Who is Team RideSmart?

Just to make everyone aware of who and what Team RideSmart is. It is a group of our own RideSmart instructor’s who decided to have a little fun and do some endurance racing with your local CMRA club.

Team RideSmart
Ty Howard

Dirk Anderson

Devyn Anderson

Larry Myers

Justin Sonnen

Team RideSmart Bike

2006 Kawasaki ZX6R

Yosh Slip-on

Power Commander

Vortex Clip-ons

Vortex Rear Sets

Vortex Gearing

Goodridge  Stainless Steel Brake Lines

Penske Rear Shock

Raceworx Front Forks

Ty Howard Race School

Learn the fast line around the track with one of the fastest around. AMA racer  Ty Howard is the current lap record holder at numerous race tracks throughout the states of Texas and Oklahoma.

Ty will provide instructional assistance for an additional $50 in conjunction with any RideSmart event. His Level three race school is the perfect way to learn the techniques you will need to improve on the track or at your next race. The Ty Howard Race School also provides video recording of your on-track sessions

Team RideSmart Wins!

A couple of the CMRA's young guns led the way after the start of the four hour endurance race at the Motorsport Ranch, however, when all was said and done, it was the veterans who led the way at the finish.

Zac Chapman and Derek Wagnon put on quite a show during the first hour of round six of the Shogun Endurance Series at Cresson, Texas, putting their respective teams, Team Fastlane and Moto-Ace Racing, at the top of the leader board.

However, Team Ridesmart's Ty Howard knew that the only time that being up front really counted was when the checker flag came out.
Team Ridesmart (Ty Howard, Dirk Anderson, Larry Myers, Justin Sonnen and Devyn Anderson) took control of the race during the third hour of competition and then steadily pulled away to claim their first overall win of the series with a one-lap margin of victory over Desert-Rats.net. The "Rats", in turn, topped Lone Star Track Days by a full lap, while Moto-Ace Racing and Team Fastlane rounded out the top five.
"I originally wasn't going to race the endurance, but when I got here I decided to get some time in to get ready for the six-hour race later in the year," said Howard. "Larry started real well and had us up near the front and then I got on and just put together a good pace.

"It actually took three starts to get the endurance race under way at Motorsport Ranch. The first start was red flagged after a bike in the first wave threw a chain which broke the center case and dumped oil on the track, sending several riders in the second wave to the tarmac. Start two was red flagged when a pair of riders collided in the first corner, just after the start. The race finally got underway for good on the third try with Michael Sanchez of Short Bus Racing grabbing the holeshot. However, by the fifth lap of the race it was Chapman with the lead with Wagnon knocking at his door. Wagnon and Chapman waged a fierce battle at the front of the 30-team field, each rider taking a turn at the lead, until the one-hour mark when both riders came into pit. During the second hour, things got even more interesting when John Haner threw away the Short Bus Racing YZF-R6 in Ricochet, putting an end to their attempted run to the front. The Sum of all Parts-sponsored bike was loaded into Larry's crash truck in four pieces after the incident. Meanwhile, Lone Star Track Days and Desert-Rats.net were beginning to make a charge toward the front and during the final hour the two teams moved into second and third, respectively, behind Team Ridesmart, dropping Team Fastlane and Moto-Ace Racing to third and fourth. Then, with the laps winding down, the Desert-Rats.net team was able to pass Lone Star Track Days to claim the runner up position.

Apparently, everybody had two really fast guys and a slower guy and we had three really consistent riders, said Troy Green of Desert-Rats.net. "That paid off by putting us on the box, and that is all that matters."
Gabe McClendon of Lone Star Track Days credited consistent lap times for their third overall finish. "Some of the up-and-coming kids punked us down at the start, but we had a good solid and consistent ride and ended up third and second in class," said McClendon. "Ty Howard is kind of an AMA ringer and he rode an extra stint, so that was a big difference." Moto-AceRacing claimed their best finish of the season with their fourth overall finish, while Team Fastlane dropped to fifth with tire problems, after leading the first part of the race, however, they still took the top spot in the C Superbike division. "After Larry came in he said the tire was feeling really slick," said Zac Chapman of Team Fastlane. "By the time he had done about 20 minutes the cord was showing on the rear tire and we had to do a tire change, which really hurt us." GMAN Racing  finished sixth overall and took the win in the Formula 1 division, further extending their lead in the standings over Kitchen Pass Racing, who finished second in class at MSR with a 10th overall finish. Faltless Racing  took the win in the Formula 2 class with a ninth overall.