On Sunday, July 12, a severe weather system ripped through the Brainerd, Minnesota area, doing significant damage to the Brainerd International Raceway facilities. Many trees were downed, numerous structures had roofs torn off, several campers were destroyed, and a section of grand stands was twisted over the crash barrier by the track’s front straightaway. Track management was adamant that the track would be ready for the Central Roadracing Association’s July event, and over the following week, numerous volunteers assisted in repairing and readying the facilities. As a result of the hard work by so many, the club was able to hold their July event in its entirety. The CRA wholeheartedly thanks Brainerd International Raceway, and all those who helped make the July race weekend possible.
The Central Roadracing Association held their third event of the 2015 season on July 17-19. This was the club’s first time running on Brainerd International Raceway’s 3.1 mile Donnybrooke course in 2015, which is necessary for their traditional Framstad cup format. Named after founding club member Don Framstad, the Framstad Cup is a “hare-and-tortoise” race that uses lap times from Saturday’s Trophy dashes to stager the starts of a field of 20 bikes from all categories. The intent is that all riders finish the 5 lap sprint at the same time. Typically, infield traffic slows down the faster, larger displacement bikes, giving the win to Lightweight or Ultralight bikes. However, 600cc riders Scott Stall and Justin Ebnet were on a tear, getting past almost the entire field with a full lap to go. While Stall was putting in the fastest lap times of the race, Ebnet’s Honda CBR600RR crossed the line first with a 1.289 second lead over Stall, followed by Christian Schmidt’s destroked Yamaha YZF-R6 Lightweight racer closing out the podium. Ebnet attributed winning the prestigious trophy to catching slower traffic in ideal locations throughout the race.
Saturday’s 18 lap trophy dashes included several race long battles. The GP1 class saw veteran Bob Barton handily lead the class on his Kramer HKR-EVO2 for the opening laps until deciding to frolic in the lawn, giving the class win to Trevor Treviranus’ Yamaha YZ450F. Barton didn’t repeat his mistake, sweeping the Ultralight sprints. Novices Aaron Foss and Paul Satterlee leapfrogged each other for all 18 laps in the GP2 category, but reigning champion Christian Schmidt took the class win, followed by Brett Donahue’s modified Ducati 748 and Jon Champ’s freshly rebuilt SV650 supersport bike. Scott Stall won the GP3 and overall trophy dash, and Zach Hughes won the GP4 category after battling with Tony Mahto and Aaron Anderson for the full race. The three GP4 bikes crossed the line within 1.2 seconds of each other.
Current points leader Scott Stall was on point all weekend, winning almost every race he entered. Stall won the Supersport Middleweight sprint on only three cylinders, but couldn’t overcome a jettisoned chain in the Superbike Unlimited sprint. Even more impressive, Stall set the lap record for the current Donnybrooke configuration during the Supersport Unlimited sprint, riding his Pirelli D.O.T. Diablo Supercorsa SC1 – V2 shod Kawasaki ZX-10R to a lap time of 1:40.862.
The Michelin Middleweight and Heavyweight categories saw Framstad winner Justin Ebnet podium in the Superbike and Grand Prix sprints, and Aaron Anderson got on every Heavyweight podium, winning the Supersport sprint. In the novice categories, Tom Austin quickly learned the track during his first Donnybrooke weekend, and battled front runners Luke Schmidt, Justin Craine, and Lucas Wygant for class wins.
The Worldwide Machining and Welding Unlimited sprints saw mechanical failures take out Bell Helmets riders Scott Stall and Shane Keaveny during the weekend, but the two split class wins, followed closely by John Staska’s Suzuki GSX-R 1000. Marlin Johnson and Matt Cina won the Worldwide Machining and Welding Unlimited novice sprints.
Christian Schmidt took wins in the Supersport and Grand Prix Lightweight sprints, but Kyle Knutson took the Superbike win after a three way battle with Schmidt and Jon Champ. William Miller swept the Novice Ninja 250 sprints, with Pierre Champon and Adam Knauer close behind.
