1.
12e
Jeff Lessley
2.
71z
Bob Scally
3.
33q
Mike Keith
4.
25d
Steve Craft
5.
15
Mark Stuckert
6.
96a
Jack Alexander
7.
3 Charles Koog
1.
9 Don Howard
2.
48y
Mike Vital
3.
36
Marshall Lapp
4.
37x
Brian Tapp
5.
97y
Danny Ritchie
6.
571
Mike O’Neil
7.
34m
Alan Urias
8.
42
Craig Johnson
9.
24c
Craig Estrada
10.
3 Clay Chambers
11.
40
Rob Weisberg
Simi Valley Kawasaki's John Lundgren should
have been in the Vet "A" main based on his lap times.
But a poor heat race showing
slated him in the "B" main which he easly won.
1.
45e
John Lundgren
2.
42
Bill Kolkman
3.
28b
Gary Ritchie
4.
25d
Steve Craft
5.
96a
Jack Alexander
6.
37
Geoff Ball
7.
86
Steve Sandman
8.
46
Damon Redman
9.
51p
Joe Suebert
10.
77
Kyle Lessley
11.
29 Dan Shaw
12.
87
Mark Babcock
Mark Stuckert came all the way from Arizona and took top honors in the
Super Senior/Senior Novice main.
His mount of choice is a 1972
B.S.A. 750cc in a Redline frame. Fastest lap was 20.04 seconds.
1.
15
Mark Stuckert
2.
68
Ken Barrow
3.
209
Cliff Nagatani
4.
64v
Roy Burris
5.
52c
Dave Cheney
6.
50
Mel Stoner
7.
31z
Tom Howard
8.
27
Ron Alexander
9.
30a
Dennis Tomberlin
10.
80x
Bob Harris
11.
35e
Chuck Walton
1.
87y
Chris Rudy
2.
14
James Kohls
3.
52c
Dave Cheney
1.
3 Mike O’Neil
2.
22y
Marsh Runyon
3.
53
Brent Johnson
1.
176
Tyler Hammond
2.
88t
Tyler Shelter
3.
12 AJ
Alves
4.
45
2.
1
3.
4r
Andre Ochs
4.
24
Zac Lenhof
5.
33g
Geoffery Shelter
2.
12e
Jeff Lessley
3.
45e
John Lundgren
1.
209
Cliff Nagatani
2.
44
3.
52c
Dave Cheney
4.
30a
Dennis Tomberlin
Jim Ottele hammered the 750cc class on the
Doug Douglas B.S.A.
He also came within one position of
putting this vintage machine in the Pro Main!!!!!
Ottele finished third in the Pro Simi,
where only two transfered.
1.
58y
Jim Ottele
2.
71z
Bob Scally
3.
34m
Derek McCowan
4.
57
Keith Speir
5.
77
Joe Suebert
1.
87
Lindsey King
2.
33e
Michael Avila
3.
45
Kayl Kolkman
4.
420
Josh Ritchie
5.
4r
Andre Ochs
6.
97
7.
10
Ross Stuckert
8.
40
Rob Weisberg
1.
37r
Ron Moore
2.
84j
Jeff Gonzales
3.
571
Mike O’Neil
4.
28b
Gary Ritchie
5.
34
Scott Graham
6.
41
Doug Cohon
7.
86
Steven Sandman
8.
10wa
Dave Simmerman
9.
37x
Geoff Ball
10.
9t
Dave Tice
11.
53r
Steve Sweet
1.
15
Garrett Stout
2.
7d
Jesse Sleeper
3.
88
Dillon Allen
4.
45
Kayl Kolkman
5.
420
Josh Ritchie
6.
79
Joey Alves
7.
42
Bill Kolkman
8.
23w
John Walker
9.
46
Damon Redman
10.
102
Woody Carlson
1.
77
Cody Greer
2.
11c
Cody Wood
3.
10
Ross Stuckert
4.
17d
Danny Manthis
5.
40
Rob Weisberg
Don Howard led every lap of the Digger Helm
Pro 600 main.
He came together with Mikey Rush in
turn three on the first of twenty laps,
which cost Rush a shot at a win.
Howard did post the fastest lap of the day at 18.12 sec.
1.
9 Don Howard
2.
30z
Mikey Rush
3.
74z
Rodney Spencer Jr
4.
7d
Jesse Sleeper
5.
15
Garrett Stout
6.
38t
Chris Canepa
7.
65e
Kenny Malaguarnero
8.
77
Cody Greer
9.
36
Marshall Lapp
10.
33e
Michael Avila
11.
45
Kayl Kolkman
12.
88
Dillon Allen
Eddie Mulder's W.C.V.D.T.
Series Round #3
Article & Photos by Jamey Blunt
Of the one hundred ninety eight entries that filled the twenty one heat races and sixteen main events, Bob Harris was the oldest racer on the track at eighty two years young. Harris a Hollywood stuntman responsible for starting many in the industry had a long auto racing career as well as motorcycles and says "I'd rather go out doing something I love, I'll never quit." Round three's race track was groomed to perfection, and maintained through out the program, with not a single complaint heard.
Riders over fifty on any machine of their choosing make up the Brown's Cycles/K&N Filters Senior class. In a field of mainly 750cc machines Jeff Lessley was the lone 250cc two stroke, a David & Goliath battle was staged. Bob Scally put his Triumph up front off the line but Lessley knowing he could not waste time put his Bultaco into second. Then entering turn three Lessley pulled alongside and took over the lead exiting turn four never to look back. Lessley always fast and smooth turned a 19.35 second lap which no one could match as Scally fought with Mike Keith over second place. Pressure as he might Keith couldn't find a way around Scally and would stay in third. Steve Craft came home fourth, with Mark Stuckert taking fifth on the final lap.
