From a press release issued by CMRA:

Ty Howard seems to be making a habit of breaking track records. For the second consecutive CMRA event, Howard set a new track record, and for the second consecutive event, the Shogun Motorsports/Ride Smart/Michelin/Motion Cyclesports-sponsored rider was the top money winner for the weekend, this time claiming nearly $7000 in contingency and CMRA purse money at round five of the CMRA Championship Roadracing Series held at Hallett Motor Racing Circuit in northeastern Oklahoma.

Howard claimed wins in the B Superstock Expert, C Superstock Expert, A Superstock Expert and C Superbike Expert races on Sunday and in the Pace American Trailer Red River Challenge Series race, which was held on Saturday. His only defeat came at the hands of Winn Racing’s Shannon Ball in Sunday’s Formula 1 Expert event.

Howard set the new course record, a 1:17.958, on the third lap of the B Superstock Expert event, surpassing the old mark of 1:18.52, set by Sam McDonald on 9/30/01 for the counter clockwise direction.

Defending CMRA Champion and current points leader Michael Sanchez was recovering from a shoulder injury which he received at the AMA Nationals in Barber the weekend before and was on hand only to make a lap in certain races in an effort to salvage whatever points he could.

Fort Worth rider Jason Pirtle also had a good weekend, taking wins in the Formula 2, Lightweight Twins Expert and D Superbike Expert races while Ronnie Lunsford claimed top money in the Heavyweight Twins Expert race, which featured a $500 purse.

In the Mr. Corder Racing Formula 40 event, also a purse-paying race, Jim Anderson came from behind to take the lead from Lunsford with two laps to go. Lunsford tried a last-lap, last-turn maneuver to regain the lead, but lappers interfered and Anderson came home with the checkers and the check.

Will Gruy claimed top money in the 125 Grand Prix event, besting Daniel Browning and Tyler McDonald in the process and returned later in the day to take the Formula CMRA Lightweight win as well.

After a bad start, Jayme Jernigan moved to the front to take the win in the AF1 Racing-sponsored Formula 5 race over Kyle Rivers and Anthony Smith, while Richard Eads was top Formula 7 rider in sixth overall.

Tyler McDonald breezed to the Formula 4 class win over Gruy and Smith while Tom Thompson took the Formula 6 division over Laura Black and Richard Desmond. McDonald also claimed a win in the Unlimited Motard class.

In the Novice ranks, Carter Burkholder and Kyle Rivers each took a pair of wins in Sundays sprint-race action, with Burkholder topping the B Superbike and C Superbike Novice events, while Rivers claimed wins in the C Superstock and B Superstock Novice divisions.

In the Cycle 1 CMRA Endurance Series Presented by Shogun Motorsports 5-hour event, Vinyl Edge Racing overcame transmission problems to claim the overall and top Unlimited GP-class wins by four laps over Village Idiots, who also finished top Middleweight Superbike. 2Wheelz.com finished third overall and second UGP just 28.945 seconds behind Village Idiots. Big Air Racing was the top Middleweight Supersport team in fourth overall with Short Bus Racing in fifth overall and second MSS. Desert-Rats.net claimed the top spot in the Unlimited Supersport division with Team K&N finishing first in the Lightweight Superbike class.

The CMRA returns to action on June 19-20 for round six of its championship series at Texas World Speedway in College Station, Texas. The weekend will feature an eight-hour big bike endurance event on Saturday and a full slate of sprint races on Sunday.


More, from a press release issued by RPS:

Howard Scores second Ace of the Season and takes aim on a third!!!

Racing Performance Services sponsored Ty Howard set his 2nd consecutive track record in as many races. Using a Penske shock and Traxxion Dynamics components that received custom valving from RPS, Howard smashed the old record by over a half a second. Although Ty was only able to turn laps in the high 1:19 range on Saturday, Howard teamed with RPS owner Marcus McBain to create a strategy for a suspension setup that would put Ty in the record books again. After McBain modified the valve stacks in both the shock and fork, Ty immediately dropped one second in Sunday Practice and in the Sunday sprint races Ty’s incredible talent took over as he ran a 1:17.958.

The track record was simply an exclamation point on a weekend that saw RPS sponsored riders and customers take over 30 wins and podium positions at the Hallet, Oklahoma facility. Other significant RPS winners and podium finishers were Phillip Lawlis, Brad Kelly, Big Air Racing, LSTD, Team Anvil, Chris Romeo, and MRA star Rich Deeming.

Heading into the CMRA June 19-20 round, Ty Howard shoots for a 3rd track record in a row. The former AMA star feels confident that his team of sponsors will continue to put him over the top and grab a third straight track record. Critical to this success is the communication process and technical understanding that former Team Green Kawasaki teammates Howard and RPS owner McBain share. Howard has his sights on the TWS record and so far this season since he has been working with RPS, he hasn’t missed his target yet.