The second round of the CVMA 2024/2025 Winter Series held at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway last weekend  (November 16-17) featured awesome weather, ultra-competitive racing, and a great dinner provided by the club on Saturday evening.

On Friday, the New Racer School graduated eight racers, adding to the club’s already popular amateur ranks. All the racers got a ton of track time during Friday practice which was re-organized to provide three racer-only practice sessions and one session for track day riders, allowing for plenty of quality practice.

Saturday Qualifying

With a record number of racers attending the series’ second round, Saturday morning dawned clear, calm, and cool, but things heated up quickly on track with the start of qualifying.

The fastest of all in Saturday morning qualifying, Bryce Prince topped the field of open-class bikes turning a 1:45.090 lap time.

Brenden Ketelsen was fastest on a middleweight, turning a 1:46.550 lap time.

Justin Bordonaro was fastest on a lightweight bike with a 1:51.566 lap time.

Alex George was fastest on an ultra-lightweight bike with a 1:55.206 lap time.

David Lancaster was fastest on an American Twin with a 2:21.835 lap time.

Alexander Calloway was fastest on a CVMA Hooligan bike with a 2:00.278 lap time.

 Saturday Races

Multiple race winners on Saturday included Justin Bordonaro, who won both the Formula Twins and the Formula 2 race on his lightweight-class bike. Alexander Calloway won the CVMA Hooligans and American Thunder races.

Sunday Shootouts

In the premier race of the day, the Stock 1000 Shootout, Corey Alexander got the holeshot and led through the first turn at the start. Alexander was followed closely out of turn one by Jason Uribe. The two traded positions a couple of times in the first few corners. At the end of the first lap, Alexander was leading, followed by Uribe in second and Michael Gilbert in third. Alexander and Uribe ran nose to tail for the first half with no more than a few tenths between them. Gilbert was further behind in a lonely third position. On the final lap, Alexander put his head down and turned the fastest lap of the race to hold off the charging Uribe for the win. The final order was Alexander for the win, Uribe in second, and Gilbert on the box in third.

The Formula Lightweight Twins Shootout started with Alfonso Califono leading through turn one at the start with Mallory Dobbs second and Justin Bordonaro third. Bordonaro was able to quickly take second position away from Dobbs with an inside pass into turn four. He then passed Califono in turn 14 to lead the first lap. On the second lap, Gio Alvarez was able to get around Dobbs for third. Alverez and Dobbs traded positions a couple of times throughout the remainder of the race. At the finish, Bordonaro took the win, Califono second, and Alvarez rounded out the podium in third.  

At the start of the Formula Ultra Lightweight Shootout, Alex George led with Quin Swift second and youngster Sawyer Lafayette third. The running order remained the same until the last two laps when a battle between Wesley Lakis and Lafayette erupted and the two riders traded spots back and forth on the last two laps. At the stripe, it was George for the win, Swift second, and Lakis securing third.

In the final shootout race of the day, the Middleweight Shootout, Owen Williams was able to lead through turn one at the start with Josh Hayes second and Corey Alexander third. Hayes made his move on lap two and took the lead with Williams running close behind for the next few laps. Hayes later extended his lead inching away from Williams. David Anthony took third position away from Alexander on the fourth lap with an inside pass entering turn four.  Anthony and Alexander were both able to pass Williams on the eighth lap. Anthony made every effort to close the gap to Hayes in the remaining laps but came up about one second shy. At the finish, Hayes was first, Anthony second, and Alexander third.

Full race results can be found on Speedhive: https://speedhive.mylaps.com/events/2871576

Next Round. Come out and join us for the next round of the CVMA 24/25 Winter Series on December 6-8, 2024.

CVMA offers two full days of racing every race weekend and also includes Saturday qualifying for grid position in all classes, amateur, and expert, as well as a wide variety of classes to choose from.

CVMA offers free reciprocity as a means of encouraging racers from other clubs to come out and compete. CVMA also offers a New Racers School for those starting in racing on the Friday before each race weekend. Log on to www.cvmaracing.com to sign up or for more information.

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