SCFTA Perris
Round 11 - November 9, 2013

Photos by Janice Blunt

Article by Jamey Blunt



 #44 Scott Hanson fought his way through twelve riders to win the Open Novice "A" main event. His fastest lap time was 16.12 seconds.


#22 Jimmy Gillen fought his way around #558 Branden Watters for the victory in the Open Amateur main event. Gillen also had the fastest lap of the race at 15.30 seconds.


#82 e Travis Petton the 2nd and #89 Danny Perkins are always found at the front of the Bomber class. On this night Petton took home the gold.


 #71m Jon Nunes got burried on the start of the Vet +35 main event. He still earned the victory though and turned blistering 15.18 second lap time. #77 Paul Herman, #42 Will Ott, #178 Robert Stettler, #77v Jason Craven, & #4 James Davis.



#35 Tim Watters beat out #26 Steele Friedrich for the Senior Vet +50 Novice victory. Next season both riders deserve the bump up to the Amateur ranks. 



 #144 David Jorgensen topped the Open Unclassified field. Here #22 Jimmy Gillen, #112 Jace Callison, #37 Chris Foster, and #64 Christian Olguin give chase. Jorgensen's fastest lap was 15.72 seconds.



#50 Mel Stoner held off Preston Petty to earn the victory in the Premier Senior Main event for riders over the age of seventy... Stoner's fastest lap time was 17.35 seconds.


Vince Graves topped the Super Senior class with #22 David Molitor a solid second and #3j DeWayne Jones finishing third. Grave's fastest lap time was 15.96 seconds.


 #171 Tucker Mount from Paso Robles, Ca. won the Youth 65cc main event and the Youth 85cc 2-stk Beg. main. #82 is Travis Petton the 4th, #7x is Grant Holmes, and #117 is Zaden Florez.



 #82 Travis Petton the 4th and #95 Clayton Williams made the 85cc 2-stk. Nov. main event look like a national! They swapped the lead, paint and plastic, with Petton finally emerging as the victor in what was one of the best races of the evening.



The mishap of the night involved Travis Petton the 4th, #82 on the ground, #12 James Ott who went over Petton's bike and into the wall and #95 Clayton Williams who avoided hitting anyone and just laid his bike down.



All the Youth 50cc racers are combined on the race track, but scored separately. #46 Colin Petton won the 50cc  2-stk novice while #25 Travis Horn topped the 50cc 4-stk Beg. field.



 #07 Allison Stacey won the war in the Youth 250cc Open class. She had to really pick up her pace as the competition is stiff. She was up to the task and never fails to amaze.



 #12e Jeff Lessley is always FAST! Whether on his Bultaco or Hodaka he rules the 250-360 vintage 2-stk class. His fastest lap was 15.52 seconds!



How they started is how they finished in the Senior+50 Expert final. #87 Jeff Johnson 1st, #12e Jeff Lessley 2nd,  and #70l Jimmy Lundgren 3rd.


 #95 Clayton Williams of Bakersfield, Ca. looked flawless capturing the victory in the 85cc Open Class. His fastest lap was a 15.67 seconds on his 2-stk mount.



The start of the twenty lap pro main event. From Pole #98 Kayl Kolkman, #69 Jimmy Wood, #26e Dylan Morin,  #44e Nick Armstrong, #144 David Jorgensen, #17r Nick Gil, and #87 Jimmy Fishback. (There were fourteen riders that made the main event)



#69 Jimmy Wood led all twenty laps of the pro main event. #98 Kayl Kolkman chased him the entire way. Both national riders lapped up to fifth place by the time the checkered flag flew.



Here Jimmy Wood get's the checkered flags from starter Rudy Gil. It was a wire to wire race for Wood.



After winning the twenty lap pro main event Jimmy Wood gives girlfriend Ashleigh a ride on his victory lap.




