Round 5 of the Law Tigers’ Sandia Motorcycle Roadracing Championships hosted by SMRI was held at Sandia Motor Speedway on Sunday August 20, 2017.

311 Mikey Shreve’s winning performances in Speedin’ Motorsports’ Unlimited Grand Prix, Expert Open Superbike, and Robert B. Gibson Auto Sales’ Expert Formula 1000 highlighted the weekend. Shreve’s fourth ULGP victory of the season catapulted him into a commanding 19 point lead in SMRI’s premiere class over nearest contender 11 Dave Dikitolia. 16 Kevin Gibson was also back in action after his unfortunate crash in July, finishing on the podium in both ULGP and Expert Formula 1000.

Novice racer 451 Richard Hernandez had his best race day of the year narrowly missing a victory in Desert Sky Ranch’s Novice Open Superbike to 314 Josh Hill due to a mechanical problem that forced him into second place, followed up by victories in Q-Realty’s Amateur Middleweight Superbike and HTW Racing’s Novice Middleweight Superbike. Hernandez appears to be well on his way to a white number plate for the 2018 season!

The closest race of the day came between 111 John Kynor Jr and 9 Scott Cloninger in Q-Realty’s Amateur 500 Supersport class. Kynor, aboard his KTM RC390, led the first 8 laps of the race, but bobbled the entry to Turn 3 on the ninth lap allowing just enough space for Ninja 250 mounted Cloninger to pass him for the lead. The two raced to the finish line where the final margin of victory was less than .001 seconds. Timing and Scoring officials used the order in which entries were recorded to the Timing and Scoring database to decide the victor, as total race times were identical for the two competitors to the thousandth of a second! Kynor holds a commanding 26 point lead in the class championship.

In Madd-1 Racings’ Novice Super Street new racer 434 John Hill claimed a share of the gold with a win in the second heat, tied with first heat winner, 627 Jaime Smith, who also set a personal best lap time in that event. Not only did the two riders share the top spot, but they’re also both mounted aboard Triumph Daytona 675 hardware. 447 Paul Ness finished a respectable third, and British Expat 007 Charlie Winckless also set a personal best lap in heat 1!

Speedin’ Motorsports Unlimited Grand Prix

1 Mikey Shreve (YAM 1000)

2 Dave Dikitolia (SUZ 1000)

3 Kevin Gibson (SUZ 1000)

4 Dylan Beck (HON 600)

5 Edda Tully (BMW 1000)

6 Randy Bailey (YAM 600)

Expert Open Superbike

1 Mikey Shreve (YAM 1000)

2 Chris Coriz (SUZ 1000)

3 Dave Dikitolia (SUZ 1000)

4 Kevin Gibson (SUZ 1000)

5 Lance Echols (KAW 600)

6 Edda Tully (BMW 1000)

Zia Construction & Steel Expert Middleweight Superbike

1 Dylan Beck (HON 600)

2 Scott Cloninger (TRI 675)

3 Lance Echols (KAW 600)

4 Randy Bailey (YAM 600)

5 Kenneth Kilness (YAM 600)

OCD Custom Cycles & Repair Formula Femme

1 Edda Tully (BMW 1000)

2 Lisa Garcia (KAW 600)

3 Jaime Smith (TRI 675)

4 Frances Sayre (SUZ 650)

5 Nicole Hakeem (KAW 250)

Kings of Speed Racing Amateur Club Sport

1 Chris Coriz (KTM 450)

2 John Kynor Jr. (KTM 390)

3 Scott Cloninger (KAW 250)

4 Philip Hale (SUZ 650)

5 Nicole Hakeem (KAW 250)

6 Cedric Madden (KAW 250)

Desert Desmo Amateur Thunderbike

1 Scott Cloninger (TRI 675)

2 Marc Beyer (SUZ 650)

3 Scott Metcalfe (DUC 848)

4 Philip Hale (SUZ 650)

5 Charlie Winckless (TRI 675)

Q-Realty Amateur Middleweight Superbike

1 Richard Hernandez (YAM 600)

2 Scott Cloninger (TRI 675)

3 Randy Bailey (YAM 600)

4 Lance Echols (KAW 600)

5 Kenneth Kilness (YAM 600)

6 Josh Hill (HON 600)

Amateur Open Superbike

1 Chris Coriz (SUZ 1000)

2 Randy Bailey (YAM 600)

3 Ken Kilness (YAM 600)

Permian Auto Group Amateur 250 Supersport

1 Scott Cloninger (KAW 250)

2 Scott Metcalfe (KAW 250)

3 Josh Hill (KAW 250)

4 Cedric Madden (KAW 250)

5 Nicole Hakeem (KAW 250)

Q-Realty Amateur 500 Supersport

1 Scott Cloninger (KAW 250)

2 John Kynor Jr. (KTM 390)

3 Scott Metcalfe (KAW 250)

4 Cedric Madden (KAW 250)

5 Josh Hill (KAW 250)

HTW Racing Novice Middleweight Superbike

1 Richard Hernandez (YAM 600)

2 Josh Hill (HON 600)

3 Miguel Grave De Peralta (HON 600)

4 Matt Zorn (SUZ 600)

5 Michael Bishop (YAM 600)

6 John Kynor Jr. (KTM 390)

Desert Sky Ranch Novice Open Superbike

1 Josh Hill (HON 600)

2 Richard Hernandez (YAM 600)

3 Matt Zorn (SUZ 600)

4 Miguel Grave De Peralta (HON 600)

5 Michael Bishop (YAM 600)

6 Cedric Madden (KAW 600)

Madd-1 Racing Novice Superstreet

1 (tie) John Hill (TRI 675)

1 (tie) Jaime Smith (TRI 675)

3 Paul Ness (TRI 675)

4 Cedric Madden (BMW 1000)

5 Nicole Hakeem (KAW 250)

6 Dan McClary (HON 600)

Madd-1 Racing Modern Vintage

1 Chris Coriz (SUZ 1000)

2 Dave Dikitolia (SUZ 1000)

3 Scott Cloninger (TRI 675)

4 Lance Echols (KAW 600)

5 Ken Kilness (YAM 600)