Defending Moto West Grand Prix Champion Chris Duran dominated the headlining Formula One race as MWGP returned to Willow Springs International Raceway on Sept. 13-14.
Duran was headed off the line by Corey Sarros aboard his M&M Racing-backed, Pirelli-equipped Suzuki GSX-R1000, with Jeff Stern on his Fastline Racing-backed, Dunlop-shod Honda CBR1000RR alongside Duran.
But Duran, aboard the Duran Racing BMW S1000RR, pushed his Dunlop-shod machine around Sarros on the first lap and was never headed, turning a 1:23.352 lap en route to a margin of nearly four seconds after seven laps of the 2.5-mile main circuit.
The race, scheduled for 12 laps, was cut short when impressive newcomer Timothy Chin crashed his Kawasaki ZX-10R in Turn Three on the seventh lap. Up to that point, Chin was running in fourth in his first Formula One race with MWGP and had recorded a best lap time of 1:26.064, less than a second off the best of the experienced Stern.
Stern took third, ahead of Ron Cole, Joshua Uebersetzig and J.C. Gibbs.
Duran also took the 600cc Superstock win, and Sarros won Open Superstock. Jeremy Lasater took the 750cc and 600cc Superbike wins over Fabrice Vilder and Ryan Harper, all aboard Yamaha YZF-R6 machines.
RESULTS:
SATURDAY:
FX ENDURANCE HEAVYWEIGHT:
1. Ron Cole (Yam YZF-R1)
2. Jon Neeter (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Rob Sheets (Kaw ZX-10R)
FX ENDURANCE MIDDLEWEIGHT:
1. Jeremy Lasater (Yam YZF-R6)
2. J.C. Gibbs (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Mark Ainslie (Yam YZF-R6)
FX ENDURANCE LIGHTWEIGHT:
1. Michael Gougis (Suz SV650)
2. Rex Ainslie (Suz SV650)
3. Niccole Cox (Kaw 650R)
4. Brian Lensch (Suz SV650)
NOVICE HEAVYWEIGHT BY TRACKEXPERIENCE:
1. John Edmondson (BMW S1000RR)
2. Max Balezentes (BMW S1000RR)
3. Nate Hardiman (BMW S1000RR)
4. Mark Wong (Yam YZF-R1)
5. Armana Claus (Kaw ZX-10R)
6. Shaun Robles (Kaw ZX-10R)
RUN WHAT YA BRUNG:
1. Mark Di Somma (Hon CBR1000RR)
2. Barry Gates (Yam YZF-R1)
3. Chalee Siengthai (Suz GSX-R600)
4. Mark Panasuk (Suz)
5. Rayme Jeleski (Suz)
6. Juan Lozano (Suz)
NOVICE LIGHTWEIGHT:
1. Peter Le (Hon RS250)
2. James Yu (Kaw 300R)
3. Thomas Kearns (Kaw 300R)
NOVICE MIDDLEWEIGHT:
1. Randy Smith (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Shawn Byham (Hon CBR600RR)
3. Keir Leonhardt (Suz GSX-R600)
4. Kaichi Sato (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Kevin Chen (Hon CBR600RR)
6. Andrew Anderson (Suz GSX-R600)
SUNDAY:
600cc SUPERSTOCK BY AZAD WHEELS:
1. Chris Duran (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Jeremy Lasater (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Ryan Harper (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Jon Neeter (Yam YZF-R6)
FORMULA OPEN TWINS:
1. Robbes Stieglitz (Duc 1199 Panigale)
2. John Sullivan (Duc 1199 Panigale)
3. Casey Holloway (Duc 1199 Panigale)
4. Dan McCormack (Duc 1199 Panigale)
5. Rob Weaver (Buell 1125)
NOVICE MIDDLEWEIGHT HEAT A:
1. Randy Smith (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Shawn Byham (Hon CBR600RR)
3. Kaichi Sato (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Henry Schutz (Hon CBR600RR)
5. Kevin Chen (Hon CBR600RR)
6. Keir Leonhardt (Sux GSX-R600)
FORMULA 50 MIDDLEWEIGHT BY UVA SUN:
1. Alexander White (GSX-R600)
2. Mark Ainslie (Yam YZF-R6)
FORMULA 60:
1. Travis Westermeyer (Suz GSX-R1000)
2. Lloyd Johnson (Duc 749)
3. Steve Slaughter (Suz GSX-R750)
BRACKET B:
1. Jon Neeter (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Michael Gougis (Suz SV650)
3. Max Cappellari (Duc 848)
BRACKET C:
1. Ed Guzman (Suz)
2. Rob Sheets (Kaw ZX-10R)
BRACKET D:
1. Cody Burton (MZ Skorpion)
