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By: Allison Kennedy
When you’re sitting 10th in the 250 AMA points with three rounds remaining, it’s a gutsy and ambitious venture to head north on a precious off weekend. But that’s what Eleven 10Mods rider Darryn Durham chose to do. With the final round of the Canadian National series in Walton, Ontario coinciding with a break, Durham headed north for a taste of the Canadian competition, a change of scenery and hopefully, a battle for the win.
Things looked rosy when Durham arrived at the track—which had just hosted four days of Loretta Lynn’s-inspired amateur racing—but those pristine conditions started to wash away Saturday afternoon with relentless rain dominating Sunday’s races. To be clear, we’re not talking showers here…we’re talking about a torrential downpour with horizontal rain and pea-sized hail. An F3 tornado touched down just minutes up the road, right as Durham’s final moto of the day was wrapping up.
Durham went 2-DNF for 8th overall in muddy conditions at Walton.
Photo: Allison Kennedy
Durham had literally walked into a tempest. Despite the thick, pervasive mud, he found himself up front in both motos—posting the fastest lap times in each race. But pitted against a worthy opponent in defending MX2 champion Tyler Medaglia, a series of mud-inspired mistakes while battling with the champ cost Durham the win in both races. Medaglia—determined and riding a high after the birth of his son earlier that morning—clinched his second MX2 title with a 1-1 sweep while Durham was relegated to a 2-DNF for 8th overall.
They say mud is the great equalizer, and despite the brutal conditions, Medaglia and Durham had some amazing battles. Come north again, Darryn. We’d love to see you on a dry track.
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I thought you could 't race that class if you had earned a certain number (75 I thought) in the US??
I dunno about what Keven wrote? But I like the pick of the mud racing, I always had some kind of knack for racing in the mud I was pretty good at it. It was hard on the bikes but you had to know how to pick the lines and I always had fun doing it. Hey I was my own wrench and had to pay for the worn out parts but it was fun and I usually did win, it takes a different minset.
Absolutely think the whole Canadien mx series is awesome!...... great venues, great racing and sure do miss the excllent tv coverage/commentary as I think it was way better than the US coverage. Also kind of cool to see the us guys go up there and race like Teddy Maier and awile, back, Nor Cali Eric Nye...
I agree mbmoto. Not only does Canada get seem to get some top 10 (or5) US riders but it seems there all the nicest and most sportsman-like. Dubach, Dowd, Huffman, Hamblin and now Georke and Gibson. Weege and Emig are a great combo but they need to get crazy like Koster and Travres more often.
man i wish speed was still showin coverage of the cmrc series. They always had great coverage and the announcers were so funny. Heck a lot of big names were down there and got the job done, paul carpenter went up there and dethroned jean sebastion roy after winning 5 in a row, never saw that one but kept up with it, seems they stop showing after roy stoped winning unfortunatly. the racing seemed to get real good after that
The track looks like a frosty from Wendy's..... It makes you just want to dive in and not care what you look like when your done. haa
@ Welker, is there anything you can't do? I think you have a knack for blowing your own horn. These forums are great and many of your insights are good but a little less self promotion would allow me to read more of them. Just sayin....
@Hey Welker,,,,,nobody here cares how ya did at chickin lics 40 yrs ago. Nobody. I'll repeat what I said 2 months ago,....yer a self centered idiot, possibly imbacile. maybe even a Moron?
Durham needs to get on a real team. They can't even give him a practice bike during the week. He needs to take one of those offers from the more supportive teams he got earlier this summer. Come on DD you got the skills and speed to run top you just need the right backing
I use to love the commentary from those guys while watching the Canadian MX series. They would get me amped up about three guys all battling for 5th place, lol. Great stuff.
that's why people forget what happens in motocross, because you don't even watch outside the five. lol
Durham doesn't deserve a factory ride for a 30 second joyride up front, just sayin'
LOL he can lap circles around your chickshiet computer chair racer
"against a worthy opponent in defending MX2 champion Tyler Medaglia"
"battling with the champ cost Durham"
Are you writing in a reply column? are you really a journalist? Are you really a fan of motocross?
the canadian series sucks. the canadian announcers suck. canadian weather sucks. canadian trophy girls suck.
don't race here, this mx series in canada is for losers and wanna bes who are to scared or not really good enough to go to the states and race the ama series(s).
canadian riders are an embarresment to our country.
once, just once, i wanna see a canuck try to make a real go of it on the ama circuts.
not the part timers, quiters, and losers who try 1 or 2 seasons and quit.
who was that chump that got burned by his own pipe then crawled back across the border with his tail between his legs?
As a fellow canuck I think you nailed it. The new millenium has been horrible for north of the border except for the first couple years.
I dunno what evryones problem is, why not jump on here and let everyone know how good you are.. Those guys are really lucky I wasn't racing, dunno what it is about those conditions but I just plain rip in the mud... Yeh I gotta work on my own stuff and spend 5 grand in repairs after each mud race but who cares ya know Its fully worth it... I wish there was like a mud racing national series, just leave the sprinklers on the track for 5 straight days and then get me out there... I got that shht covered, I'm all over it!! Welker you got nothing. But on a serious note- durhams the man, can we put him on a geico for south wick..? Who is replacing Hahn ? I'm out, cya suckers :)))
I dunno what evryones problem is, why not jump on here and let everyone know how good you are.. Those guys are really lucky I wasn't racing, dunno what it is about those conditions but I just plain rip in the mud... Yeh I gotta work on my own stuff and spend 5 grand in repairs after each mud race but who cares ya know Its fully worth it... I wish there was like a mud racing national series, just leave the sprinklers on the track for 5 straight days and then get me out there... I got that shht covered, I'm all over it!! Welker you got nothing. But on a serious note- durhams the man, can we put him on a geico for south wick..? Who is replacing Hahn ? I'm out, cya suckers :)))
Oh Canada - Cole Thompson and Kade Walker have been winning AMA and other U.S. amateur championships in the amateur ranks for the last few years. Both are in the LL Hall of Fame. All the above negative comments about Canadian riders balling up; GFY and Have a Nice Day!
who? amateur ranks? say what? we are talking big boy stuff here........ama sx and ama mx. nothing else even comes close ..or matters.
amateurs............ you are funny.
Show some respect. Your such a loser dude. You don't even ride real bmx bikes you ride four wheel bmx bikes? hahahhahah super lame. You need a roll model.
http://www.r-onefourcross.com/fourcross_news.html
wow. you know how to work the interweb. try clicking a few more buttons and you will get a real education on winning, losing and life.
try educating yourself before opening your piehole.
loser? i don't think so. roll model? i am a facking roll model you moron, to hundred of thousands of kids around the world.
http://dontgiveupworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Impossible-Is-Nothing-adidas-Stacy-Kohut.jpg
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&sugexp=cppshb&cp=11&gs_id=10&xhr=t&q=stacy+kohut&gs;_sm=&gs;_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1280&bih=655&wrapid=tljp1314312814015018&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi