There will be some high flying action at the Drumheller Off-Road Vehicle Association (DORVA) track this spring as the group is hosting a national motocross race.
DORVA will be hosting an event on the Rockstar Energy Triple Crown Schedule. This means on June 14, some of the best riders in the nation will be on the track in Drumheller.
“These are the top events of the Canadian series,” said Brad Peake of DORVA. “The Triple Crown Series is a Rockstar Energy Drink series that has three disciplines attached to it; arena-cross, motocross, and supercross. What they do is assign points for positions for each race and each discipline and whoever has the most points for all three disciplines wins the big triple crown prize.”
There are 13 events in the series and the Drumheller motocross event comes midway through the tour across Canada.
‘This is on a scale that we’ve never reached,” said Peake
He said they have already made some major design changes to the track to prepare for the event to make it unique. They have been working on getting a race for a couple of years. He explained to the organizers about Drumheller’s unique valley and its ability to attract visitors that helped to sell them on the deal. He says they will be working with partners to get the word out on the race.
“We don’t want to just preach to the choir but to get the information out to the enthusiasts,” he said. He hopes they can get 2,500 out to the event.
DORVA is familiar with the tour. This year they sponsored racer Keylan Meston on the Rockstar Triple Crown Series. He races in the 450 pro class and wrapped up the MX season placing 5th overall at Walton and 6th overall for the MX series. He has spent a lot of time training at DORVA.
“He was pumped that we were able to support him financially and come down to the races as much as we did,” said Peake. “He said it makes a difference to have someone in your corner.”