 Pit Pet of the day goes to Ian Fould's French Bulldog "WATSON"


Jeff Johnson gets closer at every round with the set up of his new TT-500 mount. He seemed happy at round #11. 



Travis Petton the 2nd is building a new Triumph to race in the Vintage 750cc class. It should be finished for next season.



S.C.F.T.A. Round #11 Perris Raceway

November 9th, 2013

         Photos by Janice Blunt

         Article by Jamey Blunt

By one thirty in the afternoon the pits were packed at Perris Raceway.

Must have been the moon, the starts, or perhaps the excitement of the last races of the season for the S.C.F.T.A., whatever the reason the largest part of the one hundred forty seven riders that made up the twenty six heat races and twenty one main events had staked out their territory of dirt and set up this traveling circus we call dirt track. Lest we forget the associated pit crew, mechanics, friends, and family that accompany each rider, this was a packed house for round eleven of the twelve round series. In the interest of time, (due to daylight savings and the ten p.m. curfew) the riders meeting was held at four p.m. with practice thereafter.

All the youth classes, which is the normal order of things, start off the racing program. The first main event being the Youth 250cc class where four riders hit turn one side by side with Jace Callison having inching out a slight lead by the exit from turn two over Allison Stacey, Justin Hanson, Jaycee Jones, and Clayton Williams. By the completion of lap two Williams found his way forward around Jones into fourth while Stacey was applying pressure on Callison. On the next go round exiting turn two Stacey got a drive and went under Callison down the back straight to take over at the front. Then on the next lap Callison was making a run at Stacey when in the same spot in turn two he made a mistake that cost him valuable real estate. This gave Stacey the cushion she needed to control the race from the front. By this point Williams had caught Hanson and was fighting for the third place position. But laps wound down and time ran out and when the checkered flag flew Stacey was at the front, where she usually is with Callison second, Hanson third holding off Williams in fourth and Alex Crosby a distant fifth.

In the 85cc open final Clayton Williams Shot to the front ahead of Evan Harich, and James Ott. From the first turn Williams was on a mission and began to gap the field. Entering turn one on lap two Ott passed Harich only to have Harich go right back at him in turn two. As these two fought over second place it allowed Williams to further increase his lead all while Travis Petton the 4th was working his way forward through the field. A lap later Ott had secured the second place spot but Williams had almost a full straightaway lead at the front. Harich looked secure in third while Frank Flores was under attack from Petton and Grant Holmes. By the white flag Williams held a four second gap over Ott and Petton had advanced to third over Harich, Flores, and Holmes, which is how they would finish the race.

In the 85cc 2-stk Novice main Travis Petton would redeem himself with the same cast of characters by getting a better start. This time Petton would lead the most laps over Clayton Williams, Grant Holmes, James Ott, and Alyssa Flores. Only to give up the lead on the last lap, but what has become the normal pattern for Petton is to save his best for last. Petton always seems to find a way to advance on the last lap, which is exactly what he did to Williams to snatch the victory back in what was probably the most thrilling youth race of the night.

Tucker Mount is new to Perris and the S.C.F.T.A. but already is making his presence known. Mount launched to the front of the field in the Youth 65cc class with Travis Petton the 4th close behind in second, Zaden Florez (another newcomer) third and Grant Holmes fourth. On the exit from turn two for the second time Holmes came oh so close to throwing it all away, but managed a great save, however his race was over as this gave the front three too much of a gap. A lap later Mount held a 1.1 second gap and turned a 16.36 second lap time. By this point Florez had also displaced Petton to take over at second and was matching Mount's pace at the front. Florez though would charge in hard entering the corners and make up ground only to blow the exit by going wide coming out of turns two and four. Mount held his lead for the win in front of Florez, Petton, and Holmes, and also backed up this victory with another win in the Youth 85cc 2-stk Beg. Main event.

