Karl Lowry continued his winning streak at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway, dominating qualifying and taking a hard-earned victory in the featured SoCal Track Days Unlimited Shootout at the May Chuckwalla Valley Motorcycle Association races. The weekend was marred by the weather, which forced organizers to cancel most of the sprint races on Sunday (CVMA races on Saturday and Sunday). High winds blew sheets of sand across the pavement, making traction unpredictable and reducing visibility to near-nothing. Riders complained that the blowing dust hung in a visibility-destroying cloud behind their windscreens; Young Gun Lex Hartl said, “I got dirt in my retainer!” On his Graves Motorsports-backed, Dunlop-shod Yamaha YZF-R1, Lowry showed speed out of the box, turning a shining 1:48.802 lap to lead qualifying. In the Formula Open race, Lowry jumped out in front and turned a 1:49.934 lap en route to the win over Hartl and his Dunlop-shod YZF-R6. Hartl and James Randolph on his KTM RC8R diced until Randolph who was making his first appearance at CVMA ran off the track, leaving the runner-up spot to Hartl, with Aaron Ascher winner of the SuperSport Open race in third aboard his Kawasaki ZX-10R. In Formula Middleweight, Lowry took the win again, this time on his YZF-R6, while Hartl ran an amazing 1:49.116, the quickest lap on a 600cc machine in CVMA competition to date. Ryan Matter and his Pirelli-shod Suzuki GSX-R600 took third. In SuperSport Middleweight competition, Hartl and Matter led Dale Kieffer and his Michelin-shod, Racers Edge Performance-backed Yamaha YZF-R6 over the line. On Sunday, only the SoCal Track Days Unlimited Shootout and the Lightweight Shootout ran before the event was called off. In the Unlimited Shootout, Lowry led Randolph and Hartl to the checkered flag. In the Lightweight Shootout, Andrew Zabzdyr aboard his SuperSport-spec, Pirelli-shod, West Coast GP Cycles-backed Suzuki SV650 took the win over Ryan Gagliano on a Cyclemall-backed, Bridgestone-shod Kawasaki 650R and Dustin Coyner on a Pirelli-shod, West Coast GP Cycles-backed Suzuki SV650. CVMA May 28-29, 2011 Chuckwalla Valley Raceway Desert Center, California Results as Provided By CVMA Listed in Chronological Order SATURDAY: DUNLOP/ERION RACING SUPERSPORT MIDDLEWEIGHT: 1. Lex Hartl (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Ryan Matter (Suz GSX-R600) 3. Dale Kieffer (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Javelin Broderick (Yam YZF-R6) 5. Michael Aquino (Yam YZF-R6) 6. Pete Pham (Yam YZF-R6) AMATEUR SUPERSPORT MIDDLEWEIGHT: 1. Jorge Castro (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Dani Taylor (Yam YZF-R6) 3. B.J. Miles (Kaw ZX-6R) 4. Pete Pham (Yam YZF-R6) 5. Max Behroozi (Yam YZF-R6) 6. Daniel Reyna (Yam YZF-R6) FORMULA 40: 1. Kenny Perez (Hon CBR1000RR) 2. Bill McCoy (BMW S1000RR) 3. Travis Westermeyer (Suz GSX-R1000) 4. Chris Wiltshire (Duc 848) 5. Guy Larsen (BMW S1000RR) 6. Jorge Covarrubias (Yam YZF-R1) FEMMEWALLA: 1. Dani Taylor (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Joanna