FORMULA TWINS LIGHTWEIGHT BY CYCLEMALL:
1. Andy Edwards (Apr 250R)
2. Lance Lewman (Suz SV650)
3. David Garner (Suz SV650)
4. Rex Ainslie (Suz SV650)
5. Niccole Cox (Suz SV650)
DUCATI CUP FORMULA:
1. Robbes Stieglitz (Duc 1199 Panigale)
2. John Sullivan (Duc 1199 Panigale)
3. Casey Holloway (Duc 1199 Panigale)
4. Dan McCormack (Duc 1199 Panigale)
5. Lloyd Johnson (Duc 749)
750cc SUPERBIKE:
1. Jeremy Lasater (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Fabrice Vilder (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Ryan Harper (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Alexander White (Tri 675)
NOVICE HEAVYWEIGHT HEAT A:
1. Max Balezentes (BMW S1000RR)
2. Henrik von Buttlar (Apr RSV4)
3. Armana Claus (Kaw ZX-10R)
4. Nate Hardiman (BMW S1000RR)
5. Shaun Robles (Kaw ZX-10R)
6. Scott Hebert (Suz GSX-R1000)
DUCATI CUP HEAVYWEIGHT:
1. Casey Holloway (Duc 749)
2. Rick Carmody (Duc 748)
BATTLE OF THE TWINS LIGHTWEIGHT:
1. Lance Lewman (Suz SV650)
2. David Garner (Suz SV650)
3. Rex Ainslie (Suz SV650)
4. Andrew Yzabal (Suz SV650)
5. Niccole Cox (Kaw 650R)
6. Rob Weaver (Suz SV650)
FORMULA ONE:
1. Chris Duran (BMW S1000RR)
2. Corey Sarros (Suz GSX-R1000)
3. Jeff Stern (Hon CBR1000RR)
4. Ron Cole (Yam YZF-R1)
5. Joshua Uebersetzig (Hon CBR1000RR)
6. J.C. Gibbs (Suz GSX-R1000)
ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHT CUP BY LINDEMANN ENGINEERING:
1. Rickey Herd (Kaw 300R)
2. Mike Ripley (Kaw 300R)
3. Wesley Lakis (Kaw 250R)
4. Tony Serra (Kaw 250R)
5. Thom Embree (Kaw 250R)
600cc SUPERBIKE:
1. Jeremy Lasater (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Fabrice Vilder (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Ryan Harper (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Jon Neeter (Yam YZF-R6)
FORMULA TWINS HEAVYWEIGHT:
1. Rick Carmody (Duc 748)
2. Niccole Cox (Kaw 650R)
SUPERSPORT TWINS LIGHTWEIGHT:
1. Joey Calanni (Suz SV650)
2. Lance Lewman (Suz SV650)
3. Michael Gougis (Suz SV650)
4. David Garner (Suz SV650)
5. Andrew Yzabal (Suz SV650)
BATTLE OF THE TWINS MIDDLEWEIGHT:
1. Rex Ainslie (Suz SV650)
2. Niccole Cox (Kaw 650R)
DUCATI CUP MIDDLEWEIGHT BY WEST COAST GP CYCLES:
1. Casey Holloway (Duc 749)
2. Rick Carmody (Duc 748)
FORMULA 40 MIDDLEWEIGHT:
1. Fabrice Vilder (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Julian Wust (Suz GSX-R750)
3. Rich Hua (Kaw ZX-6R)
FORMULA 50 HEAVYWEIGHT:
1. Doran Boctor (Hon CBR1000RR)
2. Rob Weaver (Bue 1125)
3. Rocky Caceres (Suz GSX-R1000)
FORMULA SINGLES:
1. Marc Rittner (Yam YZ450F)
2. David Garner (KTM 690 SMC)
3. Cody Burton (MZ Skorpion)
500 SUPERSTOCK :
1. J.C. Gibbs (Yam FZR400)
NOVICE HEAVYWEIGHT HEAT B:
1. Henrik von Buttlar (Apr RSV4)
2. Armana Claus (Kaw ZX-10R)
3. Nate Hardiman (BMW S1000RR)
4. Shaun Robles (Kaw ZX-10R)
5. Terry Stephenson (Kaw ZX-10R)
6. Larry Sprock (Duc 1199 Panigale)
NOVICE MIDDLEWEIGHT HEAT B:
1. Randy Smith (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Shawn Byham (Hon CBR600RR)
3. Keir Leonhardt (Suz GSX-R600)
4. Andrew Anderson (Suz GSX-R600)
5. Henry Schutz (Hon CBR600RR)
6. Kaichi Sato (Yam YZF-R6)
OPEN SUPERSTOCK:
1. Corey Sarros (Suz GSX-R1000)
2. David Bozarelli (Kaw ZX-10R)
3. John Edmondson (BMW S1000RR)
4. Ron Cole (Yam YZF-R1)
5. Dan McCormack (Duc 1199 Panigale)
6. Rob Sheets (Kaw ZX-10R)
750cc SUPERSTOCK:
1. J.C. Gibbs (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Jon Neeter (Yam YZF-R6)
VINTAGE LIGHTWEIGHT:
1. J.C. Gibbs (Yam FZR400)
2. Cody Burton (MZ Skorpion)
FORMULA 40 HEAVYWEIGHT:
1. Jeff Stern (Hon CBR1000RR)
2. David Price (Suz GSX-R1000)
3. Timothy Chin (Kaw ZX-10R)
4. Doran Boctor (Hon CBR1000RR)
5. Rich Hua (Kaw ZX-6R)
6. Ed Guzman (Suz)