The CMRC Women’s Nationals will be returning for 2012 and will continue with the East/West format that was introduced in 2010. Three rounds for each respective series will be held on the Amateur Days of selected Monster Energy Motocross Nationals, which will provide more attention and focus on the women’s racing.

Jessica Malaknejadorangi, also known around the track as “Longname”, can be found riding a Honda CRF250R in the Ladies class and, from time-to-time, the youth class to get some seat time in the Atlantic CMRC Motocross Series.

So as most of you know by now there has been much talk about our Canadian Women's National Series for 2012. After much discussion it was decided that the Women's Nationals be taken out of the Sunday Pro Day events.

Alright, well it's crunch time for all those late Christmas shoppers; the long line ups, crazy drivers, and the chaotic madness of people all happens at about this time of year.  (Oh the joys of Christmas!) It's also that time of year where everyone is wondering if there will be a Women's Series in Canada come spring.

There are always rumors flying around that they won't have anything but in the end something always comes up. As much as I want the series to grow and become some thing like the WMA down south it all depends on what the committee votes on for us.

When the Canadian Women's Nationals started in 2006 with the help of Jolene, Mallory, and Jessica it was at its best! I was so happy to hear there was finally going to be a series where the fastest women in Canada would race against each other. I don't know what everyone else's provincial series are like but in Saskatchewan there were usually only 5 of us lined up in the Ladies class; and more than half the class is made up of myself, my older sister Amber, younger sister Dallyn, and my Mom Carrie. To hear that we could actually ride against other girls sounded like such a great experience! I look up to all of those girls, and even up to this day I have so much respect for what they have done to get it all started.

Every year since then the series seems to suffer; we aren't getting the absolute most we can out of it. I understand what they were trying to do when they split it up into an East/West Series. They were trying to make it more cost saving for the women, and get more women riders out to the races, but doing this also decreased the racing action that we had. Let's face it: we don't pull out the entry numbers like the men do. It will take a few years before we come anywhere close to that, but when we had both the East and West together we had the top 5 girls from coast to coast battling it out on the track. Now that it's split the top 5 girls are off in one pack leaving the rest are having their own battles. As a spectator it's not all that exciting.
 
Think about it this way: the men have a full gate + a little more in each class. How many do you think actually  travel the entire circuit across Canada? Top 10? For sure! Top 20 riders? Maybe. When the women's series traveled across Canada we had the top 6 to 10 riders competing at all the rounds. I believe that if you are already committed to doing the series you will find a way to get to every round. Spectators will be more interested in watching all of us together again battling it out.
 
I am sure you will be hearing more about this topic from me in the future but there is just a little slice of what I have been thinking. Where is our series going?
 
Peace out!
 
Denaye Giroux #1W