Rockstar Husqvarna’s Christophe Pourcel came into the final round knowing that he had to win both motos and hope that Goerke would have some bad luck if he was going to win the title. Pourcel qualified second, and after passing Mike Alessi to get into second place in the first moto was handed the lead when Colton Facciotti over jumped a big floater on Lap 7. Pourcel ran up front for five laps before Facciotti could make the pass to get back in the lead. Although Pourcel kept it close he was second at the checkered flag. Christophe’s start was not great in Moto 2 but the crafty Frenchman made quick work of those in front of him and grabbed the lead on Lap 4, posted the fastest lap of the moto, and took the win and the overall on the day. In the end it was not enough to take the title, and even after winning five times this year, Christophe had to settle for second in the Championship..

Coming off a dominating 1-1 performance at Round 9 Honda Canada GDR Fox Racing’s Colton Facciotti was the fastest qualifier and posted the quickest lap of Moto 1 on route to taking the win. In the second moto, Facciotti moved forward after not getting a great start and was fourth at the checkered flag, putting him third overall for the day. Colton finishes the season strong after winning 3 of the last 4 motos and will have the #3 on his bike in 2018 after finishing third in the Championship and being the top Canadian rider in the series in 2017.

Competing in only his fifth event in the 2017 series, privateer Jeremy Medaglia looked super impressive after grabbing the holeshot in the first moto and hanging on to finish fourth. Jeremy followed that up with a ninth in Moto 2 to finish fourth overall for the day and hopefully will find a ride for 2018 and race the entire series.

Redemption Racing’s Cade Clason’s 7-6 moto finishes put him fifth overall, which included a holeshot in the second moto. This was Clason’s best result since finishing fourth at Round 9 in 2016.

Rounding out the top 10 were Royal Distributing Motovan Piller’s Race Team’s Kyle Chisholm in sixth, Husqvarna’s Mike Brown in seventh, Rockstar Energy OTSFF Yamaha’s Tim Tremblay in eighth, Husqvarna’s Kyle Keast in ninth, and Royal Distributing Motovan Piller’s Race Team’s Tyler Medaglia in tenth.

MX2

MX101 FXR Yamaha Team’s Shawn Maffenbeier must have been feeling the pressure coming into the final round with an 11-point lead in the series and started the day as the fastest qualifier. Maffenbeier got a great start in the first moto and passed his teammate Jess Pettis to take the lead on Lap 2, and almost went down in the process. From that point on Shawn appeared to be in complete control as he posted the fastest lap of the first moto and took the win. Lining up for the final moto of the year, Maff had a comfortable 20-point lead on Ryan Surratt and rode an intelligent race to finish third, earn his sixth overall victory this season, and win his first National MX2 Title. On the podium with the #1 plate in his hand, Shawn said, “The team worked hard all week to get the bike ready and to keep me calm knowing what was at stake this weekend.”

After starting the season off slowly with his new team, Honda Canada GDR Fox Racing’s Dylan Wright put a good finish on 2017 winning the last moto of the season, his first win this year. Wright qualified third fastest and was fourth in Moto 1 after going down early and being passed by Jacob Hayes. Dylan led all but two laps of the second moto and with 4-1 finishes was second overall on the day. Wright passed Ryan Surratt in the standings to finish the season second in the MX2 Class by only one point.

Monster Energy Alpinestar Kawasaki’s Jacob Hayes put in another strong ride and equaled his best result of the season with a second in Moto 2. Hayes was third in Moto 1 and his 3-2 finishes put him up on the box for the fourth time in 2017, and earns him fourth overall in the MX2 standings for 2017.

After being the second fastest qualifier in the morning, MX101 FXR Yamaha Team’s Jess Pettis led the opening lap of the first moto before being passed by his teammate and finishing the moto in second. Pettis didn’t get a great start in Moto 2 and made a few passes to put himself fourth at the checkered flag, missing the podium at the end of the day by two points. Jess had a breakout season in 2017 earning his first win and finishing on the podium three times while missing two rounds with injuries. Pettis will finish the season in fifth place in the MX2 standings like he did in 2016.

In his first appearance in the MX2 class, Canadian Amateur Marco Cannella finished 6-5 for fifth overall and served notice for 2018 that he has got what it takes to be a contender in the Pro ranks.