Eleven riders made up the Open Unclassified field where David Jorgensen out of Stockton, Ca. nailed the start to lead into turn one. Jimmy Gillen dropped in right behind Jorgensen with Jace Callison third and Chris Foster fourth. Gillen wasted little time and went to work on Jorgensen showing him a wheel entering turn three on lap two. This while Callison knowing you can't pass if you just follow moved up to a high line on the track joining the battle and a lap and a half later went under Gillen in turn four pushing Gillen wide as he took over at second. This seemed to shake Gillen up as he then had a big bobble dropping him all the way back to sixth position. All this gave Jorgensen some breathing room at the front while Foster now in third was closing up to Callison. With a lap remaining Colt Foster had settled in fourth with Andre Ochs in fifth and Gillen looking stuck in sixth, although Gillen did have the fastest single lap time of the class at 15.35 seconds. The last lap changed nothing and the finishing order remained as stated.

The Senior +50 class ran Novices and Amateurs combined but scored separately. Tim Watters (Nov.) led from the start over the entire field with Corey Bauman (Am.) in second. On the first run down the back straight Steele Friedrich (Nov.) displaced Bauman to move up into second overall on the racetrack. However Bauman wasn't just laying down taking this and recaptured second on the run up the front straight. At the front Watters only held a one bike length lead and needed to put his head down and try to get away. Bill Wright (Am.) was in fourth only to make a mistake on the second run through turn four leaving the door open for advancement of Bob Stettler (Nov.) into the fourth place position. Watters meanwhile took his lap time down to 15.83 seconds making him the only rider to dip under the sixteen second mark. By the end of lap three Bauman was running a high line on the racetrack allowing Friedrich to close in and on the next trip through turns one and two Friedrich took over at second. Bauman appeared to be having a problem as he continued to run a high line which made for a three way battle over second place. Meanwhile at the front Watters was gone and would take the victory. Friedrich would win the war for second overall with Bauman barely holding off Stettler for third.

Jeff "The Jester" Johnson is one of those riders that are "Eye Candy" on a motorcycle. He's just fun to watch and makes it look soo easy. It seems with every round Johnson keeps fine tuning his new TT-500 Yamaha and just gets faster and faster. In the Senior +50 Expert main Johnson burst off the line from pole and never looked back, it was clear from the start the race would be for second. Jeff Lessley on his vintage Bultaco is no back-marker by any means and one of the smoothest accomplished racers in dirt track. But try as he might his 2-stk just couldn't match the 15.12 second lap times put in by Johnson. In the early going Bill Kolkman (father of Kayl) ran in third but would succumb to the advances of Jimmy Lundgren and Larry Earhart by race end. Dan Kane would finish in sixth with Jim Ottele only a bike length shy of being lapped finishing seventh.

Jason Craven led the Vet +35 field into turn one with Paul Herman and Jon Nunes in tow.

Nunes quickly made a pass on Herman for second between turns one and two starting the second lap, this while Bob Stettler ran in fourth, Jim Rosa fifth, Brad Rudy sixth, and Will Ott seventh. A lap later Craven went wide in turn four allowing Nunes to pull alongside and take over the lead. Craven wasn't through though and came back at Nunes on the next trip through turn one and tagged Nune's rear wheel hard and thankfully neither rider went down. As the white flag came out Rosa had made his way up to fourth in front of Stettler and Nunes had a clear track in front of him. Nunes would go on to take the win however didn't come close to his fastest lap time of 15.18 seconds he turned in the heat race. Craven would finish a close second with Herman falling off the leaders pace a further back third.

The Open Novice class had enough entries to warrant an "A" and "B" main events, with the fastest from the class transferring to the "A" main. For the last few rounds Scott Hanson has been the force to be reckoned with in the class and again took the lead off the start entering turn one in the "A" main. Jace Callison slotted in at second only to hit the dirt in turn four making his race finished and handing second over to Paul Pitzonka. Running in third was Jess Flores with Jeremy Templeman fourth as Hanson at this point held a half a straightaway lead. With three laps complete Templeman had moved up into the second place position dropping Pitzonka to third and Flores to fourth. The fastest rider in the class was Callison who lapped at a 15.45 second lap time but was too far back to advance his position. Hanson's steady 16.12 second laps were good enough for the victory and the second fastest laps of the field. Templeman remained in second with Pitzonka third, Flores fourth and Parker Earhart fifth.

