Dane Westby and Dustin Dominguez ruled the roost at round seven of the Central Motorcycle Roadracing Association’s Championship series held at Hallett Motor Racing Circuit in Hallett, Oklahoma, this weekend. During Sunday’s sprint racing action, Dominguez and Westby each claimed three Expert wins with Westby also setting a new track record, as hot and humid weather greeted the CMRA faithful for round seven of the series. In one of the tightest races of the day, Westby won a squeaker over Dominguez in the South Central Race Center C Superstock Expert race, taking the win by a mere 0.001-second. However, Westby returned later in the day to take a dominating win in the Northwest Honda Formula 1 race. It was in this race that Westby turned a scorching 1:15.571 on his GSX-R1000, setting a new track record for the counter-clockwise direction which eclipsed Ty Howard’s old mark of 1:16.149 set this time last year. Westby also beat Kansas City’s Matt Hall to the line by five seconds to win the Island Racing Services C Superbike Expert race. Meanwhile, Dominguez finished off a successful day of racing by taking wins in the Exel Transportation Formula 2, Raceworx A Superstock Expert and the D Superbike races. Despite crashing in the Formula 1 race, Arkansas rider Cory Burleson also had a good weekend, taking wins in the Liberty Motorsports Park B Superstock Expert, and Team Mancuso Powersports B Superbike Expert races. One of the most exciting races of the day was in the GMAN Racing 125cc GP race, which saw three different riders vying for the lead. Conner Blevins, who was riding with his foot in a cast, took the early lead but was pushed hard by fellow Honda RS125 riders Austin Medrano and Garet Tomlinson. On lap two, Medrano took the lead but was soon passed by Tomlinson, who was also riding in great pain after severely injuring his foot at a recent Red Bull Rookies Cup race. On lap four, Medrano went down, moving Blevins back into second; however, a lap later, Tomlinson crashed on the fastest section of the course, handing the lead back to Blevins. Blevins ended up with the win, while another Honda rider, Mike Sweeney, finished second. Other Expert wins went to Dewayne Davis (Fomula 40 Heavyweight), Robert Marsh (Formula 40 Lightweight), Eric Falt (E Superstock), and Van Blaylock (Heavyweight Twins). In the Novice divisions, Jeremy Kidd ended up with three wins, while Clint Shobert (son of three-time AMA Grand National Champion Bubba Shobert) won the prestigious Moto Liberty C Superstock race and Cecil Keeling claimed the win in the equally important WINN Racing Formula 1 race. Meanwhile, Tryg Westby won the Ridesmart Lightweight Twins race. Saturday’s five-hour endurance race, round five of the Shogun Motorsports Endurance Series, was won by Team Mancuso Powersports Racing (Paul Wilkinson, Craig Clark, Chris Romeo, Dane Westby, Dustin Meador), their second win in a row. Moto Ace Racing (Richard McFarland, Joe Prussiano, Cory Burleson, Derek Wagnon, Scott Foster) finished second overall on a GSX-R600, with D2Cycles (Dean Thimjon, Jason Swan, Kurt Stock, Brent Wood, John Deuser) finishing third on a GSX-R1000. Tucker Rocky (Ricky Parker, Todd Fleeman, Dustin Doucet) claimed the C Superstock win with a fifth overall finish, while Faltless Racing (Eric Falt, Robert Bradlaw, Chuck Ergle, Bill Erzal, Clayton Schutz) added yet another win to their resume in the Formula 2 division with a 14th overall finish. In the Shogun Motorsports Formula Mini Endurance 2 hour race, Desert-Mice (Stephen Guynes, Jeff Mendelson, Troy Green, Bill Hirstius), riding a RSF150R, took the win by a full lap over KTM SX85-mounted Excel Racing (Conner Blevins, Dustin Dominguez, Alex Humphries), with GMAN Racing 2 (Garet Tomlinson, Harry Tomlinson, Bill Syfan, Jake Lewis, Ryan Andrews) taking third on a Honda RS85. The CMRA continues its series on August 22-24, at Motorsport Ranch in Cresson, Texas, with a full slate of sprint races, as well as a 4 hour big bike endurance race and a 3 hour mini endurance race.
It Was Second-Generation Racers Westby vs. Dominguez With CMRA At Hallett
It Was Second-Generation Racers Westby vs. Dominguez With CMRA At Hallett
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