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Team K&N (1 J passes Team Cross Roads in Mini Endurance action at the
rain·saaked third round of the CMRA Mini Endurance Road Racin g Se ries in
Cresson, Texas.
CMRAMini Endurance Road Racing Se ries
Roun d 3 : MotorSport Ranch
Steady Does It for Team Oz
By SHAN MOORE
CRESSON, TX, MAY 1
unning on rain tires (or the first time, Team
O z Racing. consi sting of Anthony Smith and
Ric hard Eads , used a conservative game plan to
wi n the rain-soaked thi rd round of the CMRA.
Mini Endurance series he ld at MotorSport
Ranch near Cresson , Texas . The wi n wa s the
team 's first overall victo ry of the yea r and made
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them the th ird diffe rent wi nner in three ro unds.
With se ries lead er Team K&N sta rting (ro m
t he bac k (o r ar riving late to the grid . Smith
grabbed th e holes hot on his Honda at the start
of the tw o -hour even t. Bryan West, however,
quic kly moved into the lead on the Sum Of All
Parts Honda RS2S0 F, but his stint at the fro nt
was short-lived , as the Austin young gun slid the
Honda well int o the grass after hitting a pool of
water in tu rn two.
W ith Su m Of All Parts te mporari ly o ut of
the picture , Smith regained the lead , and at the
e nd of the first lap the ru nning order was Team
Oz Racing, Red Spade Racing, Team Bling, and
Team K&N,
By lap four, Team K&N had taken the lead,
and they held it until the 30-minute mark, when
team me mber Tyler McDona ld lost the front end
and slid off the track and into the m ud. Team
K&N was able to re-enter the race after teching,
but t he y were seve ra l laps down , and t he ir
chances for a podium finish were looking slim.
Meanw hile, Myst e ry Da nce , on a Ho nda
RS80, ra n a fast and st eady race , at one time
turning a I:5 1.9, putt ing them selves in position
to tak e a podium finish.
W ith 30 minutes le ft in the race , Team
K&N had "unlappe d" themselves and we re in
second place , be hin d Team Oz . W ith two
minute s re ma ining, Team K&N 's other ride r,
Will Gruy, w e nt do wn , e nd ing any hopes of a
Team K& N vict o ry.
At the finish, the o rder was Team Oz by fou r
lap s over Mys t e r y Da nc e , w ith Re d Sp ad e
Racing, Indenile Racing and Team K&N rou nding
o ut the top five .
"We really didn't talk about it a w ho le lot ,
but we just decided to stay co nsistent and see
what happens, said Smith of Team O z. "This
was the first t ime on rains for both of us, and
we figured a conservative app roac h would be
the best - we w e re n't running the fastest times ,
but we were run ning co nsiste nt times , and w e
ke pt it on tw o wh eels , and that 's w hat wo n it."
Inde nile Racing's Dust in Dominguez drove a
heroic race on a Muzzy SM125, riding so lo to
fourth o verall and firs t in Form ula Six. Red
Spade Racing was t he to p Fo rmula Five team ,
with Do uble D Express (co mprised of Marcus
Dorsey, Bre nt Smith , Bran don Ballard and Cory
Burleson ) taking the w in in the Form ula Seven
class and ninth overall.
With the w in, Team Oz moved to within five
poi nts of Mystery Dance in the seri e s' overall
sta nd ings. Tea m K&N sits ato p the stand ings
w it h 4 63 poin ts , follo wed by Mystery Dan ce
with 41 7 and Team Oz with 412 ,
It
RESULTS
a lA : I. Team Oz Racing (Ho n); 2. Myste ry Dance (Hon) ;
3. Red Spade Racing (Oer); 4. Indenile Racing (Muz) ; 5. Team
K&N (Yam); 6. STD Racing (Hen); 7. Team Sidewinder (Apr);
8 . C hicken Taco D inne r (Muz) ; 9. Double 0 Expre ss (Yam);
10. Cycl e I (Muz); I I. Hype r C ycle (Yam); 12. Army O f
Whi teness (Ho n) ; 13. Te am Je su s (Yam ); 14 . Te am lean
(Yam); 15. CR Signs! (Hon); 16. 3D Racing (Yam); 17. Sum Of
All Parts(H on ); 18 . Hun kered Down Racing (Hon ); 19. Team
C ross Roads Ho nd a (Yam); 20. Team Bling (Apr ); 2 1. RPG
Racing (Apr) ; 22 . Hyper Cycle II (Yam); 23 . Team JP (Yam);
24. J&R Racing (Mor) ; 25. Mr. Corder Racing (Yam); 26. NY
US (Hon ); 27. THR (Hon) ; 2B. GSF Racing(Yam).