Thirty riders competed for one of twelve spots in the C&J Racing Frames/Motion Pro Vet "A" main event. Marshall Lapp nailed the start but by the exit of turn two was back into fourth. On the first trip down the back straight Don Howard took over at the front followed by Mike Vital. Gary Ritchie ran third being pressured by Lapp who had regrouped. Exiting turn four for the third time Lapp shot past Ritchie for third, with Ritchie coming back at him in turn one only to loose the front end and go down. Brian Tapp watching this all unfold inherited fourth and Danny Ritchie from a poor start would finish fifth, as Howard and Vital were in a class by themselves at the front.
Roy Burris took Tom Howard's line away into turn one to lead the A&A Racing/ARD Ignitions Super Senior/Senior Novice final. Howard like a Deer caught in headlights shut off and Mark Stuckert flew into second past him. Entering turn three for the first time Stuckert made the pass on Burris for the lead and twisted the B.S.A.'s throttle to full stop posting a 20.04 second lap time. By lap two Ken Barrow who was away in fifth had moved up to third and was closing. All the while Cliff Nagatani with his head down was moving quietly forward as well. With a lap remaining Barrow took over second and likewise Nagatani made the move past Burris for third in turn three. Entering turn one for the final time Barrow pulled alongside Stuckert with Nagatani only a bike length behind them. Back in fifth Dave Cheney had closed the gap to Burris and was knocking on his back door for fourth. The run up the front straight had Stuckert hold on for gold with Barrow running out of time in second, Nagatani third and Cheney coming up just inches short in the drag race to the stripe to Burris's fourth.
After getting beat
in the heat race Even Stafford regrouped
for the Berkeley Yamaha/Honda Youth 85cc main event,
The Barnett/Maxxis Tires Modern 750cc main event had something unusual happen, upon entering turn one Doug Douglas Motorcycles Jim Ottele tried to go underneath Derek McCowan where he clearly wouldn't fit, and McCowan took his left hand off the handle bars and gave Ottele a shove. But Ottele's move worked for him anyway as he settled in at second behind Bob Scally. Keith Speir on an Eddie Mulder Replica Triumph ran fourth. Entering turn one for the second time Ottele put a wheel under Scally and took over the lead. Once out front Ottele possessed opened up a gap, but McCowan wasn't through as he regrouped and was closing on Scally, but with only a lap left he ran out of time and would finish third to Ottele and Scally.
Round one's
Tuffplates/Maxima Racing Oil's 250cc Open main
winner Lindsey King and round two's victor Michael Avila would square
off in
round three's final. Making his first appearance in the 250 class
aboard an
85cc machine was Andre Ochs who qualified for a spot on the front row.
As the
green flag waved from starter Fred Allen King hit turn one first with
Kayl Kolkman,
The Kawasaki of
Simi Valley/Saddlemen 500 Support Class had
the "Living Legend" Ron Moore (one of the first riders in history to
turn a nineteen second lap at the famed Ascot Raceway) almost a second
faster a
lap than anyone else in the heat races. But to date I can't remember
anyone
beating Mike O'Neil to turn one off the line. One thing O'Neil knows
how to do,
and that's get a great start. Jeff Gonzales slotted in second with
From a field of twenty one only twelve would make the Ron Wood Racing/Megacycle Cams Open Amateur "A" main event. Garrett Stout took point off the line with Dillon Allen and Jesse Sleeper right behind. Josh Ritchie ran fourth with John Walker fifth, who would be dropped to eighth in one swift move on the second trip through turn one. At the front Stout was pulling a gap over Allen, who had Sleeper all over him. Entering turn two Allen went wide leaving the door open, which Sleeper went through to take over second. Stout's fastest lap of 18.62 seconds came on lap three, which also saw Kayl Kolkman find his rhythm and start to move forward. By the white flag Sleeper had closed to within two bike lengths of Stout and Kolkman move past Ritchie into fourth. At the stripe Stout prevailed by a bike length over Sleeper, Allen was lonely in third, with Kolkman fourth and Ritchie fifth.
The twenty lap Digger Helm Pro 600 staged for the final race of the night with Fresno H-D's Don Howard and Tucker Rocky/MSR's Mikey Rush thundering into turn one side by side. Rush took point exiting turn two only to have Howard run it up the inside down the back straight, then coming together with Rush between turn three and four hard. Rush amazingly saved it, but was punted wide off the track and had to rejoin in the fifth place position. Of the incident Rush said "it was just racing, I thought it was a little rough, but it's ok." Rodney Spencer Jr. ran second, Jesse Sleeper (who's gotten real fast of late) was third, and Kenny Malaguarnero fourth. By lap four Rush on a mission was by Malaguarnero and Sleeper and up to third. Daniel Brown settled into sixth with Garrett Stout seventh. At the front Howard was getting away while Rush was closing on Spencer. Rush was working the cushion up high and on lap seven found his way past Spencer for second, this the same lap that saw Stout move up to fifth. At the half way point Howard had a two second gap over Rush who had to be spent after his charge forward. By lap fourteen Spencer found some new life and was on the tail of Rush with Sleeper in fourth under attack from Stout. Brown had also exited the race going down in turn four. Mistake free Howard turned his fastest lap of 18.12 seconds as he cruised to the victory with a four second gap over Rush, Spencer was third, Sleeper held off Stout for fourth, and Chris Canepa came from way back to finish sixth.