ISSUE 7
Canadian Pro Motocross Update
River du Loup AX has been running strong for 44 years, continuing to attract top U.S. riders and delivers a great show. This year was no different. The headline story coming out of the event was Logan Leitzel dropping his first gate in Canada aboard the Fuel Performance Beta Canada machine, while news also broke that he’ll race the full Canadian National Series this summer with the Atlantic Canada based team.
Big crowd turn out, and Logan on his new Beta Machine
Photo: Melissa Edmond | ME Photography
1st Charles LeFrancois 2nd Josh Cartwright 3rd Logan Leitzel
Photo: Melissa Edmond | ME Photography
Amateur and Local Racing
CMA
The CMA is celebrating 80 years this season, marking decades of evolution within Canadian motorsports. From once being the country’s leading motocross association, to stepping away from the sport almost entirely, the CMA is now making a positive return and rebuilding its presence in Canadian motocross. With new board members and multiple commtiees dedicated to making a postive change it is something we as a sport can look forward to. The CMA current and past president were in attendence at the GDR media day a few weeks back and just having the CMA in attendence elavated the event as a whole.
For those who may not know, the CMA’s current role in motocross is serving as Canada’s connection to the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), the organization behind events such as MXoN, WSX, MotoGP, and the WMX Oceania Women’s Cup.
If you’re planning to race WMX in the USA in 2026, you’ll also need to obtain an FIM license through the CMA. Beyond motocross, the CMA is involved with a long list of international events across multiple two-wheeled disciplines, with one of the most recognized among Canadian riders being the ISDE, an event many of you know well thanks to Tyler Medaglia.
The reason for including this CMA blurb is simple: things are changing within the organization, and it could once again play a pivotal role in the sport. In past years, every rider competing in Canada was required to hold a CMA membership. While a return to that system doesn’t seem likely anytime soon, but it’s probably more possible now than it has been in many years.
WILD ROSE SUPER SERIES
The final round of the 2026 Wild Rose super series took place this past weekend and had some big names come out to get somes pre-national gate drops including GDRs Dylan Wright and Dylan Rempel, safe to say they both had a successful learning weekend showing speed even on the stock bikes they were riding.
One of the biggest talking points in recent years has been track conditions in Calgary. Saturday’s race riders and teams were told track prep would be at national, but the conditions ultimately differed from what many riders and teams expected. With Round 1 of the national series set for June 7th, attention will now shift toward how the track is prepared, along with any adjustments made to the recent layout changes at Shaw Valley, including the removal of the wall jump before the fastest riders in the country arrive.
We reached out to the facility manager for comment, but no response was provided.
WMX
The WMX scene feels like it’s sitting in the calm before the storm right now. A lot of riders have been unusually quiet, which makes you wonder what’s going through their minds heading into Round 1 with more attention on the class than ever before. WMX is officially part of the conversation.
The class was featured in a much bigger way this year, including during the latest CMXU 250 National preview episode. While a few comments missed the mark, one being: women racers don’t need to be spoken to differently than male racers, they’re racers, plain and simple.
Every racer responds differently; some riders need a more aggressive approach, some don’t, and that has nothing to do with gender. We could name a few male riders that some would say you have to tipy toe around their emotions the same way they were implying all females need that. It comes down to the individual racer, and that’s something people will continue to learn as the class keeps growing.
It was clear there was genuine knowledge of the riders and real interest in how the championship will unfold, which does get my respect of them including WMX and I thank them for that.
Highlighted Content Around the Sport
We gotta give some more live to Zach Ufimzeff for his daily IG vlog series, he is crushing it, so creative and interesting every day!
We are seeing a lot of IG story posts of whips, just riders shaking out their race bikes having some fun.
One really cool thing WMX rider Peyton Belisle did heading into Round 1 was post a carousel dedicated to thanking her sponsors, highlighting a different brand on each slide. A great way to show support for the companies backing her program.