SCFTA Perris Round 2

April 18, 2015

Photos by Janice Blunt

Captions by Jamey Blunt  

Round two of the S.C.F.T.A. was different to say the least.
What with the addition of the Hooligan class and also a sidecar class,
the entry tally shot upwards of  two hundred twelve with forty heat races!
Also of note was the spectator count which has increased by over thirty
percent this season and it's only round two. At this rate of growth
another set of bleachers is in order as there was standing room only
throughout the night. Also of note was the fact that some British racers
who made the trip to Southern California from the U.K. to give American
dirt track a try. To their credit they didn't even attempt to stand up on their
bikes while racing! Round three is also already in the books, as it was the very
next day on Sunday making up for the first planned race that was rained out.
For the combined weekend the entry total was over four hundred, a testament
to the fact flat track is alive and doing well; at least at Perris!



National #98 Kayl Kolkman is as smooth and cool as
a character from "The Sting". Kolkman had to work
his way to the front of the twenty lap Pro main event
and endure two single file re-starts. But when the checkered flag flew
it didn't matter as Kolkman was still up front where he belonged!
His fastest lap time was 14.70 seconds, the fastest of the entire night!

#15c Charlie Vanderlaan beat out thirteen other racers for the
victory in the Open Amateur class. Vanderlaan didn't have the fastest lap time,
that went to James Ott at 15.89 seconds. But Vanderlaan's 16.12
second consistent laps were solid enough for the win.


#12 Jaycee Jones picked up a second win for the night when she
won the Open Novice main event. Jones was the only racer to lower
her lap times into the fifteens at 15.84 seconds! #21 is Matt Ott,
#151 Billy Katkov, #44 Hayden Earwood,# 23 Justin Hanson.

#87 Jeff Johnson is the force in the Bomber expert class.
#82e Travis Petton fought hard to stay with Johnson and
#89 Danny Perkins has the pace as well but slid out of contention.
#70l Jimmy Lundgren (the only Honda in the field) had the
speed to run at the front himself, just not enough grunt out
of the corners.....

#26b Ken Shilling fought hard for the victory in the Senior Vet +50 Novice Main event.
Shilling's fastest lap time was a 16.65 seconds. #45e Arnie Fry, #51r Mike Boal, #63w
Rolf Greenhill, #37 Donnie Moore.

#95 Tom Ferguson pretty much owns the Classic Vintage class.
On an H.D. Sprint Ferguson did a 16.58 second lap and topped
some vintage twins as well.

#22 David Molitor always get's a great start, this time
Molitor went on to the win in the Premier Senior class
for racers over seventy years of age. David's fastest lap
time was 16.57 seconds. #37 Ron More, #0 Preston Petty,
#58c Jack Neeley, #86d Allan Girdler.

#82 Jeff Johnson (on Travis Petton's Triumph) dives under
early leader #12e Jeff Lessley (Suzuki 2-stk twin) in the
Senior +50 Expert main event. Johnson's fastest lap on the
Triumph was 15.30 seconds!

#7a Pete Lawson turned a 16.18 second lap on his way to victory
over the combined Bomber Novice/Amateur field. Although scored
separately, Lawson was the overall winner on the track.

#41 John Garcia nailed the start in the Senior Vet +50 Amateur main
and went on to the victory. His fastest lap time was 15.80 seconds,
which #19r Brad Rudy matched but couldn't find a way past Garcia
for the win. #57 Robert Slettler, #26 Steele Friedrich, #517 Anthony Brown.

#44 Robert Bush with a 15.57 second lap time stood on the top step
in the Vet +35 Expert Class. Bush sometimes runs hot and cold,
on this night he was hot!

#42 Chris Campos not only won the Open Beginner class,
he was the only one capable of lapping in the fifteen second bracket.
His fastest lap time was 15.48 seconds! #54 Evan Markus,
#45e Arnde Fox, #17D Joel Manthis, #21 Darin Dwyer.

#12 Jaycee Jones is dominating the Powder Puff class.
Alyssa Flores was the only other racer able to keep her
in sight as she turned a 16.22 second lap time to Flores
fastest lap of 16.43 seconds

#22 Jimmy Gillen has found his race pace again.
Gillen was back in form and topped the Open Unclassified field
with a 15.30 second lap time!

#19r Brad Rudy is new to the Men's 4-stk class. But he
made it worthwhile as he fought past #Z2 Sean Stevenson
here in the heat race and the main event for the victory.
His fastest lap time was 18.06 seconds!

The quite power at Perris (Left to Right) Vince Graves and Freddie Edwards. Notice, Freddie has a radio!

#12e Jeff Lessley won the heat in the Super Senior +60 class,
but #47 Jim Wood had the fastest lap times of the class under
the 15.50 second range and won the main event! #3j is DeWayne
Jones, #83 Paul Claybaugh, #110 Dan Kane, # 37 Ron Moore,
and # 420 Greg Powell.

#25 Travis Horn won both the 50cc 4-stk Am. class and the 65cc-70cc Open class.
Here he leads #46 Colin Petton who won the 50cc 2-stk Am. final. Both racers were
on the track at the same time; but scored separately...

#22 Ashton Carlson from Lompoc Calif.
Won both the Youth 50cc 2-stk Nov. and
65cc-70cc 2-stk Beg. Main Events.

#99 Zack Earwood was another double winner over the
round #2 and #3 weekend. Zack topped the Youth 65-70cc
4-stk Beg. field with a time of 18.68 seconds.

#7x Grant Holmes pulled the victory out of his helmet
in the Youth 85cc Open class. Holmes led Travis Petton
the 4th to the stripe with a fastest lap time of 16.15 seconds.

12E James Ott is really looking good. Ott won the
Youth 250cc Main Events Both Saturday night and
Sunday. His fastest lap time came on Saturday night
at 15.42 seconds!

#7 Joe Jones and Thomas Summers won the Sidecar main event with a fastest lap time of 14.78 seconds! Sidecars were a new class for the S.C.F.T.A. class "C" program. They also run the oval clockwise, which is the opposite direction from the motorcycles.

Results - April 18, 2015

Results Rd. #3  April 19, 2015