North Texas Superbikes riders smash more records. Texas World Speedway marked the latest round of Central Motorcycle Road Racing Association races, with North Texas Superbikes and Dunlop supported riders winning 60% of the Expert and Novice sprints and placing in 6 of the top 10 overall 8 hour endurance positions. Endurance: Almost perfect conditions for Saturday’s 8 hour CMRA Endurance Series race allowed Dunlop N-Tec D211 and N-Tec 7 Series slick equipped teams to prosper. Team Mancuso Powersports Racing’s Dane Westby, Dustin Meador, Craig Clark, Paul Wilkinson, and Chris Romeo took the early lead, Westby running 1:45 lap times just seconds off the existing lap record on endurance rubber, followed by previous race winners and overall point leader Moto Ace Racing, and leading for most of the race. Late race misfortune which included a pit stop for Mancuso that knocked them into the second overall position, and first in class, as well as a faulty fuel pump for Moto Ace, bumping them to 7th overall and 3rd in class stopped their runs for the overall victory. Kenner Louisiana’s Rick Bros Racing slotted into the 3rd overall position thanks to the ironman riding of brothers Darrell and Chris Ricks also on Dunlop N-Tec D211’s. Final positions for North Texas Superbikes and Dunlop supported teams were: 2nd Overall, 1st SSAE Team Mancuso Powersports Racing, Dunlop N-Tec D211 3rd Overall, 1st SSCE Ricks Bros Racing, Dunlop N-Tec D211 6th Overall, 2nd SBCE Carey Racing, Dunlop N-Tec 7 Series 7th Overall, 3rd SBCE Moto Ace Racing, Dunlop N-Tec 7 Series 9th Overall, 3rd F1E Double D Express, Dunlop N-Tec D211 10th Overall, 2nd SSAE WFO! Komodo, Dunlop N-Tec D211 Expert Sprints: North Texas Superbikes and Dunlop sponsored Ty Howard, Kevin Pate, and young guns Dustin Dominguez and Dane Westby put on a show to remember, winning 12 of 20 races with Howard and Westby exchanging lap records several times on the newest Dunlop N-Tec tires. Westby started things off by winning A Superstock and setting a new track record of 1:42:40 on N-Tec D211 tires, beating Howard and Pate to the line for the win. Ty Howard won B Superstock, C Superstock, C Superbike*, and then battled hard in probably one of the most exciting CMRA races in several seasons to win F1 on N-Tec 7 Series slicks. Howard and Westby battled the entire race exchanging positions several times per lap, running side by side on the banking and into high speed turn one. Ty smashed Westby’s earlier lap record and set a new mark of 1:41:98, with all of Howard and Westby’s lap times under the old record. During a change from his 600 to the 1000 Ty Howard’s team failed to exchange his transponder giving the win in C Superbike to Dustin Dominguez, and adding to a long list of wins for the youngster from Oklahoma. Dominguez winning B Superbike, C Superbike, D Superbike, Formula 2, D Superstock, and finishing 2nd in B Superstock and C Superstock. Dunlop N-Tec 7 Series slick mounted Kevin Pate added to his podiums, winning A Superbike by two thousandths of a second over North Texas Superbikes rookie expert Ricky Jordan also on 7 Series slicks. Jake Lewis continued to dominate the Ultra lightweight winning Lightweight Twins, 125 GP, and F4. Novice Sprints: North Texas Superbikes and