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It’s been quite the weekend here in sleepy little Agassiz: We were proud to play host to the British Columbia event of the international old timers motocross championships. Riders up to 84 years of age took part in this family-oriented racing endeavor. Classes are separated into under 30 (support), 30+ (over the hill gang), 40+, 50+, 60+, 70+ and 80+ as well as a ladies class. My own family played no small part in this massive undertaking with the majority of the credit going to my grandfather Laurence St. Pierre, a very well respected and long time member of both the BC Old Timers and Canadian Motorcycle Association. He was there the majority of each day for almost two weeks before the event took place overseeing the cat work and preparing the track. My cousin, Justin, and I also helped him in preparing the track. My mother, aunt, and grandmother did the lap scoring for the races as well as sign-up.

The event was unfortunately not the financial success we might have hoped, but the low turnout of riders was no reflection on track conditions. The weather couldn’t have been more perfect with a couple hours of rain after the races were over Saturday night keeping down the dust for an overcast Sunday. To my knowledge, we didn’t receive one single complaint about the track over the entire weekend. On the contrary, we received many compliments and sent home a lot of very happy riders. My cousin and I had a great time riding the support class with our family claiming three of the four holeshots (first rider out of the first corner off the start) for the weekend (myself with two, him with one). Though my grandfather isn’t much of a photographer he did get a couple of good action shots on our cheap digital camera, which I will try to post as soon as I get a chance. Update: Myrna Hansen has her excellent photos up on her website. Photos including me are available here.

All in all, it was quite a weekend. Everyone involved feels stiff and sore and more than a little worn out today, I’m sure.