CMRA Championship Sprint Series: Round Nine
Oak Hill Raceway
Henderson, TX
September 28, 2003

By Shan Moore

Despite struggling early on, first-year CMRA Expert Michael Sanchez topped four Expert events while Craig Montgomery won two and Joe Prussiano and Logan Young each claimed one win at round nine of the CMRA/CCS Sprint Championship Series, held at Oak Hill Raceway in Henderson, Texas this weekend. Despite having only the one win, Prussiano came away the big money winner, taking home $2500 in CMRA purse and Honda contingency money for topping the Unlimited SuperSport race and taking a third in the Middleweight SuperSport event. Honda, Kawasaki and Aprilia each paid contingencies at the round.

The event drew 431 entries, and newly-crowned AMA Formula Xtreme National Champion Ben Spies made a homecoming of sorts to the track that he grew up on. Spies lives just miles from the track and came out to visit with and cheer on his CMRA buddies.

Yamaha YZF-R6 rider Craig Montgomery got the ball rolling in the money divisions by grabbing the holeshot and checking out in the Middleweight Supersport Expert race, one that saw Michael Sanchez cartwheel out of contention in a turn-two incident. Houston’s Logan Young came home with second-place money while Joe Prussiano claimed the first installment of his Honda money with a third.

Prussiano, on a Honda CBR954RR, passed Sanchez on the brakes going into turn six of the second lap to win the red-flag shortened Unlimited SuperSport race. John Orchard was third.

Young claimed the Unlimited Grand Prix Expert race after Sanchez was given the meatball flag on lap two. Young, however, was making his best ride of the day and may not have needed the advantage of Sanchez’s stop-and-go to take the win. Montgomery came home in third behind Sanchez.

Sanchez finally got the ball rolling after sorting out set-up issues and reeled off wins in the Heavyweight SuperBike, Middleweight SuperBike, Heavyweight SuperSport and Middleweight Grand Prix events to complete the weekend.

The 2003 CMRA Championship series will wrap up with the final round at Motorsport Ranch in Cresson, Texas on October 11-12.

Results
CMRA/CCS
Henderson, TX
September 27-28

4 HOUR MINI ENDURANCE OVERALL: 1. Team K&N (Tyler McDonald/Sam McDonald/Jay Deaton/Troy Green), Yam TZ85, Heavyweight Mini, 141 laps; 2. J&R Racing (Renee Spencer/John Spencer), Moriwaki MH80, Heavyweight Mini, 129 laps; 3. Gruderm (Will Gruy/Scott McDermott), Yam TZ85, Heavyweight Mini, 123 laps; 4. Team OZ Racing (Anthony Smith/Rob Rundell/Will Hendrick), Hon RS60, Middleweight Mini, 123 laps; 5. CFV2.0 (Derek Delpero/Lindsey Leard/Chuck Ergle/Ryan Andrews), Yam TTR125, Middleweight Mini, 120 laps; 6. Flying Monkey Racing (Scott Levine/Barb Prussiano/Danny Dominguez/Dustin Dominguez), MZSM125, Middleweight Mini, 120 laps; 7. Old, Ugly and Stupid (Rich Desmond/Scott Levine/Mark David), Suz DRZ125, Middleweight Mini, 119 laps; 8. Team Sidewinder (Derrick Patman/Stephen Guynes/Bill Hirstius/Troy Green), Apr RS50, Lightweight Super Mini, 117 laps; 9. STD Racing (Emmett Dibble/Pat Brown/Chris Reed/Chris Newhouse), Hon NS50R, Lightweight Super Mini, 115 laps; 10. Indenial Inc. (Mark David/Les Banta/Dustin Dominguez), MZ SM125, Middleweight Mini, 114 laps; 11. CR Signs (Chris Reed/Chris Newhouse/Emmett Dibble/Pat Brown), Hon NS50R, Lightweight Super Mini, 113 laps; 12. Silver Bullets (Brandon Ballard/David Plymale/Brent Smith), Yam YSR50, Lightweight Super Mini, 106 laps; 13. NR Racing (Nick Marcuccio/Russ Robinson), Suz RS80, Heavyweight Mini, 106 laps; 14. A Electrical Service (Will Hendrick/Clayton McDowell), Yam YSR50, Lightweight Production Mini, 105 laps; 15. Full Moon Racing (Marc Mondshine/Mark Tuttle), Hon NSR50, Middleweight Mini, 105 laps.

