SCFTA Perris Round 1

March 28, 2015

Photos by Janice Blunt

Captions by Jamey Blunt

Round one of the S.C.F.T.A. was moved to March 28th due to a rain cancellation of the original dated. On this ninety degree day one hundred ninety three entries filled thirty six heat races and twenty eight main events! Notables in attendance were two time world champion John Kocinski (who remains undefeated), AMA Superbike champion Josh Hayes, his wife Melissa Paris (who won her first time at Perris), Road Racer Jeremy Toye, and former Cycle News editor Scott Rousseau who is currently the managing editor of Dirt Bike. Despite the large turnout, the twenty lap Pro feature went off at 9:32 p.m. and the nights program was finished well under the 10:00 p.m. curfew. The next race at Perris for S.C.F.T.A. is set for April 18th, with the rain make-up date the very next day (Sunday) the 19th of April.

#82 Travis Petton the 4th turned 15.39 seconds on his way to victory in the Youth 85cc 2-stk Amateur Main.

#22 Ashton Carlson turned an 18.04 second lap, a full second faster than second place in the Youth 50cc 2-stk Novice Main Event!

#5 Rachel Schnakenberg topped the Youth 50cc 2-stk Beginner field and can turn a lap time about as fast as you can say her full name.

#95 Clayton Williams pulled out all the stops for the victory in the Youth 250cc Open Main. Williams fastest lap time was 15.12 seconds!!!!

#413 Melissa Paris (Mrs. Josh Hayes) left the asphalt behind and tried some dirt tracking. She won the Open Beginner main with a fastest lap time of 16.03 seconds.....

Running the number 21 on the Mr. Ed's 450 Honda framer, two time world champion John Kocinski set the fastest lap time of the night at 14.65 seconds! Kocinski the track record holder remains unbeaten on the Perris 1/4 mile oval....

The start of the Vet 35+ Expert final had #21 John Kocinski, #12e Paul Ott, #88 Jim Rosa, #57 Jeremy Toye, and #41 Josh Hayes all starting from the front row. Kocinski would go on to the victory to extend his unbeaten record at Perris....

#41 Factory Yamaha and AMA Superbike Champion Josh Hayes along with road racer #57 Jeremy Toye contested the Vet 35+ Expert class. Hayes also made the Pro Main event with his fastest lap time being 15.37 seconds!

#44e Nick Armstrong had established a four second cushion at the front when the race was stopped on lap twelve. Armstrong led the single file re-start and went on to victory in the twenty lap Pro Main event.

#44e Nick Armstrong came back to Perris for round #1 of the S.C.F.T.A. and earned the twenty lap Pro Main Event victory in the re-started final. Regardless, Armstrong whose fastest lap time was 14.80 seconds led each and every lap!

#25 Cameron Titterness won the 50cc 4-stk Beginner main, while #25 (second on the track) Travis Horn picked up the 50cc 4-stk Amateur victory...

#8 Skylar Schnakenberg shook off a nasty crash on the back straight to come back and put her stamp of authority on the 85cc 4-stk Beginner field. Her fastest lap was 18.33 seconds!

#46 Colin Petton & #99 Zack Earwood were scored seperately in the 65cc-70cc 4-stk Beg. & 2-stk Nov. classes. Petton had the fastest lap time at 18.56 seconds while Earwood went on to win his main event.

#47 Jim Wood was the class of the field in the Super Senior +60. Wood won the main event with a fastest lap time of 15.20 seconds!!!

#80 Pat Neilson won the Men's 4-stk final with a fastest lap time of 17.18 seconds. On the start to his right were; #222 Joe Pape, #75 Sason Pibouzgar, #14 Rico De Saracho, #2 Sean Stevenson, #24D Dee Kilroy, & #18 Ryan Valdez.

#112 Jace Callison put it to #17r Nick Gil in the Open Unclassified main event. Callison's fastest lap time was a 15.36 second one.

#12 Jaycee Jones raced off with the Powder Puff victory! Her 15.92 second lap times put her on par with most racers at Perris...

#4 Daniel Stinson beat #26 Steele Friedrich and #178 Robert Stettler to win the Senior Vet +50 Amateur main event. Stinson's best lap time was 16.18 seconds, which Friedrich matched!

#7 Pete Lawson and #35 Tim Watters swapped places by the time the checkered flag flew in the Bomber Amateur main event. Lawson did have the fastest single lap time though at 16.26 seconds.

#87 Jeff Johnson won both main events in the Senior Vet +50 Expert and the Bomber Expert classes. Johnson's fastest lap time was 14.83 seconds! The third overall best time of the night and on a Yamaha TT-500!

#37 Ron Moore ( Former National Number 37 ) took top honors in the Premier Senior class for racers over the age of seventy! #672 Mike Brooks, #68 Gary Lane, #22 David Molitor, #58c Jack Neeley, & #86D Allan Girdler.

#22 Mark Adkins won the newly added Hooligan class. Despite the heavy weight of his Harley Adkins put in a fastest lap time of 16.06 seconds!

#95A Chris Apple made his return to racing a good one. He won the overall in the Classic Vintage 500cc-750cc main event over #95 Tom Ferguson, #14 James Kohls, and #75z Joe Pape. Apple's fastest lap time was a blistering 15.74 seconds on a bike with no brakes!

From Pole on the start of the Open Novice Main. #12 Jaycee Jones, #21 Matthew Ott, #26 Travis Friedrich (winner), #17 Noah Bush, #23 Justin Hanson, & #90 Hayden Earwood.

#12e James Ott has really picked up his pace. Ott won the Open Amateur final over fourteen other racers! #15 is Charlie Vanderlaan who finished second and #16E Larry Earhart from the Dirt Diggers who finished third.