
S.C.F.T.A. Round #4
Perris Raceway
May 13th, 2012
Photos by Janice Blunt
Tags and Article by Jamey Blunt

#73 David McNeeley has the speed, he just needs to keep
it on two wheels. McNeeley who rides a Dick Mann framed Yamaha TT-500
of Jim McMurren's put it on the ground six times in his two classes of
racing...His fastest lap of the day was a strong 15.56 seconds!!!

#12 Brad Baker looked to have some competion early in the day from
#49 Chad Cose and #44r Nick Armstrong. But Cose proved to be the only
one capable of even staying with Baker, but a second row start in the
main proved to be too much to overcome. Cose did fight his way through
the field to finish a strong second.

#12 Brad Baker used Perris as a tune up for his swing back east for the
grand nationals. Baker led all twenty laps of the Pro Main event and
had a four second cushion, time to wheelie across the line for the
checkered flag. Baker's fastest lap time was 14.89 seconds.

#3 John Kocinski the track record holder at
Perris missed the first three rounds but showed up for round four.
Kocinski the two time world champion hadn't lost a beat as he put on a
school for everyone in the house. Oh, his track record? It remains
unbroken at 14.06 seconds...

The start of the Super Senior +60 main event had (L-R)
#88 Tony Hoover, #3j DeWayne Jones, #22 (in White) Bobby Hardison, #22
David Molitor (who has yet to be beat to turn one), #4 Vince Graves,
and #86d Allan Girdler all launching for a piece of real estate in turn
one.

#4 Vince Graves is piling up victories in the Super Senior +60
class. He did work a little harder for it at round for though, with a
fastest lap time of 15.70 seconds.

#68 Paul Herman made the trip from his home in
Paso Robles worthwhile as he earned a hard fought victory in the
Vintage 750cc final on a barrowed motorcycle. Herman's fastest lap time
was a 15.65 seconds for the 1/4 mile oval..

The Open Novice class is also growing at Perris. Corey
Bauman once again was a double class winner on the day. Shown here at
the start of the Open Novice Main Event are: #07 Allison Stacy, #117
Sean Heeney, #4 Matt Stoutenburg, #37 Pat Neilson, #88 Corey Bauman,
#16e Parker Earhart, and #17c Curtis Pimentell.

#12 Paul Ott really put his head down to win the Open Am. main event.
Ott topped a field of eleven with a best lap time of 15.58 seconds on
his way to the victory.

The start of the Open Am. main showed just how big the
class has gotten. (L-R) #16e Larry Earhart, #54 David Reinhard, #28y
Nick Ottele, #14 Eric Ryke, #27 Rich Hanson, #12 Paul Ott, #26 Dylan
Morin, #73 David McNeeley, and #19r Brad Rudy.

#89 Danny Perkins is the defending Bomber class champion. He also has
the largest fan base at Perris, which puts pressure on him to win. At
round four he didn't dissopoint as he put down 15.96 sec. laps to win
the main with a full straight away gap over the field.

Tom Ferguson ran #95 on Jim McMurren's National #11
H.D. Sprint. Ferguson showed his back side to the Classic Vintage
500-750 field with his fastest lap being 16.40 seconds.

#12 James Ott rides the wheels off his little Honda! It
is amazing to watch what this young man can do on such a small bike.
His fastest lap of the day was 17.58 seconds.


