Young fast guy Caleb Adams was recently featured on his local TV station. The station is nice enough to thier clips up on YouTube. Enjoy.

Due to circumstances beyond series control, the last two races have changes in date and location.

Updated schedule:

April 19-20, Stockton, CA, Hosted by SMRRC

June 28-31, Calgary, AB, Hosted by AMRA as part of the CNMRA series

July 26-27, Abbotsford, BC, Hosted by PCMRA as part of the CNMRA series

Aug 30-31, McMinnville, OR, Hosted by NMRRA – DATE CHANGE

Oct 4-5, Buttonwillow, CA, Hosted by SCMiniGP – LOCATION CHANGE

Get full series information at ~http://www.canamroadracing.com/~

Young American motorcycle road racer, Peter Lenz, couldn’t ask for more after his stellar results this weekend’s joint Canadian National (CNMRA), Can-Am Championship (CAMRC) races held in Abottsford, British Columbia. During Sunday’s main events Peter won all his races but one, in which he finished second after starting from the back row.

A big thank you to racers Josh Galster, Justin Watkins and Jake Holden for relaying Peter’s RSF150R home from California in time for Eric Dorn and EDR Performance to do a tune-up before the race weekend. Another big thank you to Barry Wressell of KFG for his late Friday evening work rebuilding the two forks with completely blown seals. Without the help of these guys this weekend would not have happened the way it did.

Saturday practice and qualifying heats were not without incident. Peter’s Honda NSR50 made a very unhealthy noise during qualifying and was parked. Race Director, Brian Ens, offered his personal NSR to Peter to allow him to continue the weekend. And while leading the Under-21 Formula GP qualifier, Peter was hit by another rider sending his RSF150R to the tarmac, resulting in Peter qualifying dead last.

Peter came out swinging in Sunday’s morning practice and there was no doubt that he had his game face on and was ready to race.

Peter and his competitors put on a good series of races throughout the day. Through all the action Peter was able to win the Spec Supersport, Formula Thunder, Under-21 Spec Supersport, and Formula GP races. And even though he started on the last row, Peter was able to make his way through traffic to finish on the rear wheel of Bodie Edie in the hard fought Under-21 Formula GP race.

“I enjoyed the Formula Thunder class the most, it was the first time that I had ever raced with my dad,” commented Peter.

“The track was pretty tight and narrow, I was able to keep Peter behind me for a couple corners and finished 2nd and 3rd in the motos,” said Peter’s father, Michael Lenz.

“(Laughs) You forgot to mention I was lapping you, Dad. I would have passed you sooner, but wanted to wheelie past you on the exit,” smiled Peter as he gave his father a hug.

Additionally Peter won all four of the concurrently run Can-Am Motorcycle Racing Championship classes; Vortex Racing NSR Cup, Motion Pro Super 50, Sudco and RK Excel America (co-sponsored) Formula Extreme, and the Pro Honda Oils & Chemicals Formula GP. Peter also leads all four CAMRC classes in the overall championship points.

All told, the weekend would be memorable for a number of reasons. This was the last planned trip to Canada for racing as Peter shifts his focus towards GP bikes stateside, but in particular because of that “race” with his dad.

Peter will be in action again August 8-10th with the CMRRA at the Streets of Willow Springs.

Peter Lenz is supported by his Mom and Dad, California Superbike School, Arai Helmets, EDR Performance, Pro Honda Oils & Chemicals, FNB Racing, Vortex Racing, Performance Under Gear (PUG), Pro Caliber Motorsports, RK Racing Chains, Spiegler Brake Lines, MiniGPX.com, PMP, Miller Paint and Graphics, Motion Pro, Barnett Clutches, SBS Brake Pads, Spider Grips, Chicken Hawk Racing, All Things Drywall, and KFG / GP North.

~http://www.peterlenz.com~

Former SEMRA racer needs your help. Jake Morman competed in SEMRA for 2 years before he moved up to a RS125 in WERA. Jake was accepted in to the 2008 American Red Bull Rookies cup. The family still tries to take time to race in SEMRA when he is not on the AMA tour riding his KTM125 or racing his Honda RS125 in WERA.

Jake’s family is asking for your financial help to get through the next month. Jake is racing 3 race weekends in a row starting with Mid-Ohio, then traveling to VIR, and finally ending up at Roat Atlanta. Jake is truly a good kid that loves his mini family and racing in SEMRA. I ask that you make a donation to Jake’s dream of becoming a professional racer.

