By Mike Solis AFM Round 3 @ Infineon Raceway David Stanton took a decisive victory in the Mach 1 Motorsports Formula Pacific race at Infineon Raceway last weekend, increasing his points lead in his bid for his Formula Pacific title defense. Stanton took the lead early in the race on his 2005 Arclight Suzuki GSX-R1000 and immediately opened up a gap on the rest of the field, crossing the line 11 seconds ahead of second place at the checkered flag. “I don’t play well with others so I do my best to run and hide when I can,” joked Stanton in his speech from the winner’s circle. “We went back to the stock forks, after struggling with the Superbike forks for the last few events. What a difference that made the bike actually goes where I want it to now!” Despite being at a 250cc disadvantage to the competition, Jon Bawden managed his first Formula Pacific podium with a second place finish. Two-time Formula Pacific champion Rob Mesa took the final spot on the podium, in his first ride on his 2005 GSX-R1000. Former AFM number one Jeff Tigert looked to challenge Stanton early in the race, moving his way up to third place before pulling off with mechanical problems on his Marin Cycleworks CBR1000RR. Tigert salvaged the weekend by taking the win in the Keigwins@theTrack 600 Production race later in the day, despite his 13th row grid spot in the 58th position. Jack Pfeifer had an excellent weekend, riding his Pirelli-shod Wheel Two Wheel Aprilia RSV1000 Mille to a first place finish in the Desmoto Sport Open Twins race. Class points leader Eric Gulbransen held the early lead on his Munroe Motors Ducati 749R, but lost the lead early in the race before eventually crashing out in Turn 9. Kurt Spencer was awarded the win in 650 Twins on his Twin Works Factory SV650, after BARF Racing’s Felipe Cabezas and Pacific Tracktime’s Michael Earnest crashed out of the top two positions. Cabezas and Earnest were two of seven riders who went down in a nasty oil spill in Turn 3. The next round of AFM action takes place on June 18-19 at Thunderhill Park in Willows California. AFM Round 3 May 30, 2005 Infineon Raceway Unofficial Results Mach 1 Motorsports Formula Pacific 1. David Stanton (Suz 1000) 2. Jon Bawden (Suz 750) 3. Rob Mesa (Suz 1000) 4. Jack Pfeifer (Apr 1000) 5. Chris Siglin (Suz 600) 6. Eric Gulbransen (Duc 749) Scuderia West Formula 1 1. Jon Bawden (Suz 750) 2. Jack Pfeifer (Apr 1000) 3. Garry Combs (Suz 750) 4. Robert Campbell (Suz 750) 5. William Morton (Hon 250) 6. John Davis (Yam 250) Mazda Tech / Shawn Herrera Formula 2 1. John Davis (Yam 250) 2. William Morton (Hon 250) 3. Jeffry Hanford (Hon 250) 4. Sean Case (Hon 250) 5. Richard Denman (Hon 250) 6. Jove Shapiro (Yam 250) Formula 3 1. Carlos Neves (Hon 125) 2. Michael Jarrard (Hon 125) 3. Stephen Bowline (Hon 125) 4. Jonathan Schendel (Yam 125) 5. Mark Goodrich (Hon 125) 6. Jeffrey Lim (Hon 125) Zoom Zoom Trackdays Formula 4 1. Michael Lohmeyer (Hon 400) 2. Kurt Spencer (Suz 650) 3. Brian Long (Suz 650) 4. Jason Butler (Suz 650) 5. Shawn Reilly (HD 1200) 6. John Daker (Suz 650) Open Grand Prix 1. Martin Szwarc (Suz 1000) 2. Scott Wilson (Suz 1000) 3. Robert Mesa (Suz 1000) 4. Kim Nakashima (Yam 1000) 5. Corey Sarros (Suz 1000) 6. Gary Stewart (Yam 1000) Hare Racing Open Superbike 1. David Stanton (Suz 1000) 2. Jack Pfeifer (Apr 1000) 3. Rob Mesa (Suz 1000) 4. Harley Barnes (Suz 1000) 5. Martin Szwarc (Suz 1000) 6. Scott Wilson (Suz 1000) Dial It In Tracktime 750 Superbike 1. David Stanton (Suz 750) 2. Jon Bawden (Suz 750) 3. Robert Campbell (Suz 750) 4. Garry Combs (Suz 750) 5. David Bell (Suz 750) 6. Jeremiah Grant (Suz 750) Pacific Tracktime 600 Superbike 1. Chris Siglin (Suz 600) 2. Grant Riggs (Yam 600) 3. Andy Carman (Yam 600) 4. John Daley (Yam 600) 5. Berto Wooldridge (Suz 600) 6. Kenny Carlotta (Suz 600) 450 Superbike 1. Tim Wheeler (Kaw 400) 2. Mike Lohmeyer (Hon 400) 3. Paul Yoshimune (Hon 450) 4. Kenyon Kluge (Hon 400) 5. Richard Moore (Yam 442) 6. Mark Elrod (Hon 400) Kilowatt Bar 250 Superbike 1. Jove Shapiro (Yam 250) 2. Cliff Farrar (Yam 250) 