#82 Travis Petton had a great day at Perris, Petton topped both the
85cc 2stk and 65cc 2stk classes. In the 65cc main he's shown just
edging out the #12 of James Ott at the stripe. In the 85cc class he
caught fire with less than two laps remaining and went from fourth to
first for the victory.His fastest lap of the day was 17.25 seconds.
Perris Raceway S.C.F.T.A. Round #4
5-13-2012
Photos by Janice Blunt
Article by Jamey Blunt
Mothers Day evokes many memories, mom, apple pie, long lost youth, time
with family, but for the one hundred seven entries that filled the
twenty three heat races and eighteen main events at round four of the
S.C.F.T.A. at Perris; the 2012 Mothers Day could hold some just as
endearing memories. The smell of burned gas fumes lingering in the air,
Lucas Oil, the finely groomed track surface thrown in your face from
rear wheels fighting to find traction, but most of all, it was still
time spent with family, the flat track family which is a tight knit
community!
Nine different classes now make of the tally for the entire youth
field. Ranging from 50cc through 85cc displaced machines in both two
stroke and four stroke categories. In the 85cc 2stk/4stk beginner class
(scored separately) Jimmy Gillen led off the start with class regulars
Travis Petton the 4th, and James Ott buried back in fourth and fifth.
With two laps complete Petton was up to third with Ott fourth while
Gillen turned his fastest lap time of 17.52 seconds. Three laps down
saw Petton up to second and Ott into third while Evan Harich, Jaycee
Jones, and Noah Bush all fought over the fourth place position. At the
white flag Petton had put his head down, turned his fastest lap of
17.25 seconds and caught and passed Gillen for the lead. When the
checkered flag fell Petton won by four bike lengths over Gillen with
Ott third overall but first 4stk. Harich was second 4stk. over Bush and
Jones. Travis Petton the 4th was a double main event winner as he also
won a close one over James Ott (who rides the wheels off his little
Honda) in the 65cc Novice final.
In the Super Senior +60 class it's hard to remember a time when David
Molitor has ever been beaten to turn one. Today was no exception as
Molitor launched from the line to lead into turn one, class champion
Vince Graves always seems to find his way to the front though and that
was also the way this race ended. Graves with the victory with the
fastest lap of the race at 15.70 seconds with Molitor finishing in
second and newcomer to the new ¼ mile but an old time Perris regular
Bobby Hardison (16.77 sec.) third, DeWayne Jones (17.44 sec.) fourth
and former national #13 David Aldana on a borrowed motorcycle having
the second fastest lap time of the race at 16.14 seconds finishing in
fifth.
Tom Ferguson threw a leg over Jim McMurren's H.D. Sprint for the
Classic Vintage 500cc-750cc-250cc race. The sprint displaces 350cc, so
falls somewhere in-between in this field. It didn't matter as Ferguson
shot to the front, checked out, never looked back, and took home the
victory. Good thing too as McMurren was there watching, just to make
sure things went according to plan. Ferguson also posted the fastest
lap of the class at 16.40 seconds over second place James Kohls 17.03
second lap time.
Jim Rosa had his father visiting from out of state and wanted to
impress, which he did in the Vet +35 class. Rosa not only had the
fastest lap for the class at 15.16 seconds but the fourth fastest lap
time of the day overall. Paul Ott, Paul Herman, and Eric Cleveland gave
chase but just couldn't match the intensity and speed of Rosa on this
day.
Corey Bauman picked up where he left off in the Super Senior +50 Novice
main event, at the front. Bauman led off the start over Mike Wayne,
Curtis Pimentel, and Fred Berger. Two laps complete had Bauman at a
16.12 second lap time and saw Pimentel run it up the inside of Wayne
entering turn three to take second place position away. With four laps
down Pimentel had found his rhythm and was four bike lengths behind
Bauman as they both left Wayne behind. With a lap and a half to go
Bauman maintained the lead but only by one bike length, Wayne was solid
in third with Berger fourth, Shane Van Sickle up to fifth past Greg
Powell who now sat in sixth. Down the back straight for the last time
Danny Manthis went a lap down to the leaders but was never a factor in
the outcome as Bauman held on for the victory over Pimentel.
A newcomer to the Bomber class is Scott Sivadge, but he too is a Perris
regular from the old days when Perris was a weekly scrambles track
legend. Sivadge nailed the start from starter Rudy Gil and led the
Bomber field into turn one. Danny Perkins who usually likes a very high
