
Perris Raceway – Perris Ca.
October 14th,2011
Round #10
Article by Jamey Blunt
Photos by Janice Blunt
The
quote rumored to have been made many years ago by Terry Poovey while he
was attending a Super-Cross, when asked what he thought, he replied,
"If they took all the bumps out they could go a lot faster". Well
that's true enough and the proof is the far back side at Perris Raceway
where the old rough scrambles track used to go. All the rocks the
racers used to twist, slide and maneuver around are gone with an
expertly constructed flat ¼ mile oval in the place where the bumps used
to be. Word of mouth is spreading about the Perris facility and Friday
night's round ten of the S.C.F.T.A. had there largest crowd to date;
with an estimated thousand spectators and a confirmed one hundred forty
two entries. Friday night races are not the norm at Perris, rather a
tradition they started a few years back holding a race the night before
the last national of the year, which this year was held at the Pomona
Fairgrounds on the 5/8 mile oval. The whole program had to be started
early (3:30 p.m.), the pits expanded, and spectator parking packed
tight. So it was that by 5:30 p.m. we were off to the
races.

With a fourteen rider field of Youth 50cc racers the class was split into a Division 1 &2
for the main events. #14x Courtney D'Avignon topped the Div. 1 final.
All
Youth classes start off the racing program and on this night there were
thirteen riders in the 50cc field. This caused a huge scoring problem
due to the great difference is ability of the racers. The youngest of
which (Colin Petton) was three years old. Some riders were two laps
down by the end of the heat race. A meeting was called of all the
parents of the 50cc participants and the decision was to have two 50cc
main events, Div.1 and Div.2. In Div.1 Courtney D'Avignon picked up the
victory over Jon Miller and brother Toby D'Avignon putting her securely
in second position in the points chase. In Div.2 Travis Petton the
fourth launched to the front from the line and checked out leaving Sara
Cords and Shona Maquire in his wake. Petton was also once again a
double class winner as he took the top honors in the 65cc class over
Alyssa and Frank Flores. In the Youth 85cc class eleven year old Sean
Heeney showed some weakness, but just for a second and only in his heat
race. Heeney started from the second row in a field of eight and for
the first time in memory was beaten. However come main event time
Heeney was fired up and ready to go, his lap time of 16.26 seconds was
a little slower than he has recorded in the past but still fast enough
for the victory. Allison Stacey and Monica Gil both have picked it up a
notch and had their race faces on and stayed much closer to Heeney
making him stay on his toes and really earn the win.

#82 Travis Petton the fourth once again took top honors in two classes.

#117 Sean Heeney wasn't unbeatable at round ten, he was beaten in the heat race.
But Heeney came out in the main on a mission to win the Youth 85cc class.
His fastest lap of 16.26 seconds was a little slower than he's gone before.

#4 Vince Graves had to fight with #51 Dennis Kanagae over the victory
in the Super Senior +60 main event. Here Graves takes the lead away
entering turn one and goes on to the win.
Vince
Graves had to work a little harder on this night for the victory in the
Super Senior +60 class. In the heat race David Molitor showed some new
speed and led the field for a while and in the main it looked as though
Dennis Kanegae is getting used to his new mount as he led the main for
a while. Graves did finally pass Kanegae entering turn one and went on
to the victory, however, both Kanegae and Molitor have picked up their
pace.

323 250 ex The 250cc-360cc 2-stroke expert class was once again John Kocinski's
sand box. Shown here at the startare #3 Kocinski, #47 Jim Wood, #44r Nick
Armstrong, #13 Daniel Stinson, #35 Don Galloway, and #75 Ryan Gifford.
Kocinski went on to lower his own track record to 14.06 seconds.
The
250-360 2-stroke expert class is a broken record, literally. John
Kocinski seems to break the overall track record at every round. That's
what it's all about really, isn't it? Always finding a way to improve?
Well after last months round nine Kocinski's track record sat at 14.22
seconds and when this night was over it was lowered once again this
time to 14.06 seconds, so close to John's goal of being the first class
C racer to go under the fourteen second barrier. In the main event
Kocinski lead from the start Ryan Gifford went around the outside
through turns one and two to settle in at second with Jim Wood right
behind in third. Two laps complete saw Wood with his hand in the air
with a mechanical as Nick Armstrong advanced to third. Daniel Stinson
ran in fourth with Don Galloway fifth. Exiting turn four on the fourth
lap Armstrong made the move and passed Gifford for second but would
need binoculars to even catch sight of Kocinski at the front. On lap
five Stinson and Galloway started swapping paint over the fourth place
position which Galloway would win by just a wheel on the run to the
checkered flag out of turn four. Kocinski by then had left the track
with the victory, Armstrong was second and Gifford third.