HEAVYWEIGHT MINI: 1. Team K&N; 2. J&R Racing; 3. Gruderm; 4. NR Racing; 5. Mini Me (Steven Sinclair/David Petitpas/Mike Petitpas), Hon RS80, 82 laps; 6. Spotted Dog Racing (Jeff Sutton/Aaron Hlavaty/Clayton Werner), Hon RS80, 80 laps.

MIDDLEWEIGHT MINI: 1. Team OZ Racing; 2. CFV2.0; 3. Flying Monkey Racing; 4. Indenial; 5. Full Moon Racing; 6. Tired Racing (Bentley McCoy/Robin Reeves/Chuck McCoy), Hon RX100, 99 laps.

LIGHTWEIGHT SUPER MINI: 1. Team Sidewinder; 2. STD Racing; 3. CR Signs; 4. Silver Bullets; 5. Sabrinick Racing (Nick Lee/Dennis Dudley), 94 laps; 6. T&S Racing (Tim Freeman/Shasta Freeman/Troy Green), Hon XR100, 87 laps.

LIGHTWEIGHT PRODUCTION MINI: 1. A Electrical Service; 2. NES (Stephanie Graham/Robert Nickell), Yam YSR50, 100 laps; 3. Knee Dragons (Rickey Bueno/Seth Cooke), Yam YSR50, 66 laps; 4. Mufasa Racing (Alex Humphries/Michael Humphries), Yam YSR50, 4 laps.

UNLIMITED GP EXPERT: 1. Logan Young (Suz GSX-R600); 2. Michael Sanchez (Suz GSX-R750); 3. Craig Montgomery (Yam YZF-R6); 4. John Ross (Suz GSX-R1000); 5. Shane Kuehler (Yam YZF-R6); 6. Marcus McBain (Suz GSX-R1000).

UNLIMITED GP AMATEUR: 1. Mark Delano (Suz GSX-R750); 2. Ken Ervin (Hon CBR600F4); 3. Ben Thompson (Suz GSX-R600); 4. Bryan West (Suz GSX-R600); 5. Shane Mahon (Yam YZF-R6); 6. Joseph Browning (Yam YZF-R6).

UNLIMITED SUPERSPORT EXPERT: 1. Joe Prussiano (Hon CBR954RR); 2. Michael Sanchez (Suz GSX-R600); 3. John Orchard (Yam YZF-R6); 4. John Ross (Suz GSX-R1000); 5. Ronnie Lunsford (Hon RC51); 6. Jeff Grant (Kaw ZX-6R).

UNLIMITED SUPERSPORT AMATEUR: 1. Mark Delano (Suz GSX-R750); 2. Ben Thompson (Suz GSX-R600); 3. Barron Cheek (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Shane Mahon (Yam YZF-R6); 5. Michael Hamric (Yam YZF-R6); 6. Chris Vinson (Hon CBR600F2).

HEAVYWEIGHT SUPERSPORT EXPERT: 1. Michael Sanchez (Suz GSX-R600); 2. Phillip Lawlis (Suz GSX-R600); 3. Danny Dominguez (Suz GSX-R750); 4. Ronnie Lunsford (Hon RC51); 5. Tim Haas (Hon RC51).

HEAVYWEIGHT SUPERSPORT AMATEUR: 1. Ben Thompson (Suz GSX-R600); 2. Mark Delano (Suz GSX-R750); 3. Bryan West (Suz GSX-R600); 4. Jason Peterson (Yam YZF-R6); 5. Jesse Seitz (Suz GSX-R600); 6. Kevin Mays (Yam YZF-R6).

MIDDLEWEIGHT SUPERSPORT EXPERT: 1. Craig Montgomery (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Logan Young (Suz GSX-R600); 3. Joe Prussiano (Hon CBR600RR); 4. Brett Champagne (Hon CBR600); 5. Harry Tomlinson (Yam YZF-R6); 6. Phillip Lawlis (Suz GSX-R600).

MIDDLEWEIGHT SUPERSPORT AMATEUR: 1. Mark Delano (Suz GSX-R600); 2. Jason Peterson (Yam YZF-R6); 3. Kevin Mays (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Shane Adair (Yam YZF-R6); 5. Barron Cheek (Yam YZF-R6); 6. Jesse Seitz (Suz GSX-R600).