Bitter (Yam YZF-R6) FORMULA GP: 1. Vincent Rolleri (Yam TZ250) 2. Jason Aguilar (Hon RS450) 3. Mark Watts (Yam TZ250) 4. Mike Lytle (Yam TZ250) PIRELLI/CT RACING/RUN GP FORMULA OPEN: 1. Karl Lowry (Yam YZF-R1) 2. Lex Hartl (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Aaron Ascher (Kaw ZX-10R) 4. David Siminski (Suz GSX-R1000) 5. Kenny Perez (Hon CBR1000RR) 6. Bill McCoy (BMW S1000RR) AMATEUR FORMULA OPEN: 1. William Hogan (BMW S1000RR) 2. Steve Demeglio (Suz GSX-R1000) 3. Ivan Rodriguez (Yam YZF-R1) 4. Canea Rowan (Suz GSX-R1000) 5. Troy Henige (Kaw ZX-10R) 6. Guy Larsen (BMW S1000RR) SUPERSPORT TWINS: 1. Andrew Zabzdyr (Suz SV650) 2. Michael Gougis (Suz SV650) VINTAGE LIGHTWEIGHT: 1. Scott Fabbro (Dubbs/Honda Special) 2. Fred Conrad (Hon CB77 Superhawk 305) MODERN VINTAGE LIGHTWEIGHT: 1. Tyler Linders (Suz SV650) 2. Vincent Rolleri (Yam TZ250) 3. Like Lytle (Yam TZ250) 4. John Reynolds (Suz SV650) 250 SUPERSPORT (all on Kaw EX250): 1. Andrew Chica 2. Steven Dawson MICHELIN/RACERS EDGE FORMULA MIDDLEWEIGHT: 1. Karl Lowry (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Lex Hartl (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Ryan Matter (Suz GSX-R600) 4. Michael Aquino (Yam YZF-R6) 5. Javelin Broderick (Yam YZF-R6) 6. Neill Herbert (Yam YZF-R6) AMATEUR FORMULA MIDDLEWEIGHT: 1. Jorge Castro (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Max Behroozi (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Pete Pham (Yam YZF-R6) 4. B.J Miles (Kaw ZX-6R) 5. Chris Wiltshire (Duc 848) 6. Erik Dunshee (Hon CBR600RR) SUPERSPORT OPEN: 1. Aaron Ascher (Kaw ZX-10R) 2. Dale Kieffer (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Kenny Perez (Hon CBR1000RR) 4. Bill McCoy (BMW S1000RR) 5. David Siminski (Suz GSX-R1000) AMATEUR SUPERSPORT OPEN: 1. Steve Demeglio (Suz GSX-R1000) 2. William Hogan (BMW S1000RR) 3. Ivan Rodriguez (Yam YZF-R1) 4. Kirk Doherty (Hon CBR1000RR) 5. Chris Alford (Yam YZF-R1) 6. Jorge Covarrubias (Yam YZF-R1) BRIDGESTONE/CYCLEMALL FORMULA TWINS: 1. Tyler Linders (Suz SV650) 2. Christian Readyhoff (Suz SV650) 3. Evan Markus (Suz SV650) 4. Ryan Gagliano (Kaw 650R) 5. Andrew Zabzdyr (Suz SV650) 6. Dustin Coyner (Suz SV650) AMATEUR FORMULA TWINS: 1. Johnathan Marquez (Apr) 2. Bryce Geariety (Suz SV650) 3. David Martin (Suz SV650) 4. David Kim (Suz SV650) 5. Oliver Tumsuden (Suz SV650) FORMULA SINGLES: 1. Jason Aguilar (Hon RS450) 2. Michael Gougis (MZ Skorpion) 3. Scott Fabbro (Dubbs/Honda Special) TEAM CHALLENGE OPEN: 1. Larsen/Simms Racing (BMWS1000RR/Hon CBR1000RR) TEAM CHALLENGE LIGHTWEIGHT: 1. DCoyner/Zabzdyr Racing (Suz SV650) 2. Markus/Garcia Racing (Suz SV650) 3. Gougis/Perdiew Racing (Suz SV650) SOCAL TRACK DAYS UNLIMITED SHOOTOUT: 1. Karl Lowry (Yam YZF-R1) 2. James Randolph (KTM RC8R) 3. Lex Hartl (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Dale Kieffer (Yam YZF-R6) 5. Bill McCoy (BMW S1000RR) LIGHTWEIGHT SHOOTOUT: 1. Andrew Zabzdyr (Suz SV650) 2. Ryan Gagliano (Kaw 650R) 3. Dustin Coyner (Suz SV650) 4. Evan Markus (Suz SV650) 5. John Reynolds (Suz SV650)