The club’s penultimate event of the 2015 season will be held over August 28-30 on the Brainerd International Raceway’s competition course, when the club will run a dual sprint format and hose their final New Riders School for 2015. Questions about the event or club can be directed to [email protected], and more information can be found at www.cra-mn.com
Results:
Worldwide Machining and Welding Unlimited SS Expert
1 Scott Stall (Kaw ZX10R)
2 John Staska (Suz GSX-R1000)
3 Zach Hughes (Yam YZF-R1)
4 Aaron Anderson (Suzuki GSX-R750)
5 Rob Oliva (BMW S1000RR)
6 Jordan Imrie (Hon CBR600RR)
Worldwide Machining and Welding Unlimited SS Novice
1 Matt Cina (Duc 1198)
2 Marlin Johnson (Hon CBR1000RR)
3 Matthew Nardo (Hon CBR1000RR)
Worldwide Machining and Welding Unlimited SB Expert
1 Shane Keaveny (Hon CBR1000RR)
2 John Staska (Suz GSX-R1000)
3 Zach Hughes (Yam YZF-R1)
4 Aaron Anderson (Suzuki GSX-R750)
5 Tony Mahto (Hon CBR1000RR)
6 Rob Oliva (BMW S1000RR)
Worldwide Machining and Welding Unlimited SB Novice
1 Marlin Johnson (Hon CBR1000RR)
2 Matt Cina (Duc 1198)
3 Matthew Nardo (Hon CBR1000RR)
Worldwide Machining and Welding Unlimited GP Expert
1 Scott Stall (Kaw ZX10R)
2 Zach Hughes (Yam YZF-R1)
3 Tony Mahto (Hon CBR1000RR)
4 Rob Oliva (BMW S1000RR)
5 Jordan Imrie (Hon CBR600RR)
6 Brandon Punt (Yam YZF-R6)
Worldwide Machining and Welding Unlimited GP Novice
1 Marlin Johnson (Hon CBR1000RR)
2 Matthew Nardo (Hon CBR1000RR)
Heavyweight SS Expert
1 Aaron Anderson (Suzuki GSX-R750)
2 Drew See (Yam YZF-R6)
3 Brian Hebeisen (Yam YZF-R6)
4 Kurt Schuschke (Tri 675)
5 Brett Folkerts (Kaw ZX-6R)
6 Jon Smrecek (Tri 675)
Heavyweight SS Novice
1 Luke Schmidt (Suzuki GSX-R600)
2 Justin Craine (Suzuki GSX-R600)
3 Joe Mastain (Yam YZF-R6)
4 Scott Masterton (Yam YZF-R6)
5 Ken Nielsen (Yam YZF-R6)
6 Ryan Alvar (Yam YZF-R6)
Heavyweight SB Expert
1 Scott Stall (Yam YZF-R6)
2 Aaron Anderson (Suzuki GSX-R750)
3 Drew See (Yam YZF-R6)
4 Justin Ebnet (Hon CBR600RR)
5 Brett Folkerts (Kaw ZX-6R)
6 Billy Vossberg (Kaw ZX-6R)
Heavyweight SB Novice
1 Luke Schmidt (Suzuki GSX-R600)
2 Justin Craine (Suzuki GSX-R600)
3 Ryan Alvar (Yam YZF-R6)
4 Martin Holte (Hon CBR600RR)
5 Jonathon Graus (Yam YZF-R6)
6 Ken Nielsen (Yam YZF-R6)
Heavyweight GP Expert
1 Scott Stall (Yam YZF-R6)
2 Aaron Anderson (Suzuki GSX-R750)
3 Justin Ebnet (Hon CBR600RR)
4 Drew See (Yam YZF-R6)
5 Billy Vossberg (Kaw ZX-6R)
6 Brian Hebeisen (Yam YZF-R6)
Heavyweight GP Novice
1 Luke Schmidt (Suzuki GSX-R600)
2 Ryan Alvar (Yam YZF-R6)
3 Nathan Dotson (Tri 675)
4 Jonathon Graus (Yam YZF-R6)
Michelin Middleweight SS Expert
1 Scott Stall (Kaw ZX-6R)
2 Drew See (Yam YZF-R6)
3 Brian Hebeisen (Yam YZF-R6)
4 Kurt Schuschke (Tri 675)
5 Jon Smrecek (Tri 675)
6 John Anderson (Yam YZF-R6)
