The Central Motorcycle Roadracing Association (CMRA) returned to Motorsports Ranch in Cresson, Texas, this past weekend for the penultimate round in the CMRA’s 10-event season. The event drew 476 total entries, 45 of those being Endurance team entries. There is an old axiom in Texas that states, “If you don’t like the weather, just wait a few minutes and it will change.” Indeed, the racers at MSR experienced the proof that this saying does have truth behind it as the weather showed its many sides over the course of the weekend. Friday’s CMRA New Rider’s School enjoyed sunny and warm conditions, almost perfect track weather, but racers were greeted on Saturday morning with dark, threatening clouds and distant thunderheads that soon gave way to a light rain that turned into heavy rains, and the precipitation ultimately wouldn’t clear off until sometime around noon. The Mini Sprint races were flagged off in pouring rain, and later, after the Mini Sprints had been completed, the 3-hour Mini Endurance race went its entire duration in a steady rain that made the 1.7 mile track slick and treacherous. At the end of the Mini Endurance race, teams that had crashed outnumbered teams that didn’t fall down by a sizable margin. It was, in fact, a red flag with roughly 30 minutes to go that made the race official, and many teams were relieved when the race was declared over. In spite of the nasty conditions, AF1 Racing III (Ted Phillips, Steven Barone, Jon Francis) not only kept their two-stroke Aprilia RS125 upright during the race, but logged the most laps, crossing the finish line first and taking the overall win. Kansas-based Howlie Boyz (Dean Thimjon, Jason Swan, Kurt Stock, John Orchard) rode a strong race on their Ninja 250R to finish second, one lap down to the winners, while Road & Track Racing (Keith Hertell, Jess Foltz, Nick Montonaro, Alexandra Humphries, Michael Humphries, Lindsey Leard), finished three laps down to the leaders, enough to capture third place overall on a rented Ninja 250R. By the time the 4-hour Big Bike Endurance race started, the skies had, for the most part, anyway, stopped dropping moisture; however, they remained overhead, and were still dark and ominous. The track was fully wet when the starter threw the green flag, and the Big Bike Endurance series overall points leader, Moto Ace (Derek Wagnon, Jeremy Kidd, Joe Prussiano, Dustin Dominguez, Dustin Meador), riding a Suzuki GSX-R1000, quickly asserted themselves at the front of the field on the slippery race course, opening up a sizable gap over the other contenders behind them. As the race progressed, the clouds never completely went away, but the rains did, and eventually a dry, albeit narrow, race line developed. The pace quickened for all teams, but Moto Ace maintained its lead, and at the end of the race, only the KTM RC8 of Ridesmart/RPM Cycle (Ty Howard, Ricky Jordan, Bryan West, Ricky Parker) were able to apply any real pressure to Moto Ace, but KTM would come up 30 seconds short to the Suzuki at the finish line, finishing in second spot. Third place overall went to Lone Star Track Days (Andy Galindo, Garet Tomlinson, Mark Niemi, Chris Romeo, Harry Tomlinson) riding a Kawasaki ZX-6R. Moto Ace rider, Derek Wagnon said, “We literally played ‘odd man