Despite an injured ankle which he sustained during Sunday morning practice Colton Facciotti recorded the MX1 overall at Round 4 of the Canadian Motocross Nationals in Morden, Manitoba on Sunday, thanks to 3-1 heat results.

Aron Harvey made it a perfect day for Blackfoot Racing by snaring the MX2 overall on the strength of 2-1 heats.

The first MX1 heat holeshot was claimed by Facciotti’s teammate Dust Klatt who was followed by Paul Carpenter, Shawn Maffenbeier, Kyle Keast and Jeremy Medaglia.

An on-fire Klatt put a 15-second lead on Carpenter while the chase group found themselves even farther back.

A bobble by Klatt around lap five, however, was enough for Carpenter to not only make up the gap but stick a pass on Klatt, who took some time getting back into the fray.

Klatt then spent the rest of the heat chasing the American but when the checkered flew, he found himself crossing the finish line with a six second deficit.

Meanwhile, Facciotti, experiencing an uncharacteristically bad start in dead last position, spent about three-quarters of the heat slicing and dicing his way into a third place finish.

The second heat holeshot went to local rider, Ryan Millar, with Facciotti and Klatt hot on his tail. Millar’s lead was short-lived, however, with Facciotti taking over that enviable position on the first lap.

Klatt didn’t waste much time installing himself into second while Tyler Medaglia, who was fourth out of the gate, picked off a hard battling Millar for third place a few laps later.

First heat winner Paul Carpenter, who started around 10th place, stuck a pass on Medaglia around the halfway mark to claim third but was unable to get past Klatt, despite giving it his best shot.

Once he took command of the lead, Facciotti checked out to put about 25 seconds worth of real estate between himself and Klatt.

Medaglia eventually had to contend with Carpenter’s teammate Bobby Kiniry, who ended up grabbing fourth while Medaglia settled for fifth.

Rounding out the overall podium were Carpenter, who carded second with 1-3 results, and Klatt who booked third on the strength of his 2-2 heats.

Kiniry finished fourth on the day, thanks to consistent 4-4 heats while Jeff Northrop cemented the top five with 6-7 heats.

Aron Harvey picks up MX2 overall

In the first MX2 heat, Aron Harvey snared the holeshot with his teammate Kyle Beaton, and the Americans Teddy Maier, Eric Nye, and Nick Evennou in tow.

By lap four Maier had taken possession of the lead, with Harvey focused on regaining the top spot, which he failed to do. The two Americans, who dramatically turned up the pace, had already gapped the chase group led by Evennou, by about eight seconds.

At the finish line, an unleashed Maier put an additional eight seconds on Harvey. Even farther back was Nye, who passed Evennou to claim third in the closing laps.

Evennou, however, was penalized one position for cutting part of the track after a slip, reshuffling the top five to include Beaton, who inherited fourth.

Quebec’s Kaven Benoit grabbed the holeshot, followed by Tucker Hibbert, Harvey, Maier, and Evennou. A super motivated Maier didn’t waste much time to stick a pass on Harvey.

Benoit was next to succumb to Maier’s charge. Although it looked like Maier was going to check out for his second win of the day, just past the halfway mark a mechanical failure put him out of the race.

With Maier on the sidelines, Harvey gladly accepted the lead. Nye, who had started in ninth, closed in rapidly but was unable to make a pass before the end of the heat.

With 2-1 heats, Harvey claimed his first overall win of the season. Nye on the strength of 3-2 heats, and Evennou on the strength of 5-3 heats, capped the overall podium in second and third, respectively.

Meanwhile, Hibbert, winner of last year’s Morden National, had a day to forget in his first appearance of the season north of the border. The Goodridge, MN native DNFd the first heat due to motor failure; early in the second heat he disappeared after a crash while running in second place.

Overall Results – Morden, MB

MX1

1. Colton Facciotti (Yam) 3-1

2. Paul Carpenter (Kaw) 1-3

3. Dusty Klatt (Yam) 2-2

4. Bobby Kiniry (Kaw) 4-4

5. Jeff Northrop (KTM) 6-7

6. Tyler Medaglia (Suz) 9-5

7. Mitch Cooke (Kaw) 8-8

8. Kyle Keast (Suz) 5-11

9. Jeremy Medaglia (Suz) 7-12

10. Kevin Johnson (Kaw) 11-10

MX2

1. Aron Harvey (Yam) 2-1

2. Eric Nye (KTM) 3-2

3. Nick Evennou (Kaw) 5-3

4. Kyle Beaton (Yam) 4-7

5. Kaven Benoit (Kaw) 8-4

6. Kyle McGlynn (KTM) 7-6

7. Teddy Maier (Kaw) 1-30

8. Kerim Fitz-Gerald (KTM) 9-9

9. Jared Allison (Yam) 15-8

10. PJ Straton (Hon) 12-13

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