LIGHTWEIGHT SUPERSPORT EXPERT: 1. Craig Montgomery (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Eric Falt (Suz SV650); 3. A.C. Freeman Jr. (Suz SV650); 4. Bubba Russo (Yam FZR400); 5. Daniel Sinclair (Duc 750).

LIGHTWEIGHT SUPERSPORT AMATEUR: 1. Jon Lampert (Suz SV650); 2. Jeremy Helms (Suz SV650); 3. Chase Vivion (Suz SV650); 4. Jon Weems (Suz SV650); 5. Ben Andrews (Apr RS250); 6. Paige LaBella (Suz SV650).

HEAVYWEIGHT SUPERBIKE EXPERT: 1. Michael Sanchez (Suz GSX-R750); 2. Danny Dominguez (Suz GSX-R750); 3. Ronnie Lunsford (Hon RC51); 4. Jeff Grant (Kaw ZX-6R); 5. Harry Tomlinson (Yam YZF-R6); 6. Ty Stranger-Thorsen (Hon RC51).

HEAVYWEIGHT SUPERBIKE AMATEUR: 1. Ben Thompson (Suz GSX-R600); 2. Mark Delano (Suz GSX-R750); 3. Jason Peterson (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Ken Ervin (Hon CBR600F4); 5. Joseph Browning (Yam YZF-R6); 6. Shane Adair (Yam YZF-R6).

MIDDLEWEIGHT SUPERBIKE EXPERT: 1. Michael Sanchez (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Craig Montgomery (Yam YZF-R6); 3. John Orchard (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Brett Champagne (Hon CBR600); 5. Shane Kuehler (Yam YZF-R6); 6. Eric Falt (Suz SV650).

MIDDLEWEIGHT SUPERBIKE AMATEUR: 1. Ben Thompson (Suz GSX-R600); 2. Jason Peterson (Yam YZF-R6); 3. Kevin Mays (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Mark Delano (Suz GSX-R600); 5. Ken Ervin (Hon CBR600F4); 6. Barron Cheek (Yam YZF-R6).

LIGHTWEIGHT SUPERBIKE EXPERT: 1. Eric Falt (Suz SV650); 2. Scott Levine (Suz SV650); 3. Daniel Sinclair (Ducati 750); 4. Bryan Burtsfield (Duc 900SS).

LIGHTWEIGHT SUPERBIKE AMATEUR: 1. Jon Lampert (Suz SV650); 2. Jeremy Helms (Suz SV650); 3. Chase Vivion (Suz SV650); 4. Michael Ray Lawlis (Suz SV650); 5. Jon Weems (Suz SV650); 6. Chris Smiley (Suz SV650).

MIDDLEWEIGHT GP EXPERT: 1. Michael Sanchez (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Harry Tomlinson (Yam YZF-R6); 3. Jeff Grant (Kaw ZX-6R); 4. John Orchard (Yam YZF-R6);

MIDDLEWEIGHT GP AMATEUR: 1. Mark Delano (Suz GSX-R600); 2. Ken Ervin (Hon CBR600F4); 3. Bryan West (Suz GSX-R600); 4. Jesse Seitz (Suz GSX-R600); 5. Joseph McCamish (Yam YZF-R6); 6. Nathaniel Orona (Yam YZF-R6).

LIGHTWEIGHT GP EXPERT: 1. Ryan Andrews (Apr RS125); 2. Jason Pirtle (Suz SV650); 3. Alan Tan (Hon RS125); 4. Eric Falt (Suz SV650); 5. Scott Levine (Suz SV650); 6. Robert Bradlaw (Yam FZR400).

LIGHTWEIGHT GP AMATEUR: 1. Jon Lampert (Suz SV650); 2. Will Gruy (Yam TZ125); 3. Jeremy Helms (Suz SV650); 4. Daniel Browning (Hon RS125); 5. Chris Smiley (Suz SV650); 6. David Warner (Suz SV650).

GP SINGLES: 1. Ryan Andrews (Apr RS125); 2. Alan Tan (Hon RS125); 3. Jesse Johnson (Hon RS125); 4. Will Gruy (Yam TZ125); 5. Chris Newhouse (Hon RS125); 6. Daniel Browning (Hon RS125).