out’ to see who was going to start the race in the wet because no one wanted to! Jeremy [Kidd] lost, so he had to start, but he rode really good and just took off. We were all impressed, especially considering he’s been recovering from a wrist injury and this was his first time back on the bike in months.” With the race day over, the rain seemingly gone, and the skies starting to clear, many racers were checking the weather and were relieved to see that the forecast called for partly sunny skies and mild temperatures for Sunday Sprints. With Sunday’s dawn, however, racers were wondering what happened to the nice forecast from the day before. The Sunday morning skies were gray and dark clouds swirled around the race venue. The temperature was quite a bit cooler as well. Few racers had confidence that the day would make it through its schedule without seeing some rain at some point, and it did rain briefly during a couple of the early races. Racers race, though, and when the first green flag flew, folks got down to business. The biggest winner on the day was Dustin Dominguez. Dominguez has made it a habit this season to enter eight or so races per weekend and claim wins in most, if not all of them, and this weekend was no exception for the Oklahoma native. Dominguez took home wins in five of the eight Sprint classes he entered: Exel Transportation Forumla 2 Expert, South Central Race Center Superstock C Expert, Lightweight Twins Expert, Superbike D Expert and Superstock D Expert. Dominguez’s run at a perfect day was hampered when he was forced to borrow a bike for half of his races after crashing his last weekend at a race in Colorado, making him ride on an unfamiliar set-up. Once again the weather took another turn right about the time the race schedule broke for lunch, only this time for the better. The sun finally peeked out from behind the clouds, and within a few minutes, the gray clouds had finally dispersed for good, replaced by blue skies. Now racers were getting their first taste of the usual Texas sunshine, but the temperatures remained relatively cool. The track was almost completely dry, which meant that racers were essentially free to twist the grip as hard as they wanted. And twisting the grip hard was exactly what Ty Howard would do. Howard added three more wins to his already perfect CMRA Sprint race season. The KTM RC8 rider has literally owned the AVTEQ – Superbike A Expert, HighPerformanceCrew.com / HPC Decals – Formula 1 Expert and RaceworX – Superstock A Expert classes, winning these classes every time out this season, usually in convincing style, and often lowering the lap record in the process. Today would be much of the same, with Howard laying down a blistering pace in the Formula 1 race, clicking off a lap time of 1:14.760, just a few ticks away from his own lap record that stands at a 1:14.586. But that was as quick as he’d go on the day, and while he won all his races, he was unable to lower the track record, mostly because of the green nature of the track after the weekend rains. Despite the adverse weather conditions, and a few on track incidents that included a pair of red flags to tend to injured riders, the 19 race Sunday Sprint schedule finished on time, and had racers thinking about the CMRA’s