Jensen Wins Race of the Rockies & 4-Hour Endurance

MRA Round 5 was held at High Plains Raceway July 30 & 31 under hot but sunny conditions. This weekend welcomed the 2nd Annual MRA 4-Hour Endurance Race, and saw riders hailing from California to Oklahoma on the grid. 23 endurance teams and 38 solo riders entered this year, competing for cash purses from Imperial Sportbikes and ABATE of Colorado.

On Saturday morning the 4-Hour Endurance Race was to be gridded via qualifying session. Thus the eventual race winners, Team Dougie Bobby & Friends, sent AMA privateer Scott Jensen out to claim pole position. In the solo category AFM racer Chris Siglin was cutting fast qualifying laps on his big BMW S1000RR, as was AMA privateer Josh Galster. The start saw 22 rows of bikes gridded up in three waves, with Siglin holeshotting. Doug Kahl was close behind, with Mike Applegate and Mike Applehans giving chase. As the 40 minute mark approached solo and team riders began to pit. This race format permits “Pony Express” teams, who hand off the transponder to the next bike in order. Some teams raced traditionally on one bike, with the rider exchange and refuel happening on hot pit, others transferred the transponder from bike to bike and ripped back onto the track. Solo riders took short breaks for water and fuel, and then headed back out to continue their four hour grind.

By the first hour mark Team Dougie Bobby & Friends had managed to accumulate a one minute twenty-two second lead, when suddenly the red flag flew. Officials announced the race would be restarted in running order, and all time advantages were lost. After a frantic team conference, DB&F sent Kahl back out to put his head down and attempt to regain time. Jensen was qued up for the next leg, and the crew member manning the pit board instructed the riders to run a hard pace. Among the top 5 teams, Pink Snappers Too and Cosa Nostra were running quick lap times and make clean pit stops, but it was Taste of Philly that was the surprise of the day. Although Philly had just Mike Applegate and Martin Garvey comprising their pony express team, they were turning a blistering pace running in 2nd place. This despite their lackadaisical pit stops and seeming lack of race strategy, with lone crewman Travis Graham attempting to wrangle the riders as they pitted. On the last lap of the race Taste of Philly’s GSX-R1000 abruptly cut out and came to a halt on the front straight, right in front of pit lane. Breaking the rule that states only a race official may return a transponder from a downed bike, Philly handed the transponder over the wall and onto the next bike to complete the race. That infraction penalized them with the loss of a lap, but they were still able to finish the four hour race in a remarkable 3rd place. Team Dougie Bobby & Friends took the win, Pink Snappers Too in 2nd, Cosa Nostra in 4th and Team Spiny Echidna rounded out 5th place for the last cash payout position.

In the Solo category Josh Galster ran a long fast four hours to claim 1st place, with Doug Goodwin and Jarret Scarberry finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively. Notably 13-year-old young gun Spencer Russell rode the entire four hours solo, finishing in 7th place.

On Sunday points leader Shane Turpin and the Boulder Motor Sports 1198R rocketed into the lead of Race of the Rockies, followed closely by Dalton Dimick and Chris Siglin, both aboard BMW S1000RR’s. Moto-Garage’s Scott Jensen had qualified his GSX-R1000 on pole for this race, but came around the first two laps waving his hands to indicate a problem. Colter Dimick, Rob Christman and Dan Turner were grouped tightly behind the leaders as Jensen was losing touch. Siglin’s pace had been brutally fast all weekend, and he and Turpin were already turning class record times as Jensen seemed to recover from his early lap issues. As Jensen began to work his way back through the grid, Turpin upped the pace yet again to break away from Siglin. Meanwhile Turner began to reel in Siglin with Christman trailing them, and Galster was in a fierce battle with both Dimick brothers behind. Slowly Jensen caught Turner, then Siglin, then put his head down and began to gain on race leader Turpin. As both riders broke through the class track record times, Jensen finally caught Turpin in tight turn 8, sliding the bike sideways in an inside pass. Jensen kept his head down and proceeded to pull a big lead to the checkers, with Turpin finishing in a comfortable 2nd and Siglin rounding out the podium. Jensen set a new class track record in the race, and during his interview explained that the slipper clutch had failed on the start and he almost elected to pit. Instead he brought home a second win for the weekend, thanking his sponsors Moto-Garage, Dunlop, Sol Performance and EBC.

Round 6 will be August 27 & 28 at High Plains Raceway. MRA race tickets are always $10 at the gate and kids under 12 get in free; stop by any Colorado motorcycle dealership to pick up a 2for1 gate entry. For 2011 the MRA is honoring our Armed Forces, just present military ID and get in free to all MRA events.

