On board with Ben Kelley Pro Moto 2 - 2023 Fox J Day Off Road Series: Spectro Oils Buccaneer GP

Round 12 of the FOX Racing J DAY Off Road GP Championship saw the return of FMF / KTM Factory pilot Ben Kelley and for the third time in as many tries he came away with the victory and moved himself into 10th position in the title fight which by the way became very interesting after first moto winner Chris Canning on the Factory Connection Gas Gas was curiously absent from the 2nd moto start line and would lose his championship point lead and now sits 13 points adrift of 2022 J DAY Champ Simon Johnson and now in fourth place. Simon Johnson would take his Plaistow Power Sports / Factory Connection Yamaha to the second step of the podium and leave Lempster with 224 points and a 7 point lead over another Vermonster Gavin Simon on the Edelmans Husqvarna who would finish fifth overall today. Third Overall at round 12 was Factory Connection / LBR Racing / FXR pilot Brandon Gregoire on his Yamaha and he now sits 12 points out of the lead while V3 Kawi rider Brayden Nolette scored 4th overall today and sits 5th in points but now 42 points out and his hopes of a championship are getting slimmer. Van Gosselin on his Battery Park / Ronnies Cycles KTM was impressive again as the A Class standout would finish 6th Overall against the PRO riders for his career best overall finish. Honestly it is only going to get better as Van is only a few months shy of 16 and on a meteoric rise through a tough J DAY field. Dylan Moriarty, Taylor Beckwith, Joshua Lussier and Grady Hall rounded out the top ten on the day.
All I could see and talk about was Ben Kelley as he controlled his pace on the very fast track and after battling from a mid pack start in moto one to catch Canning with two laps to go by gaining 9 seconds on the penultimate lap he challenged for the lead but the veteran Canning would not be denied the win and Kelley erred on the side of caution and reluctantly settled for second but knowingly set himself up for the overall as he only had to beat Canning in the second go round to seal the victory which he very handily did and cruised to a 41 second win on the FMF / Factory KTM. Ben is always a pleasure to have at J DAY Off Road and really enjoys his many friends and fans. At the Buccaneer Ben was presented a signed event jersey by his buddy Tucker Aldrich and his smile was a mile wide as the pictures on the podium were snapped. Ben still has a very real chance of scoring the 2023 GNCC Championship which would be his second in XC 1 to go along with his 2 in XC 2. All of us here at J DAY and in New England will be routing for you buddy and we will always be so proud of you as a racer but even more importantly because you are a good man and a good friend. Go Get ‘ Em !!
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[@user-cb3cf2xp2u]

Killin' the game out there Ben!

[@tmlpony]

where the heck is his camera,on his peckah?

[@solartherm]

lol troy!!
non Boston translation.........Pecker

[@tmlpony]

@@solartherm Lol, whats up Paul..

[@Tankerman]

Awesome run. Looks like everyones ripping you on the camera angle haha

[@sertone777]

Rippin. Camera angle , so so.
Thanks for the footage

[@sertone777]

Dang kid was right in the way not understanding what the rider is choosing for a line. Many times I don’t like picking and pointing lines either. Sometimes actually

[@dougalipblast]

Chesty mount no... Front helmet mount yes... class dismissed.