
Round # 7
Willow Springs Raceway - Rosemond,
California
Sunday October 14th, 2007
Senior "A" Main
Senior "A" Main1. 98 Rod Lake2. 63y Ken Thiebaud3. 77 Joe Suebert4. 57 Keith Speir5. 19z Joe Brown6. 78 Roger Landberg7. 28d Ron Lessley8. 27 Ron Alexander9. 45c Mark Stuckert10. dnf 55 Tom Horton11. dnf 59y Rick ReedSenior "B" Main
Senior "B" Main1. 74r Gary White2. 68 Don Galloway3. 66f Frank Scileppi4. 28s Steve Ferguson5. 17q Herb Wolff6. 75z Joe Pape7. dnf 290m Rick Harrington8. dnf 87 Lawrence BertrandVet "A" Main
Vet "A" Main1. 13 Rick Hocking2. 48y Mike Vital3. 21y Tommy Carriger4. 42z Anthony Mitchell5. 6 Joe Steffen6. 12g Steve Nichols7. 12 David Ehrhart8. 571 Mike O'Neil9. 58y Jim Ottele10. 42 Bill Kolkman11. 45e John LundgrenVet "B" Main
Vet "B" Main1. 16e Larry Earhart2. 19v Joel Kath3. 20z Ray Hensley4. 28b Gary Ritchie5. 45f Tom Sahli6. 12e Jim Steet7. 96a Jack Alexander8. 55e Mark Davis9. 28s Steve Ferguson10. 556 Steve MihovilSr Novice/Super Sr
Sr Novice/Super Sr1. 49x Mickey Alzola2. 87 Lawrence Bertrand3. 65 Dick Fox4. 16 Ed Steffen5. 27t Steve Lacey6. 3 Steve Baker7. 501 Bob Gerberich8. 52c Dave Cheney9. 43y Guy Duckett10. 80x Bob Harris11. 14t Ted HubbardDinosaur

Dinosaur1. 14 Ronnie Brown2. 37 Mike O'Neil3. 1 Rick Hocking4. 53 Brent JohnsonClassic 250
1. 21v Terry SalsmanClassic 500
Classic 5001. 19v Joel Kath2. 12e Jeff Lessley3. 87y Chris Rudy4. 55 Tom Horton5. 27 Jeff Apple6. 4r Lenny Rodriguez7. 86d Ross Stuckert8. 14 James Kohls9. 96a Jack Alexander10. 62e Matt Campbell11. 97w Alan Shaw12. 62 Flyn StoneYouth 501. 80 AJ Alves2. 98 Tori NeumannYouth 601. 12 Cody PelleYouth 801. 309w Bronson Bauman2. 735h BJ VieriraModern 250
Modern 2501. 55 Tom Horton2. 12e Jeff Lessley3. 80g John Grant4. dnf 112 Dave Ehrhart5. dnf 12e Jim SteetModern 500
Modern 5001. 98 Rod Lake2. 19r Brad Rudy3. 28d Ron Lessley4. 25d Steve Craft5. 501 Bob Gerberich6. 13p Allan MalmModern 750
Modern 7501. 68 Paul Herman2. 42e AJ Herrera3. 57 Keith Speir4. 77 Joe Suebert5. 58y Jim Ottele6. 74r Gary White7. 78 Roger Landberg8. 45e John Lundgren9. 27 Ron Alexander10. 33e Marvin Moore11. 45c Mark Stuckert12. 68 Don Galloway13. 66f Frank Scileppi250 Open
250 Open 1. 33e Mikey Avila2. 58 Brandon Bates3. 310w Briar Bauman4. 18h Tony Davila5. 55 PJ Osmer6. 87 Lindsey King7. 23p Joe Meyer8. 100e Life Kelley9. 309w Bronson Bauman10. 86v Danielle Diaz500 Support
500 Support1. 13 Rick Hocking2. 68 Paul Herman3. 21y Tommy Carriger4. 42z Anthony Mitchell5. 6 Joe Steffen6. 571 Mike O'Neil7. 19z Ron Hinton8. 54y AJ Neelings9. 12e Jim Steet10. 35 Don Galloway11. 29 Dan Shaw12. 68e Pauly Herman13. 8 Dustin Allen14. 3m Robert KochOpen Amateur "A" Main
Open Amateur "A" Main1. 1 Chad Cose2. 45 Kayl Kolkman3. 15 Garrett Stout4. 310w Briar Bauman5. 33 Mikey Avila6. 24p Jimmy Abrams7. 18h Tony Davila8. 49w Dustin Pruczinski9. 23 Joe Meyer10. 12 David Ehrhart11. 68z Jermaine Bacosa12. 88 Dillon AllenOpen Amateur "B" Main
Open Amateur "B" Main1. 58 Brandon Bates2. 14 Joe Winston3. 86v Danielle Diaz4. 55 PJ Osmer5. 91 Todd Vaughn6. 87 Lindsey King7. 43g Robert Bacosa8. 10 Bob Harvey9. 39y Randy Arrington10. 21 Rick YoungDigger Pro 600


