Congratulations to all 32 new riders who earned their CRA competition license in 2021.
2021 New Riders & New Rider Championship Results
Posted: October 7, 2021 by Race Registration in Announcements![](https://www.cra-mn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Awards-Banner-Final-Black-1-1024x483.jpg)
Please join us on Saturday, November 13th for the 2021 CRA Awards Banquet at the Minneapolis Marriott Northwest.
5:00 PM – Social Hour
6:00 PM – Dinner Served
7:00 PM – Awards Ceremony
Register for the banquet at: MSReg.com/2021CRABanquet
Minneapolis Marriott Northwest
7025 Northland Drive North
Minneapolis, MN 55428
The CRA has secured group rate room pricing starting at $139.00 with the Minneapolis Marriott Northwest for the evening of 11/13/2021.
Follow the link below to request/decline your 2021 CRA trophies no later then 8PM on Thursday, October 7th:
https://MSReg.com/2021CRATrophy
IF YOU DO NOT REGISTER YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE TROPHIES FOR THE 2021 CRA SEASON!
Thank you all for a great 2021 season. We hope to see all you at the CRA Banquet on November 13th.
Friday practice is CANCELLED. The track was contacted by the ambulance company today that due to a nationwide EMT shortage we are unable to have the number of ambulances we require on the premises. The Board of Directors and the Race Stewards have decided it would be unsafe to run Friday practice with only a single ALS ambulance onsite. We have scoured the state looking for another option with no success. The remainder of the event will be un-affected. Both Saturday and Sunday Races will go as planned. The New Rider Championship will be moved to Saturday at the end of the day. BIR will still allow us to come on Thursday night as usual and camp. We are trying to find some sort of activities we can do Friday so if you have suggestions please feel free to send them our way. Once again I am very sorry to have to give everyone this news.
Scott Masterton- President
CRA Event #2-Volunteer Registration June 2021
Posted: May 29, 2021 by Worker Liaison in Announcements, Events, Membership, VolunteersCalling all volunteers! The volunteer event in MotorSportReg opens at 8am! If you are planning on volunteering with us, please click the link below and sign up for your specialty and the day(s) you are able to help out. We are still working out the kinks of the new system, and we appreciate your patience as we all learn this together. Please feel free to reach out with any questions (workerliaison@cra-mn.com).
Please note, I did some updating to our active volunteer list, so if you haven’t been up to volunteer since the end of 2019, please be sure to complete your membership and sign up thru MSR to ensure that we have you on the list. Looking forward to seeing everyone in a few weeks!
http://msreg.com/CRAVolunteerJune2021
IMMEDIATE NEED FOR IT TRACKSIDE VOLUNTEER(S)!
Posted: May 27, 2021 by admin in Announcements, Volunteers** IMPORTANT! ** We STILL need someone to set up and take down the IT equipment at the beginning and end of every race weekend, and to maintain/support it if something fails during a race weekend. This can be one person or a couple different folks. If you or someone you know has some knowledge in this area, please step up and volunteer. If we don’t have someone fill this position, we will not be able to open race registration for Thursday nights and ultimately, WE DO NOT RACE! Please contact it@cra-mn.com & workerliaison@cra-mn.com if you or someone you know can fulfill this role for the organization. Remember that with volunteering comes perks, and ultimately will save someone some $$ during their weekend!
The 2021 race season is about to begin. On Friday 5/7 at 7:00 am we will be hosting the May weekend new riders school for the CRA. We will be located in the classroom above the CRA maintenance garages next to the cinder block bathrooms on the Donnybrooke Course (big track). Please be in the classroom and ready to go by 7:00 am SHARP as we have a lot of material to cover. NOTE: If you attended the March NRS at MotoPrimo and are just needing to complete the on-track portion this weekend – then you need to be in the classroom and ready to go by 8:30 am SHARP on Friday 5/7.
We recommend arriving Thursday night to get your paperwork taken care of and through tech inspection. Friday is a busy day for the new riders so it’s best to be as prepared as possible ahead of time.
Again, if you attended the March NRS school at MotoPrimo please show up at the classroom at 8:30 for a brief refresher, to meet the instructors, and a truck ride around the track.
Thank you, look forward to seeing you up there.
CRA May Volunteer Registration is Live on MotorsportReg.com
Posted: April 12, 2021 by Worker Liaison in Announcements, VolunteersCalling all volunteers!
This is the first event of the 2021 CRA race season, and the first event where we are utilizing MotorsportReg.com to sign our volunteers up for the race weekend!
Please continue to communicate with your chiefs as we want to make sure we don’t miss anyone.
Volunteer registration closes at 7pm on Wednesday May 5th. We will still accept volunteers after this time, however you will need to email workerliaison@cra-mn.com to be added to the volunteer list.
Please reach out with any questions or if you have any trouble registering for the volunteer event.