FORMULA 40 EXPERT: 1. Ronnie Lunsford (Hon RC51); 2. Jim Anderson (Duc 748R); 3. Billy Click (Hon CBR600F4); 4. Frank Shacklee (Suz SV650); 5. Barb Prussiano (Yam YZF-R6).

FORMULA 40 AMATEUR: 1. Shane Adair (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Michael Nellis (Hon RC51); 3. Thomas Gathright (Hon CBR600F4); 4. Kevin Eggert (Hon RC51); 5. Bill Underwood (Yam YZF-R6); 6. Blake Rudy (Buell M2).

THUNDERBIKE EXPERT: 1. Eric Falt (Suz SV650); 2. Jeff Lee (Suz GSX-R750); 3. Bryan Burtsfield (Duc 900SS); 4. A. C. Freeman, Jr. (Suz SV650).

THUNDERBIKE AMATEUR: 1. Chris Vinson (Hon CBR600F2); 2. Chris Smiley (Suz SV650); 3. Jon Weems (Suz SV650); 4. Chase Vivion (Suz SV650); 5. Jeremy Helms (Suz SV650); 6. Michael Ray Lawlis (Suz SV650).

MIDDLEWEIGHT SPORTSMAN EXPERT: 1. Robert Bradlaw (Yam FZR400); 2. Laroy Montgomery (ATK 598); 3. Daniel Sinclair (Duc 750); 4. Bill Erzal (Apr RS250); 5. Dustin Dominguez (Hon CB1).

MIDDLEWEIGHT SPORTSMAN AMATEUR: 1. Kyle Martin (Hon CRF450); 2. Anthony Smith (Suz DRZ 400); 3. Ben Andrews (Apr RS250); 4. Greg LeClair (Apr RS250); 5. David Steiner (Hon CB1); 6. Michael Humphries (Apr RS250).

LIGHTWEIGHT SPORTSMAN EXPERT: 1. Ryan Andrews (Yam YZ426); 2. Laroy Montgomery (ATK 598); 3. Dustin Dominguez (Hon CB1); 4. Bubba Russo (Yam FZR400); 5. Kelly Adair (Suz RGV250).

LIGHTWEIGHT SPORTSMAN AMATEUR: 1. Kyle Martin (Hon CRF450); 2. Rob Bayer (Yam YZ426); 3. Anthony Wagner (Hon FT500); 4. Phillip Conner (Yam FZR400); 5. David Steiner (Hon CB1); 6. William Clark (Suz GS500).

ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHT SPORTSMAN: 1. Will Gruy (Yam TZ85); 2. Jay Deaton (Mori 80).

SUPER TWINS EXPERT: 1. Ronnie Lunsford (Hon RC51); 2. Ty Stranger-Thorsen (Hon RC51); 3. Jason Pirtle (Suz SV650); 4. Eric Falt (Suz SV650); 5. Tim Haas (Hon RC51); 6. Jim Anderson (Duc 748R).

SUPER TWINS AMATEUR: 1. Michael Nellis (Hon RC51); 2. Kevin Eggert (Hon RC51); 3. Jeremy Helms (Suz SV650); 4. Lee Vrazel (Duc 996); 5. Chase Vivion (Suz SV650); 6. Jon Weems (Suz SV650).

SUPER SINGLES: 1. Kyle Martin (Hon CRF450); 2. Laroy Montgomery (ATK 598); 3. Jim Anderson (Hon XR650); 4. David Eubanks (Yam YZ450); 5. Rob Bayer (Yam YZ426).

GTO EXPERT: 1. Michael Sanchez (Suz GSX-R750); 2. John Ross (Suz GSX-R1000); 3. Andy Galindo (Suz GSX-R1000); 4. Ty Stranger-Thorsen (Hon RC51); 5. Marcus McBain (Suz GSX-R1000); 6. Frank Klementich (Suz GSX-R750).

GTO AMATEUR: 1. Mark Delano (Suz GSX-R750); 2. Jesse Seitz (Suz GSX-R600); 3. Joe Browning (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Kevin Eggert (Hon RC51); 5. Randy Blumer (Hon CBR929RR); 6. Lee Vrazel (Duc SPS996).

