Report and Photo’s by: Doug Engstrom

With several titles still up for grabs a drama filled race day was on tap for the fans as the Manitoba Motocross Association concluded its Fall Provincial Championship at Brandon’s Farm Boys Raceway.

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Nick Dunn entered the final race with both Pro titles under his control.  Dunn needed only eight points to clinch the 125 pro title.  Dunn was forced to race the final race on a borrowed KTM 125SX after suffering a gearbox failure in his 250SXF.  With nothing to be gained, the gregscustom.com rider appeared to settle into safely securing his title with a 4-7 day.  In the 250 class Dunn and his KTM 250SX had a little more work to do, Dunn entered the day with a ten point lead over Mike Harms.  Dunn put in a solid day going 2-2 behind the moto wins of Adam Pfeifffer and the gregscustom.com RMZ450 of Josh Penner.  The Winnipeg Sport & Leisure CRF’s of Mike Harms took second in both Pro class for the fall while the Headingley SportShop backed KX250F of Adam Knutt and the Westside Honda CRF450 of Adam Pfeiffer took the third step on the box in the 125 and 250 Pro classes respectively.

A colossal battle was shaping up in the 50cc 4-6 class with Cole De Koninck (157) and Nick Kiewning entering the final race tied for the series points lead.  De Koninck secured the title going 1-1 on the day while Kiewning went down hard in the whoops in moto one and required medical attention.  Kiewning returned in moto two and finished second allowing him to secure second place in the series, while Austin De Laroque rounded out the series podium.

Dyllan Lischynski grabbed the 80cc 12-16 title in a nail biter finish.  Lischynski entered the day with an eleven point lead over Pearce Mc Kellar who has been racking up the moto wins of late.  In moto one Lischynski grabbed second behind Mc Kellar to keep the gap at eight points entering the final moto.  In moto 2 things got interesting when Mc Kellar once again got out front and this time had some riders between Lischynski and himself.  In the end Lischynski managed a fourth for the moto to hold onto the title by a single point ahead of Mc Kellar.  Brendan Mahoney took the third step on the series box.

Eddie Anderson arrived in Brandon looking to wrap up the titles in both the 125 and 250 Intermediate classes on his Westside Honda CRF’s.  Anderson cruised to another two effortless moto wins in the 250 class to secure the title by a large margin.  250 Intermediate Spring Champion Tim Lavoie and Luke MacFadden took second and third for the series.

Brad Wiebe was looking to use his Crikside Suzuki RMZ250 to complete a triple crown at Brandon.  Wiebe entered the day leading the 125 and GP Junior classes as well as the Youth B class.  Wiebe grabbed the overall for the day and the title in both GP Junior and Youth B.  The title Wiebe wanted the most was the 125 Junior title and the sponsored prize of a complete suspension revalve compliments of Roy Borton and Too Tech Canada proved to be more difficult.  Chris Nicol used a moto one victory to close the gap to ten with one moto left.  In moto two Wiebe got the jump on Nicol early and cemented his title with a second place finish in the moto.

Devon Ward had the 125 beginner title wrapped up several rounds ago and opted to start racing the junior classes at Brandon.  Lance Fast took second for the series while Nick Voth made a big move on the day with 3-8 finishes to grab third overall on the day and jump from fifth to third for the championship.

After a season of midpack or worse starts as one of the few 125cc pilots left in the 125 Pro class it took first year Pro Steven Navitka precisely two tries on his new 06 Headingley Sportshop backed KX250F to grab his first pro class holeshot.  Navitka concluded his first pro season with an 8-6 day.

Rio Stoesz capped off another title with a 1-1 day in the 60cc PeeWee class.  Richmond Morin took the second step on the box for the series.  The real battle in the class was for the final podium position with lane Louttit entering the day with a one point lead over Tylor Plett.  After losing his position with a disastrous seventh in moto one, Louttit charged back with a strong second in moto two to secure his Championship podium finish.

Aaron Pfrimmer entered the day trailing Eddie Anderson by eighteen points in the 125 Intermediate class and needing some help to have a chance at the title.  Determined to do his part Pfrimmer grabbed the holeshot in moto one with Anderson in hot pursuit.  A couple of laps later Pfrimmer got the help he needed when Anderson fell victim to a broken chain and failed to score any points in moto one.  In moto two Anderson and Pfrimmer battled for a few laps before Pfrimmer wisely settled into second and secured his title.  Tim Lavoie rounded out the series podium.

