SCFTA Perris Round 2

April 18, 2015

Photos by Janice Blunt

Captions by Jamey Blunt  

Round two of the S.C.F.T.A. was different to say the least.
What with the addition of the Hooligan class and also a sidecar class,
the entry tally shot upwards of  two hundred twelve with forty heat races!
Also of note was the spectator count which has increased by over thirty
percent this season and it's only round two. At this rate of growth
another set of bleachers is in order as there was standing room only
throughout the night. Also of note was the fact that some British racers
who made the trip to Southern California from the U.K. to give American
dirt track a try. To their credit they didn't even attempt to stand up on their
bikes while racing! Round three is also already in the books, as it was the very
next day on Sunday making up for the first planned race that was rained out.
For the combined weekend the entry total was over four hundred, a testament
to the fact flat track is alive and doing well; at least at Perris!



National #98 Kayl Kolkman is as smooth and cool as
a character from "The Sting". Kolkman had to work
his way to the front of the twenty lap Pro main event
and endure two single file re-starts. But when the checkered flag flew
it didn't matter as Kolkman was still up front where he belonged!
His fastest lap time was 14.70 seconds, the fastest of the entire night!




#15c Charlie Vanderlaan beat out thirteen other racers for the
victory in the Open Amateur class. Vanderlaan didn't have the fastest lap time,
that went to James Ott at 15.89 seconds. But Vanderlaan's 16.12
second consistent laps were solid enough for the win.


#12 Jaycee Jones picked up a second win for the night when she
won the Open Novice main event. Jones was the only racer to lower
her lap times into the fifteens at 15.84 seconds! #21 is Matt Ott,
#151 Billy Katkov, #44 Hayden Earwood,# 23 Justin Hanson.



#87 Jeff Johnson is the force in the Bomber expert class.
#82e Travis Petton fought hard to stay with Johnson and
#89 Danny Perkins has the pace as well but slid out of contention.
#70l Jimmy Lundgren (the only Honda in the field) had the
speed to run at the front himself, just not enough grunt out
of the corners.....



#26b Ken Shilling fought hard for the victory in the Senior Vet +50 Novice Main event.
Shilling's fastest lap time was a 16.65 seconds. #45e Arnie Fry, #51r Mike Boal, #63w
Rolf Greenhill, #37 Donnie Moore.



#95 Tom Ferguson pretty much owns the Classic Vintage class.
On an H.D. Sprint Ferguson did a 16.58 second lap and topped
some vintage twins as well.



#22 David Molitor always get's a great start, this time
Molitor went on to the win in the Premier Senior class
for racers over seventy years of age. David's fastest lap
time was 16.57 seconds. #37 Ron More, #0 Preston Petty,
#58c Jack Neeley, #86d Allan Girdler.



#82 Jeff Johnson (on Travis Petton's Triumph) dives under
early leader #12e Jeff Lessley (Suzuki 2-stk twin) in the
Senior +50 Expert main event. Johnson's fastest lap on the
Triumph was 15.30 seconds!



#7a Pete Lawson turned a 16.18 second lap on his way to victory
over the combined Bomber Novice/Amateur field. Although scored
separately, Lawson was the overall winner on the track.



#41 John Garcia nailed the start in the Senior Vet +50 Amateur main
and went on to the victory. His fastest lap time was 15.80 seconds,
which #19r Brad Rudy matched but couldn't find a way past Garcia
for the win. #57 Robert Slettler, #26 Steele Friedrich, #517 Anthony Brown.



#44 Robert Bush with a 15.57 second lap time stood on the top step
in the Vet +35 Expert Class. Bush sometimes runs hot and cold,
on this night he was hot!



#42 Chris Campos not only won the Open Beginner class,
he was the only one capable of lapping in the fifteen second bracket.
His fastest lap time was 15.48 seconds! #54 Evan Markus,
#45e Arnde Fox, #17D Joel Manthis, #21 Darin Dwyer.



#12 Jaycee Jones is dominating the Powder Puff class.
Alyssa Flores was the only other racer able to keep her
in sight as she turned a 16.22 second lap time to Flores
fastest lap of 16.43 seconds



#22 Jimmy Gillen has found his race pace again.
Gillen was back in form and topped the Open Unclassified field
with a 15.30 second lap time!



#19r Brad Rudy is new to the Men's 4-stk class. But he
made it worthwhile as he fought past #Z2 Sean Stevenson
here in the heat race and the main event for the victory.
His fastest lap time was 18.06 seconds!