Dunlop supported riders won 8 of 14 sprint races, with NTSB’s Blair Krogh taking wins in D Superstock, D Superbike, Heavyweight Twins, Lightweight Twins, and F2. Brian Carter on Dunlop N-Tec 7 series slicks won A Superbike and Formula 1, and Willie Carter won a tight battle to win A Superstock. Tryg Westby (Dane’s dad) showed continued improvement finishing 2nd to Krogh in Lightweight Twins and Formula 2. * – DNF due to lack of transponder North Texas Superbikes offers the full line of Dunlop N-Tec tires and Komodo Gear which will be available at all rounds of CCS South and the CMRA racing series. North Texas Superbikes supports all racing and track day riding in Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana and may be contacted at 1-866-536-1279. More, from a press release issued by UtahSBA: Honda Presents The Plaza Cycle Masters of the Mountains Motorcycle Road Race Series at Miller Motorsports Park Round 1, April 12-13, 2008 Novice GTU presented by Corporate Suspension: 1 Matt Meza (Yam R6); 2 Mac Millner (Suz GSXR600); 3 Tyler Cenarrusa (Suz GSXR600); 4 Brian Childree (Suz GSXR600); 5 Tom Bowers (Suz GSXR600); 6 Shannon Pitre (Yam R6) Open Superbike presented by Wasatch Race Tire: 1 Aaron Clark (Suz GSXR1000); 2 Josh Graham (Yam R1); 3 David Lewis (Yam R1); 4 Guy Tomlinson (Suz GSXR1000); 5 Crash Lowe (Suz GSXR1000); 6 Gary Pool Super Twins presented by Salt Lake Motorsports: 1 Shane Turpin (Duc 1098R); 2 Brian Whipple (Duc 1089); 3 Michael Bunds (Duc 848); 4 Cody Gower; 5 Scott Ferguson (Buell XB12R); 6 Lance Lee (Aprilia MilleR) Middleweight Superbike presented by The Edge Motorsports: 1 Josh Graham (Yam R6); 2 Oleg Pianykh (Yam R6); 3 David Lewis (Yam R6); 4 Shannon Moham (Yam R6); 5 Jeff Brown (Yam R6); 6 Jesse Sherstan (Yam R6) KOM U presented bys Plaza Cycle: 1 Josh Graham (Yam R6); 2 John Ross Macrae (Suz GSXR600); 3 Oleg Pianykh (Yam R6); 4 David Lewis (Yam R6); 5 Matt Guiver (Yam R6); 6 Jeff Brown (Yam R6) Amateur GTU presented by Western Powersports: 1 Spencer Steed (Hon 600RR); 2 Brian Whipple (Duc 848); 3 Brad Moore (Suz GSXR600); 4 Matt Meza (Yam R6); 5 Shannon Pitre (Yam R6); 6 Tyler Cenarrusa Open Superstock: 1 Aaron Clark (Suz GSXR1000); 2 David Lewis (Yam R1); 3 Crash Lowe (Suz GSXR1000); 4 Mike Zottmann (Suz GSXR1000); 5 Gary Poole (Yam R1); 6 Ryan Brand (Suz GSXR1000) Heavyweight Superstock presented by Honda Suzuki of Salt Lake: 1 Crash Lowe (Suz GSXR750); 2 Oleg Pianykh (Yam R6); 3 Shannon Moham (Yam R6); 4 Kory Cowan (Yam R6); 5 Chase Twitchell (Yam R6); 6 Steve Davidsen (Yam R6) Novice GTO presented by Apex Track Days: 1 Matt Meza (Yam R6); 2 Eric Jones (Yam R1); 3 Tom Bowers (Suz GSXR1000); 4 Paul Gish 5 Tyler Cenarrusa (Hon 600RR); 6 Spencer Steiner (Suz GSXR1000) Middleweight Superstock presented by Fast Line Race Tire: 1 John Ross Macrae (Suz GSXR600); 2 Josh Graham (Yam R6); 3 David Lewis (Yam R6); 4 Shannon Moham (Yam R6); 5 Matt Guiver (Yam R6); 6 Chase Twitchell (Yam R6) Twins GTO presented by Salt Lake Motorsports: 1 Paul Avery; 2 Brian Whipple (Duc 848); 3 Michael Bunds (Duc 848); 4 Shannon Moham (Suz SV650); 5 Cody Gower; 6 Scott Ferguson (Buell XB12R) KOM O presented by Plaza Cycle: 1 Aaron Clark (Suz GSXR1000); 2 Josh Graham (Yam R1); 3 Shane Turpin (Duc 1098R) 4 