Karl Lowry took the first step toward capturing the No. 1 plate for the Chuckwalla Valley Motorcycle Association, winning the CVMA Unlimited Shootout Presented by SoCal Track Days at the association’s inaugural event.
Operational issues plagued the event at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway, including problems with the club’s online registration system and the no-show of the Race Director. Fortunately, former WSMC Operations Manager Kenny Kopecky was on site as a consultant and pulled the event together.
Riding his Graves Motorsports-prepared, Dunlop-shod Yamaha YZF-R1, Lowry also took the win in Saturday’s Formula Open event. And on his Graves-prepared, Dunlop-shod Yamaha YZF-R6, Lowry won Saturday’s SuperSport Middleweight and Sunday’s Formula Middleweight race.
Racers Edge owner Dale Kieffer came out of the box strongly, winning the SuperSport Open races on Saturday and Sunday and winning Sunday’s SuperSport Middleweight race on his Michelin-shod Yamaha YZF-R6.
However, it was Ryan Matter who took the win in Sunday’s 600cc feature race, the CVMA Middleweight Shootout Presented by TrackDaz. Matter crossed the line ahead of Ryan Tarr and Kieffer.
Ryan Gagliano was the big winner in the Formula Twins races, on a very special CycleMall-prepped, Bridgestone-shod Ducati 748 that had been destroked down below the class’s 669cc displacement limit. Gagliano won the Formula Twins sprint races both Saturday and Sunday and took home top honors in the Twins feature race, the CVMA Lightweight Shootout, on Sunday.
CVMA March 12-13, 2011 Chuckwalla Valley Raceway Desert Center, California Results as Provided By CVMA (Not all motorcycle make-and-model info provided by CVMA) Races Listed in Chronological Order
SATURDAY:
TEAM CHALLENGE MIDDLEWEIGHT: 1. Ryan Tarr/Loren Black (Hon CBR600RR) 2. Jonathan Howard 3. Javier Ramirez/Joanne Bitter
TEAM CHALLENGE LIGHTWEIGHT/PRESENTED BY WEST COAST GP CYCLES: 1. Tony Moniz (Suz SV650)/Evan Markus (Suz SV650) 2. Dustin Coyner Suz SV650)/Andrew Zabzdr (Suz SV650)
SUPERSPORT MIDDLEWEIGHT/PRESENTED BY DUNLOP: 1. Karl Lowry (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Dale Kieffer (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Ryan Tarr 4. Ryan Matter (Suz GSX-R600) 5. Lex Hartl (Yam YZF-R6) 6. Jamie LeBlanc
SUPERSPORT MIDDLEWEIGHT AMATEUR/PRESENTED BY DUNLOP: 1. Dani Taylor 2. Jorge Castro 3. Pete Pham 4. Tom Day 5. Bren Bouza 6. Erik Dunshee
FORMULA GP: 1. Vincent Rolleri (Yam TZ250) 2. Brian Herzfeldt (Hon VFR400) 3. Paul Merwin (Suz RMZ450)
FORMULA 500: 1. Brian Herzfeldt (Hon VFR400) 2. Johnathan Marquez (Kaw Ninja 250R)
