Round # 7
Willow Springs Raceway -
Sunday October 14th,
Senior "A" Main
Senior "A" Main
1. 98 Rod Lake
2. 63y Ken Thiebaud
3. 77 Joe Suebert
4. 57 Keith Speir
5. 19z Joe Brown
6. 78 Roger Landberg
7. 28d Ron Lessley
8. 27 Ron Alexander
9. 45c Mark Stuckert
10. dnf 55 Tom Horton
11. dnf 59y Rick Reed
Senior "B" Main
Senior "B" Main
1. 74r Gary White
2. 68 Don Galloway
3. 66f Frank Scileppi
4. 28s Steve Ferguson
5. 17q Herb Wolff
6. 75z Joe Pape
7. dnf 290m Rick Harrington
8. dnf 87 Lawrence Bertrand
Vet "A" Main
Vet "A" Main
1. 13 Rick Hocking
2. 48y Mike Vital
3. 21y Tommy Carriger
4. 42z Anthony Mitchell
5. 6 Joe Steffen
6. 12g Steve Nichols
7. 12 David Ehrhart
8. 571 Mike O'Neil
9. 58y Jim Ottele
10. 42 Bill Kolkman
11. 45e John Lundgren
Vet "B" Main
Vet "B" Main
1. 16e Larry Earhart
2. 19v Joel Kath
3. 20z Ray Hensley
4. 28b Gary Ritchie
5. 45f Tom Sahli
6. 12e Jim Steet
7. 96a Jack Alexander
8. 55e Mark Davis
9. 28s Steve Ferguson
10. 556 Steve Mihovil
Sr Novice/Super Sr
Sr Novice/Super Sr
1. 49x Mickey Alzola
2. 87 Lawrence Bertrand
3. 65 Dick Fox
4. 16 Ed Steffen
5. 27t Steve Lacey
6. 3 Steve Baker
7. 501 Bob Gerberich
8. 52c Dave Cheney
9. 43y Guy Duckett
10. 80x Bob Harris
11. 14t Ted Hubbard
Dinosaur
Dinosaur
1. 14 Ronnie Brown
2. 37 Mike O'Neil
3. 1 Rick Hocking
4. 53 Brent Johnson
Classic 250
1. 21v Terry Salsman
Classic 500
Classic 500
1. 19v Joel Kath
2. 12e Jeff Lessley
3. 87y Chris Rudy
4. 55 Tom Horton
5. 27 Jeff Apple
6. 4r Lenny Rodriguez
7. 86d Ross Stuckert
8. 14 James Kohls
9. 96a Jack Alexander
10. 62e Matt Campbell
11. 97w Alan Shaw
12. 62 Flyn Stone
Youth 50
1. 80 AJ Alves
2. 98 Tori Neumann
Youth 60
1. 12 Cody Pelle
Youth 80
1. 309w Bronson Bauman
2. 735h BJ Vierira
Modern 250
Modern 250
1. 55 Tom Horton
2. 12e Jeff Lessley
3. 80g John Grant
4. dnf 112 Dave Ehrhart
5. dnf 12e Jim Steet
Modern 500
Modern 500
1. 98 Rod Lake
2. 19r Brad Rudy
3. 28d Ron Lessley
4. 25d Steve Craft
5. 501 Bob Gerberich
6. 13p Allan Malm
Modern 750
Modern 750
1. 68 Paul Herman
2. 42e AJ Herrera
3. 57 Keith Speir
4. 77 Joe Suebert
5. 58y Jim Ottele
6. 74r Gary White
7. 78 Roger Landberg
8. 45e John Lundgren
9. 27 Ron Alexander
10. 33e Marvin Moore
11. 45c Mark Stuckert
12. 68 Don Galloway
13. 66f Frank Scileppi
250 Open
250 Open
1. 33e Mikey Avila
2. 58 Brandon Bates
3. 310w Briar Bauman
4. 18h Tony Davila
5. 55 PJ Osmer
6. 87 Lindsey King
7. 23p Joe Meyer
8. 100e Life Kelley
9. 309w Bronson Bauman
10. 86v Danielle Diaz
500 Support
500 Support
1. 13 Rick Hocking
2. 68 Paul Herman
3. 21y Tommy Carriger
4. 42z Anthony Mitchell
5. 6 Joe Steffen
6. 571 Mike O'Neil
7. 19z Ron Hinton
8. 54y AJ Neelings
9. 12e Jim Steet
10. 35 Don Galloway
11. 29 Dan Shaw
12. 68e Pauly Herman
13. 8 Dustin Allen
14. 3m Robert Koch
Open Amateur "A" Main
Open Amateur "A" Main
1. 1 Chad Cose
2. 45 Kayl Kolkman
3. 15 Garrett Stout
4. 310w Briar Bauman
5. 33 Mikey Avila
6. 24p Jimmy Abrams
7. 18h Tony Davila
8. 49w Dustin Pruczinski
9. 23 Joe Meyer
10. 12 David Ehrhart
11. 68z Jermaine Bacosa
12. 88 Dillon Allen
Open Amateur "B" Main
Open Amateur "B" Main
1. 58 Brandon Bates
