CMRA Honors Its 2017 Champions

The Central Motorcycle Roadracing Association (CMRA) held its Annual Awards Banquet this past Saturday, January 20, 2018, at the Blaine Stone Lodge in Midlothian, Texas. With over 250 people in attendance, the evening was full of fun and surprises. Awards and congratulations were presented to all of our 2017 Sprint and Endurance Champions, Series and Class Sponsors as well as other special annual individual awards.

The evening began with the introduction of the 2018 Board of Directors: Sean Brown, Shandra Crawford, Danny Dominguez, Lindsey Leard, John Orchard, Ryan Rutkowski, and Harry Tomlinson. The 2017 Club Officers were also announced: John Orchard – President, Danny Dominguez – Vice President, Norm McDonald – Treasurer, Nancy Selleck – Secretary. Out-going Board Members, Allen Dye and Bill Syfan, were presented with thank you awards for their service to the club.

All CMRA weekend race staff and corner workers were recognized as well as retiring long-time staff members, Alan Etheredge and Barry, Roxana and Sebastian Nichols.

Special thanks went to the many CMRA Series and Class Sponsors:

Century Trucks and Vans (Bill, Daniel, and Shawn Adams) – Formula 2 Expert Shootout, Formula 2 Expert

PTSC/Bridgestone (Quentin Vester) – Championship Sprints

212Decals.com (Dirk Anderson) – A Superbike Expert

Aces High Racing (The Deutschlander Family) – Formula 5 & 6

Altus Lawton Motorsports (George Nassaney) – C Superbike Expert

Antic Screen Printing (Isaac Bauman) – Formula 2 Endurance

B&J’s Austin Motorcycle Parts (Bubba Russo) – Weekend Keg, Happy Hours, and Halloween Party

Complete Vascular Care/Metric Garage (Joe Caruso / Brandon McLean) – Formula 1 Expert

Crazy Jack’s Powersports (Jack Moss) – Formula 40 HW Novice

Georgetown Diesel and Complete Automotive (Alex Morales) – Formula 40 HW Expert, Formula 1 Novice

Island Racing Services (David Hirsch) – Solo 30 HW Novice, Solo 30 MW Novice, Solo 30 LW Novice

Leather & Lace Racing Leathers Repair (Ana Duran) – Weekend Podium trophies

Moto Liberty (Audrey Menarik) – C Superstock Novice

MotorSport Ranch (Jack Farr) – B Superstock Expert, B Superstock Novice

Northern LA Lawn & Landscape (Scott McDaniel) – Formula 8

Monkey Moto NTXBKS (David Roy) – A Superbike Novice, B Superbike Novice, D Superbike Novice & F1 Ladies

P1 Racing (John Hutchinson) – Formula 1 Expert 600 purse

Promomin/Repsol oils – Superbike Championship Endurance

Race Tire Service/Dunlop (Steve Brubaker) – Team 60 HW, Team 60 MW, Team 60 LW

RaceworX (Jim Cambora) – A Superstock Expert

Rainbow Sox Racing (Daisy DeSimone) – Jr Motard

Road & Track Suspension (Keith Hertell) – 500 Superstock Endurance

South Central Race Center (John Hutchinson) – C Superstock Expert

Team Heavy Lightweights/The Center for Plastic Surgery (Carl Price) – First time Podium trophies

Texas Motorcycle Academy / Harris Hill Raceway (Craig Gleason) – Motard

The Bike Doctors (David Dahms) – Classic, 500 Classic

Von Hertell Racing Services (Keith Hertell) – E Superstock Endurance

2018 #1 Plate: Daniel Adams rode his Century Trucks and Vans-backed Suzuki SV650 to the CMRA Overall Sprint Championship, bringing home the Number One Plate for 2017. Adams also grabbed four individual Expert Sprint Class Championships in Formula 2 Expert, D Superbike Expert, D Superstock Expert and LW Twins Expert. Brandon Cleland, CMRA 2017 #1 Plate holder, was on hand to present the #1 plate award.

The Rookie Expert Award went to Aaron Graham for earning the most overall points as a first-year Expert.

The Top Novice Award went to Tyler Raboin for earning the most overall Novice points and graduating to Expert for 2018.

The Overall Championship Endurance #1 Plate was presented to the Village Idiots team of Cory Burleson, Chris Headley, John Orchard, Garet Tomlinson and Mark Windham. The Idiots rode their Yamaha YZF-R6 to the Promomin/Repsol Oils Superbike Endurance Class Championship as well.

The Overall Lightweight Endurance #1 Plate was awarded to the Your Pace Or Mine? team of Jeromy Kumper, Braeden Ortt, and Gavin Williams. Your Pace Or Mine? also won the ULGP LW Endurance Class Championship aboard their Yamaha YZF-R3.

2017 CMRA Hall of Fame Inductees were The Hayden Family. Special guests, Norm McDonald and Kevin Schwantz, shared personal memories and accepted the award on behalf of the Hayden Family, who were unable to attend the event. The CMRA Hall of Fame was established in 2002 to honor those CMRA members who have made significant contributions to the CMRA organization through their time and efforts, or who started their careers with CMRA and have brought positive exposure to the organization through their National and International racing championships. The Hayden Family join previous inductees Colin Edwards and Kevin Schwantz (2002), Lou Linden, Sam McDonald and Freddie Spencer (2003), Ronnie Lunsford and Doug Polen (2004), Brooks Gremmels and Ben Spies (2005), Britt Turkington and The Brothers Family (2006), Norm McDonald and Jamie James (2007), Laroy Montgomery (2008), David Hirsch (2011), Ty Howard (2013), Michael Martin (2014), and Dane Westby (2015).

