
14 Tim Tremblay 81
15 Kevin Urquhart 65
16 Brady Sheren 60
17 Marco Dube 54
18 Liam O'Farrell 53
19 Matt Eastman 51
20 Josh Snider 49
21 Chad Charbonneau 44
22 Julian Cerny 42
23 Pierce Chamberlain 41
24 Andy Mathieu 32
25 Milo Christie 23
26 Bryan Wallace 22
27 Johnny Montes 20
28 Robby Marshall 20
29 Ryan Gainey 15
30 Joseph Rose 12
31 George deGraaf 12
32 Kyle Murphy 11
33 Iain Hayden 11
34 Dylan Langlois 11
35 Justin Delaware 10
36 Brad Lechelt 8
37 Broc Shury 8
38 Alex Gauthier 8
39 Johnny Silegren 8
40 Jeff Curry 7
41 Josh Penner 7
42 Tyler Bezzo 7
43 Brian Bagley 6
44 Steve Taylor 5
45 Doug De Haan 4
46 Drew Ivey 3
47 Andrew Belin 3
48 Brayden Riddell 2
49 Ryan Bisseden 2
50 Josh Jackson 2
51 Bryce Aspell 1