Riders ripped through the starting gate and crossed the finish line for the last time this year as the British Columbia Motocross Association (BCMA) racing season came to an end in Ashcroft on Sept. 28-29.
A number of local boys hit the track for the event and some are already looking forward to next year.
Brad Perron of Lac la Hache says he's excited to move up in class after a top 5 finish. Perron finished eighth overall in Schoolboy this season, eighth overall in Junior MX-2 and fifth overall in Junior B.
Perron says he's come a long way with his racing despite only starting midway this year.
“I've improved overall, everywhere. When I was in the Junior B class, most of my races were like 12 people. In my first race in Junior MX-2, it was 36 [people] all trying to go into that first corner, which was pretty intimating when I first started racing that class.”
At the Nl'akapxm Eagle Motorplex in Ashcroft, he finished third in Junior MX-2 on Sept. 28 and Sept. 29. In Schoolboy, he went third on Sept. 28 and sixth on Sept. 29. Perron says he was pleased with the top 3 finishes, among his highest this season, but admits there were not many competitors out for the final weekend, mostly because Ashcroft is one of the most southern tracks on the circuit.
Patrick Griffin from 100 Mile House raced in Junior MX-2 and came away with a seventh overall finish on Sept. 29 and fifth overall on Sept. 28.
Kamloops rider Brandon Watrich, formerly of 100 Mile House, raced in Junior B and finished second overall Sept. 28 and fourth overall on Sept. 29.
Tyler Glover of 70 Mile House finished fourth in Junior B on Sept. 28 and first overall on Sept. 29, after winning both races that day.
The Schoolboy class saw all four local riders competing. On Sept. 29, Glover went fifth, Perron sixth, Griffin seventh and Watrich 11th. On Sept. 28, Perron finished third overall, Griffin right behind him in fourth and Glover took ninth.