Riders from all over the United States, Canada, and Mexico converged on Chuckwalla Valley Raceway for Round 3 of the CVMA Racing 2024/2025 winter series. Sunny skies and warm weather with temperatures in the high seventies and little wind welcomed riders from the colder climates. The racing was ultra-competitive all weekend with lap records falling in multiple classes.
Friday practice provided tons of quality track time for everyone and the New Racer School graduated another five riders.
Saturday Qualifying
The fastest of all In Saturday morning qualifying, Jayson Uribe topped the field of open-class bikes turning a 1:43.818 lap time. Brenden Ketelsen was fastest on a middleweight, turning a 1:45.146 lap time. Gio Alvarez was fastest on a lightweight bike with a 1:50.677 lap time. Alex George was fastest on an ultra-lightweight bike with a 1:52.525 lap time. Dustin Dominguez was fastest on a CVMA Hooligan bike with a 1:53.780 lap time.
Saturday Races
Saturday featured a full schedule of races as always and the racing on-track was awesome. Some standouts from Saturday included;
Brenden Ketelesen won both the Supersport and Formula Middleweight races beating out Josh Hayes and setting a new lap record in the process.
Gio Alvarez won both the Formula Twins and Formula 2 races, sweeping the lightweight classes for the day.
After completing the New Racer School on Friday to obtain her racing license, Farrah “Bandit” Landers won two races on her first day racing a big bike, winning the Amateur 500 Supersport and Femwalla Ultra Lightweight races.
Three lap records were set on Saturday:
Formula 40 Middleweight – Sahar Zvik – 1:48.912
Formula Middleweight – Joshua Hayes – 1:45.091
Supersport Middleweight – Brenden Ketelesen – 1:44.914
CVMA Hooligans – Dustin Dominguez – 1:53.464
Sunday Shootouts
In the premier race of the day, the Stock 1000 Shootout, Andrew Lee was able to lead into the first turn at the start and lead the first lap. Lee was followed closely by Corey Alexander and Bryce Prince. Alexander made an inside pass on the brakes going into turn ten to take the lead of the race on the second lap demoting Lee to second. Prince got past Lee for second on lap five a couple of laps later. On the eighth lap, Prince took the race lead and set about lowering the lap record for the class. Deon Campbell also made his way into third position getting around Lee. Campbell and Alexander then battled over the final two podium positions, trading the positions several times on the last two laps. In the end, it was Prince for the win, Alexander second, and Campbell third.
The Formula Lightweight Twins Shootout started with Nayden Balladares getting the hole shot and leading the first lap followed by Gio Alvarez and Gene Frerichs in second and third respectively. On the second lap, Alvarez past Baladares on the brakes into turn ten and that set the finishing order. At the finish Alvarez took the win, Balladares second and Frerichs third.
At the start of the Formula Ultra Lightweight Shootout, Treston Morrison led into the first turn with Alex George and Sawyer Lafayette following. On the 5th lap, Farrah “Bandit” Landers passed Lafayette for third. On the next lap, Landers gave the position back to Lafayette, but Morrison crashed out of the lead. At the finish, George won followed by Lafayette and Landers.
The final shootout race of the day, the Middleweight Shootout, was restarted due to a red flag after one lap complete. The race was shortened to nine laps and Corey Alexander led the way into the first turn at the start. Alexander, Josh Hayes, Brenden Ketelesen, and Toni Elias battled for positions on the first lap with Ketelsen leading at the end, Hayes second, and Elias third. Owen Williams passed Elias on the second lap to take third. Hayes took the lead on lap five and proceeded to lower the lap record for the class. Hayes and Ketelesen ran nose to tail for several laps, but Hayes was able to slowly widen the gap each lap as the race went on. In the end, it was Hayes for the win, Ketelesen second, and Williams third.
Four lap records were set on Sunday:
Formula 40 Middleweight – Sahar Zvik – 1:48.402
Formula Middleweight – Brenden Ketelesen – 1:44.813
Supersport Middleweight Shootout – Joshua Hayes – 1:44.470
Stock 1000 Shootout – Bryce Prince – 1:43.454
Full race results can be found on Speedhive: https://speedhive.mylaps.com/events/2890380
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