Trail·Way Speedway
Hart Hammers Out
First Win at Trail-Way ST
By LEN BREECH
HANOVER, PA, MAY 1
I
n a season t hat has had more raino uts than
races, Trail-Way Speedway almo st pu lled off
its on ly night race of the seas on . Rains hit abo ut
halfway t hrough the finals and made the t rack
to o slick after just a few minutes.
After practically own ing t he BScc ( 12- 1S)
class two years ago , R.J. Hart had t rou ble
crack ing the to p five last season. Things looked
about t he same t his season, w ith a third-place
finish in o ne of the two hea ts . But w hen the
gre en light came o n at the start of the 600cc B
final , Ha rt put his Fre deri ck tow n Yama hasponsored YZ4 S0F in front o f jo nat ha n Reid,
Vince Bowe r, Co ry Tex ter and Henry Mangers .
For an eve ning race, the track kept an unusually
narrow groove , ma king pass ing so m ew hat
difficult. T he order stayed the same until, with
abou t tw o laps left , Reid slid o ut, unhurt, in the
second tum , and Texte r moved up to pressure
Bow e r for second, completing the pass co ming
off the final tu rn .
jim Chapman took the Over 40 lead , ahead
of Lowell Wherley, joe Dohm and Mike Keane,
but Whe rley too k the lead by the en d o f the
opening lap and pulled away. Dohm drifted back
o n his backup Y
ama ha after trashi ng his Rotax in
one of the heats.
Sh a wn Ba er pu t hi s Balliefie id H-D!
Zec hman's Cycle-spon sored Yamaha in front of
Chris Kline fe lte r, Brya n Dou gla s a nd Jason
Ise nnoc k at t he sta rt of the 450cc Spo rtsman
contest. Klinefelter stayed with Baer in the early
laps. but Baer pulled just a few lengt hs o ut by
the halfw ay point.
Th e last race to be com plet ed be fore the
rains hit was the 125cc B co ntest . Shayna Texter
grabbe d the lead from Bra ndo n Robinson and
Jordan Harris. Robinson took the lead before the
end of the opening lap, with Harris taking second
two laps late r. Shayna slid down in turn two at
the halfway mark whi le pressuring Har ris.
Robinson also was awar ded the 2SOtc B win by
virtue of his quicker heat-race time over Hams .
Todd Ken dig topped Jim Hollist er in the
Over 30 class w he n Holliste r' s heat was rednagged two laps fro m the end and Ke ndig's heat
completed its six laps.
Other wi nne rs include d Bryan Do uglas, in
the Open A class , and Dave Smith, who to pped
the SOOcc Two-Valve clas s, Roy Mille r to pp ed
Ise nnoc k for t he 750c c final , w it h Douglas
taki ng the Open Spo rts man victory,
Shayna took the BScc (12- 1S) d ivision , and
Tyler Kidw ell won the BScc (7-1 I) class,
RESULTS
SO Oll-INJ : I. Colton Smith (KTM); 2. Josh Wareheim
(C o b); 3. Kyle McGran e (Yam); 4 . Tristan Avery (Yam); 5 .
"""in Pcetty (KTM). 50 (7-8), I . 1Y1..- Stacey (t em). 65, I .
C=ldy Heser (Suz); 2. David Sanford (Kaw). 8S (7-11) , I.
Tyie<' KKlweI1 (Hon ); 2. ea..dy Heeer (Hon ); 3. Derek Hersh
(Yam); 4. Haydon A""')' (Yam, S. Max Ha.v.tt(Yam). 85 ( 12-15),
I. Shayna Texter (Yam); 2. Cody Gillen (Suz); 3. Bren t Fetrow
(Ha n). 125: I. Bran don Robinso n (Yam); 2. Jordan Ha rris
(Yam); 3. Shayna 'Iexter (KTM); 4. HM