Jean Sébastien Roy Wins in Montreal
September 21, 2008, 8:30am
Montréal - Close to 45,000 fans witnessed Saturday night Jean-Sébastien Roy's victory over Michael Willard from Ohio in the MX1 class grand finale at the Montréal Supercross. JSR led all 15 laps with his Yamaha to capture his fifth Montréal Supercross win by a little more than four seconds. The evening did not start on a good note for the Acton Vale, Québec rider as he did not secure a place for the final race of the evening with a 13th place finish in his heat race, won by Michigan rider Jacob Marsack. However, in the last-chance heat race, Roy easily won to sneak into the finale. The other heat winner was Ohio rider Jeff Gibson.
Tampa Florida rider finished third in the finale behind Roy and Willard. Colton Faciotti of Aldergrove, BC finished fourth, followed by Gibson. Other Quebecers to fare well in the final race of the evening were Simon Homans from Sherbrooke who finished 6th overall and Marc-André Généreux, from Saint-Césaire, 12th.
The evening festivities began with a-three lap KTM motocross race for young Canadian riders aged 7 and 8. A pile up involving all the riders except the leader in turn two at the start of the race gave race leader Sam Alexander Gaynor from Erin, Ontario a huge lead which he held until the checkered flag. After the KTM podium ceremonies, and following the MX1 qualifying heat races, the organizers of the 31st edition of the Montréal Supercross paid a special tribute to Roy, the five-time Canadian Motocross Champion.
In the MX2 Class, Tyler Medaglia from Kemptville, Ontario easily won ahead of Yamaha rider Simon Homans from Sherbrooke and KTM rider Tim Tremblay for Saint-Jeanne d'Arc. In the ATV finale, American Pat Brown took the win ahead of Greg Gee from Simcoe, Ontario, and Harold Goodman from Michigan. Richard Pelchat of Saint-Romuald led the Quebec riders with a fourth place while Jasmin Plante finished sixth and Michael Ouellette of Tingwick was eight overall.
The freestyle competition was a Thomas Pagès affair. The French ace was in a class of his own in the finale against American flyer "Mad" Mike Jones as the crowd cheered him to an overwhelming win. In the Autocross class, Daniel Gagné from Asbestos, Québec won his seventh Montréal Supercross finale.
Complete Results:
Tampa Florida rider finished third in the finale behind Roy and Willard. Colton Faciotti of Aldergrove, BC finished fourth, followed by Gibson. Other Quebecers to fare well in the final race of the evening were Simon Homans from Sherbrooke who finished 6th overall and Marc-André Généreux, from Saint-Césaire, 12th.
The evening festivities began with a-three lap KTM motocross race for young Canadian riders aged 7 and 8. A pile up involving all the riders except the leader in turn two at the start of the race gave race leader Sam Alexander Gaynor from Erin, Ontario a huge lead which he held until the checkered flag. After the KTM podium ceremonies, and following the MX1 qualifying heat races, the organizers of the 31st edition of the Montréal Supercross paid a special tribute to Roy, the five-time Canadian Motocross Champion.
In the MX2 Class, Tyler Medaglia from Kemptville, Ontario easily won ahead of Yamaha rider Simon Homans from Sherbrooke and KTM rider Tim Tremblay for Saint-Jeanne d'Arc. In the ATV finale, American Pat Brown took the win ahead of Greg Gee from Simcoe, Ontario, and Harold Goodman from Michigan. Richard Pelchat of Saint-Romuald led the Quebec riders with a fourth place while Jasmin Plante finished sixth and Michael Ouellette of Tingwick was eight overall.
The freestyle competition was a Thomas Pagès affair. The French ace was in a class of his own in the finale against American flyer "Mad" Mike Jones as the crowd cheered him to an overwhelming win. In the Autocross class, Daniel Gagné from Asbestos, Québec won his seventh Montréal Supercross finale.
Complete Results:
| MX1 | MX2 | ||
|
1
|
Jean-Sebastien Roy |
1
|
Tyler Medaglia |
|
2
|
Michael Willard |
2
|
Simon Homans |
|
3
|
Jason Thomas |
3
|
Tim Tremblay |
|
4
|
Colton Facciotti |
4
|
Kyle Keast |
|
5
|
Jeff Gibson |
5
|
Jason Burke |
|
6
|
Simon Homans |
6
|
Jeremy Medaglia |
|
7
|
Tyler Bright |
7
|
Jonathan Parise |
|
8
|
Daniel Blair |
8
|
Danny Riverin |
|
9
|
Ryan Clark |
9
|
Kaven Benoit |
|
10
|
Jacob MArsack |
10
|
Kyle Beaton |
|
11
|
Marc Antoine Genereux |
11
|
Yuri Alexandre |
|
12
|
Kyle Keast |
12
|
Josh Snider |
|
13
|
Paul Lamb |
13
|
Nathanial Bosum |
|
14
|
Ryan Lockhart |
14
|
Alex Houle |
|
15
|
Mathew Eastman |
15
|
Ryan Millar |
|
16
|
Jason Hussay |
16
|
PJ Stratton |
|
17
|
Jason Burke |
17
|
Brandyn Cowie |
|
18
|
Chuck Mesley |
18
|
Stephane Dupont |
|
19
|
Tom Hofmaster |
19
|
Sylvain Ayotte |
|
20
|
Tyler Medaglia |
20
|
Shawn Robinson |
|
21
|
Ryan Blizzard |
21
|
Alex Laliberte |
|
22
|
Dave Ginalfi |
22
|
Zeb Dennis |
|
23
|
Charles Ellis |
23
|
Marc Antoine Genereux |
|
24
|
Jeff Northrop |
24
|
Kyle McGlynn |
|
25
|
Eric Nye | ||