Race of the Rockies Championship Race

1 Scott Jensen (Suz GSX-R1000)

2 Shane Turpin (Duc 1198R)

3 Chris Siglin (BMW S1000RR)

4 Dan Turner (Suz GSX-R1000)

5 Rob Christman (Kaw ZX-10R)

6 Dalton Dimick (BMW S1000RR)

7 Josh Galster (Yam YZF-R6)

8 Colter Dimick (Yam YZF-R6)

9 Ricky Orlando (Kaw ZX-6R)

10 Ray Thornton (CBR1000RR)

Fay Myers Motorcycle World Race of the Rockies GTO

1 Scott Jensen (Suz GSX-R1000

2 Shane Turpin (Duc 1198R)

3 Chris Siglin (BMW S1000RR)

4 Dan Turner (Suz GSX-R1000)

5 Rob Christman (Kaw ZX-10R)

6 Dalton Dimick (BMW S1000RR)

Vickery Motorsports Race of the Rockies GTU

1 Josh Galster (Kaw ZX-6R)

2 Colter Dimick (Yam YZF-R6)

3 Ricky Orlando (Kaw ZX-6R)

4 Shannon Moham (Yam YZF-R6)

5 Aaron Hersh (Kaw ZX-6R)

6 James Davis (Yam YZF-R6)

ABATE 4-Hour Endurance Race Team

1 Dougie Bobby & Friends (Doug Kahl, Scott Jensen, Aaron Fisk, Keith Eastin)

2 Pink Snappers Too (Shannon Moham, Pat Lansu, John Fifield, Nik Lenski)

3 Taste of Philly (Mike Applegate, Martin Garvey)

4 Cosa Nostra (Mike Applehans, Rick Grosse, Carl Sorensen, Glenn Conser)

5 Team Spiny Echidna (Jim Brewer, Scott Rybarik, Brian Lefeldt)

6 Three Sucking (Chris Coonshead, Frank DiRanna, Luke Johnston)

Imperial Sportbikes 4-Hour Endurance Race Solo

1 Josh Galster (Yam YZF-R6)

2 Doug Goodwin (CBR600RR)

3 Jarret Scarberry (Yam YZF-R6)

4 Scott Woodall (Yam YZF-R6)

5 Jason Kingham (Apr RSV-R)

6 Joseph Maher (Kaw ZX-6R)

MotoAdventure Kawasaki Production 250 Cup (Saturday)

1 Jason Madama (Kaw EX250)

2 Tracy Schram (Kaw EX250)

3 Matt Diehl (Kaw EX250)

4 Jonathan Kuo (Kaw EX250)

5 Spencer Russell (Kaw EX250)

6 Brian Jackson (Kaw EX250)

MotoAdventure Kawasaki Production 250 Cup (Sunday)