The quite power at Perris (Left to Right) Vince Graves and Freddie Edwards. Notice, Freddie has a radio!



#12e Jeff Lessley won the heat in the Super Senior +60 class,
but #47 Jim Wood had the fastest lap times of the class under
the 15.50 second range and won the main event! #3j is DeWayne
Jones, #83 Paul Claybaugh, #110 Dan Kane, # 37 Ron Moore,
and # 420 Greg Powell.



#25 Travis Horn won both the 50cc 4-stk Am. class and the 65cc-70cc Open class.
Here he leads #46 Colin Petton who won the 50cc 2-stk Am. final. Both racers were
on the track at the same time; but scored separately...



#22 Ashton Carlson from Lompoc Calif.
Won both the Youth 50cc 2-stk Nov. and
65cc-70cc 2-stk Beg. Main Events.



#99 Zack Earwood was another double winner over the
round #2 and #3 weekend. Zack topped the Youth 65-70cc
4-stk Beg. field with a time of 18.68 seconds.



#7x Grant Holmes pulled the victory out of his helmet
in the Youth 85cc Open class. Holmes led Travis Petton
the 4th to the stripe with a fastest lap time of 16.15 seconds.



12E James Ott is really looking good. Ott won the
Youth 250cc Main Events Both Saturday night and
Sunday. His fastest lap time came on Saturday night
at 15.42 seconds!



#7 Joe Jones and Thomas Summers won the Sidecar main event with a fastest lap time of 14.78 seconds! Sidecars were a new class for the S.C.F.T.A. class "C" program. They also run the oval clockwise, which is the opposite direction from the motorcycles.

Results - April 18, 2015

250 Youth Open
1.    James Ott
2.    Grant Holmes
3.    Clayton Williams
4.    Travis Petton
5.    Justin Hanson
6.    Jacob Cascio
7.    Noah Bush

4 Stk Beg 65-70cc
1.    Zack Earwood
2.    Sierra Hickerson
3.    Ana Bush
4.    Isabella Mitchell

85cc Open
1.    Grant Holmes
2.    Travis Petton IV
3.    Alyssa Flores
4.    Frank Flores
5.    Jacob Cascio
6.    Jake Mitchell
7.    Brett Cooke

50cc 2 Stk Ama
1.    Colin Petton

50cc 2 Stk Nov
1.    Ashton Carlson

50cc 2 Stk Beginner
1.    Rachel Schnakenberg
2.    Chase Gray
3.    Jose Navarrete

50cc 4 Stk Beginner
1.    Gauge Modica

50cc 4 Stk Ama
1.    Travis Horn
2.    Cole Ayers

85cc-100cc 4 Stk Beginner
1.    Skylar Schnakenberg
2.    Jake Mitchell
3.    Rosyln Kay

85cc- 100cc 4 Stk Nov
1.    Brett Cooke
2.    Ava Bush

85cc 2 Stk
1.    Grant Holmes
2.    Travis Petton
3.    Frank Flores
4.    Alyssa Flores

2 Stk 65cc-70cc Beg
1.    Ashton Carlson
2.    Colin Petton

2Stk 65cc-70cc Nov
1.    Tanner Richey

65cc-70cc Open
1.    Travis Horn
2.    Cole Ayers
3.    Isabel Mitchell

Super Senior +60
1.    Jim Wood
2.    Jeff Lessley
3.    Ron Moore
4.    Dan Kane
5.    Greg Powell
6.    Paul Claybaugh

Men’s 4 Stk
1.    Brad Rudy
2.    Joe Pape
3.    Sean Stevenson
4.    Rico De Saracho
5.    Jim Joseph
6.    David Seminaro
7.    Arin Babcian
8.    Paul Trunz

Open Classified
1.    Jimmy Gillen
2.    Jace Callison
3.    Alex Crosby
4.    Carlin Dunn
5.    Scott Hanson
6.    LJ Gronek
7.    Evan Markus
8.    Matt Ott
9.    Cristian Olgin

Powder Puff
1.    Jaycee Jones
2.    Alyssa Flores
3.    Jeanette Griggs
4.    Monica Gil
5.    Ava Bush
6.    Liana Vittle
7.    Dee Kilroy

Open Beginner
1.    Chris Campos
2.    Arnde Fox
3.    Evan Markus
4.    Darin Dwyer
5.    Rudy Renka
6.    Dee Kilroy
7.    Liaua Vitale
8.    Joel Manthis

Vet’s +35 Experts
1.    Robert Bush
2.    Jim Rosa
3.    Joel Kath
4.    Bill Kolkman

