Copyright 2004, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By Shan Moore

Michael Sanchez set a new track record en route to a clean sweep at round three of the CMRA Championship Road Racing Series at Oak Hill Raceway near Henderson, Texas Sunday. Sanchez won every race he entered and set the new mark, a 1:22.565, while riding his Suzuki GSX-R750 in the B Superbike Expert race, which he won, beating Jeff Grant and Brian Lee. The old record was a 1:23.24, set by John Haner in 2002.

Shogun Motorsports/Dunlop-backed Sanchez also won the B Superstock Expert, C Superstock Expert, A Superstock Expert, A Superstock Expert, C Superbike Expert and Formula 1 races, pocketing $3350 in Yamaha contingency and CMRA purse money for his efforts.

Other money winners included Daniel Browning, who topped the 125cc GP race, Heavyweight Twins winner Michael Nellis, and Jim Anderson, who won the Mr. Corder Racing Formula 40 Heavyweight Expert race.

Total entries for Sunday’s sprint races totaled 576, including the Junior Motard class for 8-to-12-year-olds, which is becoming a popular class in CMRA competition.

On Saturday, 52 Mini Endurance teams, a CMRA record, competed in a 6-hour event which was won by Team K&N, despite having mechanical problems near the end. Three red flags were Team K&N’s saving grace, allowing the team to make repairs and finish ahead of Hunkered Down Racing and Team Bling in the overall standings. Team K&N also topped the Formula 4 class while Team Bling won the Formula 5 class. Hi-Zoot was first Formula 6 entry with Team Lean winning the F 7 division and Kender Garden taking the Production class.

The CMRA resumes its Championship series on May 1-2 at MotorSport Ranch in Cresson, Texas with a 5-hour Endurance for big bikes and a 2-hour Mini Endurance event on Saturday and a full slate of sprint races on Sunday.