The Central Motorcycle Roadracing Association (CMRA) grew out of another organization, the Central Road Racing Club (CRRC), which was incorporated in 1974. The CRRC’s founder was Lou Linden, a University of Texas law student at that time. Lou’s vision was to organize the casually structured road racing community into the intense road racing scene we have now with the CMRA.
The CMRA holds two and three-day events on weekends from February through November at tracks in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. Events feature sprint races (usually 6 to 8 laps) and endurance races (teams of up to 5 riders, 4 to 8 hours long). The CMRA has race classifications for riders as young as eight years old and motorcycles from 50cc mini’s up to unlimited displacement Formula 1 machines.
CMRA events are sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA). In order to participate in CMRA competition a valid AMA Membership is required.
Special emphasis is placed on family participation in the sport. Many multi-generation families enjoy participation in both on-track racing and support roles, or just sharing in the fun of the events as spectators and racing fans.
The CMRA is second to none in terms of the National and World Champions that began their careers with the CMRA. Colin Edwards, Danny Eslick, Nicky Hayden, Roger Lee Hayden, Tommy Hayden, Jamie James, John Kocinski, Sam McDonald, Jeff Nash, Ricky Parker, Doug Polen, Kevin Schwantz, Freddie Spencer, Ben Spies and Britt Turkington are just some of the names recorded in record books here and abroad as champions. Today’s CMRA riders continue to advance to success in the national and international racing scene.
These sporting and technical rules are balanced to accommodate the machines and the particular needs of the CMRA competitors, along with the goal of being aligned with the class structure of other sanctioning bodies. The purpose in designing our rules to be compatible with those of other organizations is to encourage reciprocal opportunities to race with other organizations.
We are pleased to welcome everyone who has ever felt the temptation to get on a racetrack to the sport of motorcycle roadracing, CMRA style.