Photo courtesy of the DORVA Facebook page
The weather was perfect over the Heritage long weekend (August 1-3) and the riders made the most of it when the Drumheller Off Road Vehicle Association (DORVA) hosted the MX Alberta Motorsports Association Championship series.
The event took place near the stampede grounds and there were about 260 entries into the race.
Casey Christensen, with DORVA said it was an “excellent weekend. There was lots of hot weather and things went really well.”
DORVA, which is celebrating its 25th year, brought a band from Airdrie who set up a stage and performed on Saturday night as part of the festivities.
“It was a great event. Drumheller is classified as one of the most favourite tracks in Alberta actually for a lot of riders. (It is) because of the uniqueness and the organization and the landscape and the (natural flowing) topography of the facility and of the track layout,” Christensen told the mail.
He mentioned that the closeness to town is a huge plus for Drumheller as well.
“A lot of motor crossers that come to our event really enjoy coming and they stay here and start their summer holidays after racing,” he said.
Christensen said the youngest racer category saw entries from four to six years old and the vet junior and vet master classes had entries of 40 years and older.
Some of the highlights from the local motor cross racers include:
Tayver Plante: 8th, 50cc 4-6yr;
Dalin Hanna: 10th, 50cc 4-6yr;
Ryley Mappin: 9th, 65c;
Brady Mappin: 16th, 65cc;
Barrett Christiensen: 1st, 85cc 12-16yr and 3rd, Supermini;
Spencer James: 1st, 85cc 12-16yr and 2nd, Supermini;
Cache Buchberger: 5th, Supermini 11th, 85cc 12-16yr;
Ryker Plante: 1st, 85cc 7-11yr;
Lucas Van Hecke: 3rd, MX1 Intermediate;
Dustin Fooks: 7th, MX1 Junior;
Cam Nelner: 8th, MX1 Junior and 2nd, Vet Junior;
Dan McNaughton: 4th, MX2 Intermediate and 3rd, MX3 Intermediate;
Zach Wood: 1st, MX3 Beginner and 4th, Schoolboy;
Ben Fooks: 1st, Vet Master and 6th, MX3 Intermediate;
Doug Peters: 1st, Plus 40 and 3rd, Vet Master;
Brad Peake: 2nd, Plus 40 and 5th, Vet Junior;
Brent Plante: 3rd, Plus 40 and 7th, Vet Junior
