IN
THE
WIND
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In Prince George, at the Blackwater MX Track,
Pourcel made it two overall wins in a row after go-
ing 2-1 on the day. Pourcel and Goerke traded 1-2
moto scores with Goerke taking second overall.
Facciotti was third overall with a 4-3, and Epstein
was fourth overall with a 3-5.
Mike Alessi (Kawasaki) was fifth overall (5-4),
which was an improvement from his eighth-place
finish a week earlier at Whispering Pines.
After two rounds, Pourcel leads the MX1 Cham-
pionship with 55 points, followed by Epstein (51),
Medaglia (50), Facciotti (48) and Goerke (48).
Kyle Chisholm and Alessi—both at 36 points—are
seventh and eighth, respectively.
In MX2, Shawn Maffenbeir is at the top of the
leaderboard with 60 points, followed by Cole
Thompson (50), Josh Osby (50), Jess Pettis (48)
and Jacob Hayes (43). Ryan Surratt is sixth with
40 points. CN
POURCEL LEADS
THE WAY IN CANADA
C
hristophe Pourcel won the opening two
rounds of the Canadian Rockstar Energy
Drink Motocross Nationals in Kamloops, British
Columbia, June 4, and in Prince George, June 11.
Whispering Pines Raceway hosted the first
round in what ended up being hot and dusty
conditions. Californian Dillan Epstein (Kawasaki)
came out swinging in the first moto and took the
win over Tyler Medaglia (Honda), Pourcel, Matt
Goerke (Yamaha), Colton Facciotti (Honda) and
Kaven Benoit (KTM). Epstein started the moto
off in seventh but slowly worked his way to the
front and took lead when Benoit went down.
Epstein took the win five seconds ahead of
Medaglia.
Pourcel got the early lead in moto two and
stayed there till the end, except for a couple of laps
while battling with Georke, who ended up third
after getting passed by Facciotti late in the race.
First-moto winner Epstein ended up fifth after
completing the first lap in 18th.
Pourcel earned the overall with a 3-1, and
Epstein was second overall with a 1-5. Medaglia
was third overall via 2-4 moto finishes.