Another one of the Watters family, Branden wanted a victory on this night and led the Open Amateur class into turn one followed by Christian Olguin. Jimmy Gillen wanting to redeem himself quickly took second place away on the first exit from turn four dropping Olguin to third. On the second run into turn three Paul Herman running in fourth tucked the front end and went down all by himself bringing out the red flag stopping the race. On the re-start Watters again led but this time Gillen was away in second with Rich Hanson third and Allison Stacey fourth. On the second run through turns three and four Gillen held to the inside and got under Watters to take over the lead on the run up the front straight. A lap later Andre Ochs had worked his way up to fifth from a seventh place start and was on the move forward. On his next run through turn one Ochs put a wheel under Stacey and moved up to fourth while Gillen with a 15.30 second lap time was pulling away at the front. For the remainder of the race the order remained the same with Gillen at thirteen years of age taking another victory for his trophy case.

The twenty lap Pro Main Event had fourteen riders in the field and marked the return to racing at Perris of Jimmy Wood. With Kayl Kolkman and Wood the only national numbers in the field, one of these two were the odds-on favorite. Kolkman sat on pole with Wood to his right. But former Pro main event winners Dylan Morin, Nick Armstrong, Nick Gil, and David Bush were also in this final and wanted something to say as to the outcome. At the first flash of green Kolkman reacted first and hit turn one side by side with Wood, the two went down the back straight side by side as well with Wood on the outside who then crossed under on the exit from turn four to lead the first lap by inches. Wood then went slightly wide in turn one as Kolkman dropped to the inside to re-take the lead and then repeat the same maneuver all over again to see Wood lead lap two. All this while Armstrong was a close third waiting for things to settle in as Morin was right behind in fourth with David Jorgensen in fifth and Gil in sixth. After the heat races Wood had made the statement "I'm not sure if I can run the pace for twenty laps" which brought into question his fitness. By lap five it was clear the win would go to Wood or Kolkman, with Wood having the fastest lap time in the heat race at 14.74 seconds to Kolkman's 15.10. Robert Bush was seventh with speedway racer Jimmy Fishback eighth and Cody Bohanman ninth. By lap eight Wood and Kolkman both were into lappers and had gapped Armstrong and Morin in third and fourth. Wood made his way around the back-markers a little bit better than Kolkman which gave him a little breathing room. At the half way point Wood held a one second gap over Kolkman as both riders were lapping near the fifteen second flat mark. With nine laps to go Jorgensen looked to be tiring and had Gil all over his backside wanting his fifth place position. Armstrong at this point Armstrong was a full two seconds behind Kolkman in third with Morin another 2.4 seconds adrift of Armstrong in fourth. With seven laps remaining Wood had lapped up to seventh place keeping riders between himself and Kolkman. Gil finally got past Jorgensen for fifth with five laps remaining while Wood put another rider a lap down. On the final lap Wood would put Jorgensen a lap down as well making the final finishing order Wood, Kolkman, Armstrong Morin Gil, Bohanman, Jorgensen, and Colt Foster.

The final round of the S.C.F.T.A. would be held the next day (Sunday) paying double points which would help decide many of the class championships.


