Cory Burleson and Joseph Caruso took home the wins in Middleweight Expert and Heavyweight Expert at CMRA’s first ever Spring Shootout at MotorSport Ranch in Cresson, Texas, this past Saturday, April 25.

Crazy weather overnight dumped heavy rain, while record high winds brought hail and a tornado within two miles of the track, making Saturday morning’s track conditions very slick with dirt and debris on the edges. The sun and a light breeze helped dry the track, and conditions greatly improved by race time.

Burleson came off a five-year hiatus to grab the win in Middleweight Expert on his Dunlop-shod GSX-R600 and turned the fastest lap of the day in the process, running a 1:20.096. Burleson was a known CMRA fast guy and also won the AMA Horizon Award in 2006.

Burleson shared this about his time away from racing and his return,”I took time off to be with my family and raise my boys. They’re old enough to ride now, and wanted to come out this weekend and race in Jr Motard. So I got this bike, picked it up this morning on the way here, and came out to race with them.”

Caruso pulled the win in Heavyweight Expert with his Pirelli-shod BMW S1000RR, grabbing the lead in a nail-biter of a last lap within 100 yards of the checkers, as he edged KTM RC8-mounted Brandon Young and held off Jordan Pence riding hard on his Kawasaki ZX-6R.

Caruso shared this about his win, “That was a crazy lap, and a good race. The level of competition was challenging and my bike ran well, thanks to Brandon McLean from Metric Garage and Jimmy Cambora from RaceworX suspension. I’m looking forward to Hallett.”

On behalf of our racers, the CMRA would like to thank our 2015 Class Sponsors including: 212Decals.com, Altus Lawton Motorsports, Breast Cancer Research Foundation/P1 Racing, Crazy Jack’s Powersports, Four81 Motos, Island Racing Services, JT’s Performance Plus, Leather & Lace Racing Leathers Repair, Lone Star Track Days, Moto Liberty, North Texas Superbikes, OnRoad OffRoad Suspension, Rainbow Sox Racing, Race Tire Services, RaceworX, Remember Brooks Gremmels, Road & Track Suspension, South Central Race Center, SpeedFreakDecals.com, and Texas Motorcycle Academy@H2Rraceway.

A special thanks to HighPerformanceCrew.com for sponsoring the safety curbing that was just installed on track at MSR Houston, and the radio headsets for the corner workers.Please remember to support the products and services of the companies who support you!

For a complete list of the weekend results and standings, please visit the website: www.CMRAracing.com. The next round in the CMRA season will be on May 15-17, 2015, at Hallett Motor Racing Circuit in Hallett, OK.

Details for the weekend will be announced when finalized. Come out and see some great endurance and sprint racing action!

SATURDAY SHOOTOUT RESULTS

FORMULA 8

1. Brylin Schrock (Kaw KLX110)

2. Isaiah Burleson (Kaw KLX110)

JR MOTARD

1. Logan Roy (Kaw KLX110)

2. Tyler McLean (KTM SR50)

3. Josiah Burleson (Hon XR50)

ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHT

1. Brandon Altmeyer (KTM RC 390)

2. Justin McWilliams (Kaw 300R)

3. Nick Doolan (KTM RC 390)

4. Bill Syfan (Kaw 250R)

5. Colby Pyron (Kaw 300R)

6. Kyle Fox (Hon CBR250R)

GROM

1. Daisy DeSimone (Hon Grom)

2. Dean Darnell (Hon Grom)

FORMULA 6

1. Raynie Leard (Yam TTR125)

2. Robin Roy (Yam TTR125)

FORMULA 5

1. Brylin Schrock (Hon RS65)

MIDDLEWEIGHT EXPERT

1. Cory Burleson (Suz GSX-R600)

2. Jordan Pence (Kaw ZX-6R)

3. Alonzo Contreras (Suz GSX-R600)

4. Alan Phillips (Kaw ZX-6R)

5. Nick Doolan (Kaw ZX-6R)

6. Chris Coffey (Kaw ZX636)

MIDDLEWEIGHT NOVICE

1. Kyle Fox (Hon CBR600RR)

2. Steven Smith (Suz GSX-R600)

3. Tommy Hendricks (Kaw ZX636)

4. Dalton Turner (Suz GSX-R600)

LIGHTWEIGHT EXPERT

1. Jim Whitten (Duc 1000SS)

2. Zachary Boldwyn (Suz SV650)

LIGHTWEIGHT NOVICE

1. Walter Wlaker III (Suz SV650)

2. David Felio (Duc 1000SS)

3. David Dahms (Hon CBR600F2)

4. Travis Pence (Suz SV650)

HEAVYWEIGHT EXPERT

1. Joseph Caruso (BMW S1000RR)

2. Jordan Pence (Kaw ZX-6R)

3. Brandon Young (KTM RC8)

4. Manuel Segura (Hon CBR1000RR)

5. Jack Vigneau (Sux GSX-R1000)

6. Sean Gurevich (Kaw ZX-6R)

HEAVYWEIGHT NOVICE

1. Richard Schiller (Yam YZF-R1)

2. Colby Pyron (Hon CBR1000RR)

3. Steven Heck (Apr RSV4)

4. Daisy DeSimone (Suz GSX-R750)

More, from another press release issued by Shandra Crawford on behalf of CMRA:

Cleland Takes Top Spots In Sunday’s CMRA Spring Shootout

Brandon Cleland took home the wins in Middleweight Expert and Heavyweight Expert at CMRA’s first ever Spring Shootout at MotorSport Ranch in Cresson, Texas, this past Sunday, April 26.