GTU EXPERT: 1. Craig Montgomery (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Michael Sanchez (Suz GSX-R600); 3. Logan Young (Suz GSX-R600); 4. Brett Champagne (Hon CBR600); 5. John Orchard (Yam YZF-R6); 6. Darnell Dorsey (Suz GSX-R600).

GTU AMATEUR: 1. Ben Thompson (Suz GSX-R600); 2. Noah Reese (Yam YZF-R6); 3. Jason Peterson (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Mark Delano (Suz GSX-R600); 5. Tom Gathright (Hon CBR600F4); 6. Bill Underwood (Yam YZF-R6).

GT LIGHTS EXPERT: 1. Jason Pirtle (Suz SV650); 2. Ryan Andrews (Yam YZ426); 3. Scott Levine (Suz SV650); 4. Robert Bradlaw (Yam FZR400); 5. Frank Shacklee (Suz SV650); 6. Bryan Burtsfield (Duc SS900).

GT LIGHTS AMATEUR: 1. Kyle Martin (Hon CRF450); 2. Chris Smiley (Suz SV650); 3. Chuck McCoy (Kaw EX500); 4. David Warner (Suz SV650); 5. Michael Lawlis (Suz SV650); 6. Jon Weems (Suz SV650).

UNLIMITED MOTARD: 1. Kyle Martin (Hon CRF450); 2. Laroy Montgomery (ATK 598); 3. Jeff Grant (Yam YZ400F); 4. David Eubanks (Yam YZ450); 5. Dave Plymale (Hon CR250); 6. Steven McNamara (Hon XR400).

SUPER MOTARD: 1. Ryan Andrews (Yam YZ426); 2. Kyle Martin (Hon CRF450); 3. Eric Falt (Suz DRZ400); 4. Laroy Montgomery (ATK 598); 5. Wade Hoak (Hon CRF450); 6. Jim Anderson (Hon XR650).

MOTARD: 1. Ed Burk (Hon XR400); 2. Steven McNamara (Hon XR400); 3. Derrick Patman (Yam TTR125).

JUNIOR MOTARD: 1. Jake Chapman (Yam TTR90); 2. Colby Jones (Yam TTR90); 3. Shelby Delano (Yam TTR90); 4. Randall Falt (Yam TTR90); 5. Garet Tomlinson (Yam TTR90); 6. Summer Moorehead (Yam TTR90).

HEAVYWEIGHT CLASSIC: 1. Chris Vinson (Hon CBR600F2); 2. Jeff Lee (Suz GSX-R750); 3. Charles Christine (Hon CBR600F2); 4. David Starks (Hon CBR600).

MIDDLEWEIGHT CLASSIC: 1. Bryan Burtsfield (Duc 900SS); 2. Dustin Dominguez (Hon CB1); 3. Anthony Smith (Suz DRZ 400); 4. Gilbert Adair (Suz RGV250); 5. William Clark (Suz GS500); 6. David Steiner (Hon CB1).

SUPER VINTAGE: 1. David Wilson (Suz GSXR1000).

VINTAGE: 1. Anthony Wagner (Hon FT500).

HEAVYWEIGHT MINI: 1. Will Gruy (Yam TZ85); 2. Jay Deaton (Mori 80); 3. Kelly Adair (Mori 80); 4. Steven Sinclair (Hon RS80); 5. Alex Humphries (Hon RS80).

MIDDLEWEIGHT MINI: 1. Anthony Smith (Hon RS60); 2. Dustin Dominguez (MZ SM125); 3. Tom Thompson (Apr RS50); 4. Derrick Patman (Apr RS50); 5. Laura Black (Hon NS50R); 6. Bentley McCoy (Hon XR100).

LIGHTWEIGHT SUPER MINI: 1. Emmett Dibble (Hon NSR50); 2. Derrick Patman (Apr RS50); 3. Tom Thompson (Apr RS50); 4. Nick Lee (Yam YZR50); 5. Brent Smith (Yam YSR50); 6. Thomas Hoover (Hon NS50R).

LIGHTWEIGHT MINI EXPERT: 1. Pat Brown (Yam YSR50); 2. David Wilson (Yam YSR50).

LIGHTWEIGHT MINI AMATEUR: 1. Stacy Bourland (Yam YSR50); 2. Alex Humphries (Yam YSR50); 3. Melissa Eads (Yam YSR50); 4. Mark Kline (Yam YSR50).