In the ATV Pro class, Miquel Forest walked away from the field all series long to secure the fall title.

Josh Pfrimmer arrived at Brandon with the Supermini title already secured and the 80cc 7-11 title all but a lock.  Primmer recovered from a nasty crash in practice that left him on the ground for several minutes to post a 2-2 day in 80cc 7-11 and a 3-3 day in Supermini and left Brandon with a pair of titles.  Ryan Millar was able to work his way back to second spot in both series after missing a round to attend Walton.  Stuart Brinsheski grabbed the final series podium spot in 80cc 7-11 while Braden Jonsson grabbed the third step in Supermini.

In the ATV Beginner class, Paul Fotiuk took his first moto victory of the season en route to a 1-3 day and second overall.

In the 25+ class, Scott Unrau only needed to finish one moto to secure the title.  Unrau posted an eighth place finish in moto one to secure the title.

Matt Szalai took advantage of class champion Devon Ward’s decision to run the Junior class and posted his first overall of the season.  Szalai scored the victory in moto 1 and managed to finish second in moto 2 despite running most of the moto without a shift lever.

Birthday boy Kim Houde gave himself two more titles as a gift on Sunday.  Houde and his Winnipeg Sport & Leisure Honda CRF450 took the titles in the Vet Master and 40+ class.  The Morden Motorsports backed CRF450 of Renold Sawatsky was runner up to Houde for both titles.  Ken Klassen in the 40+ and the Sun & Snow backed RMZ450 of Danny Winistok in Vet Master rounded out the series podiums.

Logan Swanson came to Brandon looking for the two points he needed to secure another title in the 50cc 7-8 class.  Swanson got those two points and forty eight more with another 1-1 day.  Kent Navitka with a 6-5 day and Donald Fossay with a 2-3 day took second and third for the series respectively.

In Ladies class action Charity Schmidt once again proved too strong for the competition putting the wraps on the title with a 1-1 day.  Amy Houde and Carmen Regier rounded out the series podium.

Dan Devloo appears to get faster each week and after posting a 1-1 day Devloo was rewarded with the 250 Beginner class title.

Paul Masse closed the season with a flourish.  Masse posted his strongest day of the season taking the overalls in both the 250 and Vet Junior classes.  Masse grabbed second in the Vet Junior series and third in the 250 Junior title chase.

Brayden Blaine capped a successful Fall Championship run with a 1-1 day and the 60cc PeeWee B class title.  Cole Navitka and Hayden McKinny fill out the box for the Championship.

After missing the entire fall series with injuries the gregscustom.com RMZ450 of Josh Penner has returned with a bang the last two rounds.  Penner took the overalls for the day in both the 250 Pro (3-1) and the Youth (2-1) classes.

In Ladies B class action Caley Steinert had a perfect series going save for one round she did not attend.  Steinert kept her streak intact going 1-1 on the day and securing the title.  Chantal Lischynski and Olivia Winistok grabbed second and third place in the series.

Dean Beischer entered the day looking to secure the titles in the 250 and Vet Junior classes.  Beischer secured the Vet Junior title with a moto 1 victory combined with challenger Armand Valloton’s crash which caused him to finish out of the points.  In a horrific crash in moto 2 Beischer went down at the end of a fourth gear straight away and was promptly center punched by another rider. After an extended dirt nap, Beischer was able to use his points lead in the 250 Junior class to allow him to simply finish the moto to secure the title.

In the final moto of the season, David Ledarney piloted his gregscustom.com RM250 to the Youth class title.  Second and third in the series came down to a final moto battle with the Westside Honda of James Simner hanging onto second spot by a single point over the Factory Stock Racing/Headingley Sportshop backed KX250 of Matt Hamm.

To close the season we’ll send well wishes to Past Technical Director, longtime Referee and friend of the Manitoba Motocross Association, Stewart Johnson.  Stewart has been plagued with complications following surgery and is battling hard to regain his health.  Anyone wishing to send well wishes to Stewart may do so directly at motoxref@mts.net.