Senior Vet’s 50 Amateur
1.    John Garcia
2.    Brad Rudy
3.    Robert Slettler
4.    Steele Friedrich
5.    Larkin Wight
6.    Paul Claybaugh

Vet’s +35 Amateur
1.    Anthony Brown

Bomber Novice
1.    Brian Bell
2.    Ken Shilling
3.    Jim Bandelin
4.    Josh Mills
5.    Fred Berger
6.    Larry Hanson

Bomber Amateur
1.    Pete Lawson
2.    Tim Watters
3.    Paul Claybaugh

Senior + 50 Expert
1.    Jeff Johnson
2.    Jim Lundgren
3.    Larry Earhart
4.    Jeff Lessley
5.    Jim Ottele

Premier Seniors
1.    David Molitor
1.    Ron Moore
2.    Preston Petty
3.    Allan Girdler

Classic Vintage
1.    Tom Ferguson
2.    Joe Pape
3.    James Kohls
4.    Mike Boals

Senior Vet + 50 Novice
1.    Ken Shilling
2.    Donnie Moore
3.    Arnie Fry
4.    Mike Boal
5.    Fred Berger
6.    Rolf Greenhill
7.    Barney Stern
8.    Danny Manthis
9.    Patman Dwyer
10.    Rudy Renka

Hooligan
1.    Mark Atkins
2.    Aaron Giardado
3.    Shawn Guardado
4.    Dean Delshadi

Bomber Experts
1.    Jeff Johnson
2.    Travis Petton Jr
3.    Jim Lundgren
4.    Danny Perkins

750 Vintage
1.    Jim Ottele
2.    Julian Heppekausen
3.    Anthony Brown

Vintage 250 2&4 Stk Air Cooled
1.    Harly Legowski
2.    David Seminario

Vet’s +35 Novice
1.    Rich Hanson
2.    Brian Harmon
3.    Chris Campos
4.    Donnie Moore
5.    Andrew Myers
6.    Jim Bandelin
7.    #78

Open Novice
1.    Jaycee Jones
2.    Billy Katkov
3.    Hayden Earwood
4.    Gabe Alvarez
5.    Justin Hanson
6.    Noah Bush
7.    Stephen Yoshida
8.    Andrew Myers
9.    Monica Gil
10.    Travis Friedrich
11.    Larry Hanson
12.    Brian Bell
13.    Zach Taylor
14.    Matt Ott

Open Expert
1.    Jimmy Gillen
2.    Clayton Williams
3.    Alex Crosby

Open Amateur
1.    Charlie Vanderlaan
2.    Larry Earhart
3.    James Ott
4.    Tyler Harshman
5.    Travis Petton
6.    Joel Kath
7.    Robert Stettler
8.    LJ Gronek
9.    Anthony Brown

Pro’s
1.    Kayl Kolkman
2.    Nick Gil
3.    Nick Armstrong
4.    John Vanderlaan
5.    Casey Cahoon
6.    Carlin Dunne
7.    Robert Bush
8.    Jace Callison
9.    Cristian Ogluin
10.    Chris McDougal
11.    Colt Foster
12.    Brandon Watters

Results Rd. #3  April 19, 2015

250 Youth Open
1.    James Ott
2.    Clayton Williams
3.    Travis Petton
4.    Justin Hanson
5.    Jacob Cascio
6.    Noah Bush

65cc 4 Stk Beginner
1.    Zack Earwood
2.    Sierra Hickerson
3.    Ana Bush
4.    Isabella Mitchell

65cc-70cc 2 Stk Beginner
1.    Ashton Carlson
2.    Colin Petton

85cc Open
1.    Frank Flores
2.    Travis Petton
3.    Alyssa Flores
4.    Jacob Cascio
5.    Conner Hickerson
6.    Jake Mitchell
7.    Brett Cooke

50cc 4 Stk Beginner
1.    Auge Modica
2.    Jasper Healthfield

50cc 4 Stk Ama
1.    Travis Horn
2.    Cole Ayers

65cc- 70cc Open
1.    Travis Horn
2.    Cole Ayers
3.    Isabella Mitchell

85cc-100cc 2 Stk Beginner
1.    Lukas Alvernaz
2.    Avery Modica

50cc 2 Stk Ama
1.    Colin Petton

50cc 2 Stk Novice
1.    Ashton Carlson

50cc 2 Stk Beg
1.    Rachel Schnakenberg
2.    Jose Navarrete

85cc-100cc 2Stk Ama
1.    Travis Petton
2.    Frank Flores
3.    Alyssa Flores
4.    Jacob Cascio

