SCFTA Perris - Round 7
July 20th, 2013
Photos by Janice Blunt
Article by Jamey Blunt
#95 Clayton Williams of Bakersfield gave himself a big
birthday present; Clayton turned eleven on Sunday the 21st of July,
just hours after winning three main events at Perris.
#44e Nick Armstrong notched up another Pro Main Event victory at
Perris. Armstrong who came up through the ranksat Perris has become a
true threat to any and all pro racers who race an oval.....
#95 Clayton Williams second victory of the night came in
the newly created 85cc open class. Where his fastest lap time was 16.03
seconds.
The start of the 85cc open main event had (left to right
front row) #82 Travis Petton the 4th., #95 Clayton Williams, #12 James
Ott, #53 Alyssa Flores, #98 Evan Harich, and #7x Grant Holmes. (Second
row) #54 Frank Flores, and #17 Noah Bush..
#2 Cody Morin has really stepped up his
game. He took the victory over a large 50cc field and upped his fastest
lap time to 22.89 seconds!
The start of the 50cc main from pole was #7Zach
Gross, #2 Cody Morin, #46 Colin Floyd Petton, #87 Lily Mastro, #20
Andrew Vartla, #2x Lilly Davis, #4 Rayson Normanin and #1 Hunter
Baysinger.
#7x Grant Holmes has been honing his skills at Perris,
Holmes turned the fastest lap time of any 65cc machine at 17.06 seconds
and took the main event victory as well.
#7 Tucker Mount from Paso Robles, Ca.
made his first appearance at Perris. Mount shows allot of promise and
put in a 17.48 second lap time on a track he had never seen.
Running a number one plate on this night in the
Bomber class was Former Pro and Speedway start Jeff Johnson. Jeff was
trying out his new TT-500 mount and still turned a 15.32 second lap
time with a broken back brake!!!!
#82e Travis Petton the 2nd always seems to come
through at main event time. Here Travis leads #6 Joe Steffen and #70
Jimmy Lundgren in the bomber main event. Travis's fastest lap was a
15.57.
#98 Evan Harich won the 85cc 4-stk Beginner class with a best lap
time of 16.95 seconds. While #54 Frank Flores topped the 85cc 2-stk
Beginner field with a 17.52 second lap time.
#12e Jeff Lessley won two classes at Perris, shown here
in the Senior Vet +50 Expert class he leads #58y Jim Ottele and # 369
John Perez. By the finish Perez displaced Ottele for second and Lessley
posted his fastest lap of the night at 15.55 seconds!
The start of the 85cc 2-stk Novice final saw (front row) #95
Clayton Williams, #7x Grant Holmes, #12 James Ott, #82 Travis Petton
the 4th, #53 Alyssa Flores, #98 Evan Harich, (back row) #17 Noah Bush,
and #21 Matthew Ott battle till the end. This was also Williams third
win of the night!
#4 Dylan Morin made an appearance in the Men's 4-stk class as
well as the Pro ranks. Dylan turned an 15.86 second lap time on his way
to victory over the field of seven riders 15-#67 Brian Harman got away
with jumping the re-start in the Open Novice "A" main event. He held
his ill gained advantage over second place Jayce Callison #112 for the
victory. If it's any consultation to Callison, he had the fastest lap
of the race at 16.22 seconds....
#67 Brian Harman got away with jumping the re-start in
the Open Novice "A" main event. He held his ill gained advantage
over second place Jayce Callison #112 for the victory. If it's
any consultation to Callison, he had the fastest lap of the race
at 16.22 seconds.....
The finish of the Open Amateur main event was this close. #22 Jimmy
Gillen barely squeaked out the victory over#558 Brandon Waters. The
difference in lap times was 6/10 of a second.
#44e Nick Armstrong notched another pro victory at
Perris, due in large part to his very quick starts and ability to get a
gap quickly. His fastest lap was 15.10 seconds.