1 Tracy Schram (Kaw EX250)

2 Jason Madama (Kaw EX250)

3 Jonathan Kuo (Kaw EX250)

4 Matt Diehl (Kaw EX250)

5 Mike Kionka (Kaw EX250)

6 Brian Jackson (Kaw EX250)

Vickery Motorsports Amateur GTU

1 Peter Tabor (Kaw ZX-6R)

2 Nicholas Lenski (Yam YZF-R6)

3 Aaron Fisk (Kaw ZX-6R)

4 Zach Shearon (Yam YZF-R6)

5 Bill Andrews (Kaw ZX-6R)

6 Jessie Martinez (Yam YZF-R6)

BMW of Denver Amateur GTO

1 Jason Patton (Suz GSX-R1000)

2 Peter Tabor (Kaw ZX-6R)

3 John Beldock (Apr RSV-R Factory)

4 Aaron Fisk (Kaw ZX-6R)

5 Louis Ortiz Jr (Suz GSX-R1000)

6 Christopher Coyne (Suz GSX-R1000)

Brighton Radiator & Muffler Middleweight SuperSport

1 Josh Galster (Kaw ZX-6R)

2 Ricky Orlando (Kaw ZX-6R)

3 Nicholas Lenski (Yam YZF-R6)

4 Keith Eastin (Hon CBR600RR)

5 Zach Shearon (Yam YZF-R6)

6 Carlton Sorensen (Tri Daytona675)

Grand Prix Motorsports Middleweight SuperBike

1 Shane Turpin (Duc 749R)

2 Josh Galster (Kaw ZX-6R)

3 Colter Dimick (Yam YZF-R6)

4 Dalton Dimick (Yam YZF-R6)

5 Ricky Orlando (Kaw ZX-6R)

6 Shannon Moham (Yam YZF-R6)

Apex Sports, Inc. Heavyweight SuperSport

1 Colter Dimick (Yam YZF-R6)

2 Ricky Orlando (Kaw ZX-6R)

3 Steven Grubbs (Suz GSX-R600)

4 Nicholas Lenski (Yam YZF-R6)

5 Alan Filar (Suz GSX-R750)

6 Carlton Sorensen (Tri Daytona 675)

Factory Trained Auto Repair Heavyweight SuperBike

1 Shane Turpin (Duc 749R)

2 Shannon Moham (Yam YZF-R6)

3 Patrick Lansu (Duc 749R)

4 Rick Grosse (Kaw ZX-6R)

5 Dennie Burke (Suz GSX-R600)

6 Carlton Sorensen (Tri Daytona 675)

Coyote Motorsports Open SuperSport

1 Dalton Dimick (BMW S1000RR)

2 Jason Patton (Suz GSX-R1000)

3 Alan Filar (Suz GSX-R750)

4 Chris Fuller (Yam YZF-R1)

5 Glenn Conser (Yam YZF-R1)

6 Louis Ortiz Jr (Suz GSX-R1000)

Colorado Powersports Open SuperBike

1 Shane Turpin (Duc 1198R)

2 Dan Turner (Suz GSX-R1000)

3 Rob Christman (Kaw ZX-10R)

4 Ray Thornton (Hon CBR1000RR)

5 Erik Peat (Suz GSX-R1000)

6 Jason Patton (Suz GSX-R1000)

Colpar Hobbies Formula 40

1 Jim Brewer (Duc 1098R)

2 John Fifield (Yam YZF-R1)

3 Ed Duenez (Suz GSX-R1000)

4 Luke Johnston (Yam YZF-R1)

5 Christopher Coonshead (Yam YZF-R6)

6 Aaron Petrie (Hon CBR1000RR)

HPR Ladies of the Rockies

1 Wyeth Jackson (Kaw ZX-6R)

2 Samantha Coleman (Yam YZF-R6)

3 Trina Dawson (Yam YZF-R6)

4 Donna Turner (Yam YZF-R6)

Boulder Motor Sports Thunderbike

1 Patrick Lansu (Duc 749R)

2 Carlton Sorensen (Tri Daytona 675)

3 Scott Rybarik (Duc 748)

4 Scott Monchunski (Duc 749R)

5 Dominic Medina (Tri Daytona 675)

6 Dennis Stowers (Tri Daytona 675)

Foothills BMW Triumph Colorado Class

1 Tracy Schram (Hon RS125)

2 John Hjelm (Hon RS125)

3 Jeff Winter (Hon RS450F)

4 Anthony Ross (Hon CR450F)

5 Dominic Medina (Hon Ascot)

6 Gabe Sandoval (Tri 900 Thruxton)

Scooter News Lightweight GrandPrix

1 Shannon Moham (Suz SV650)

2 Geoff Snyder (Suz SV650)

3 Ray Gaimara (Suz SV650)

4 Tracy Schram (Hon RS125)

5 Dustin Coyner (Suz SV650)

6 Andy Palmer (Suz SV650)

The Walnut Room Modern Vintage GTU

1 Shannon Moham (Suz SV650)

2 Scott Rybarik (Duc 748)

3 Aaron Hersh (Yam YZF-R6)

4 Tracy Schram (Hon RS125)

5 Aaron Fisk (Yam YZF-R6)

6 Chris Anderson (Suz GSX-R600)

Un!nk Printworks Modern Vintage GTO

1 Jesse Duenez (Suz GSX-R1000)

2 Aaron Hersh (Yam YZF-R6)

3 Aaron Petrie (Hon RC-51)

4 Scott Rybarik (Duc 748)

5 Aaron Fisk (Yam YZF-R6)

6 Chris Anderson (Suz GSX-R600)

Woody’s Wheel Novice GTU

1 Peter Tabor (Kaw ZX-6R)

2 Martin Garvey (Yam YZF-R6)

3 Kevin Finnegan (Yam YZF-R6)

4 David Purcell (Yam YZF-R6)

5 David Neighbour (Kaw ZX-6R)

6 Justin Lamkin (Kaw ZX-6R)

Rocky Mountain Kawasaki Novice GTO

1 Peter Tabor (Kaw ZX-6R)

2 Martin Garvey (Yam YZF-R6)

3 David Purcell (Yam YZF-R6)

4 Nyles Gourlie (Yam YZF-R6)

5 Kenneth Yee (Suz GSX-R750)

6 Dustin Williams (Kaw ZX-10R)

Scooter News SuperTwins GTU

1 Shannon Moham (Suz SV650)

2 Ray Gaimara (Suz SV650)

3 Dustin Coyner (Suz SV650)

4 Will Chambers (Suz SV650)

5 Mike Hellerstedt (Suz SV650)

6 Jeff Winter (Hon RS450F)

Alliance Motorsports SuperTwins GTO

1 Patrick Lansu (Duc 1098R)

2 Jim Brewer (Duc 1098R)

3 Shannon Moham (Suz SV650)

4 Scott Rybarik (Duc 748)

5 Scott Monchunski (Duc 749R)

6 Ray Gaimara (Suz SV650)

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