FORMULA 40: 1. Aaron Ascher (Kaw ZX-10R) 2. Bill McCoy 3. Kenny Perez 4. Travis Westermeyer (Suz GSX-R750) 5. Mario Baez (Suz GSX-R1000) 6. Tom Day
FEMMEWALLA: 1. Dani Taylor 2. Joanna Bitter 3. Stacey Stewart
250 SUPERSPORT (All Kaw Ninja 250R): 1. Jonathan Hong 2. Andrew Yzabal 3. Michael Davis 4. Andrew Chica 5. Steven Dawson 6. Niccole Cox
MODERN VINTAGE LIGHTWEIGHT: 1. Vincent Rolleri (Yam TZ250) 2. Dustin Coyner (Suz SV650) 3. Al Garcia (Suz SV650)
FORMULA SINGLES: 1. Michael Gougis (MZ) 2. Cody Burton (MZ)
FORMULA TWINS/PRESENTED BY BRIDGESTONE/CYCLEMALL: 1. Ryan Gagliano (657cc Duc 748) 2. Evan Markus (Suz SV650) 3. Christian Readyhoff (Ninja 650R) 4. Andrew Zabzdr (Suz SV650) 5. Dustin Coyner (Suz SV650) 6. Alex Esquival (Suz SV650)
FORMULA TWINS AMATEUR/PRESENTED BY BRIDGESTONE/CYCLEMALL: 1. Paul McComsey (Suz SV650) 2. Oliver Tumsuden (Suz SV650) 3. David Martin
SUPERSPORT OPEN: 1. Dale Kieffer (Yam YZF-R6) 2. David Siminski 3. Aaron Ascher (Kaw ZX-10R) 4. Kenny Perez 5. Mario Baez (Suz GSX-R1000) 6. Lex Hartl (Yam YZF-R6)
FORMULA OPEN/PRESENTED BY PIRELLI/CT RACING/RUN GP: 1. Karl Lowry (Yam YZF-R1) 2. Bill McCoy 3. Lex Hartl (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Jay Millhiser 5. Travis Westermeyer (Suz GSX-R750) 6. Brian Short
FORMULA OPEN AMATEUR/PRESENTED BY PIRELLI/CT RACING/RUN GP: 1. Gill Barnett 2. Dani Kajtaz 3. Justin Purser 4. Steve DeMeglio 5. Tyrone Davis 6. Guy Larsen (BMW S1000RR)
FORMULA MIDDLEWEIGHT/PRESENTED BY MICHELIN/RACERS EDGE: 1. Lex Hartl (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Ryan Matter (Suz GSX-R600) 3. Karl Lowry (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Nathan Mitchell 5. Clayton Wylie 6. Dale Kieffer (Yam YZF-R6)
FORMULA MIDDLEWEIGHT AMATEUR/PRESENTED BY MICHELIN/RACERS EDGE: 1. Jorge Castro 2. Christopher Wiltshire 3. Pete Pham 4. B.J. Miles 5. Colin Schroeder
SUPERSPORT TWINS: 1. Andrew Zabzdr (Suz SV650) 2. Charles Fathy (Suz SV650)
SUNDAY:
SUPERSPORT OPEN: 1. Dale Kieffer (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Aaron Asher (Kaw ZX-10R) 3. Bill McCoy 4. David Siminski 5. Mario Baez (Suz GSX-R1000) 6. Kenny Perez
SUPERSPORT OPEN AMATEUR: 1. Ivan Rodriguez 2. Gill Barnett 3. Dani Kajtaz 4. Steve DeMeglio 5. Guy Larsen (BMW S1000RR)
FORMULA TWINS/PRESENTED BY BRIDGESTONE/CYCLEMALL: 1. Ryan Gagliano (657cc Duc 748) 2. Evan Markus (Suz SV650) 3. Christian Readyhoff (Kaw Ninja 650R) 4. Dustin Coyner (Suz SV650) 5. Andy Palmer (Suz SV650) 6. Andrew Zabzdr (Suz SV650)