#1 Kayl Kolkman won the Classic Vintage 500-750cc class over #37 Brad Baker.
But look at #27 Jeff "Smoke Free" Apple on this single file restart. Apple must hate
the starter and photographer as he went off the race track and almost took both
of them out. #1 is Lenny Rodriguez and #97 is Fred Berger.
Two
national number Pros rode in the Classic Vintage class, fair or not to
the rest of the vintage riders Kayl Kolkman and Brad Baker put on a
show. Nine riders made up the field with many vintage brands being
represented, Indian, Triumph, H.D., and Bultaco for example. Kolkman
and Baker shot to the front and had their own battle while the rest of
the pack had to fight over who would be third. Initially Lenny
Rodriguez held the position with James Kohls fourth, Jeff Apple fifth,
and Tom Ferguson in sixth. At two laps complete Kolkman had a fourteen
bike length gap over Baker and turned a 15.04 second lap time on a
motorcycle three times his age. Apple had at this point secured third
putting Rodriguez back to fourth with Kohls fifth. Ferguson on an H.D.
Sprint was closing the gap to Kohls and seemed to settle into a rhythm
by this time. By lap five Apple running a line down on the pole had
caught Baker and was applying pressure. Baker sensing the smoke from
Apples Triumph realized if Apple were to get in front of him his vision
would be impaired and all would be lost. Then entering turn three on
the next lap Apple ran it up under Baker and on the exit from turn four
took over second. Baker new he had to react quickly and just after the
white flag Johnny McClury was about to go a lap down in turn one, Apple
chose poorly and Baker choose wisely as Baker recaptured second. All
the while Ferguson slipped quietly past both Rodriguez and Kohls to
finish in fourth. Kohls also made a move on Rodriguez making the final
finishing order Kolkman, Baker, Apple, Ferguson, Kohls, and Rodriguez.

There were a few single file re-starts on this night. On this one the
Bomber field only had three riders left on the track from a field of seven.
#89 Danny Perkins took the victory over #73 David McNeeley and #82e
Travis Petton the second.
The
Bomber class was a little sparse compared to rounds past with only
seven entries. Heat race winner Travis Petton the second sat on pole
with rival Danny Perkins along side. These two are so evenly matched
who wins can come down to who had the extra corn flake for breakfast or
who blinked twice instead of once during the race. Petton led off the
line with Perkins right beside him on the outside. On the first trip
through turn four the two came together with Petton getting out of
shape but making one of the best saves of his career. Perkins checked
up in good sportsmanship making sure Petton was ok and let Petton keep
the lead. David McNeeley ran in third with Keith Bradford fourth who
both closed the gap to the leaders while they both regrouped to find
their pace. Lap three the red flag came out stopping the race for
downed rider in turn one (Bradford) and Nick Gil just pulled off the
track. On the single file re-start only three riders lined up, Petton,
Perkins and McNeeley. Petton led with Perkins and McNeeley in tow,
Perkins looked to be having fun as he rode a very high line, but this
in turn left the barn door open for McNeeley who showed Perkins a wheel
many times but just couldn't quite make the pass. At the white flag
Petton led Perkins and McNeeley only to pull the "Laugh In" tricycle
trick tip over in turn one which made the finishing order Perkins,
McNeeley, and Petton.

371 vet - #14 Joe Winston won a hard fought victory in the Vet +35 class. His fastest lap time was a 15.65 seconds. #77v Jason Craven slipped to fifth, with #88 Jim Rosa finishing second and #10e Robert Barbosa third.
A
pack of nine thundered through turn one with Jason Craven leading the
Vet +35 class. Jim Rosa settled in at second with Joe Winston in third.
As they crossed the stripe for the completion of the first lap Winston
got a drive out of turn four and shot past both Rosa and Craven to
lead. The second trip through turn four Brad Rudy went down bringing
out yellow flags as he quickly scurried off the track unhurt. While all
this was going on Robert Barbosa working an inside line slipped past
both Rosa and Craven into second position. Lap four had the order at
Winston, Barbosa, Rosa, Craven, and Rich Hanson working his way forward
from a poor start. Winston up front put in a 15.65 second lap time
while Rosa fought past Barbosa on the exit from turn four into second
on lap five. On the last lap Rosa would close to within two bike
lengths of Winston but come up short of the victory. Hanson would also
move up one more spot ahead of Craven into fourth making the final
order Winston, Rosa, Barbosa, Hanson, and Craven.