All this started with a kid on a Honda CRF50 at a local kart track. You can show your support by donating to Jake’s racing by sending any amount of money to his paypal account, jakemorman@aol.com Thanks for your time.

Cam Morehead

Owner of M&M Racing

Sponsor of Jake Morman Racing

Just a reminder, the pre-registration for the National will be closing this weekend.

If you plan to come to the National, you need to register and submit payment asap. If payment is not received – your entry will be expunged and you will need to pay the at track, late registration rates.

See you all there, this should be the most fun road trip YET! Weather forecast is 60-65 evening, 80-85 daytime, sun sun sun and low humidity!

CMRRA racer Benny Solis took the win in both races at Laguna maintaining his points lead in the US Red Bull Rookies Cup. Solis who started out with CMRRA on 50cc bikes has proved to be an outstanding talent to be watched in the future.

The race that was scheduled for Aug 10th is cancelled.

Instead, we will be having an open track day on Sunday, August 31st. There won’t be any Saturday practice for this one day event. There will be a FREE BBQ for all paid riders (guests of riders who would like to join in for the BBQ will be asked to purchase lunch tickets for $5) We plan to have a couple sprint races for bragging rights and a possible dash for cash event for the minis (more details to follow).

Bring the family out and enjoy a relaxing day at the track. All bikes that qualify for a normal Monday practice are welcome. We will be splitting up the groups much like our regular Saturday practice which will include 50’s and 100’s, 80’s and 150’s and big Supermoto bikes.

The entry fee for the day will be $50 per rider.

Guests are $5 for the pit pass.

The gates open at 8:00 AM and the track will open at 9:00 AM.

Lunch break will be from Noon to 1:00 PM and gates will close at 7:00 PM

Please r.s.v.p. how many people you plan on bringing so we know how much food to prepare.

Racing will resume in September on the 21st.

Thanks and hope to see you out there,

Matt

Hello all Racers,

Sorry for the late posting of information for the Abbotsford Round #3 Canadian National Event / Can-Am Event July 26th & 27th at Tradex, 1190 Cornell Street, Abbotsford, BC V2T 6H5.

For those of you who have not had the pleasure of racing here previously, check: ~http://www.fvtradex.com~ for full directions to the track. Google Earth co-ordinates: 49deg.01′26.00, 122deg.23′00.00. Gearing is generally the same as Quesnel.

Schedule is posted here: ~/files/2008-abbotsford.pdf~

Track set-up will take place on Friday night at 7pm. All welcome to show up and give a hand. There will be registration Friday night while track set up is going on and also on Saturday and Sunday morning as required. For those who register on Friday night, practice starts at 8:00am Saturday.

Camping at the track is available. Significant additional costs for security etc. are a concern; we need to know numbers soonest. Please contact Brian with your anticipated group size. There will be clean, indoor, flushing bathrooms available on Saturday night (possibly Friday night as well), as well as all day Sat. and Sun. Anticipate an enjoyable (if slightly noisy) evening of festivities on Sat. evening û Quiet camping is at the north end of the parking lot.

There will be a lot of track time, and the track layout will be a more flowing, faster track than in past years. The track will be delineated by our traditional boards/pylons; as well we may use flour and rubbera The track will be very similar to our last set-up – clockwise û with enough flow for the 125gp bikes (which have been tested on this lay-out), and enough technical sections for the pocket bikes (which may run on a shortened track) which have also been tested on this track.

The cost for the weekend of racing/camping is as follows: to start $150.00 per person, with a family rate to be determined by the number of entries for the weekend. We must cover out costs for the weekend ($$$), however if attendance is greater than anticipated, a partial refund may occur on Sunday evening.

First aid is on site for the weekend as well. If you have any questions email wmrc@shaw.ca or call Brian 604-835-9403.

Looking forward to a GREAT weekend of racing! See you there.

PCMRRA

Apparently they ride minis in Florida too…and like to consider themselves ‘Wild Boyzzzz’

Check out ~http://www.flamra.com~ for more information about racing in Florida.

Peter Lenz’s RSF150R is currently featured in RoadracerX’s The Point feature. The Point starts on page 110 of the August 2008 issue of the magazine and ends on page 112.

The RSF150R was built by Aaron Hammel late last year by Peter’s parents with some support of MiniGPX. The bike is nearly identical to the bikes run by Joe Roberts, Michael Aquino, and Lex Hartel.

If you would like to see additional articles on minigp related items in RoadracerX be sure to send a letter to them and let them know. They can be reached via email here ~letters@roadracerx.com~