FORMULA TWINS AMATEUR/PRESENTED BY BRIDGESTONE/CYCLEMALL: 1. Paul McComsey (Suz SV650) 2. David Martin 3. Oliver Tumsuden (Suz SV650)
FORMULA MIDDLEWEIGHT/PRESENTED BY MICHELIN/RACERS EDGE: 1. Karl Lowry (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Ryan Matter (Suz GSX-R600) 3. Jamie LeBlanc (Hon CBR600RR) 4. David Siminski 5. Brian Short 6. Jordan McGee (Yam YZF-R6)
FORMULA MIDDLEWEIGHT AMATEUR/PRESENTED BY MICHELIN/RACERS EDGE: 1. Dani Taylor 2. Jorge Castro 3. Eric Dunshee 4. Stefan Luka (YZF-R6) 5. Jeremy Watson 6. Colin Schraeder
FORMULA SINGLES: 1. Michael Gougis (MZ) 2. Cody Burton (MZ)
FORMULA 500: 1. Brian Herzfeldt (Hon VFR400) 2. Johnathan Marquez (Kaw Ninja 250R)
250 SUPERSPORT (All Kaw Ninja 250R): 1. Andrew Yzabal 2. Michael Davis 3. Andrew Chika 4. Niccole Cox 5. Steven Dawson 6. Jonathan Hong
SUPERSPORT MIDDLEWEIGHT/PRESENTED BY DUNLOP: 1. Dale Kieffer (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Ryan Matter (Suz GSX-R600) 3. Ryan Tarr 4. Jamie LeBlanc (Hon CBR600RR) 5. Loren Black (Hon CBR600RR) 6. Clayton Wylie
SUPERSPORT MIDDLEWEIGHT AMATEUR/PRESENTED BY DUNLOP: 1. Dani Taylor 2. Greg Dachner 3. Pete Pham 4. Erik Dunshee 5. Bren Bouza 6. Stefan Luka (Yam YZF-R6)
FORMULA GP: 1. Vincent Rolleri (Yam TZ250) 2. Brian Herzfeldt (Hon VFR400) 3. Paul Merwin (Suz RMZ450)
VINTAGE HEAVYWEIGHT: 1. Dan Tarr (Suz GS1000)
FORMULA OPEN/PRESENTED BY PIRELLI/CT RACING/RUN GP: 1. Bill McCoy
FORMULA OPEN AMATEUR/PRESENTED BY PIRELLI/CT RACING/RUN GP: 1. Ivan Rodriguez 2. Dani Kajtaz 3. Steve DeMeglio 4. Guy Larsen (BMW S1000RR)
VINTAGE LIGHTWEIGHT: 1. Dan Tarr (Yam RD400) 2. Cody Burton (MZ)
MODERN VINTAGE LIGHTWEIGHT: 1. Vincent Rolleri (Yam TZ250) 2. Ryan Gagliano (657cc Duc 748) 3. Dustin Coyner (Suz SV650)
SUPERSPORT TWINS: 1. Andrew Zabzdr (Suz SV650) 2. Charles Fathy (Suz SV650)
SUPERSPORT TWINS AMATEUR: 1. Steven Dawson
FORMULA 40: 1. Kenny Perez 2. Aaron Asher (Kaw ZX-10R) 3. Mario Baez (Suz GSX-R1000) 4. Jim King 5. Guy Larsen (BMW S1000RR)
FEMMEWALLA: 1. Lea Cutshall 2. Joanna Bitter
CHUCKWALLA VALLEY MOTORCYCLE ASSOCIATION LIGHTWEIGHT SHOOTOUT: 1. Ryan Gagliano (657cc Duc 748) 2. Dustin Coyner (Suz SV650) 3. Andrew Zabzdr (Suz SV650) 4. Tony Moniz (Suz SV650) 5. Paul Merwin (Suz RMZ450) 6. Alex Esquivel (Suz SV650)
CHUCKWALLA VALLEY MOTORCYCLE ASSOCIATION MIDDLEWEIGHT SHOOTOUT/PRESENTED BY TRACKDAZ: 1. Ryan Matter (Suz GSX-R600) 2. Ryan Tarr 3. Dale Kieffer (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Jamie LeBlanc 5. Loren Black 6. Justin Simons
CHUCKWALLA VALLEY MOTORCYCLE ASSOCIATION UNLIMITED SHOOTOUT/PRESENTED BY SOCAL TRACK DAYS: 1. Karl Lowry (Yam YZF-R1) 2. Bill McCoy