COLLEGE STATION, TX

The RideSmart team went 11 laps down in an early race shunt, giving the Moto Ace team (above) a crack at their first win of the season in the SBAE class at Texas World Speedway.

The KTM-powered RideSmart endeavor (as led by team leader Ty Howard, 35, above, lofting the KTM's front wheel at over 100 in the Texas World Speedway infield late in the race) was the pre-race favorite after dominating the first two six-hour endurance events of the season at Texas World Speedway in February and Eagles Canyon Raceway in March. However, about an hour into the race, the KTM lost traction in the number-nine horseshoe bend and went down hard. RideSmart was never able to make up the loss and finished third, 10 laps back of the leader.

Moto Ace capitalized on RideSmart's misfortune and continued to push the Suzuki hard, finishing five laps ahead of the second-place Mini Haters team. Nobody was backing off. Even at the end of the six hours, the high-performance bikes were charging Texas World's high-speed bends and lofting the front wheel as they crested a small rise in the infield straight.

The first SBCE class team was the Village Idiots, still two laps up on RideSmart.

The next endurance event on the CMRA circuit will be on May 1, back at Eagles Canyon in Decatur, Texas.

Results

SBAE: 1. Moto Ace - Derek Wagnon/Jeremy Kidd/Joe Prussiano/Dustin Dominguez (Suzuki); 2. Mini Haters - William Shupak/Marv Esterly/Jack Vigneau/Pete Martins (Suzuki); 3. RideSmart - Ty Howard/Ricky Jordan/Bryan West (KTM); 4. Too Tall Racing - Todd Larson/Brandon Young/Michael Rochester (Kawasaki); 5. Kemo Racing - John Keene/Bruce Keene/Steven Pundt (Yamaha).

SBCE: 1. Village Idiots - John Orchard/Chris Headley/Chad Tieszen/Brandon Cleland (Yamaha); 2. ST II - Kenny Smith/Chris Fields (Yamaha); 3. Team Penetration - Nathaniel Orona/Joseph McCamish/Mark Delano (Yamaha); 4. Lone Star Track Days - Andrew Galindo/Garet Tomlinson/Mark Niemi/Chris Romeo (Kawasaki); 5. Loose Nuts - David Maskell/George Linhart/Stephen Wilkins (Yamaha).

CE: 1. Double D Express - Daniel Dominguez/Les Banta/Dewayne Davis/Darnell Dorsey (Kawasaki); 2. Ez Duz It - Jason Mollet/Chris Stone/Justin Sonnen/Christopher Cullen/Jason Contreras (Yamaha); 3. Hypercycle - Gilbert Lee Epperson/David Wilson/Michael Humphries/Karl Hansen/Chris Vinson (Honda).

F2E: 1. Desert Rats - Stephen Guynes/Jeff Mendelson/Derek Thomas/Keith Hertell/Jess Foltz (Suzuki); 2. Sonic Springs Racing - Richard Desmond/Aaron Gore/David Branyon/Pavan Dendi (Suzuki); 3. Faltless Racing - Eric Falt/Robert Bradlaw/Clayton Schutz/Kyle Martin/Bill Erzal (Suzuki); 4. Team EDS - Scott Eichhorn/William Kitchens/Joseph Buno/Mike Sweeney (Suzuki); 5. Genesta Racing - William Anderson/Paul Coste/Sean Gurevich/Carlo Malana/Richard Schiller (Suzuki).