Bob Kiniry podiums @ Canadian MX Nats’ final round, steals 3rd o/a
While in New York Wey leads Spy’s 450 U.S. MX Nationals racers as Windham works to get his MX legs back under him in the 250 class
Starting up in Canada this week with the Spy Optic MX report, Bobby Kiniry(Monster/Cernic’s/Kawasaki) raced to a 3rd place (3rd/4th) overall finish in Morden, Ontario, the final round of the Monster Energy CMRC Canadian MX Nationals and, in the process, caught and passed his Spy teammate Paul Carpenter for the third and final championship podium spot in the MX1 class.
“I’m happy I was able to put our team and sponsors up on the overall podium after Paul got hurt,” said Kiniry. “Thanks again to Spy for having our back in the goggle department. Spys rule. Never an issue with fogging or glare. And you run into all kinds of situations in Canada with all the crazy weather we had this summer.” Note: Paul Carpenter broke his wrist and missed the final two rounds.
Kiniry ended up beating Paul Carpenter – who held 3rd place overall in the MX1 class for much of the season by nine points for 3rd overall. Despite his absence, Paul Carpenter did manage to hold on to 4th in the overall standings, while cousin Jack Carpenter placed 9th at Morden and 12th on the season – just three points out of the top ten.
Here in the States Spy’s Nick Wey (Boost Mobile/ampm/Monster/Troy-JLaw Racing) overcame a bout with the flu and gutted it out to a 13thplace finish, preserving his overall top ten (8th) overall position in the 450 class standings. So dehydrated was Wey that following his second moto he went straight to the Asterisk Mobile Medical unit to the some I.V. fluids. Wey’s Spy-backed teammate Jason Lawrence injured his hand in a practice crash at the course and was unable to compete at Unadilla.
Spy Magneto special edition namesake, Kevin “K-Dub” Windham (GEICO Powersports/Honda), returned to the MX Nationals at Unadilla and decided on running the 250 class at America’s longest-running pro MX race. Windham didn’t get the results he wanted (20th overall, going 12th/21st), but said he had a blast out there anyway. “I had about 50 pounds and at least a decade on most of those guys,” said Windham laughing. “I had fun. Challenging, but fun.”
A privateer rider that Spy’s been helping out, Adam Chatfield, went 12-17 for 15th overall in the premier 450 class.