SMRI would like to thank everyone who attended the meetings.  I felt like they were a huge success. It's been quite some time since the club saw that many riders take an interest in the club.  THANK YOU!  There were a number of things discussed that will help the club decide its future path forward.   Meeting minutes are posted on the Fourm for everyone to keep up with how things are progressing as the opening of the season is drawing closer.    The Board is meeting again to discuss the suggestions, along with how to implement a good many of them.  More info will be coming about what we will need help with from the members.   Cheers, Kimberly

SMRI and Law Tigers are pleased to announce the continuation of the Law Tigers' Sandia Motorcycle Roadracing Championships for the 2021 season. 

Events will be held the third weekend of each month from May through October. Sunday racing to be preceded by a track day on the Saturday before each event.  Event are as follows:

May 15/16

June 19/20

July 17/18

Aug 21/22

Sept 18/19

Oct 16/17

SMRI and Law Tigers are pleased to announce the continuation of the Law Tigers' Sandia Motorcycle Roadracing Championships for the 2019 season.  Events will be held the third Sunday of each month from May through October, preceded by a track day on the Saturday before each event.  Event dates are as follows:

May 19

June 16

July 21

August 18

September 22

October 20

SMRI and Law Tigers are proud to announce the schedule for our 2018 track days and the Law Tigers' Sandia Motorcycle Roadracing Championships.  Events will be held the third weekend of every month from May through October with a total of five track days and seven race days.   Events will fall on the following dates:

May 19  Track Day

May 20  Round One of the Law Tigers' Sandia Motorcycle Roadracing Championships

 

June 16  Track Day

June 17  Round Two of the Law Tigers' Sandia Motorcycle Roadracing Championships

 

July 21  Track Day

July 22  Round Three of the Law Tigers' Sandia Motorcycle Roadracing Championships

 

August 18  Round Four of the Law Tigers' Sandia Motorcycle Roadracing Championships

August 19  Round Five of the Law Tigers' Sandia Motorcycle Roadracing Championships

 

September 15  Track Day

September 16  Round Six of the Law Tigers' Sandia Motorcycle Roadracing Championships

 

October 20  Track Day

October 21  Round Seven of the Law Tigers' Sandia Motorcycle Roadracing Championships 

A sizable contingent of SMRI expert and novice racers made the trip south to Arroyo Seco Raceway at the beginning of this month to participate in the recently revived North-South Cup. A long-running tradition, the two-club series was held again in 2016 after several years’ hiatus. The April 9 event was the second race round for ASMA and the first round of this year’s North-South Cup.

SMRI racers Daniel Berger, Jesse Beck, Scott Cloninger, Lance Echols, Kevin Gibson, Josh Hill, Daniel Junick, Cedric Madden, and Kim Prichard competed in 13 ASMA classes. Only five classes count to the North-South Cup (see list below for races included in the Cup).

You can read Daniel Berger’s write up on Roadracingworld.com, along with the complete race results for the April 9 event.

ASMA	SMRI
Formula Arroyo	ULGP
Formula Amateur	Novice Open Superbike
Amateur Middleweight	Novice Middleweight Superbike
Expert Middleweight Superbike	Expert Middleweight Superbike
500 Cup	Amateur 500 Supersport

Round Two of the North-South Cup will be at SMRI’s home track Sandia Speedway in July.

Photos by Travis Brewer, http://www.travisbrewerphoto.com. Thank you Travis for letting SMRI use these great pics!

Are you thinking about your tires yet? You should be!

Steve Caruso at Moto-Authority will be offering tire support for the 2017 season.

Order your tires from Steve and have them mounted at the track for FREE.

If you bring your own tires, Steve will mount them for $15. (Cash only, please; he will not be able to run credit cards at the track.)

You will need to order your tires IN ADVANCE and PAY UP FRONT. Steve needs 10 business days to get the tires in from the vendor.

Email Steve at Steve@Moto-Authority.com with your tire requirements. He can get tires from any of the following:

• Bridgestone
  
• Dunlop
  
• Michelin
  
• Pirelli

Steve will call you back to confirm the price and take payment.

For the April 30 track day, order by 6 PM Monday April 18.

For the May 20-21 track day/race weekend, order by Monday May 8.

Thank you Steve, for keeping us in rubber!

Contact info for Steve/Moto Authority

3702 Eubank Blvd NE * Albuquerque, NM 87111

Phone: 505.503.7613 * Email: steve@moto-authority.com

Business Hours: 10 AM – 6 PM Monday – Saturday

April 30 Track Day 

Sponsored by Sandia BMW

Finally, our first track day is a mere 4 weeks away. This season, all track day tickets sales will be online or at the track. The sponsor will not have the tickets! Buy online for $100, or at the track the day of the event for $125. Go to the Events section to buy track day tickets.

May New Racers’ School

If you are a new racer, or are renewing your race license but have not raced since the 2013 season, you need to sign up for race license school. Race school begins Friday May 19 at 6 PM at Sandia Speedway.

We will also have schools in June and August. Go to the Events section to sign up for the race school.

May 21 Race Day

Registration is open! Because no one has earned any points yet, grid positions will be determined by order of registration. The first racer to register for the class gets POLE position for their class. Go to the Events section to register for races.

SMRI will be giving a track day clinic at SANDIA BMW MOTORCYCLES on Saturday, April 8 from 9 to 10 AM. If you have friends who are "track-day curious" but have yet to pull the trigger, send them over for a friendly how-to with Scott and Ed. BMW ownership not required :-)

Spring is here, and a new race season begins SOON! We don't just need to get our bikes ready, we need to get our track and equipment ready too.

Come out on Saturday morning, April 22, and help repair and re-cover air fences, clean and inspect loaner gear, and whatever else we can reasonably get done in a morning. We'll start at 9 AM and go until as much is done as is practical.

Novice racers (years 1-3) can complete their required 4 hours of Club Service by coming and helping at a work day.

See you there!

PJ's Motorcycles sponsored SMRI's July 16th track day and attendance and events set a new standard by which future events will be judged.  More than 60 riders attended the event, followed by a gluttonous pot-luck dinner and Dirt Track Racing on the Sandia Motorsports complex! 

The track day was followed by the northern meeting of the 2016 North/South Challenge Cup event sponsored by SMRI and ASMA.  Racing was excellent and although we haven't done all the math yet SMRI and ASMA are pleased to announce that Mikey Shreve, who regularly participates at both clubs, takes the gold medal as the fastest unlimited expert racer in the combined events.  Congratulations Mikey!!!!  We'll announce the honors in the other classes as results are tabulated.