GEORKE WINS CANADIAN NATIONAL
MX CHAMPIONSHIP
A
huge crowd was on hand
Sunday, August 13, at RJ
Motosport Park in Barrie, Ontar-
io, Canada, as it hosted the last
round of the CMRC-sanctioned
2017 Rockstar Energy Drink
Motocross Nationals, presented
by Motovan. Champions were
decided in both the MX1 and
MX2 classes, as both series
went down to the last moto. It
was a great day for Yamaha as it
won both classes this year like
KTM did last year. In the MX1
class, Rockstar Energy OTSFF
Yamaha's Matt Goerke captured
his third national title. He did
what he had to do in moto two
after having problems in the first
moto. He entered the final moto
of the season only eight points
ahead of Rockstar Husqvarna's
Christophe Pourcel in the cham-
pionship.
In the MX2 class, MX101 FXR
Yamaha Team's Shawn Maffen-
beier picked up his sixth win of
the season en route to his first
national title after coming into
the final round leading Nut Up
Industries Kawasaki's Ryan Sur-
ratt by 11 points, and going into
the second moto with a 20-point
cushion.
It was a dramatic way to end
the 450MX Championship with
points leader Georke crashing
and stalling his bike on the third
lap and dropping to 25th, while
his main rival Pourcel ran up
front. Georke managed to work
his way into sixth, while Pourcel
finished second to Colton Fac-
ciotti, narrowing the points gap
to just eight with one moto left.
IN
THE
WIND
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Matt Georke
won the 2017
MX1 Canadian
National Motocross
Championship at
a dramatic final
round.