season finale to be held at Texas World Speedway in College Station, Texas, on October 29 – 31. The schedule for the 2010 season finale is jam-packed with races, as usual. A Lone Star Track day practice event and CMRA New Riders School takes place on that Friday, a full slate of Mini Sprint races coupled with a 2-hour Mini Endurance race and a 5-hour Big Bike Endurance race make up the Saturday schedule, and a 19 Big Bike Sprint races are scheduled to take place that Sunday. For more information about the CMRA, its season finale event schedule, or detailed race results, visit ~http://www.lstd.com~ and ~http://www.cmraracing.com~. Motorsports Ranch Cresson Race Results, September 25 – 26, 2010 RaceworX – Superstock A Expert 1 Ty Howard (KTM RC8R) 2 Danny Kelsey (Suz GSX-R750) 3 William Guthrie (BMW S1000RR) 4 Dewayne Davis (Suz GSX-R1000) 5 Guillermo Gonzalez (Yam YZF-R1) 6 Carlos Lescale (Yam YZF-R6) LMSTrackdays.com – Superstock B Expert 1 Derek Wagnon (Suz GSX-R750) 2 Alonzo Contreras (Suz GSX-R600) 3 Garet Tomlinson (Yam YZF-R6) 4 Carlos Lescale (Yam YZF-R6) 5 Blake Cochran (Suz GSX-R600) 6 Baus Barker (Suz GSX-R600) South Central Race Center – Superstock C Expert 1 Dustin Dominguez (Kaw ZX-6R) 2 John Orchard (Yam YZF-R6) 3 Garet Tomlinson (Yam YZF-R6) 4 Alonzo Contreras (Suz GSX-R600) 5 Carlos Lescale (Yam YZF-R6) 6 Blake Cochran (Suz GSX-R600) Superstock D Expert 1 Dustin Dominguez (Suz SV650) 2 Daniel Adams (Suz SV650) 3 Tony Ta (Suz SV650) 4 Eric Falt (Suz SV650) 5 Shawn Adams (Suz SV650) 6 Michael Martin (Suz SV650) AVTEQ – Superbike A Expert 1 Ty Howard (KTM RC8R) 2 Derek Wagnon (Suz GSX-R750) 3 Danny Kelsey (Suz GSX-R750) 4 William Guthrie (BMW S1000RR) 5 Dewayne Davis (Suz GSX-R1000) 6 Guillermo Gonzalez (Yam YZF-R1) SASuperbike.com – Superbike B Expert 1 Derek Wagnon (Suz GSX-R750) 2 Danny Kelsey (Suz GSX-R750) 3 John Orchard (Yam YZF-R6) 4 Carlos Lescale (Yam YZF-R6) 5 Dustin Dominguez (Kaw ZX-6R) 6 Blake Cochran (Suz GSX-R600) Island Racing Services – Superbike C Expert 1 Garet Tomlinson (Yam YZF-R6) 2 Dustin Dominguez (Kaw ZX-6R) 3 John Orchard (Yam YZF-R6) 4 Alonzo Contreras (Suz GSX-R600) 5 Carlos Lescale (Yam YZF-R6) 6 Blake Cochran (Suz GSX-R600) Superbike D Expert 1 Dustin Dominguez (Suz SV650) 2 Daniel Adams (Suz SV650) 3 Jon Francis (Apr SXV 5.5) 4 Darrell Ricks (Suz SV650) 5 Tony Ta (Suz SV650) 6 Shawn Adams (Suz SV650) Heavyweight Twins Expert 1 Craig Montgomery (KTM RC8) 2 Michael Bradshaw (Duc 1098) 3 Ted Phillips (Apr RSV1000) 4 Ryan Warren (Tri Daytona 675) 5 Jeffrey Martin (Duc 848) 6 Ronnie Hay (Duc 1098) Lightweight Twins Expert 1 Dustin Dominguez (Suz SV650) 2 Daniel Adams (Suz SV650) 3 Darrell Ricks (Suz SV650) 4 Conner Blevins (Hon RS125) 5 James Camacho Jr (Hon RS125) 6 Tony Ta (Suz SV650) GMAN Productions – 125 Grand Prix 1 Conner Blevins (Hon RS125) 2 James Camacho Jr (Hon RS125) 3 Hunter Morgan (Hon RS125) 4 Sam Carey (Mori MD250) HighPerformanceCrew.com / HPC Decals – Formula 1 Expert 1 Ty Howard (KTM RC8R) 2 Derek Wagnon (Suz GSX-R750) 3 Danny Kelsey (Suz GSX-R750) 4 William Guthrie (BMW S1000RR) 5 Guillermo Gonzalez (Yam YZF-R1) 6 Dewayne Davis (Suz GSX-R1000) Exel Transportation – Formula 2 Expert 1 Dustin Dominguez (Suz SV650) 2 Conner Blevins (Hon RS250) 3 Daniel Adams (Suz SV650) 4 