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Finally! Between the weather and the traffic we've had a string of bad luck trying to get vanity shots this season. Many have been asking and unfortunately haven't been able to accomodate. Happy to announce that we'll be up early on Friday, and will be doing vanity shots on the front straight after the new rider challenge race is over. There's no charge for this, so bring your bikes, your endurance teams, your pit crews, YOUR REAR STANDS (duh), and meet us at the gate after the track goes cold on Friday. We'll take as many pics as you want, and strongly encourage endurance teams to get your...


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No better way to wrap up the ZARS track day season than 140+ riders on a perfect late summer day. The morning started off with a huge rider meeting full of eager riders ready to enjoy BIR's competition course one final time this season. Fog was heavy in the morning but quickly lifted to give us a gorgeous day of riding. Once again the ZARS Shootout had a huge grid that produced great battles in each class. Zach Hughes and Scott Stall battled it out for 1st and 2nd with lead changes multiple times throughout the race, and it was exciting to watch trackside. You can check out the full Road...


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Welcome back, riders/spectators/fans! No, you are not imagining things - Photos have FINALLY been posted! There are a LOT of pictures of everyone who came and rode, spectated, ate pizza, or generally hung out with their buddies at a kickass event put on by the crew at Simply Sport Bikes. For those of you who are new to the site, the images from the kickoff ride are free to use on your Facebook page, forums, personal website, etc. All I ask is that you do not remove the watermark (and we have ways of finding out!). If you would like a print or a digital version without the watermark...


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I am going to take this opportunity to give a HUGE shout-out to Mark Stansberry. Most of you know him as "COB" or Chief of Bandaids. Without going into too many details he literally saved a life this weekend. Mark, if you are reading this, words cannot even express the amount of respect we all have for you. CRA is truly fortunate to have a person of your caliber on staff, and if last weekend didn't write you into the club's history books forever - I don't know what will. Now, on to the weekend recap: In a welcome break from a double-sprint weekend, August saw the CRA's first 3-hour...


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Phew! Another double-sprint weekend in the books. Some might even say the record books, as lap times dropped for everyone and we got to watch Christian Schmidt (*ahem* MPDN sponsored rider *ahem*) dominate with 20 wins in 28 races. Great job Christian! You can check out the full press release here: http://www.cra-mn.com/wordpress/2011/announcements/press-releases/july-press-release From our end, we once again got to enjoy some close racing from the (sometimes) very edge of the track. Unfortunately we missed the SuperSport Sprints on Saturday morning due to the absolute worst traffic Chelsea...


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Another successful ZARS day at the BIR Competition Course! Once again the morning started off looking like it might be time to hit up Jim's Dunlop trailer and beg for some rains. But in true ZARS fashion, the weather seemed to stop short of visiting the track and we opened up to some great early morning sessions. As I'm sure you've heard me say before - cloudy skies make great light for taking photos, so I shot every single session save for one round in the late afternoon. More work for me, but more options for you. This should also provide a great way to check out how your body position...


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