Pettis,
Benoit Clinch
Canadian MX
Crowns
T
he final round of the Canadi-
an Triple Crown Series came
to a head at Walton Raceway in
Ontario on August 11. Both titles
were decided in nail-biting fin
-
ishes during the final gate drops
of the season. At the checkers,
Dylan Wright and Drew Adams
won the battle for the day's over
-
all wins, but both KTMs of Jess
Pettis and Kaven Benoit won the
war with the 450 and 250 titles,
respectively.
Pettis came into the final
round leading the points se
-
ries by 10 over KTM teammate
Joziah Natzke. Natzke grabbed
the upper hand early in moto one
and put former champ Wright
between himself and Pettis at
the finish. Pettis fired back in
moto two and led most of the
race before Wright overtook the
top spot with just three laps re
-
maining. With the championship
in sight and Natzke buried back
in fifth, Pettis backed it down
and took second. Wright claimed
the overall win with 2-1 finishes,
flip-flopping Pettis in second,
with Natzke third. Pettis earned
the title by a mere 11 points.
The 250 division saw more
closing racing as the champion
-
ship was still yet to be decided
between KTM's Kaven Benoit and
Kawasaki's Drew Adams, as just
eight points separated the two.
Adams put on an absolute clinic
in race one and ran away with a
20-plus second lead over Benoit.
Race two, however, saw Adams
start from outside the top five
while Benoit took off with the
early lead. With just two to go,
Adams found himself hot on Ben
-
oit's heels, making the pass in the
final stages of the race. Adams
managed to take the 1-1 sweep
but still came up just two points
short of the title. Benoit's consis-
tency paid off in the long run, as
he earned another back-to-back
250 Championship.
Marvin Musquin also made
headlines as the French rider
headed north to race a KTM
150SX in the FXR Premix Shoot
-
out. The former Factory KTM
rider earned the win with 1-1
finishes over Sam Gaynor and
Tyler Kirby.
CN
450 Pro (Top 5)
1. Dylan Wright (Hon) 2-1
2. Jess Pettis (KTM) 3-2
3. Joziah Natzke (Yam) 1-5
4. Preston Kilroy (Yam) 4-3
5. Adrien Malaval (Yam) 5-6
250 Pro (Top 5)
1. Drew Adams (Kaw) 1-1
2. Kaven Benoit (KTM) 2-2
3. Krystian Janik (Kaw) 3-3
4. Alexander Fedorstov (Yam) 5-4
5. Gage Linville (Kaw) 4-7
WIND
IN THE
P46
Jess Pettis won
the 450cc title in
the Canadian MX
Championship.