line on the racetrack mixed it up and dropped to the inside and exited
turn two with the lead as David McNeeley slid out in turn two making
this the fourth time today he had tasted tera firma. Keith Bradford
avoided McNeeley to emerge in third place with Dylan Morin (another new
name in the Bomber class) fourth. McNeeley was up and going quickly and
was in the fifth place spot. At the front Perkins had moved his line to
mid track and turned the fastest lap of the race at 15.96 seconds to
pull out a one and a half second gap over Sivadge. Then for the fifth
time on this day McNeeley threw it away in turn four, but once again
was up quickly to rejoin the race. The next lap had Morin push his way
past Bradford for third as Perkins took the white flag only to have
McNeeley on the ground again between turns one and two making it six
times in one day!
Perking went on for the victory over Sivadge to loud cheers from what has to be the biggest fan base for a racer at the track.
John Perez got a taste of the winners circle at round three and must
have liked what he tasted. Perez shot to the lead in the Senior Vet +50
Amateur final with Bill Wright, Mike Cordero, and Larkin Wight close
behind. Exiting turn two for the second time Cordero made the pass on
Wright to take over at second. At the front Perez had a half a straight
away lead not wanting the paint swapping, bar banging race he had to
win the heat race happen again. Perez was smart as he easily cruised
home with the victory making his first laps count for the cushion he
had acquired.
The war that is the Vintage 750cc class had Kenny Thiebaud from the
outside of the front row and Paul Herman from the inside of the front
row meet side by side in turn one. Thiebaud squeaked out the slightest
lead exiting turn two to lead down the back straight. Jim Ottele ran in
third with Dennis Kanegae fourth on a browed motorcycle. Then between
turns three and four on the first lap Kanegae was suddenly on the
ground, a victim of forgetting to turn the gas on, and just missing
sliding clear to the crash wall by the time he slid to a stop. At the
front with two laps complete Herman was applying pressure on Thiebaud
as they both left Ottele in another zip code alone in third. Thiebaud
attempting to get away put in a 15.90 second lap time which only he and
Herman were capable of as no other rider in the class could come within
a full second of their lap times. On lap four between turns one and two
Herman set Thiebaud up and got the drive exiting turn two to take over
the lead. Once up front Herman put his head down not wanting Thiebaud
to retaliate and posted the fastest lap of the race at 15.65 seconds.
At this point back in the field Keith Bryant was into fourth and
closing slightly on Ottele with Shannon Adams running in fifth. When
the checkered flag flew Herman was victorious by four bike lengths over
Thiebaud, with Ottele three seconds back in third and Bryant fourth.
Corey Bauman led the Open Novice main pack into turn one over Matt
Stoutenburg and Stacy Allison. Curtis Pimentel was away in fourth with
Sean Heeney fifth. Through turn two for the second time Stoutenburg
showed Bauman a wheel but being on a smaller displaced machine lacked
the horse power to make it work. Three laps in Bauman had opened up a
five bike length gap at the front and Heeney had moved up to fourth.
Bauman tends to run a high line and leaves the door wide open in turn
four every time, but no one ever seems to be able to take advantage of
it. A Lap later Heeney was along side Allison for third but couldn't
make it stick as the two of them closed in on Stoutenburg. We now had a
three way fight for second with Bauman checked out at the front. With
two laps remaining Allison made her move and took over second on the
exit from turn two. The next trip through turn one Stoutenburg went way
wide leaving room for Heeney and a balance bar if he wanted it to move
past into third. Bauman unaware of all this picked up his second
victory for the day with Allison second, Heeney third, Stoutenburg
fourth and Parker Earhart working his way up to fifth.
Eleven combatants made up the Open amateur final. Eric Ryke just
squeezed out David McNeeley to lead the field through turns one and two
and down the back straight. McNeeley looking down at his bike quickly
dropped back to sixth place position with Larry Earhart moving up to
third with Paul Ott fourth and Paul Herman fifth. McNeeley recovered
quickly and was going again quickly passing Herman. At this point the
red flag was out around the track stopping the race. Backing up a lap
this meant two laps were complete and this would be a six lap final
with Nick Ottele starting from the back due to the fact he was the