Guy Tomlinson (Suz GSXR1000); 5 Mike Zottmann (Suz GSXR1000); 6 Crash Lowe (Suz GSXR1000) Formula 40 GTO presented by Four Seasons Cycle: 1 Shane Turpin (Duc 1098R); 2 John Hopperstad (Suz GSXR1000); 3 Peter Jenner; 4 Garth Callaghan (Tri 675); 5 Tommy Richardson (Suz GSXR750); 6 Tim Johnson (Suz GSXR1000) Amateur GTO: 1 Tom Bowers (Suz GSXR1000); 2 Brad Moore (Suz GSXR600); 3 Matt Meza (Yam R6); 4 Spencer Steed (Hon 600RR); 5 Spencer Steiner (Suz GSXR1000); 6 Paul Gish Twins GTU presented by Salt Lake Motorsports: 1 Shane Turpin (Bim DB5); 2 Shannon Moham (Suz SV650); 3 Scott Ferguson (Buell XB12R); 4 Joel Wolfgang (Suz SV650); 5 Don Roberts (Hon RS125); 6 Michael Carr (Suz SV650) More, from a press release issued by CMRA: Ty Howard set a new track record en route to three wins, while Dustin Dominguez claimed five wins at round three of the Central Motorcycle Roadracing Association Championship Series at Texas World Speedway in College Station, Texas, this weekend. Howard knocked over a second off of the existing track record en route to the win in a very exciting Northwest Honda Formula 1 Expert race, turning a 1: 41.984 on the second lap of the race. The previous record, a 1:43.069, was also set by Howard back in April of 2006. During the race, Howard and Dane Westby took turns lowering the record and alternating leads, with Howard finally getting the nod at the checkers. Howard added wins in the Liberty Motorsports Park B Superstock and South Central Race Center C Superstock races, to complete a successful day of racing. Meanwhile, Dominguez claimed wins in the Sonic Springs D Superstock, Team Mancuso Powersports B Superbike, Island Racing Services C Superbike, Exel Transportation Formula 2, and D Superbike races. Jake Lewis also had a good day, winning Lightweight Twins, GMAN Racing 125 GP, and Ridesmart Formula 4 races. Six-hundred-and-eleven entries filled the grids for Sunday’s sprint action, which was dominated by sunny but windy conditions with temperatures in the lower 70s. Other sprint winners included Pete Martins (CompuCrew Formula 40 Heavyweight), Kevin Pate (AVTEQ A Superbike), Eric Falt (Formula 40 Lightweight), Kent Moffitt (Unlimited Motard), Ronnie Hay (Heavyweight Twins), Conner Blevins (Super Motard and Clubman), and Robert Marsh (Classic Unlimited). In the Novice divisions, Blair Krogh claimed five wins, while Shawn Adams took three, including one in the Moto Liberty C Superstock race. Meanwhile, Brian Carter won the WINN Racing Formula 1 Novice race. On Saturday, Village Idiots won the Shogun Motorsports Endurance race, topping Team Mancuso Powersports by a full lap after eight hours of competition. Ricks Bros! finished third, with GMAN Racing and Lone Star Track days rounding out the top five. As for the class awards, Village Idiots were tops in the C Superbike class, Team Mancuso Powersports won the A Superstock class, Ricks Bros! were first in the C Superstock class and GMAN Racing won the Formula 1 division. Faltless Racing won the F2 division with a 13th overall finish. The CMRA will next see action on May 9-11 at Hallett Motor Racing Circuit near Hallett, Oklahoma, with a full slate of sprint racing actions, as well as a 5 hour Big Bike Endurance race and a 2 hour Mini Endurance race.