James Camacho Jr (Hon RS125) 5 Tony Ta (Suz SV650) 6 Shawn Adams (Suz SV650) Formula 40 Heavyweight Expert 1 John Orchard (Yam YZF-R6) 2 Dewayne Davis (Suz GSX-R1000) 3 Michael Bradshaw (Duc 1098) 4 Pete Martins (Suz GSX-R1000) 5 Harry Tomlinson (Suz GSX-R750) 6 Richard Kirk (Suz GSX-R750) Formula 40 Lightweight Expert 1 Richard Kirk (Suz GSX-R600) 2 Bill Erzal (Suz GSX-R600) 3 Eric Falt (Suz SV650) 4 Mike Sweeney (Suz SV650) 5 Michael Martin (Suz SV650) 6 Steven Isenhower (Hon CBR600F3) Unlimited Motard 1 Ted Phillips (Apr SXV 5.5) 2 Scott Vivion (KTM SMR 560) 3 Jon Francis (Apr) Super Motard 1 Alan Phillips (Yam YZ450) 2 Lindsey Leard (KTM SMR450) Road and Track Suspension – Classic Unlimited 1 Bill Erzal (Suz GSX-R600) 2 Cameron Kirk (Suz GSX-R600) 3 Blake Loehr (Hon CBR600F3) 4 Steven Isenhower (Hon CBR600F3) 5 Joseph Guajardo (Hon CBR600F3) 6 Justin Pool (Hon CB400F) Road and Track Suspension – Clubman 1 William Kitchens (Hon Hawk) 2 Peter Pohlman (Tri TRI750) 3 Ryan Ambrose (Tri Bonneville 650) 4 Jerrett Martin (Tri Bonneville 650) Ridesmart Motorcycle School – Rookie Expert 1 Alonzo Contreras (Suz GSX-R600) 2 Brandt Dillon (Suz GSX-R1000) 3 Blake Cochran (Suz GSX-R600) 4 Baus Barker (Suz GSX-R600) 5 Michael Bradshaw (Duc 1098) 6 James Caraballo (Kaw ZX-10R) Road and Track Suspension – Superstock A Novice 1 Travis Goodman (Suz GSX-R750) 2 Eddie Thornton (Yam YZF-R1) 3 Adrian Marquez (Suz GSX-R600) 4 Brad Feltes (Duc 1198S) 5 Keith Eastin (Hon CBR1000RR) 6 Daniel Blankenship (Apr RSV1000) Lone Star Track Days – Superstock B Novice 1 Adrian Marquez (Suz GSX-R600) 2 Travis Goodman (Suz GSX-R750) 3 Donny Baker (Yam YZF-R6) 4 Gregory Thomas (Kaw ZX-6R) 5 Kelly Persell (Suz GSX-R600) 6 Eddie Thornton (Yam YZF-R6) Moto Liberty – Superstock C Novice 1 Chris Hamilton (Suz GSX-R600) 2 Derek Steptoe (Yam YZF-R6) 3 James Erwin (Yam YZF-R6) 4 Adrian Marquez (Suz GSX-R600) 5 Gregory Thomas (Kaw ZX-6R) 6 Sean Gurevich (Kaw ZX-6R) OnRoad OffRoad Suspension – Superstock D Novice 1 Dominic Bethel (Suz SV650) 2 Jordan Scott (Suz SV650) 3 Frank Rodriguez (Suz SV650) 4 Isachar Perez (Suz SV650) 5 Noah Reese (Suz SV650) 6 Nicolas McDonald (Suz SV650) HighPerformanceCrew.com / HPC Decals – Superbike A Novice 1 Eddie Thornton (Yam YZF-R1) 2 Derek Steptoe (Yam YZF-R6) 3 John Keene (Kaw ZX-6R) 4 Brad Feltes (Duc 1198S) 5 Travis Goodman (Suz GSX-R750) 6 Keith Eastin (Hon CBR1000RR Superbike B Novice 1 John Keene (Kaw ZX-6R) 2 Travis Goodman (Suz GSX-R750) 3 Adrian Marquez (Suz GSX-R600) 4 Sean Gurevich (Kaw ZX-6R) 5 Brandon Persell (Suz GSX-R600) 6 Richard Bevis (Suz GSX-R750) Ridesmart Motorcycle School – Superbike C Novice 1 Eddie Thornton (Yam YZF-R6) 2 John Keene (Kaw ZX-6R) 3 Chris Hamilton (Suz GSX-R600) 4 Adrian Marquez (Suz GSX-R600) 5 James Erwin (Yam YZF-R6) 6 Zeb Harris (Suz GSX-R600) Road and Track Suspension – Superbike D Novice 1 Blake Loehr (Hon CBR600F3) 2 Jim Whitten (Suz SV650) 3 Dominic Bethel (Suz SV650) 4 Jordan Scott (Suz SV650) 5 Nicolas McDonald (Suz SV650) 6 Scott Vivion (Suz SV650) Road and Track Suspension – Heavyweight Twins Novice 1 Brad Feltes (Duc 1198S) 2 Carl Price (Duc 848) 3 Daniel Blankenship (Apr RSV1000) 4 Isachar Perez (Tri Daytona 675) 5 Jim Dugger (Buell 1125R) 6 Shane Alden (Tri Daytona 675) Ridesmart