Lenz and Edie dominate in Calgary

From Can-Am Mini Roadracing

CALGARY, AB - American Peter Lenz and Canadian Bodie Edie dominated the second round results of the Can-Am Mini Motorcycle Roadracing Championship held in Calgary on Monday.

This round was run by the CNMRA (Canadian National Mini Roadracing Association) as part of its regular national series.

Series favourite Lenz arrived Sunday afternoon expecting to have the scheduled practice to come to terms with the track (a new direction for him) and his second time in the saddle of his RS85. The practice time was cut short and Lenz had only one 10-minute session to learn the track and set-up his bike before the six-lap heat races started. His rush resulted in a very uncharacteristic crash for Lenz as he unfortunately lost the front of his RS85 on the grass and broke the frame and sidelined the ride.

Lenz used the heat races to learn from his competition and stole pole from Edie with a last corner passes in both the Vortex Racing NSR Cup and Motion Pro Super 50 qualifying races. Lenz also took pole in Formula Extreme, a class that was sparsely attended at this round. Edie took pole in Formula GP with a solid win on his RS85.

Monday saw Lenz and Edie continue their form from the previous day. Lenz won the Vortex Racing NSR Cup with Edie second, joined by old-timer and AMRA president Jay Fox on the podium.

NSR-mounted Lenz continued his streak with a win in Motion Pro Super 50 again followed by NSR mounted Edie with Ontario resident and OMMRA multi-time champion Lee Kuhn Jr. rounding out the podium aboard his CBR125, making it an all Honda podium.

Lenz also took the win in Sudco and RK Excel America Formula Extreme aboard his KTM65.

The main event was the Pro Honda Oils & Chemicals Formula GP. Lenz jumped out to a quick lead as he got the holeshot. He wasn't able to hold off Edie long for as soon as they hit the straight Edie's RS85 motored past Lenz and his underpowered KTM65 backup ride.

Folks were looking forward to a rematch of the Edmonton race a month before where both boys were on RS85s and trading paint with the races decided in the final seconds. This time Edie had a commanding lead and was able to pull out almost a second a lap on Lenz.

Canadian Superbike racer Dave Sadowski had spent the last four days racing his ZX-10R at the Superbike National next door. Joining in on the mini fun he was able to close within five seconds of Lenz, but not any closer.

The series is in action again July 26-27 in Abbotsford, BC, hosted by the PCMRA as part of the CNMRA series. For more information on the series please visit http://www.canamroadracing.com/.