In the early stages #45 Ian Foulds ran in second and
#17r Nick Gil third with #26 Dylan Morin having to work his way forward
finally finishing in second in the pro main event. Morin had the
fastest lap of the night at 15.00 seconds, he just needs better starts!
The start of the Pro main was #44e Nick Armstrong,
#26e Dylan Morin, #17r Nick Gil, #44 Robert Bush, #45e Ian Foulds, #12e
Paul Ott, #88e David Bush, and #42 Will Ott...
The start of the Senior +50 Novice main was #97 Fred Berger, #26 Steele
Fredrich (who won the main), #83 Paul Claybaugh, #558 Tim Watters, #17D
Danny Mathis, #51rMike Boal, and on the Zero machine Greg Powell...
Fredrich had the fastest lap time at 16.02 seconds, over a full second
faster than anyone else in the class....
S.C.F.T.A. Round #7 Perris Raceway
July 20, 2013
Photos by Janice Blunt
Article by Jamey Blunt
Jamey61@verizon.net
Rain in Corona, rain in Redlands, in fact rain all around the Perris
Calif. racetrack; but it didn't rain on S.C.F.T.A. round seven at
Perris. Many a racer called to see if the races were still taking place
as they made the drive (some from out of state) and were told "so far
so good", thankfully one hundred twenty nine riders did show up and
filled twenty five heat races and twenty main events. At the four p.m.
riders meeting it was stressed again that youth riders when riding
through the pits MUST WEAR A HELMET! This due to insurance reasons, as
an inspector from same has visited the facility at past events and made
some demands, this being one of them in addition to a five mile per
hour speed limit in the pits, and parents not being allowed on the
infield of the track except for the 50cc youth classes. On another note
the sound/noise restrictions are in place but some of the riders are
becoming lax in keeping their silencers packed to stay in compliance.
Noise is an issue at Perris as there are houses within a hundred yards
of the track; hence it is greatly appreciated if all riders police
themselves so as not to have the track shut down. Should anyone need
guidelines they can refer to the AMA rule book as this was the standard
adopted by the city when they allowed the ¼ mile oval to be built.
Looking back some five years one remembers as few as four riders for
the entire youth classes. At round seven the youth 50cc class alone had
eight participants. Cody Morin who has just started his racing career
this season has really picked up speed over the last few rounds. Cody
had the fastest lap time of the entire 50cc field at 22.89 seconds and
it doesn't seem to matter where he starts from, he always makes his way
to the front. In this main event Cody topped Zach Gross and Lily Mastro
capable racers in their own right.
The youth 250cc open class has been getting to many 85cc machines
signed up looking for more seat time, so it was decided to create a new
85cc open class to accommodate the demand. Hence forth only 250cc
mounts will be allowed to enter the youth 250cc class, speaking of
which, this started off a perfect night for Clayton Williams whose
eleventh birthday was only hours away on the 21st of July. Williams
launched form pole to lead the field of 250's into turn one and never
looked back. Williams who turned the fastest lap of all the 250's at
15.40 seconds was never challenged as the fight was for second whom
Jayce Callison won over Allison Stacey.
In the new 85cc open class eight riders staged and again it was Clayton
Williams who led into turn one with James Ott and Grant Holmes close
behind. On lap one in turn four Noah Bush went down and thankfully was
unhurt. At the front Williams on his 85cc machine turned a 16.03 second
lap that was just a few ticks faster than Ott's 16.48 second time, this
while Travis Petton the 4th had settled in at fourth with Alyssa Flores
fifth and Frank Flores sixth. With two laps remaining Williams held a
two second gap over Ott, who held only a bike length gap over a hard
charging Holmes. In the final tally Williams picked up his second
victory with Ott holding off Holmes for second and Petton a solid but
lonely fourth.