Motorcycle School – Lightweight Twins Novice 1 Dominic Bethel (Suz SV650) 2 Jim Whitten (Suz SV650) 3 Frank Rodriguez (Suz SV650) 4 Scott Vivion (Suz SV650) 5 David Canzoneri (Suz SV650) 6 Jordan Scott (Suz SV650) Road and Track Suspension – Formula 1 Novice 1 Eddie Thornton (Yam YZF-R6) 2 Derek Steptoe (Yam YZF-R6) 3 John Keene (Kaw ZX-6R) 4 Keith Eastin (Hon CBR1000RR) 5 Mitch McGinnis (Hon CBR1000RR) 6 Guillermo A. Gonzalez (Yam YZF-R1) Road and Track Suspension – Formula 2 Novice 1 Dominic Bethel (Suz SV650) 2 Isachar Perez (Suz SV650) 3 Jim Whitten (Suz SV650) 4 Frank Rodriguez (Suz SV650) 5 David Canzoneri (Suz SV650) 6 Jordan Scott (Suz SV650) Formula 40 Heavyweight Novice 1 Keith Eastin (Hon CBR1000RR) 2 Mitch McGinnis (Hon CBR1000RR) 3 Adrian Marquez (Suz GSX-R600) 4 Guillermo A. Gonzalez (Yam YZF-R1) 5 Daniel Blankenship (Apr RSV1000) 6 Jimmy Cash (Kaw ZX-6R) Formula 40 Lightweight Novice 1 Jim Whitten (Suz SV650) 2 Scott Vivion (Suz SV650) 3 Scott Eichhorn (Suz SV650) 4 Frank Rodriguez (Suz SV650) 5 Henry Martinez (Suz SV650) 6 Lori Miller (Suz SV650) K&N Yamaha – Junior Motard 1 Bryce Suatek (Yam TTR90) 2 Brynden Meek (Yam TTR90) Jon Broom / Zac Chapman Road to Recovery Group / Road & Track Suspension – Formula 4 1 Austin Gore (Hon RSF150R) 2 Eric Williams (Hon RS85) 3 Hunter Morgan (Hon RS80) 4 Ryan Max Johnson (Kaw EX250) 5 Brandon Altmeyer (Kaw EX250) 6 Kevin Johnson (Kaw KX100) OnRoad OffRoad Suspension – Formula 5 1 Roger Albert (Hon CRF150) 2 Jay Newton (Hon NSF100) 3 Tim Barnes (Kaw KX65) 4 Lee Henry (Hon CRF150) 5 Carlos Lopez (Hon CL125) 6 Challen Tennant (Kaw KLX140) OnRoad OffRoad Suspension – Formula 6 1 Wyatt Sperry (Hon NSF100) 2 Carlos Lopez (Hon CL125) 3 Dean Sims (Hon CRF100) 4 Roger Albert (Hon XR100) 5 Richard Eads (Kaw KX60) 6 Jay Newton (Hon NSF100) Formula 7 1 Wyatt Sperry (Hon NSF100) 2 Jonas Valentine (Hon NSR50) 3 Dean Sims (Hon CRF100) 4 Nick Doolan (Hon NSR50) RentMyNinja.com – Superstock E 1 Jess Foltz (Kaw EX250) 2 Ryan Max Johnson (Kaw EX250) 3 Austin Gore (Kaw EX250) 4 Brandon Altmeyer (Kaw EX250) 5 Lisa Posevina (Kaw EX250) 6 Joey Howells (Kaw EX250) Ridesmart Motorcycle School – Formula 4 Endurance 1 AF1 Racing III (Apr RS125) 2 Howlie Boyz (Kaw EX250) 3 Road & Track Racing (Kaw EX250) 4 Team Gleam (Hon RS85) 5 Davis Rod and Cycle (Kaw EX250) 6 Redline Roadracing (Kaw EX250) Formula 5 Endurance 1 Cycle Center Motorsports (Hon CL125) 2 Top Dog Racing (Kaw KLX160) 3 Rheen Racing (Apr RS150) 4 J&R Racing (Hon CBR150) Formula 6 Endurance 1 Team JP (Hon XR100) 2 KSDS (Hon NSR50) 3 Team Duc (Hon NSF100) 4 GPR Racing (Derbi GPR125) Formula 7 Endurance 1 Underground Minis (Hon NSF100) 2 Spider Monkeys (Hon NSR50) A Superbike Endurance 1 Moto Ace (Suz GSX-R1000) 2 Ridesmart / RPM Cycle (KTM RC8) 3 CS Carey Racing (Yam YZF-R1) 4 Too Tall Racing (Kaw ZX-10R) 5 Mini Haters (Suz GSX-R1000) 6 GMAN Racing (Kaw ZX-10R) C Superbike Endurance 1 Lone Star Track Days (Kaw ZX-6R) 2 ST II (Yam YZF-R6) 3 Village Idiots (Yam YZF-R6) 4 Loose Nuts (Yam YZF-R6) 5 Team Penetration (Yam YZF-R6) Sonic Springs Formula 2 Endurance 1 Team Kamikaze LSTD (Suz SV650) 2 Faltless Racing (Suz SV650) 3 Suzuki of All Parts (Suz GSX600F) 4 Sonic Springs Racing (Suz SV650) 5 Hellcat Racing (Suz SV650) 6 SV Assassins (Suz SV650)