Michelin Middleweight SS Novice
1 Luke Schmidt (Suzuki GSX-R600)
2 Mitch Tieden (Yam YZF-R6)
3 Justin Craine (Suzuki GSX-R600)
4 Tom Austin (Hon CBR600RR)
5 Scott Masterton (Yam YZF-R6)
6 Joe Mastain (Yam YZF-R6)
Michelin Middleweight SB Expert
1 Scott Stall (Yam YZF-R6)
2 Justin Ebnet (Hon CBR600RR)
3 Drew See (Yam YZF-R6)
4 Jordan Imrie (Hon CBR600RR)
5 Brian Hebeisen (Yam YZF-R6)
6 Brett Folkerts (Kaw ZX-6R)
Michelin Middleweight SB Novice
1 Tom Austin (Hon CBR600RR)
2 Lucas Wygant (Yam YZF-R6)
3 Luke Schmidt (Suzuki GSX-R600)
4 Justin Craine (Suzuki GSX-R600)
5 Mitch Tieden (Yam YZF-R6)
6 Scott Masterton (Yam YZF-R6)
Michelin Middleweight GP Expert
1 Scott Stall (Yam YZF-R6)
2 Justin Ebnet (Hon CBR600RR)
3 Drew See (Yam YZF-R6)
4 Brian Hebeisen (Yam YZF-R6)
5 Billy Vossberg (Kaw ZX-6R)
6 Brett Folkerts (Kaw ZX-6R)
Michelin Middleweight GP Novice
1 Tom Austin (Hon CBR600RR)
2 Luke Schmidt (Suzuki GSX-R600)
3 Ryan Alvar (Yam YZF-R6)
4 Ken Nielsen (Yam YZF-R6)
5 Jonathon Graus (Yam YZF-R6)
6 Martin Holte (Hon CBR600RR)
Lightweight SS Expert
1 Christian Schmidt (Suz SV650)
2 Jon Champ (Suz SV650)
3 Lucas Trombley (Suz SV650)
4 Jeff Touhey (Suz SV650)
5 Adam Shaddrick (Suz SV650)
6 Dennis Goman (Suz SV650)
Lightweight SS Novice
1 Paul Satterlee (Suz SV650)
2 Aaron Foss (Suz SV650)
3 Daniel Mataczynski (Suz SV650)
4 Anthony Marcinek (Suz SV650)
5 Bill Plucky (Suz SV650)
6 Katie Champ (Suz SV650)
Lightweight SB Expert
1 Kyle Knutson (Suz SV650)
2 Christian Schmidt (Suz SV650)
3 Jon Champ (Suz SV650)
4 Josh Pangier (Suz SV650)
5 Lucas Trombley (Suz SV650)
6 Jeff Touhey (Suz SV650)
Lightweight SB Novice
1 Aaron Foss (Suz SV650)
2 Daniel Mataczynski (Suz SV650)
3 Nathan Jessup (Suz SV650)
4 Chris Mattson (Suz SV650)
5 Bill Plucky (Suz SV650)
6 Katie Champ (Suz SV650)
Lightweight GP Expert
1 Christian Schmidt (Yam YZF-R5)
2 Brett Donahue (Duc 699)
3 Jon Champ (Suz SV650)
4 Lucas Trombley (Suz SV650)
5 Adam Shaddrick (Suz SV650)
6 Stephen Johnson (Suz SV650)
Lightweight GP Novice
1 Aaron Foss (Suz SV650)
2 Chris Mattson (Suz SV650)
3 Bill Plucky (Suz SV650)
4 Nathan Jessup (Suz SV650)
5 Katie Champ (Suz SV650)
6 David Hanson (Suz SV650)
Ultralight Race 1 Expert
1 Bob Barton (Kramer HKR-EVO2)
2 Trevor Treviranus (Yamaha YZ450F)
Ultralight Race 1 Novice
1 John Roswick (Kaw EX500)
2 Adam Bastien (Kaw EX300)
Ultralight Race 2 Expert
1 Bob Barton (Kramer HKR-EVO2)
2 Trevor Treviranus (Yamaha YZ450F)
Ultralight Race 2 Novice
1 John Roswick (Kaw EX500)
2 Adam Bastien (Kaw EX300)
Ultralight Race 3 Expert
1 Bob Barton (Kramer HKR-EVO2)
2 Trevor Treviranus (Yamaha YZ450F)
Ultralight Race 3 Novice
1 John Roswick (Kaw EX500)
2 Adam Bastien (Kaw EX300)
Ninja 250 Race 1 Expert
1 Brad Zajic (Kaw EX250)
2 Eric Barbot (Kaw EX250)
Ninja 250 Race 1 Novice