Digger Pro 6001. 21 Jared Mees2. 14 Jake Johnson3. 33 JR Schnaubel4. 42 Bryan Smith5. 28 Shaun Russell6. 17y Brandan Bergen7. 69 Jethro Halbert8. 43 Sam Halbert9. 27 Rob Pearson10. 14t Paul Lynch11. 1 Chad Cose12. 51 Steve Murray13. 89 Kevin Varnes14. 16x Nicole Cheza15. 18h Tony Davila16. dnf 45 Kayl KolkmanBlvd Suzuki/Vizzo Racing Dash-4-Cash

Blvd Suzuki/Vizzo Racing Dash-4-Cash1. 21 Jared Mees2. 33 JR Schnaubel3. 42 Bryan Smith4. 14 Jake Johnson5. 17y Brandan Bergen6. 69 Jethro HalbertBlvd Suzuki Pro Twins




Blvd Suzuki Pro Twins1. 33 JR Schnaubel2. 14 Jake Johnson3. 42 Bryan Smith4. 21 Jared Mees5. 17y Brandan Bergen6. 51 Steve Murray7. 69 Jethro Halbert8. 89 Kevin Varnes9. 27 Rob Pearson10. 89t Doug Lawrence11. 16x Nicole Cheza12. 67b Joe Hartrich
13. Paul Lynch
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Eddie Mulder's W.C.V.D.T. Series
Willow Springs Walt James Stadium
Rosemond,
Calif.
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, Brandon Bergen fifth on the Ron Wood Project BMW
twin, and Jethro Halbert in sixth. Mees put in his fastest lap of the weekend
at 20.64/100 seconds on lap three as he pulled out a one second gap over
Schnabel. The order would remain unchanged to the finish.
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. Rod Lake was out front of the incident as he
led Joe Brown, Ken Thiebaud, Joe Suebert, and Keith Speir. Into turn three for
the first time had Thiebaud fly around the outside of Brown to take over at
second. Lap Three Lake
posted a 23.38/100 second lap which Thiebaud could match, but not better. Try
as he might there was just no easy way around Lake.
On the last lap Thiebaud would make one last run at Lake but come up a bike
length short, Speir would also make a last turn drive effort work to snatch
fourth from Brown making the finishing order Lake, Thiebaud, Suebert, Speir,
and Brown.
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 Oklahoma
left the line in eleventh and quickly was up to seventh. Three laps gone saw
O'Neil fading for some reason as he dropped back to eighth where he would
finish while out front putting on a show Hocking cruised to the finish. Vital
held second from a closing Carriger, with Mitchell fourth, Steffen fifth, and
Nichols climbing another position to sixth.
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 Bergen for fifth, and
Johnson passed Schnabel for second as they crossed the stripe on the inside. At
the half way mark Jethro Halbert was up to seventh with brother Sam in eighth,
Rob Pearson ninth, and Paul Lynch tenth. With five laps remaining the gap from
Mees to Johnson was ¾ of a second, with Smith making a pass on Russell exiting
turn two which was set up on the entrance to turn one. This would be the last
pass of the race making the finishing order Mees, Johnson, Schnabel, Smith,
Russell, Bergen,
Jethro Halbert, Sam Halbert, and Pearson.
The Maxxis Tires/K&N Filters 250 Open class is a proving
ground and Mikey Avila is an emerging star. Avila read starter Fred Allen to nail the
start and lead into turn one. Briar Bauman ran second with Bronson Bates third,
P J Osmer fourth, and Lindsey King fifth. Tony Davila who was away in seventh
fought his way forward to fifth by lap three while Bauman was under pressure
from Bates. With a lap remaining Bates made his move between turns three and
four to take second from Bauman, and Davila made the final run at Osmer work to
snatch fourth. Avila
had already crossed the stripe for the victory while all this unfolded.
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, Avila,
and Abrams.
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. Murray was lonely in
fifth still, Halbert in sixth had to contend with Bergen who liked this new BMW, and Kevin
Varnes was up to eighth. As the last five laps ran down Smith was pressuring
Johnson in every corner as Schnabel had a three second lead. With two laps
remaining Bergen
found some extra speed and passed Halbert and now was working on Murray. Crossing the
stripe to receive the white flag Bergen powered past Murray for fifth, as the
battle for second would go down to the wire, which Johnson would win, making
the last race of the weekend's finishing order, Schnabel, Johnson, Smith, Mees,
Bergen, Murray, Halbert, and Varnes. What a weekend of racing, what a series,
this had to be the richest, best racing the west coast has seen in many years.
As J R Schnabel had said earlier, "it was one of the best races we've had
all year"!