85cc-100cc 4 Stk Beg
1.    Conner Hickerson
2.    Zack Earwood
3.    Skylar Schnakenberg
4.    Ava Bush
5.    Jeremiah Krueger
6.    Jake Mitchell
7.    Roslyn Kay

85cc – 100cc Novice 4 Stk
1.    Brett Cooke

Super Senor + 60
1.    Dan Kane
2.    Ron Moore
3.    Greg Powell
4.    Paul Claybaugh
5.    Jim Wood

Men’s 4 Stk
1.    Matthew Spiwak
2.    Brad Rudy
3.    Joe Pape
4.    Rico de Saracho
5.    John Girdler
6.    Julian Hoppekausen

Open Unclassified
1.    Jace Callison
2.    Alex Crosby
3.    Carlin Dunne
4.    Jimmy Gillen
5.    James Ott
6.    Scott Hanson
7.    Tyler Harshman
8.    LJ Gronek
9.    Matthew Ott

Powder Puff
1.    Jaycee Jones
2.    Alyssa Flores
3.    Monica Gil
4.    Jeanette Griggs
5.    Liana Vitale
6.    Dee Kilroy
7.    Ava Bush
8.    Sierra Hickerson
9.    Ana Bush

Vet’s +35 Experts
1.    Helder Alvernaz
2.    Jim Rosa
3.    Robert Bush

Vet’s + 50 Amateur
1.    Brad Rudy
2.    Robert Stettler
3.    Steele Friedrich
4.    Larkin Wight
5.    Paul Clayubaugh

Open Beginner
1.    Arnie Fry
2.    Andrew Pappas
3.    Dee Kilroy
4.    Lihna Vitale
5.    Arnie Fry
6.    Joel Manthis

Senior Vet’s +50
1.    Joe Steffen
2.    Jim Lundgren
3.    Jim Wood
4.    Larry Earhart
5.    Danny Stinson
6.    Jim Ottele

Premier Senior +70
1.    Ron Moore
2.    Preston Petty
3.    Allan Girdler

Classic Vintage 500-750
1.    Tom Ferguson
2.    Joe Pape
3.    James Kohls
4.    Julian Heppekausen

Senor Vet’s +50 Novice
1.    Arnie Fry
2.    Ken Shilling
3.    Donnie Moore
4.    Mike Boal
5.    Fred Berger
6.    Barney Stern
7.    Rolf Greenhill
8.    Danny Manthis

Harley Hooligans
1.    Mark Atkins
2.    Chirs Wiggins
3.    Shaun Guardado
4.    Brandon Gonzalez
5.    Aaron Guardado
6.    Travis Hayes

Bomber Expert
1.    Travis Petton
2.    Danny Perkins
3.    Jim Lundgren
4.    Joe Steffen

Vintage 750
1.    Jim Ottele
2.    Julian Heppekausen

Vintage 250 2stk A/C
1.    Harly Legowski
Vintage 360 2 stk A/C
1.    David Seminario

Bomber Novice
1.    Ken Shilling
2.    Josh Mills
3.    Brian Bell
4.    Jim Bandelin
5.    Fred Berger

Bomber Amateur
1.    Paul Claybaugh
2.    Tim Watters

Vet’s + 35 Novice
1.    Rich Hanson
2.    Brian Harmon
3.    Donnie Moore

Vet’s +35 Amateur
1.    Anthony Brown

Open Novice
A Main
1.    Gabriel Alvarez
2.    Tyler Harshman
3.    Matt Ott
4.    Monica Gil
5.    Andrew Meyers
6.    Parker Earwood
7.    Noah Bush
8.    Jaycee Jones
9.    Travis Friedrich

Open Novice
B Main
1.    Justin Hanson
2.    Hayden Earwood
3.    Stephen Yoshima
4.    Chris Wiggins
5.    Brian Bell

Open Expert   
1.    Alex Crosby
2.    Clayton Williams
3.    Jimmy Gillian

Open Amateur
1.    James Ott
2.    Scott Hansen
3.    Charlie Vanderlaan
4.    Travis Petton
5.    Larry Earhart
6.    LJ Gronek
7.    Chris Jones
8.    Robert Stettler

Pros
1.    Kayl Kolkman
2.    Colt foster
3.    Nick Armstrong
4.    John Vanderlaan
5.    Nick Gil
6.    Carlin Dunne
7.    Jace Callison
8.    Chris Mc Dougal
9.    Brandon Watters
10.    Casey Cahoon