2021 Membership Drive
Posted: February 18, 2021 by Membership in Announcements, Membership, Racers, VolunteersMembership is finally open for the 2021 CRA race season!
To obtain your CRA Membership:
1. Visit MotorsportReg from the CRA website, https://www.cra-mn.com/, by clicking “MotorsportReg.com” in the CRA Links section of the sidebar on the left side of the CRA website, or
2. Go directly to the MotorsportReg website via the following link:
https://centralroadracingassociation.motorsportreg.com/
Select “2021 Membership Drive” and then follow the directions on the MotorsportReg website to complete your membership application.
Racers – Attention!! New this year!!!
*** AMA Membership is now required to race with the CRA! ***
If you are not yet a AMA Member join at:
https://americanmotorcyclist.com/join-the-ama/
2020 Racing Members – Please remember to complete, submit, and purchase membership by March 21, 2020, to keep your competition number from the 2020 season.
All membership cards will be in a digital card format this year, and available on your MotorsportReg account once your application has been accepted by the Membership Director.
If you have any questions regarding membership, please contact Martin Holte at membership@cra-mn.com.
CRA Store Migration to MotorSportReg
Posted: February 14, 2021 by CRA IT in Announcements, Membership, Race Registration, Racers, Volunteers![](https://www.cra-mn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Motorsportsreg-logo-1200x326-1-1024x278.png)
You’ve read it here first! The CRA is in the process of migrating from our former online store to MotorsportReg.com.
Reasons for Change
The software at the heart of our previous store, Magento, at its current version, will no longer be supported and as is will not meet credit card processing requirements (PCI certification) this year. Upgrading and ongoing support for Magento is time consuming for our volunteers, and cost prohibitive to the organization as a whole. Several functions in our current implementation would be broken by an update, and it’s not practical to fix them.
Rebuilding the store with the most recent version of software was explored and discussed, but would ultimately suffer from the same support issues in the long term. Using a third-party product will significantly reduce our support requirements and overall risk to the organization. MotorsportReg has been discussed and evaluated over the past couple years, and was found to better meet our needs overall and at lower cost to the organization. Many other roadracing and autosports groups use MotorsportReg, and user account/driver profile information may be shared across the multiple organizations. Which makes this easier on our racers that visit multiple orgs that also utilize MotorsportReg.
In addition, we have previously managed memberships either manually in an Excel spreadsheet, or in a crude database system. Having multiple disparate systems didn’t allow the club to (easily) set store options based on membership status. Using MotorsportReg allows maintaining the membership status, race entries, and much more entirely in one single system.
In addition, with MotoAmerica coming to BIR this summer and the fact they utilize MotorsportReg, we felt now was a good time for our club to make the move.
Based on the above information it should be known that NO data will be copied from the former store to MotorsportReg. You will need to create a new account (if you do not already have one), when the time comes you will need to go in and purchase your membership, and then when the time comes to register for races you will need to go in and do that all as normal. Keep in mind that you will NOT be able to even register for races until you have completed your membership and had it approved.
Idiosyncracies
While we believe MotorsportReg is clearly the best alternative, there are a number of restrictions as well as additional functionality beyond what we previously had.
- You will need a create a MotorsportReg Account if you have not already.
- MotorsportReg Memberships are created as events for set dates. The CRA membership director will need to adjust each one as members join or renew.
- The proper profile must be used to register the right person. This includes Membership.
- Due to the manual effort required by the CRA membership director, there will be some delay before the system shows the membership as valid.
- For proper race entry operation and validation, users will need to create at least one vehicle, and enter their transponder number if they have one. If someone rents, they still need to create a vehicle, leaving the transponder number blank, but need to do only once.
Timeline
The timeline for implementation is as follows:
- Begin using MotorsportReg exclusively for Membership – Feburary 2021. That will become the master data.
- Begin using MotorsportReg exclusively for Race Entries – May 2021 (for pre-registration and registration for Race Event #1)
Common Issues
- Duplicate Account Profiles. This may be confusing for you – only one carries the membership.
- Creating a profile and not adding Central Roadracing Association. CRA can’t see your profile unless it is associated with CRA, though we can add it if we know the email address.
- Missing Birthdate. This is used to validate individuals are not minors.
- Missing Emergency Contact Information or yourself listed. No one expects accidents to happen, but we won’t know who to contact if you don’t provide it.
- Requesting competition number reservation before driver profile set up. Competition Number Reservations are tied to a specific profile.
- Not setting up vehicle to pull transponder from. You will be prompted during race registration to create a vehicle to pull your transponder number from, even if you rent your transponder.
Support
Support for account management and payment is provided by MotorsportReg through self help functions, documentation, and email support. Support for Membership status and specifics of event registration is provided by CRA through links to the event Registrar.
You may contact membership@cra-mn.com to delete duplicate accounts.