The yearly cost for an AMA membership will increase from $39 to $49 on March 1. If you want to save $10 you should renew your membership early this year!!

Feb. 1

Read Bobby Kiniry's interview on Racer X online HERE

Feb. 1

Royal Mountain is offering a FREE ski day to all CNYMRA members on Saturday Feb 11. Have fun!!

Jake Beaudoin from Mass., a top racer in the mini classes, suffered a bad crash wile practicing at MTF in Georgia. Jake has a serious head injury and our prayers go out to he and his family.

Unadilla "2012 Track of the Year" and over $20,000 given in prizes at the annual CNYMRA banquet. Read the banquet recap HERE.

Ad renewals for the 2012 CNYMRA Guide book have just been mailed. Are you interested in a print or web ad?? Contact
Mike Dougherty: fast5325@aol.com or
Gene Nighman: gmn5@twcny.rr.com

Jan. 6

2012 membership applications are now being processed. The form is HERE.

Tentative 2012 race schedule HERE.

Broome-Tioga is holding a 2012 winter snowscramble series. Check out the story from the first race held Dec. 11. Photos at JimSandersonPhoto.com

The results of the 2012 rider rep and officer elections are as follows:

Mike Dougherty Sr. - President
Murray Vice - Vice President
Jeff Martin - Treasurer
Mitch Dougherty
Gene Nighman
Jeff Kunzwieler
Scott Grenga
John Lewis - 1st Alternate rep
Chris Davis -2nd Alternate rep

Nov. 5

Photos are being accepted for the cover of this year's banquet book. Send your fun/family type of a photo to Mike Dougherty asap: fast5325@aol.com The winner wins a free banquet ticket or a 2012 CNYMRA membership!

According to Mike, Ted was a true moto enthusiast, stating a few days ago that he "just wishes he was out riding!"

He started the Swamp Fox motorcycle club in 1968. The club officially became the CNYMRA in 1974.

Please express your condolences to all of Ted Grabowski's family and friends.

Check out Jim Sanderson's photos from the Halloween Classic HERE.

Sept. 28

Eric Hameister was hard at work shoot-
ing all of the action at MotoMasters Sunday. Check out his gallery of images at: Hameistermoto.com

Sept. 23

In 2012 the fourth of July falls on a Wed. Here's your chance to vote on what days you'd like to have the holiday races held on.

Poll Results (86 member votes)
Sat-Sun. 74%
Sun-Mon. 19%
Sun & Tue. 7%

Sept. 12

Season points updated HERE.

Sept. 5

Kudos to Thunder Ridge! The addition of many tons of topsoil, combined with track grooming multiple times each race day, made for an excellent mid-soft race surface with few rocks. As an extra plus, the rain held off until racing was finished. Great racing, great track conditions!

Sept. 3 Results ~ Sept. 4 Results

Aug. 29

Did you race at Broome on Aug. 21? Event photos are at: JimSanderson.com

Aug. 23

Joe Martin D3 #315 crashed in his +25B second moto on Sunday and was taken to St. Elizabeth's Hospital and where he was found to have a lacerated right kidney, he was discharged from the hospital a few days ago. Also, Jill Polanczyk #251 was injured during the women's race breaking her left foot. These two Mx friends will be out for the rest of the season. We all wish you well and hope to see you at the track soon!

Aug. 11

CNYMRA riders had a run of bad luck at Loretta Lynn's this year. Nearly every D3 rider suffered from crashes, flat tires or other problems in at least one race. Perhaps the worst case was for CJ Talarski who won the first and second moto in +30 B/C and was in position to win the championship early in moto 3 when a bad crash destroyed his bike preventing a finish.

Aug. 9

Results from Frozen O. posted HERE.

June 24

Matt Lewis, who was airlifted out of Dilla this past weekend is fine, He is home with no broken bones. He suffered a bad concussion which caused a seizure and the need for a medivac.

Mike Dougherty Jr. is doing well after his June 6 crash. He's healing and very anxious to get back on the track!!!!!

June 6

Mike Dougherty Jr. suffered a hard crash at Unadilla yesterday while leading the first +25A moto. Mike is reported to have a broken collarbone, broken scapula, five broken ribs and a punctured lung! We all hope Mike has a full and speedy recovery. Check back for updates.

May 31

The Spring Series Points posted HERE.

May 17

A reminder that the makeup race for the MotoMasters April 10 race that was cancelled is this Saturday, May 21.

May 17

Thunder Ridge was in prime shape Sunday and featured some nice track changes including several natural table tops!! About 175 riders enjoyed great racing with a groomed track at inter-mission and no injuries on the day!

Results posted HERE.

May 9

May's CNYMRA board meeting will be held at the American Legion on State Rt. 69, West of Oriskany, Tues. at 7:30 pm. If ANY member wants to attend and submit new ideas for discussion or changes to district policies/procedures, they are welcome to attend this meeting and/or any other monthly meeting. Meetings are held at the above location on the second Tuesday of each month.

Contact Mike Dougherty or Denise Thompson with questions.

May 9

Broome results to be posted here.

April 28

2011 Points thru 4/23 posted HERE

April 5

MotoMasters is sorry to announce it has been forced to cancel the April 10 race due to frozen ground conditions.

The race will be made up on Saturday May 21 and will run on back to back days with the Sunday race on May 22.

March 2

Eric Hameister has just unveiled a new website with easier navigation and a cool new look: HameisterMoto.com

Feb. 24

CNYMRA +30 AM champion Shawn McKenna had a bad crash and suffered some serious injuries on Sat., Feb.19 while practicing in Delaware. He was transported and is currently at the Univ. of Maryland Trauma Center in Baltimore where he is recovering from several broken ribs and badly bruised lungs. The good news is that he is expected to fully recover in about three months. A special thanks go out to to C.J. Talarski, Charlie Smith and his father who accompanied Shawn to the hospital.

Feb. 14

What CNYMRA rider held the most consecutive earned national numbers and what was his hometown? Bruce Stratton of Earlville, NY held a national number from 1992-05.

Greg Stout answered correctly and has won a 2011 CNYMRA membership.
A new contest is coming soon!

Feb. 8

Thanks to all who have renewed their CNYMRA membership for 2011. Note: cards will not be mailed until March 1, which is also the deadline for retaining your number from last year!

Jan. 31

Open Expert rider #430 Troy Bapp Jr. was seriously injured a few weeks ago at Moto Town in Conn. Troy has been in and out of the hospital since his crash with a head injury and still has complications due to the injury.

Troy is a great young man with great talent and an amazing amount of respect for the sport, his fellow racers and most of all he has a great amount of respect for life, family and friends!

So let's keep Troy in our thoughts and prayers for a full recovery so he can get back to being the special young man he is and live his life with no complications! He truly is one of the most likable people you will ever know!

Jan. 19

Thanks to everyone who braved the bad weather in order to attend the 37th annual CNYMRA awards banquet. It was a great night with more than 300 people in attendance!

Anyone who was unable to attend and has a award coming should contact Mike Dougherty fast5325@aol.com
to make arrangements for its pickup.