Williams's third chance at a perfect night came in the 85cc 2-stk
novice final where he could make it three for three giving him an early
birthday present. But not if seven other combatants had any say about
it. Right from the start Williams shot to the front with Grant Holmes,
James Ott, and Travis Petton the 4th all over him not wanting to let
Williams get away. On the exit from turn four on lap two Holmes bobbled
but saved it causing Ott and Petton to check up and giving Williams a
couple bike lengths gap at the front. Four laps complete had Holmes
closing back up to Williams within two bike lengths and was planning a
final push on the last lap for the victory. But try as Holmes might
Williams was not to be denied as he notched his third win of the night
making him three for three with a perfect night of racing.
The high mark for Grant Holmes came in the youth 65cc 2-stk novice
class where he really took his game to the next level. Holmes shot into
the lead in front of Tucker Mount (making his first appearance at
Perris) and Travis Petton the 4th. Holmes had the fastest lap time of
the class at 17.06 seconds and took the victory over Petton and Mount
who rounded out the podium.
Seven riders made up the men's 4-stk field with Dylan Morin being the
newcomer to the class. Starting from pole position Morin took the lead
entering turn one with Billy Katkov moving past Sean Stevenson out of
turn two for the second place position. At the end of three laps Morin
held a four second margin over Katkov and turned the fastest lap of the
race at 15.86 seconds. Try as he might Katkov just couldn't find a way
forward to Morin as Stevenson, Joe Pape, Sasan Pizouzoar, and Mikey Man
sorted out the places from third back. At the finish Morin and Katkov
were so far out front they lapped up to fourth place as Stevenson held
on for third over Pape.
The senior +50 novice class is fast becoming the Steele Freidrich show.
Steele topped the field of eight riders with a fastest lap time of
16.02 seconds, a full second faster than any of his competition. Fred
Berger finished second with Tim Watters third, but one thinks perhaps
it's time for Steele to move up in class ranking to the amateur or
expert ranks..
Jeff Lessley and his beautiful Bultaco Astro put on a school for the
senior +50 amateur/expert class. Lessley launched from pole position
into the lead followed by Jim Ottele and John Perez only to have a
rider go down in turn two bringing out the red flag stopping the race.
On the full re-start Lessley repeated to lead Ottele and Perez once
again only this time Perez started from the third row penalty line, but
it made no difference as he still shot directly into the third place
position. At the front Lessley on the smaller displaced bike put his
head down and turned a 15.55 second lap time as Ottele and Perez fought
over second and Larkin Wight fought with Corey Bauman over fourth.
Perez was faster than Ottele and showed a quicker lap time at 16.29
seconds and even took second place away a few times only to go wide for
some reason handing second back to Ottele. As the field came to the
white flag Ottele bobbled coming out of turn four and Perez pounced and
advanced to second while Wight was fading and Bauman moved past for
fourth (or first amateur).As the checkered flag flew Lessley took the
victory as Perez finally protected his inside line to keep Ottele at
bay for second and Bauman had left Wight behind for fourth.
The bomber class continues to be plagued with mechanical gremlins.
Danny Perkins after practice pulled out with an out of round crank
shaft, caused from the crash in round six a month ago. Heat race winner
Jeff "The Jester" Johnson was fighting rear brake problems and almost
got up close and personal with the crash wall in turn one while
overcoming this issue. As for Travis Petton the 2nd, another regular in
the bomber field, he too was enduring brake problems and just idled
around during the heat race. So it was that a crippled field staged for
the bomber main event. This time in addition to his loss of braking
power, Johnson was suffering clutch problems as well and started from
the fourth row. At the first flash of green Jimmy Lundgren reacted
first and led into turn one on the only Honda in the field. On the
first trip down the back straight Petton took over at the front and
then came oh so close to throwing it all away on the exit from turn
four. Two laps in as things calmed down the order was Petton up front,
Joe Steffen up to second, Lundgren third, Johnson fourth, and Tim
McWhorter. By lap four Johnson had found a way past Lundgren for third,
where he would stay as Petton and Steffen had pulled out a gap at the
front. Petton's fastest lap time of 15.57 seconds was only the second
fastest of the night for the class as Johnson turned a 15.32 second lap
in his heat race. At the finish Petton had opened up about a ten bike
length gap over Steffen in second with Johnson third, Lundgren fourth
and McWhorter fifth.