2. 14 Joe Winston
3. 86v Danielle Diaz
4. 55 PJ Osmer
5. 91 Todd Vaughn
6. 87 Lindsey King
7. 43g Robert Bacosa
8. 10 Bob Harvey
9. 39y Randy Arrington
10. 21 Rick Young
Digger Pro 600
Digger Pro 600
1. 21 Jared Mees
2. 14 Jake Johnson
3. 33 JR Schnaubel
4. 42 Bryan Smith
5. 28 Shaun Russell
6. 17y Brandan Bergen
7. 69 Jethro Halbert
8. 43 Sam Halbert
9. 27 Rob Pearson
10. 14t Paul Lynch
11. 1 Chad Cose
12. 51 Steve Murray
13. 89 Kevin Varnes
14. 16x Nicole Cheza
15. 18h Tony Davila
16. dnf 45 Kayl Kolkman
Blvd Suzuki/Vizzo Racing Dash-4-Cash
Blvd Suzuki/Vizzo Racing Dash-4-Cash
1. 21 Jared Mees
2. 33 JR Schnaubel
3. 42 Bryan Smith
4. 14 Jake Johnson
5. 17y Brandan Bergen
6. 69 Jethro Halbert
Blvd Suzuki Pro Twins
Blvd Suzuki Pro Twins
1. 33 JR Schnaubel
2. 14 Jake Johnson
3. 42 Bryan Smith
4. 21 Jared Mees
5. 17y Brandan Bergen
6. 51 Steve Murray
7. 69 Jethro Halbert
8. 89 Kevin Varnes
9. 27 Rob Pearson
10. 89t Doug Lawrence
11. 16x Nicole Cheza
12. 67b Joe Hartrich
13. Paul Lynch
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Eddie Mulder's W.C.V.D.T. Series
Willow Springs Walt James Stadium
Round 7 - Sunday, October 14th
Article by Jamey Blunt
Sunday
The Blvd. Suzuki Dash for Cash kicked off Sundays finals.
First and second place finishers from each of the heat races staged for a shot
at #3,000 dollars. Jared Mees put his H D up front off the line with Schnabel
on the Suzuki in tow. Bryan Smith ran third with Jake Johnson fourth,
With twenty two riders over the age of fifty, the Rod Lake
Racing/Saddlemen Senior class is rough and tumble, as Tom Horton can attest to
as his handlebars were ripped from his grip as the pack left the line. Though
no ones fault, Horton was in the wrong place at the wrong moment and went down
hard. Lucky for Horton all the riders behind him (several) were able to avoid
him.
Ron Wood Racing sponsored the Vet "A" main of twelve
riders that transferred through the heats from a field of twenty three.
Starting from the outside of the front row Rick Hocking hit turn one at the
front. Mike Vital ran second with Tommy Carriger, Anthony Mitchell, Joe
Steffen, John Lundgren, and Mike O'Neil dropping in behind. Steve Nichols from
K&N out of
The Bartels Harley Davidson Super Senior main staged eleven machines with Mickey Alzola starting from the outside of the front row following Ed Steffen into turn one. On the entrance to turn three Alzola took over from Steffen while Lawrence Bertrand settled in at third with Steve Lacey fourth. Down the back straight for the second time Bertrand moved past Steffen for second while Dick Fox moved into fourth from a seventh place start moving Lacey back to fifth. Into turn one for the third time Fox went past Steffen for third as just ahead of them Bertrand had caught Alzola and was applying pressure. For the remaining laps Alzola could not shake Bertrand, but pressure is something Alzola has had before, as he has won many championships and would finish mistake free on this day as well. Bertrand was a close second with Fox third, Steffen fourth, Lacey fifth, and Steve Baker sixth.
