Dailey Wins Big at Gopher Dunes

May 3, 2005

Gopher Dunes was sweet victory for Brett Dailey as he came away with the win at the opening round of the Phat 50s Saturday Night Mini Madness Series.

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Keith Walker from Phat 50s is hosting Saturday Night Mini Madness at four rounds of the Ontario Provincials this season. The rounds are: Gopher Dunes, Auburn Hills, Sand Del Lee and Walton. The series finale will be held at Walton on August 18th and 19th in conjunction with the national. The racing is intense and the championship is very prestigious.

Brett Dailey lined up for the action on his daughter's bone stock CRF50 to evaluate the competition. "I felt a bit like John Dowd out there," said Dailey after scanning the field and noticing that not one competitor had a whisker on their chin. "I guess I'll just have to show these kids some respect."

Richard Grey took the win in the 10" wheel 12 and under class followed by Justin Roney and Cole VanDeVon. "That was just a warm-up race," said Grey after the moto. "I have my sights set on that trash-talking Dailey guy. How old is he anyway, like, 36 or something? He looks ancient."

Next up was the 10" 13 and up class which would be Dailey's debut. Although seriously underpowered off the line, he used a 45 degree angled start strategy to send Matt "Where's my Napolean Dynamite custom helmet?" McGuiness into the side of the tabletop. That held him back long enough for Dailey to pull a Ryan Gauld-esque lead on the pack. "He came out of nowhere and ran me right off the track," protested McGuiness who was later seen crying in his Red Bull. "These old buggers think that they are all tough and old school. Old school, old school, old school ... that's all you hear from these guys. They repeat it like it's some cool new phrase or something. Well, saying old school really is old school guys, so get with the times."

The 12" class was full of cheater bikes so the entire field was protested and membership cards were revoked.

The premiere event was the Pro Open where Dailey really came to grips with his 50. "Man, my knee kept hitting that stupid kill switch on the bars," said a frustrated Dailey. "I was riding the wheels off that thing so I kept thinking that I seized it but every time it was just that stupid kill switch. I felt bad when I came up to lap little Richard Grey but I held it on and scrubbed his front wheel a bit. He and his dad looked a bit pissed after the move but hey, that's old school. If these kids can't take a little scrubbing once in a while they need to grow up. That's old school, I tell ya, old school."

For more information on the series, click on this link: Racer X Canada

Dan Gysbers won the 12" class but it was later uncovered that it was actually Ivan Tedesco under the helmet so he was disqualified.

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Kyle Stephens looked good on his Edge Performance 7000cc cheater bike but he was still no match for Dailey.

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Richard Grey would later fall victim to a perfectly executed block pass.

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Dan Pilon's mom said that he puts in hours on his 50 every night after school.

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Check out the race face and trick velcro shoes on Matt McGuiness.

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Derek Sanftenberg, not quite tall enough for his mount, had to borrow blocks from Jimmy Neese at the start line.

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Trevor Middleton was laying it down in practice and looked to be the man (kid) to beat but as they say, "When the gate drops..."

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