reason for the red flag. On the restart McNeeley nailed the start to
lead with Ott running in second with Earhart third and Ryke fourth. On
the next trip through turn one Ott ran it up the inside of McNeeley and
took over the lead while Ryke worked past Earhart for third which
started a race long war over the final podium position. David Reinhard
ran in fifth with Brad Rudy in sixth as Ott turned his best lap time of
15.58 seconds at the front. McNeeley was all over Ott and showing him a
wheel at every opportunity until McNeeley almost threw it away giving
Ott breathing room and securing him the victory. With a lap remaining
Earhart and Ryke settled the third place position with Earhart taking
it.
The twenty lap Pro Main was all Brad Bakers as he shot from pole into
the lead with David Bush second, Chris Cannon third, Nick Armstrong
fourth, and Chad Cose starting from the second row quickly up to fifth
from a seventh place start. Two laps complete saw Cose up to third with
Cannon fourth, Armstrong fifth and Ronnie Jones up to sixth. Four laps
down had Baker with the fastest lap of the race at 14.89 seconds and a
three second gap at the front. Cose also at this point caught and
passed David Bush for second
Place. By lap six the track was drying out and getting
slower as Baker's lap times rose up into the fifteen second range.
Jones also had moved up into fifth while Cannon started a backward
slide that would see him finish in eighth. Nick Gil who started in
eighth started a run forward and was up to sixth behind Jones. At the
half way point Baker maintained his lead over Cose as they matched each
others pace. Bush was solid in third and actually had started to pick
up his pace a bit. Jones by this point had moved up to fourth dropping
Armstrong to fifth who now had Gil closing in as well. Lap fourteen
Baker was into lappers as he put Cannon a lap down, but never missed a
beat not allowing Cose to make up any ground. On lap sixteen entering
turn one a stronger Gil went under a tiring Armstrong for the fifth
place position, by this point the finishing order was set as Baker went
on for the win over Cose with Bush third, Jones fourth (15.17 sec.),
Gil fifth, and Armstrong sixth.
The awards were handed out a half hour after the last race which put a
perfect end to a racing Mothers Day. Round five is scheduled for a
Saturday night on June 23rd. which will prove to have a faster racing
surface, but the same amount of fun.
SCFTA Results May 13th, 2012
YOUTH’s
85cc 4 Stk Novice
1. Sean Heeney
2. Moncia Gil
3. Justin Hanson
85cc 2 Stk Novice
1. Allison Stacey
65cc+ Beginners 4 Stk
1. Ava Bush
65cc 2 Stk Beginner
1. John Miller
50cc 4 Stk Beginner
1. Collin Petton
50cc 4Stk. Novice
1. Toby D’Avignon
85cc 4 Stk. Beginners
1. James Ott
2. Evan Harich
3. Noah Bush
4. Jaycee Jones
85cc 2Stk Beginner
1. Travis Petton
2. Jimmy Gillen
3. Grant Holmes
65cc+ Novice
1. Travis Pertton
2. James Ott
3. Evan Harich
4. Grant Holmes
5. Toby D’Avignon
6. Courtney D’Avignon
Super Seniors +60 years
1. Vince Graves
2. David Molitor
3. Bobby Hardison
4. DeWayne Jones
5. David Aldana
Premier Senior + 70 Years
1. Allan Girdler
Classic Vintage
500cc-750cc Brakeless
1. Tom Ferguson
2. James Kohls
3. Shawn Culp
4. Joe Pape
Classic Vintage
250cc Brakeless
1. Fred Berger
Vet’s +35 Years
1. Jim Rosa
2. Paul Ott
3. Paul Herman
4. Eric Clevelend
Senior Vets + 50 Novice
1. Corey Baumamn
2. Curtis Pimentel
3. Mike Wayne
4. Fred Berger
5. Shane Van Sickle
6. Greg Powell
7. Mike Diego
8. Danny Manthis
Bomber
1. Danny Perkins
2. Scott Sivadge
3. Dylan Morin
4. Keith Bradford
5. David McNeely
6. David Aldana
Senior Vets +50 Years
Experts
1. Jim Ottele
2. Travis Petton
3. Larry Earhart
4. David Ehrhart
Open Unclassified Non Paying
1. Sean Heeney
2. Matt Stoutenburg
Senior Vets +50
Amateur
1. John Perez
2. Mike Cordero
3. Bill Wright
4. Larkin Wight
Vintage 2 Stk 250cc Experts
1. John Kocinski
2. Will Ott
Vintage 2 Stk 250 & 360 Novice
360cc Novice
1. Rick Logan
2. Gary Lane
250cc Novice
1. Shane Van Sickle
2. Ed Lynch
Vintage 750
1. Paul Herman
2. Kenny Thiebaud
3. Jim Ottele
4. Keith Bryant
5. Shannon Adams
6. Dennis Kangage
Open Novice
1. Corey Bauman
2. Stacy Allison
3. Sean Heeney
4. Matt Stoutenburg
5. Parker Earhart
6. Curtis Pimentel
7. Pat Ne;ilson
8. Monica Gil
9. Mike Diego
Open Amateur
1. Paul Ott
2. David Mc Neely
3. Larry Earhart
4. Eric Ryke
5. David Reinhard
6. Paul Herman
7. Nick Ottlele
8. Brad Rudy
9. Rich Hansen
10. Dylan Morin
11. Harly Legowski
Pro
1. Brad Baker Texas
2. Chad Cose Fremont
3. David Bush Valencia
4. Ronnie Jones Oklahoma
5. Nick Gil Riverside
6. Nick Armstrong Norco
7. Robert Bush Acton
8. Chris Cannon Norco

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