337 op nov-#28y Nick Ottele was the fastest of the nine open novices. Ottele
turned a 15.65 second lap on his way to an uncontested victory.
The
Open Novice class is becoming the Nick Ottele show. Ottele shot second
from pole to lead start to finish. Corey Bauman was away in second with
Matt Stoutenburg third, Sean Heeney in fourth, Allison Stacey fifth,
and Marc Pape sixth. The second time through turns one and two Heeney
moved past Stoutenburg into third as Ottele turned a 15.65 second lap
time. At this point Ottele had a half straight lead and Heeney locked
his cross hairs in on Bauman for the second place position. On the next
run through turn two Bauman went wide and Heeney shot into second but
made a big bobble, which he thankfully saved, but allowed Bauman to
regain second. The battle was on. Back up front Ottele now had a full
four second gap over whoever would get second. Heeney would pass Bauman
on the exit of turn two only to have Bauman run it up under Heeney in
turn three to take the position back. They repeated this move a few
times as lappers came into play. At the white flag Heeney had settled
the war and held second securely making Bauman third and Stoutenburg
fourth which is how they would finish with Ottele gone in front of
them.

There were sixteen Open Amatuer riders and #17r Nick Gil was the class of the field!
Shown here off the start the front row is #44 Nick Armstrong, #73 David McNeeley,
#27 Rich Hanson, and # 93l Aaron Colton. Gil's fastest lap was a 15.63
A
large Open Amateur field of sixteen staged three rows deep; with Nick
Gil leading the pack off the line into turn one. Entering turn three on
the first lap Nick Armstrong took over at the front from Gil with Aaron
Colton third and David McNeeley fourth. On lap two Gil returned the
favor to Armstrong and recaptured the lead as the field had already
strong out except for the leaders. Armstrong posted the fastest lap
time of the race at 15.57 seconds to Gil's 15.63 seconds and on lap
three McNeeley had a mechanical and was out of the race advancing Rich
Hanson and John Perez into fourth and fifth. By lap four the front
three were a full straight away ahead as lappers came into play.
Lappers or not Gil was not to be denied and handled them well and
continued on the victory over Armstrong who was right there should the
opportunity arise, with Colton third and Hanson and Perez a distant
fourth and fifth.
The final two rounds of the S.C.F.T.A. will be held on Nov. 12th & 13th a double header weekend.
50cc Youth Div 1
1. Courtney D’Avignon
2. Jon Miller
3. Toby D’Davignon
4. Ava Bush
5. Brad Downs
6. Evan Harich
50cc Div 2
1. Travis Petton
2. Sara Cords
3. Shona Maquire
4. Aden Walters
5. Patrick Erdeman
6. Ethan Walters
7. Colin Petton
85cc Youth
1. Sean Heeney
2. Allison Stacey
3. Monica Gil
4. Jimmy Gillen
5. Travis Petton
6. Jaycee Jones
7. Allysa Flores
8. Frank Flores
Youth 65cc
1. Travis Petton
2. Alyssa Flores
3. Frank Flores
4. Noah Bush
Super Seniors +60
1. Vince Graves’
2. Dennis Kanagae
3. David Molitor
4. Dewayne Jones
Vintage 250&360 2 Stk. Expert and Amateur
250cc
1. John Kocnski
2. Nick Armstrong
3. Jim Wood
250 Amateur
1. Don Galloway
2. Daniel Stinson
360 Expert
1. Ryan Gifford
Men’s 4 Stroke
1. Matt Stoutenburg
2. Billy Katkov
3. Mark Cernicky
Premier Senior
1. Allan Girdler
Classic Vintage
500-750cc
1. Kalyl Kolkman
2. Brad Baker
3. Jeff Apple
4. Tom Ferguson
5. Jomes Kohls
6. Lenny Rodriquez
7. Joe Pape
8. Johnny McClury
250cc
1. Fred Berger
Bomber
1. Danny Perkins
2. David McNeeley
3. Travis Petton
4. Nick Gil
5. Keith Bradford
Vets + 35
1. Joe Winston
2. Jim Rosa
3. Robert Barosa
4. Rich Hanson
5. Jason Craven
6. Marc Pape
Senior Novice + 50 years
1. Corey Bauman
2. Nearl Hartman
3. Larkin Wight
4. Fred Berger
5. Pat Nellson
Senior Vets 50 years
1. Jim Ottele
2. Ryan Gifford
3. Daniel Stinson
4. Don Galloway
5. Akira Kuzuoka
Vintage 250&360 2Stk Novice
250
1. Steel Freidrich
2. Michael Fritz
3. Monty Watowa
360
1. Gary Lane
2. Rick Logan
Open Novice
1. Nick Ottele
2. Sean Heeney
3. Corey Bauman
4. Matt Stoutenburg
5. Allison Stacey
6. Marc Pape
7. Joseph Melton
Vintage 750
1. Jim ottele
2. Don Galloway
3. Shannon Addams
4. Robert Bush
Open Amatuer
1. Nick Gil
2. Nick Armstrong
3. Aaron Colton
4. Rich Hanson
5. John Perez
6. Jess Florez
7. Bill Wright
8. Stevi Smith
9. Harley Legowski
10. Karl Gott
SCFTA round #10 Pro
Results, Photos and Story.

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