3. Shawn Herrera (Yam 250) 4. Tommy Okuhira (Yam 250) 5. Dylan Benjamin (Hon 250) 6. Clif Jordan (Apr 250) Take It 2 The Track Open Production 1. Martin Szwarc (Suz 1000) 2. Mike Mullin (Suz 1000) 3. Kim Nakashima (Yam 1000) 4. Corey Sarros (Suz 1000) 5. James J. King (Suz 1000) 6. William Scott (Kaw 1000) Strictly Sport 750 Production 1. Robert Campbell (Suz 750) 2. Craig Wierman (Suz 750) 3. Jeremiah Grant (Suz 750) 4. Don Rudolfs (Suz 750) 5. Alex Florea (Suz 750) 6. Gary Hatfield (Suz 750) Keigwins@thetrack 600 Production 1. Jeff Tigert (Hon 600) 2. Grant Riggs (Yam 600) 3. Andy Carman (Yam 600) 4. Kenny Carlotta (Suz 600) 5. Berto Wooldridge (Suz 600) 6. Mikey Judkins (Yam 600) 450 Production 1. Dave Norgard (Yam 400) 2. Douglas Goldman (Yam 400) 3. Peter Licht (Yam 400) 4. Karolyn Bachelor (Yam 400) 5. Ross Wells (Yam 400) 6. Ed Yoast (Yam 400) Aftershocks Suspension 250 Production 1. Jay Kinberger (Kaw 250) 2. David Crone (Hon 250) 3. Bob Simmons (Kaw 250) 4. John Anner (Kaw 250) 5. Rick Cramer (Kaw 250) 6. Thomas Hicks (Hon 250) Desmoto Sport Open Twins 1. Jack Pfeifer (Apr 1000) 2. Brian Long (Suz 1000) 3. Bud Anderson (Hon 1000) 4. Kurt Spencer (Suz 1000) 5. Scott Schwanbeck (Apr 1000) 6. Simon Williams (Duc 998) 650 Twins 1. Kurt Spencer (Suz 650) 2. Brian Long (Suz 650) 3. Jason Butler (Suz 650) 4. John Daker (Suz 650) 5. Michael Metcalf (Suz 650) 6. Michael Rosa (Suz 650) 500 Twins 1. Bobby Lee Broussard (Suz 500) 2. Jon Forman (Suz 500) 3. Jay Jacobsen (Suz 500) 4. Joe Sickle (Suz 500) 5. Josuf Zobairi (AND 500) 6. Patrick Aldinger (Kaw 500) Formula Singles 1. Jeffry Schnapp (Yam 700) 2. Chris Keane (Hon 450) 3. Charles Statman (Hon 650) 4. Chris Van Andel (Hon 450) Super Dinosaur 1. Ross Wells (Yam 400) 2. David Worthington (Suz 750) 3. Dave Norgard (Yam 400) 4. Rob Mac Castro Jr (Yam 400) 5. David Crussel (Kaw 748) Theresa McKinney Realtor Formula 40 1. Mike Thompson (Yam 1000) 2. Greg Davis (Yam 1000) 3. Gary Stewart (Yam 1000) 4. Pete Demas (Suz 600) 5. Bud Anderson (Hon 1000) 6. Jeff Gruetter (Hon 1000) Vintage 251-500 1. Charles Sexton (Bul 250) 2. Eirik Nielsen (Hon 160) 3. Chris Page (Hon 160) 4. Richard Weidenback (CA 250) 5. Michael Polkabla (Hon 160) 6. Dean Willoughby (Hon 160) Vintage 501-Open 1. David Crussel (Kaw 748) 2. Mick Hart (Hon 600) 3. Tom Mellor (Tri 750) 4. Duncan Craick (SEE 750) 5. Robert Blum (Hon 750) 6. John Martin (Nor 750) More, from a press release issued by Scuderia West: Jack Pfeifer and Scuderia West A Winning Pair! AFM round 3 / May 29, 2005 Infineon Raceway In Sunday’s third round of the the AFM series Scuderia West’s Jack Pfeifer showed the true potential of the Aprilia RSV 1000 Factory. Open Twins 1ST Formula 1 2ND Open SuperBike 2ND Formula Pacific 4TH Taking the lead on the first lap of the Formula One race Jack held the lead for the first four laps to end up second to John Bawden in Jack’s first race of the day. Later on Jack knocked two full seconds off of last month’s times while holding off Rob Mesa on his new GSXR 1000 to finish second behind the GSXR of Dave Stanton in the Open Superbike race. A small mechanical glitch prevented a repeat in Formula Pacific where Jack was forced to short shift the bike from the second lap on to finish 4th behind Stanton, Bowden and Mesa in the day’s premier race Finally, with the electrical gremlins cleared for the Open Twins race Jack was able to take the top spot in his final race of the day. Eric Gulbransen took the holeshot only to have Jack come by exiting the carousel before turn 7. A late braking effort by Gulbransen in turn 9 ended the Ducati challenge for the day and Jack took the win by some 24 seconds at the end. Scuderia’s Scott Schwanbeck moved up a spot this month to claim 5th. Jack now takes control of the points lead in the Aprilia USA contingency class with a better position for collecting the $10,000 purse at the end of the year. Be sure to look for Jack and the Archille’s racing/Scuderia West Pirelli sponsored Aprilia, and don’t be afraid to stop by and say hello. See you at the races!