Fifteen riders made up the open novice field which necessitated "A" and
"B" main events. In the "A" main Scott Hanson led briefly as three
other riders all went for the front position. Emerging from the fight
at the front was Jayce Callison leading as they entered turn three.
Hanson settled in at second with Brian Harman third and Cody Van Dyke
fourth. Then on the next run through turns one and two things went
wrong and riders were on the ground bringing out the red flag stopping
the race. With two laps all that were run a full re-start was in order.
On the re-start Brian Harman jumped the start, but it was missed from
trackside and the race continued on with Callison getting robbed of the
front position he had worked so hard for. Jeremy Templeman was away in
third with Van Dyke already up to fourth from the back row as he was
one of the causes of the stoppage. By races end Harman held the
ill-gotten advantage over Callison who though second place, did turn
the fastest lap of the race at 16.22 seconds. Van Dyke would get around
Templeman for third, and Hanson would finish in fifth in front of Greg
Powell.
The closest finish of the night came in the nine rider class of the
open amateurs. Rich Hanson jumped the start and was sent back to the
penalty row, on the next attempt Jimmy Gillen shot to the front
followed by Brandon Waters, Allison Stacey, Erick Ryke, and Hanson
already up to fifth. On the second exit from turn four Waters came so
close to going over the high side one wonders how he saved it. During
this mishap Ryke moved past Stacey into third while Hanson was still in
fifth with Lambert sixth, Joel Kath seventh, Corey Bauman eighth, and
Alex Crosby ninth. Gillen at the front had the fastest lap time of
16.00 seconds but could not shake Watters who was closing. With one and
a half laps remaining Waters got a drive down the back straight and
took the lead away, only to go into turn three too hot and run wide
which Gillen took advantage of and took the lead back. On the final lap
Gillen and Waters were separated by less than four feet as Waters had
no choice but to take the high line and attempt to go around the
outside of Gillen. Out of turn four on the drag race to the checkered
flag Gillen held on by maybe a foot of real estate for the win as
Waters came up just short. The order behind them remained unchanged.
Nick Armstrong is fast becoming a master of the start and putting his
head down to get away quick in the first couple of laps, which is just
what he did in the pro main event. Following Armstrong, fighting over
second position were Nick Gil and Ian Foulds, with Foulds taking the
position by the end of the first lap. Dylan Morin, who needs
desperately to get good starts was pushed high in turn one and finally
settled in at the fourth place spot. With two laps complete Armstrong
had over a six bike length gap over Foulds and the rest of the pro
field. On the next lap Morin run it up under Gil to take third away and
locked his sights on Foulds in second. Then on lap five while Paul Ott
was working his way forward Through the Bush brothers Foulds made a
mistake on the exit from turn two and left the door open for Morin to
advance into second. But by this point Armstrong held a full three
second gap over Morin, who turned the overall fastest lap of the night
at 15.00 seconds to Armstrong's 15.10 seconds. Making up a tenth of a
second a lap on the leader will not move Morin close enough to
Armstrong before time runs out, so at this point all Armstrong needed
to do was go into cruise control and stay smooth. By lap eight Gil was
showing what appeared to be a tiring Foulds a wheel and make the pass
into third stick. By lap twelve fighting for position seemed over with,
as Armstrong was starting to pull away again from Morin who appeared to
have conceded the victory. Paul Ott had caught Foulds and dropped him
back to fifth with Robert Bush sixth, Will Ott seventh and David Bush
eighth. This establishes Armstrong as a real threat in the pro ranks as
he notched up another victory with a giant step for racer kind.