1 William Miller (Kaw EX250)
2 Pierre Champon (Kaw EX250)
3 Adam Knauer (Kaw EX250)
4 Nathan Jessup (Kaw EX250)
5 Tanner Hunter (Kaw EX250)
6 Dustin Miller (Kaw EX250)
Ninja 250 Race 2 Expert
1 Sam Miller (Kaw EX250)
2 Bryan Lachmiller (Kaw EX250)
3 Eric Barbot (Kaw EX250)
Ninja 250 Race 2 Novice
1 William Miller (Kaw EX250)
2 Pierre Champon (Kaw EX250)
3 Adam Knauer (Kaw EX250)
4 Nathan Jessup (Kaw EX250)
5 Tanner Hunter (Kaw EX250)
6 Dustin Miller (Kaw EX250)
Ninja 250 Race 3 Expert
1 Bryan Lachmiller (Kaw EX250)
2 Sam Miller (Kaw EX250)
3 Eric Barbot (Kaw EX250)
Ninja 250 Race 3 Novice
1 William Miller (Kaw EX250)
2 Adam Knauer (Kaw EX250)
3 Pierre Champon (Kaw EX250)
4 Nathan Jessup (Kaw EX250)
5 Tanner Hunter (Kaw EX250)
6 Dustin Miller (Kaw EX250)
Framstad Cup
1 Justin Ebnet (Hon CBR600RR)
2 Scott Stall (Yam YZF-R6)
3 Christian Schmidt (Yam YZF-R5)
4 Brett Donahue (Ducati 748)
5 Zach Hughes (Yam YZF-R1)
6 Tony Mahto (Hon CBR600RR)
Formula 40 F2
1 Brian Hebeisen (Yam YZF-R6)
2 Kurt Schuschke (Tri 675)
3 Jonathan Glaefke (Pierobon X60R)
4 Karl Rehpohl (Kaw ZX-6R)
5 Matt Cina (Duc 1198)
6 Mitch Tieden (Yam YZF-6R)
Formula 40 F1
1 Brett Donahue (Duc 699)
2 Kyle Knutson (Suz SV650)
3 Josh Pangier (Suz SV650)
4 Stephen Johnson (Suz SV650)
5 Bill Plucky (Suz SV650)
6 Jeff Stokoe (Suz SV650)
Supertwin Expert
1 Jonathan Glaefke (Pierobon X60R)
2 Brett Donahue (Duc 699)
3 Jeff Touhey (Suz SV650)
4 Stephen Johnson (Suz SV650)
5 Adam Shaddrick (Suz SV650)
6 Dennis Goman (Suz SV650)
Supertwin Novice
1 Matt Cina (Duc 1198)
2 Sam Hansen (Duc 899)
3 Daniel Mataczynski (Suz SV650)
4 Stephen Johnson (Suz SV650)
4 Paul Satterlee (Suz SV650)
5 Bill Plucky (Suz SV650)
6 Jeff Stokoe (Suz SV650)
Trophy Dash GP1 Expert
1 Trevor Treviranus (Yam YZF450F)
2 Bob Barton (Kramer HKR-EVO2)
Trophy Dash GP1 Novice
1 Adam Bastien (Kaw EX300)
Trophy Dash GP2 Expert
1 Christian Schmidt (Yam YZF-R5)
2 Brett Donahue (Duc 699)
3 Jon Champ (Suz SV650)
4 Josh Pangier (Suz SV650)
5 Lucas Trombley (Suz SV650)
6 Derek Gallion (Hon CBR600F2)
Trophy Dash GP2 Novice
1 Aaron Foss (Suz SV650)
2 Paul Satterlee (Suz SV650)
3 Anthony Marcinek (Suz SV650)
4 Bill Plucky (Suz SV650)
5 William Miller (Suz SV650)
6 Katie Champ (Suz SV650)
Trophy Dash GP3 Expert
1 Scott Stall (Yam YZF-R6)
2 Brian Hebeisen (Yam YZF-R6)
3 Justin Ebnet (Hon CBR600RR)
4 Billy Vossberg (Kaw ZX-6R)
5 Jonathan Glaefke (Pierobon X60R)
6 Brett Folkerts (Kaw ZX-6R)
Trophy Dash GP3 Novice
1 Tom Austin (Hon CBR600RR)
2 Lucas Wygant (Yam YZF-R6)
3 Luke Schmidt (Suz GSX-600R)
4 Mitch Tieden (Yam YZF-R6)
5 Joe Mastain (Yam YZF-R6)
6 Shane Johnson (Kaw ZX-6R)
Trophy Dash GP4 Expert
1 Zach Hughes (Yam YZF-R1)
2 Aaron Anderson (Suz GSX-750R)
3 Tony Mahto (Hon CBR1000RR)
4 Brandon Punt (Yam YZF-R6)