Results November 9, 2013   Round 11

50+ Novice Make up
1.    Steele Friedrich
2.    Tim Watters
3.    Fred Berger
4.    Mike Boal
5.    Paul Claybaugh
6.    Danny Mathis

250 Open
1.    Allison Stacey
2.    Jace Callison
3.    Justin Hanson
4.    Clayton Williams
5.    Alex Crosby
6.    Jaycee Jones
7.    Monica Gil
8.    Kenzie Fales

85 Open
1.    Clayton Williams
2.    James Ott
3.    Travis Petton
4.    Evan Harich
5.    Frank Flores
6.    Grant Holmes
7.    Alyssa Flores

50cc 2 Stk Nov
1.    Colin Petton

50cc 4 Stk Beg
1.    Travis Horn
2.    Andrew Varela

50cc 2 Stk Beg
1.    Ashton Carisen
2.    Rayson Normanpin
3.    Cody Morin

85cc 2 Stk Nov
1.    Travis Petton
2.    Clayton Williams
3.    Grant Holmes
4.    James Ott
5.    Alyssa Flores
85cc-100cc  4 Stk Nov
1.    Monica Gil

85cc 4 Stk Beg.
1.    Frank Flores
2.    Matthew Ott
3.    Evan Harich

85cc 2 Stk Beg
1.    Tucker Mount
2.    Zaden Flores
3.    Matthew Ott
4.    Sara Cords
5.    Evan Harich

65cc 2 Stk Nov
1.    Tucker Mount
2.    Zaden Florez
3.    Travis Petton
4.    Grant Holmes

Super Senior +60
1.    Vince Graves
2.    David Molitor
3.    De Wayne Jones

Vintage 360 & 250
250 Amateur
1.    Carl Whitt
250 Novice
1.    Harly Legowski
2.    Michael Fritz
250 Expert
1.    Will Ott
360 Novice
1.    Tim Watters
360 Expert
1.    Jeff Lessley

Men’s 4 Stk
1.    Billy Katkov
2.    Henry Canan

Premier Senior
1.    Mel Stoner
2.    Preston Petty
3.    Allen Girdler

Open Unclassified
1.    David Jorgensen
2.    Jace Callison
3.    Chris Foster
4.    Colt Foster
5.    Andre Ochs
6.    Jimmy Gillen
7.    Allison Stacey
8.    Christian Olguin
9.    Michael Gilbert
10.    LJ Groneck

Senior Vets +50 Amateur
1.    Corey Bauman
2.    Bill Wright

Senior Vets +50  Novice
1.    Tim Watters
2.     Steele Friedrich
3.    BBQ Bob
4.    Mike Boal
5.    Greg Powell
6.    Fred Berger
7.    Paul Claybaugh
8.    Danny Mathis

Senior Vets + 50 Experts
1.    Jeff Johnson
2.    Jeff Lessley
3.    Jim Lundgren
4.    Larry Earhart
5.    Bill Kolkman
6.    Dan Kane
7.    Jim Ottele

Vets + 35
1.    Jon Nunes
2.    Jason Craven
3.    Paul Herman
4.    Jim Rosa
5.    BBQ  Bob Stettler
6.    Will Ott
7.    James Davis
8.    Brad Rudy
9.    Joel Kath

Classic Vintage
1.    Tom Ferguson
2.    James Kohl
3.    Joe Pape
4.    Lenny Rodriquez

Open Novice A Main
1.    Scott Hanson
2.    Jeremy Templeman
3.    Paul Pitzonka
4.    Jess Flores
5.    Parker Earhart
6.    LJ Gronek
7.    Jaycee Jones

Open Novice B Main
1.    Cameron Brewer
2.    Monty Watawa
3.    Bob Scholten
4.    Jim Bandelin

Bomber
1.    Travis Petton
2.    Danny Perkins
3.    Jim Lundgren

Open Amateur
1.    Jimmy Gillen
2.    Branden Watters
3.    Rich Hanson
4.    Andre Ochs
5.    Allison Stacey
6.    Alex Crosby
7.    Joel Kath
8.    Michael Gilbert

Pro
1.    Jimmy Wood
2.    Kayl Kolkman
3.    Nick Armstrong
4.    Dylan Morin
5.    Nick Gil
6.    Cody Bohanman
7.    David Jorgensen
8.    Colt Foster
9.    Robert Bush
10.    Chris Foster
11.    Brandon Pate
12.    Casey Cahoon
13.    Ian Foulds