A new award for 2017, The “Mark Sneed Go Racing! Award”, was dedicated in memoriam to CMRA racer Mark Sneed who passed away in a house fire last fall. The cash award was presented by Ben Gooding to two up-and-coming young racers to help with their racing expenses. The first year of the award was presented jointly to Daniel Kinard and Cooper McDonald.

Bridgestone Year-End Bonus Awards presented to top competitors racing on Bridgestone Tires went to: Expert 1st – Danny Dominguez ($300), Expert 2nd – David Dahms ($200), Endurance 1st – Buffington Homes ($150), Endurance 2nd – Lawdawg Racing ($100).

2017 Top 10 Overall CMRA Champions #1 – Daniel Adams, #2 – David Rice, #3 – Doug Frenchak, #4 – Danny Dominguez, #5 – Joseph Caruso, #6 – Shawn Adams, #7 – Aaron Graham, #8 – Kyle Fox, #9 – David Dahms, #10 – Jordan Pence.

2017 Bridgestone/CMRA Expert Sprint Champions:

Daniel Adams – Formula 2, LW Twins, D Superbike, D Superstock

Zachary Boldwyn – Solo 30 LW

Cory Burleson – Solo 30 MW

Joseph Caruso – Formula 40 HW

Shandra Crawford – Formula 1 Ladies

David Dahms – Rookie Expert LW, Classic, 500 Classic

Dylan Deutschlander – Solo 30 500 Superstock

Danny Dominguez – Formula 40 LW Expert

Doug Frenchak – Formula 1, A Superbike, A Superstock

Kyle Fox – Formula 40 MW

Aaron Graham – Rookie Expert HW, Solo 30 HW

Keith Hertell – 500 Superstock

Jerret Martin – Formula 3

Rab McNaught – Motard

Rune Medhus – HW Twins

David Rice – B Superbike, B Superstock, C Superbike, C Superstock

Jesse Smartt – ULGP

Derek Thomas – 500 Superbike

Jim Whitten – E Superbike, E Superstock

2017 Bridgestone/CMRA Novice Sprint Champions:

Jojo Anaya – Modern Classic

Isaac Bauman – D Superstock, Solo 30 LW, ULGP

Ryan Deutschlander – Solo 30 500 Superstock

Taylor Lambert – Formula 1

Theron Lockett – Solo 30 HW

Scott Martin – E Superbike, E Superstock

Ken Mathews – Formula 40 MW

Scott McDaniel – Formula 2, LW Twins, D Superbike, Formula 40 LW

Cody Mecklenburg – A Superstock

Tyler Raboin – B Superbike, B Superstock, C Superbike, C Superstock

Steven Shakespeare – Formula 40 HW

Shane Smith – HW Twins

Steven Smith – Solo 30 MW

Tony Ugoh – A Superbike

2017 Mini Sprint Champions:

Isaiah Burleson – Grom Challenge

Cody Kitchens – Formula 4, Formula 5, Formula 8

Colin McDaniel – Formula 6

Tray Russo – Formula 7

Caleb Wood – Jr. Motard

2017 Race Tire Service/Dunlop Team 60 Champions:

Zachary Boldwyn/Scott McDaniel/Derek Thomas – Team 60 LW

Ken Mathews/Steven Smith – Team 60 MW

Cory Burleson/ Alan Phillips – Team 60 HW

2017 Championship Endurance by class:

1st Overall and Promomin/Repsol Oils – Superbike Endurance:

Village Idiots: Cory Burleson, Chris Headley, John Orchard, Garet Tomlinson, Mark Windham

Superstock Endurance:

Apex Predators: Paul Bradley, Jay Bullard, John McKenzie, Yorke Oldfather

Antic Screen Printing – Formula 2 Endurance:

Torquasaurus: Dave Gallagher, Ben Gooding, Josh Henke, Brandon Orr, Chris Woolsey

Modern Classic: Buffington Homes Racing – Chris Fields, Kenny Smith

2017 Lightweight Endurance Champions by class:

1st Overall and ULGP LW Endurance:

Your Pace Or Mine? – Jeromy Kumper, Braeden Ortt, Gavin Williams

Von Hertell Racing Services – 500 Superstock LW Endurance:

MiniMotion – Chris Headley, Jeff Hughes, Ryan Max Johnson, John Orchard, Mark Windham

500 Classic LW Endurance:

JT’s Performance Plus –Sean Brown, David Dahms, Keith Jordan, Scott Martin, Staton Shed

Formula 4 LW Endurance:

Hi-Zoot Racing –Scott McDermott, James Selman, Ryan Warren, Nathan Winchester

Road & Track Suspension – E Superstock LW Endurance:

Purple Helmets – Scott Eichhorn, Mile Sweeney, Dean Webster, Steve Wilson, Shane Zelm

The CMRA would like to thank our competitors, race staff, corner workers, sponsors, friends, family, and supporters for making 2017 an exciting season. Record-setting entries and fierce competition brought the Texas-based club to a whole new level. A special thank you to Shandra Crawford and her amazing assistants for putting together another fantastic awards banquet!

The 2018 CMRA season will begin on February 9-11, 2018 at MSR Houston in Angleton, Texas. Details for the weekend will be announced when finalized.