The 5th
Annual SuperMoto X Fest took place July30-31 in Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci, Quebec.
This event was the 2nd round of the Canadian National SuperMoto
Series and the 3rd round of the Eastern North American Can-Am
Series. The Mecaglisse circuit hosts the event and features a fast, flowing
road course and a long, fun dirt section situated in a beautiful valley. X Fest
is a 2 day event with practice and qualifying heat races on Saturday and the
Finals on Sunday. This is the largest SuperMoto event in eastern North America
drawing riders from Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and the Northern United States.
The French love their racing and lots of spectators also came out to cheer on
the riders.
Franck Kirchhoff is
the man behind X Fest. He and his crew did an awesome job once again
The grids were nice
and full at X Fest. Here the Open Amateur class heads into the first turn
A large field of Quads
were also racing at X Fest. Here Daniel Latour hangs it out on his way to 3rd
place in Pro SuperQuad
Chris Barendregt
blasting a berm on his way to take the win in the SM1 Semi Pro class. Chris
also finished 2nd in the Vet 35+ class
Nice close racing
resulted in some good battles in the Open Amateur class. Francois Asselin (401)
leads Frederic Coeymans (207), Sam Harris (5) and Jerrett Bellamy (67)
Sunday also featured
the Supermoto Bike Drift competition (who could slide into the corner the
hardest). Paul Rouillard (18) took the win with some spectacular backin’it in
style. Paul would also place 5th
in the Pro class
Jean Ph. Bégin (57)
ran away with the Vet 45+ class and also placed 4th in the Pro class
Maxime Sylvestre (77)
repeated his 2010 result winning the Pro class
Yves Lagacé (818)
rode to a solid 2nd place in the Pro class
Open Beginner Podium
(L-R) George Borrissov, Fréderic Bélanger, Albert Cule
Open Amateur Podium
(L-R): François Asselin, Frederic Coeymans, Sam Harris
SM2 250 Podium (L-R):
Samuel Benoit, Steve Scharfe
Vet 35+ Podium (L-R):
Chris Barendregt, Jean Ph. Bégin, Dominic Beauchesne
SM1 Semi Pro Podium
(L-R): Frederic Coeymans, Chris Barendregt, Jerrett Bellamy
Pro Podium (L-R):
Yves Lagacé, Maxime Sylvestre, Michael Martel