Chris Rudy had the best reaction time leaving the line in the Coventry Spares LTD. Classic 500 final and led Joel Kath, Tom Horton, Jeff Lessley, Lenny Rodriguez, Jeff Apple, and Ross Stuckert through one and two. Exiting turn two for the second time Kath put a move on Rudy and took the lead away, as Rodriguez quickly sunk to sixth with Lessley showing Horton a wheel for third. With two laps remaining Lessley who had dropped Horton was now all over Rudy for the second spot. Through turns one and two Lessley held it wide open and went around the outside of Rudy to take the position. With this day Kath's birthday he gave himself a present with the win. Lessley was second, Rudy third, Horton fourth, Apple fifth, and Rodriguez sixth.
Paul Herman wanted another shot at the Maxima Racing Oils Modern 750 class after Saturday's problems. He wasted no time and leapt to the front off the line with Keith Speir and Tom Horton right behind. Saturday's winner A J Herrera was away in fifth and quickly charged his way up to second by the end of the first lap. By this time Horton was out and Ottele had taken over fourth making the running order Herman, Herrera, Speir, Ottele, and Joe Suebert. Three laps completed saw Herman on the Steve Berg Triumph up front with Herrera Yamaha mounted right behind as the front two disappeared from the pack. Herman's fastest lap of 23.06/100 seconds was just a tad faster than Herrera's 23.34/100 seconds as they held their positions to the checkered flag while Speir finished alone in third.
Due to the Blvd. Suzuki Twins Pro race being the last race
of the day the Digger Helm Pro 600 main event was moved to the middle of the
program. Shaun Russell got the initial jump on the start but Jared Mees quickly
dove to the inside to steal the lead away with Brandon Bergen settling in at
third. Mees choosing his HD for this race led at the end of one with Russell
second J R Schnabel now third, Bergen, and Jake Johnson, a lap later Schnabel
put a move on Russell for second which broke his rhythm allowing Johnson to
slip past as well. Just the blink of an eye and Russell went from second to
fourth. All this while Bryan Smith was charging forward from a mid field start
with Jethro and Sam Halbert on his coat tails. By lap five Smith was past
The Maxxis Tires/K&N Filters 250 Open class is a proving
ground and Mikey Avila is an emerging star.
Twenty seven riders entered the A&A Racing/C&J
Racing Frames Open Amateur class. Briar Bauman may have got the jump off the
line, but the nation's top amateur Chad Cose quickly took over at the front.
Kayl Kolkman getting faster every time out ran third, with Garrett Stout
fourth, Mikey Avila fifth, and Jimmy Abrams sixth. On the second trip down the
back straight Kolkman shot past Bauman to take second position away. At the
front Cose, the only rider in the class to lap under the 22.00/100 second mark
was gone to another zip code! All the while a lap later Bauman had Stout to
contend with as Stout was knocking hard at the back door. With a lap remaining
Stout switched his strategy from inside to outside and it worked, as he pulled
along side down the back straight and took over third. This cemented the order
at Cose, Kolkman, Stout, Bauman,
Three rows with eighteen twin cylinder motorcycles were
staged for the Boulevard Suzuki Twins Main event. Jake Johnson, J R Schnabel,
and Jared Mees all hit turn one side by side as the thundering roar from the
large field was deafening. On the exit from turn two Schnabel took point with
Mees dropping in at second, with Johnson third. As they came into turn two for
the second time Mees made a mistake that Johnson and Bryan Smith both took
advantage of to move Mees back to fourth. Now the question was, could Mees
recover and regroup to finish this off as an undefeated weekend. At the front
Schnabel had a six bike length gap by lap four while Steve Murray ran in fifth,
with Jethro Halbert sixth, and Brandon Bergen making his first appearance on a
twin in seventh. Lap seven had Mees slip under Smith in turn one to advance
back up to third, while Schnabel had a second and a half lead up front. On lap
ten as Schnabel was about to lap Paul Herman (the only vintage bike in the
field) his hand went up and he was out of the race. The following lap Smith
found a new line that was working and was showing Mees a wheel. Then on the
exit of turn four on lap twelve Smith drove under Mees to recapture third.
