Rockstar Energy Triple Crown Update
R
ound four of the Cana-
dian Rockstar Energy Triple
Crown Championship played
out in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,
August 29-30 at Sand Del Lee
MX Park, where KTM rider Jess
Pettis and Yamaha-mounted Phil
Nicoletti came away with the
overall wins.
Pettis won all three 250 Pro-
class motos for the overall win
ahead of Tanner Ward (Honda,
2-12-3), Marco Cannella (Ya-
maha, 3-7-5) and Jacob Piccolo
(KTM, 16-2-2).
Nicoletti won the first 450
Pro-class moto and went on to
card 3-2. It was good enough to
get the overall victory over points
leader Dylan Wright (Honda),
who won both the second and
third motos after placing sixth in
the first moto.
Shawn Maffenbeier (Yamaha,
2-2-3), Matt Goerke (Kawasaki,
3-5-4) and Tyler Medaglia (Kawa-
saki, 5-4-5) rounded out the top
five overall.
Pettis leads Marshal Weltin
(Kawasaki), fifth on the day, in
the 250 championship. Pettis
has 226 points and Weltin 218.
Ward is third with 208 and Can-
nella is fourth with 202.
Wright has built a comfortable
lead in the 450 championship.
He leads Nicoletti by 24 points.
Goerke is next best, 29 points
behind Nicoletti.
In the Triple Crown, which
includes supercross and ar-
enacross racing, Wright has a
22-point advantage over Nico-
letti, and Pettis enjoys a 22-point
lead over Weltin. CN
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THE
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Jess Pettis won all
the 250 Pro-class
motos in the Rockstar
Energy Triple Crown
Championship at Sand
Del Lee MX Park in
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
PHOTO: KTM CANADA