Youth 250 Open
1. Clayton Williams
2. Jace Callison
3. Allison Stacey
4. Justin Hanson
5. Alex Crosby
6. Jaycee Jones
7. Monica Gil
Youth 85cc Open
1. Clayton Williams
2. James Ott
3. Grant Holmes
4. Travis Petton
5. Alyssa Flores
6. Frank Flores
7. Evan Harich
8. Noah Bush
50cc 2 Stk Beginner
1. Rayson Normanin
50cc 2 Stk. Novice
1. Colin Petton
50cc 4 stk Beginner
1. Cody Morin
2. Zach Gross
3. Lily Mastro
4. Andrew Vartla
5. Lilly Davis
65cc 2 Stk Novice
1. Grant Holmes
2. Travis Petton IV
3. Tucker Mount
65cc 2 Stk Beginner
1. Patrick Erdeman
2. Ava Bush
65cc 4 Stk Beginner
1. Zach Gross
2. Natalie Gross
3. Paige Britt
85cc 4 Stk Beginner
1. Frank Flores
2. Evcan Harich
3. David Seminario
85cc 4 Stk Novice
1. Monica Gil
2. Matthew Ott
85cc 2 Stk Beginner
1. Evan Harich
2. Matthew Ott
85cc 2 Stk Novice
1. Clayton Williams
2. Grant Holmes
3. James Ott
4. Travis Petton
5. Alyssa Flores
6. Noah Bush
Classic Vintage 500-750 cc
1. Tom Ferguson
2. Joe Pape
3. Fred Berger
4. James Kohls.
Super Senior + 60
1. Vince Graves
2. David Molitor
Premier Senior + 70cc
1. Gary Lane
2. Allan Girdler
Open Unclassified (non paying)
1. Jimmy Gillen
2. Jace Callison
3. Allison Stacey
4. LJ Gronek
750 Vintage
1. Jim Ottele
Men’s 4 Stroke
1. Dylan Morin
2. Billy Katkov
3. Sean Stevenson
4. Joe Pape
5. Sasan Pizouzoar
6. J Joseph
7. Mikey Man
Senior + 50 Novice
1. Steele Freidrich
2. Fred Berger
3. Tim Watters
4. Greg Powell
5. Paul Claybaugh
6. Danny Mathis
7. Mike Boal
Senior Vet + 50 Experts
1. Jeff Lessley
2. Jon Perez
3. Jim Ottele
Senior Vets + 50 Amateur
1. Corey Bauman
2. Larkin Wight
3. Bill Wright
Vet’s + 35
1. Will Ott
2. David Bush
3. Sean Lambert
4. Brad Rudy
5. Joel Kath
6. Derrick Porter DNS
Bomber
1. Travis Petton
2. Joe Steffen
3. Jeff Johnson
4. Jim Lundgren
5. Tim McWhorter
250cc Vintage 2 Stk. Novice
1. Michael Fritz
2. Harly Legowski
360 ccVintage 2 Stk Novice
1. Gary Lane
2. Tim Watters
3. Bryan Erdelman
250ccVintage 2 Stk Expert
1. Jeff Lessley
Open Novice A Main
1. Brian Harman
2. Jace Callison
3. Cody Van Dyke
4. Jeremy Templeman
5. Scott Hanson
6. Greg Powell
7. Paul Claybaugh
8. Dana Studer
9. Jim Bangren
Open Novice B Main
1. LJ Gronek
2. Monty Watowa
3. Joe Melton
4. Manny Mathis
5. Mike Woolaway DNS
Open Amateur
1. Jimmy Gillen
2. Brandon Watters
3. Eric Ryke
4. Allison Stacey
5. Richard Hanson
6. Sean Lambert
7. Joel Kath
8. Corey Bauman
9. Alex Crosby
Pro
1. Nick Armstrong
2. Dylan Morin
3. Nick Gil
4. Paul Ott
5. Ian Folds
6. Robert Bush
7. Will Ott
8. David Bush
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