Results November 10, 2013   Round 12

250 Open
1.    Allison Stacey
2.    Jace Callison
3.    Clayton Willaims
4.    Justin Hanson
5.    Alex Crosby
6.    Monica Gil
7.    Jaycee Jones
8.    Joel Mathis

85cc Open
1.    Clayton Williams
2.    Travis Petton
3.    Grant Holmes
4.    James Ott
5.    Frank Flores
6.    Evan Harich

50cc 2 stk Nov
1.    Anthony Salaberrios
2.    Colin Petton

50cc 2 Stk Beg
1.    Ashton Carlson
2.    Rayson Normandin
3.    Cody Morin

50cc 4 Stk Beg
1.    Travis Horn
2.    Zach Gross
3.    Zach Templeman

65cc 2 Stk Beg
1.    Ava Bush

85cc 2 Stk Nov
1.    Clayton Williams
2.    James Ott
3.    Travis Petton
4.    Grant Holmes
5.    Alyssa Flores

85cc 4 Stk Nov
1.    Monica Gil

85cc 4 Stk Beg
1.    Matt Ott
2.    Evan Harich
3.    Frank Flores

65cc 2 Stk Nov
1.    Zaden Florez
2.    Travis Petton
3.    Grant Holmes

65cc 4 Stk Beg
1.    Zach Gross
2.    Natalie Gross

85cc 2 Stk Beginner
1.    Evan Harich
2.    Zaden Florez
3.    Matthew Ott

Super Senior +60
1.    Vince Graves
2.    David Molitor

Premier Senior + 70
1.    Preston Petty
2.    Mel Stoner
3.    Alan Girdler

Open Unclassified non paying
1.    Jimmy Gillen
2.    Chris Foster
3.    Andre Ochs
4.    Colt Foster
5.    Jace Callison
6.    Michael Gilbert
7.    LJ Gronek
8.    Allison Stacey

Vintage 750
1.    Tim Watters

Senior +50 Experts
1.    Jeff Johnson
2.    Bill Kolkman
3.    Larry Earhart
4.    Jim Ottele

Senior + 50 Amateur
1.    Corey Bauman
2.    Bill Wright

Vets+35
1.    Paul Herman
2.    Will Ott
3.    Jim Rosa
4.    James Davis
5.    Brad Rudy

Vets + 50 Novice
1.    Tim Watters
2.    Steele Friedrich
3.    Greg Powelll
4.    Fred Berger
5.    Mike Boal
6.    Danny Manthis

Vintage 2stk 250 Novice
1.    Harly Legoweski

Men’s 4 Stk
1.    Dee Kilroy

Classic Vintage
1.    Tom Ferguson
2.    Joe Pape
3.    James Kohls
4.    Lenny Rodriquez

Bomber
1.    Danny Perkins
2.    Jim Lundgren

Open Novice
1.    Jace Callison
2.    Paul Pitzonka
3.    Henry Canan
4.    Parker Earhart
5.    Scott Hanson
6.    Jess Flores
7.    LJ Gronek
8.    Kenzie Fales
9.    Jaycee Jones
10.    Jeremy Templeman

Open Amateur
1.    Jimmy Gillen
2.    Andre Ochs
3.    Allison Stacey
4.    Brandon Watters
5.    Alex Crosby
6.    Rich Hanson
7.    Michael Gilbert

Pro
1.    Jimmy Wood
2.    Kayl Kolkman
3.    Nick Armstrong
4.    Dylan Morin
5.    Nick Gil
6.    Cody Bohannon
7.    David Jorgensen
8.    Colt Foster
9.    Robert Bush
10.    Chris Foster
11.    Brandon Pate
12.    Casey Cahoon
13.    Ian Folds
14.    Paul Herman