Sunshine with some humidity and quickly rising temperatures made for fast times on the counter-clockwise1.7-mile course, a great improvement over the day before.

Cleland rode two different bikes to grab the wins. In the first race of the day, Heavyweight Expert and Novice, Cleland boarded his Pirelli-shod Kawasaki ZX-10R and threw down the fastest lap of the weekend, turning a 1:15.440 on lap 3. He held that pace for the remaining 15 laps of the race, finishing 59.121 seconds ahead of second place.

Clouds rolled in and a thunderstorm could be seen approaching as the third race of the day took the warm up lap and gridded up.

In race three, Middleweight Expert and Novice, Cleland was on his Pirelli-shod Yamaha YZF-R6. He held a blistering pace for the entire 18 lap race, turning a fastest lap of the race on lap 14 with a 1:16.485 and taking the checkers 29.071 seconds ahead of second place.

A lightning strike 3.1 miles from the track put a brief weather hold on the event right after race three, but racing was able to continue. Races four and five were shortened by half, and race six was red-flagged after three laps due to lightning.

On behalf of our racers, the CMRA would like to thank our 2015 Class Sponsors including: 212Decals.com, Altus Lawton Motorsports, Breast Cancer Research Foundation/P1 Racing, Crazy Jack’s Powersports, Four81 Motos, Island Racing Services, JT’s Performance Plus, Leather & Lace Racing Leathers Repair, Lone Star Track Days, Moto Liberty, North Texas Superbikes, OnRoad OffRoad Suspension, Rainbow Sox Racing, Race Tire Services, RaceworX, Remember Brooks Gremmels, Road & Track Suspension, South Central Race Center, SpeedFreakDecals.com, and Texas Motorcycle Academy@H2Rraceway.

A special thanks to HighPerformanceCrew.com for sponsoring the safety curbing that was just installed on track at MSR Houston, and the radio headsets for the corner workers. Please remember to support the products and services of the companies who support you!

For a complete list of the weekend results and standings, please visit the website: www.CMRAracing.com. The next round in the CMRA season will be on May 15-17, 2015, at Hallett Motor Racing Circuit in Hallett, OK.

Details for the weekend will be announced when finalized. Come out and see some great endurance and sprint racing action!

SUNDAY SHOOTOUT RESULTS

HEAVYWEIGHT EXPERT

1. Brandon Cleland (Kaw ZX-10R)

2. Danny Dominguez (Hon CBR1000RR)

3. Marco Gismondi (Hon CBR1000RR)

4. Brett Heim (Duc 1098)

5. Brandie Cox (Sux GSX-R750)

6. Jack Vigneau (Sux GSX-R1000)

HEAVYWEIGHT NOVICE

1. Dennis Valade (Duc 1098)

2. Richard Schiller (Yam YZF-R1)

3. Shay Shahaf (BMW S1000RR)

4. Daisy DeSimone (Suz GSX-R750)

5. James Bass (Suz Busa 1300)

LIGHTWEIGHT EXPERT

1. Jim Whitten (Duc 1000SS)

2. Tony Ta (Suz SV650)

LIGHTWEIGHT NOVICE

1. Isachar Perez (Suz SV650)

2. David Felio (Duc 1000SS)

3. David Dahms (Hon CBR600F2)

4. Steve Hairston (Kaw EX500)

5. Walter Walker III (Suz SV650)

MIDDLEWEIGHT EXPERT

1. Brandon Cleland (Yam YZF-R6)

2. Garet Tomlinson (Yam YZF-R6)

3. Cory Burleson (Suz GSX-R600)

4. Jordan Pence (Kaw ZX-6R)

5. Alonzo Contreras (Suz GSX-R600)

6. Chris Coffey (Kaw ZX636)

MIDDLEWEIGHT NOVICE

1. Tommy Hendricks (Kaw ZX636)

2. Shane Smith (Tri Daytona 675)

3. Kyle Fox (Hon CBR600RR)

4. Rusty Grant (Hon CBR600RR)

5. Tanner Trigg (Yam YZF-R6)

6. Jeremy Newhouse (Kaw ZX-6R)

FORMULA 5

1. Allan Boyd (Hon RS65)

2. Brylin Schrock (Hon RS65)

3. Robert Bremer (Hon CB160)

GROM

1. Daisy DeSimone (Hon Grom)

2. Dean Darnell (Hon Grom)

FORMULA 6

1. Raynie Leard (Yam TTR125)

ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHT

1. Brandon Altmeyer (KTM RC 390)

2. Nick Doolan (KTM RC 390)

3. Bill Syfan (Kaw 250R)

4. Jim Whitten (Kaw 250R)

5. Kyle Fox (Hon CBR250R)

6. Mitchell Klein (Kaw 250R)

FORMULA 8

1 .Brylin Schrock (Kaw KLX110)

2. Isaiah Burleson (Kaw KLX110)

3. Hope Dahms (QIYE Coolster)

4. David Dahms (Yam YSR50)

JR MOTARD

1. Logan Roy (Kaw KLX110)

2. Josiah Burleson (Hon XR50)