WERA West Presented by Lucas Oil Products
Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA
July 24, 2016
“Aussie Dave” Anthony put in a pair of professional, measured rides, punctuated by raw speed when he needed it, and took the Formula One and A Superstock wins as the WERA West Presented by Lucas Oil Products series returned to Auto Club Speedway in Southern Canifornia.
Anthony started the day taking his Dunlop-shod Kawasaki ZX-10R to the win in A Superstock over Corey Sarros’ Shades of Vail-backed, Pirelli-shod Suzuki GSX-R1000. Anthony slotted into second behind Sarros, took the lead halfway through the race as Sarros suffered brake fade, then put in a best lap of 1:28.094 on the penultimate lap, nearly 1.2 seconds quicker than Sarros’ best time of the race.
Anthony had 5.788 seconds in hand at the end of the six-lap sprint, and 8.235 seconds over Derek Keyes, who finished third aboard his Kawasaki ZX-10R.
Anthony repeated the pattern later in the day during the Formula One race, this time waiting until late in the race to make his move to the front. Once there, Anthony dropped the hammer, pounding in a 1:27.992 lap to pull a 2.833 second gap at the line over Sarros. Wyman finished third, ahead of Robert Perez, Keyes and Christopher Carron, with Sahar Zvik, Armen Manougian, Scott Tillery and Brian Evans completing the top 10.
Danielle Diaz dominated the C Superbike and C Superstock races aboard her Kawasaki ZX-6R. In C Superstock, she crossed the line 6.432 seconds ahead of Michael Weir, who was more than 11 seconds clear of Ryan Harper. In C Superbike, Diaz crossed the line 4.111 seconds ahead of Weir but 26.974 seconds ahead of Jeremiah Walker, who finished third.
RESULTS:
GROM CUP BY HONDA (all on Honda Grom):
1. Keir Leonhardt
2. Brock Miller
3. Ryan O’Neill
4. Daniel Oprea
5. Cheyenne Covarrubias
6. Andrew Kenefick
MINI 50:
1. Errol Sullivan (Hon 50)
2. Argee Cardenas (Hon 50)
A SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. David Anthony (Kaw ZX-10R)
2. Corey Sarros (Suz GSX-R1000)
3. Derek Keyes (Kaw ZX-10R)
4. Travis Wyman (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Sahar Zvik (Kaw ZX-10R)
6. Christopher Carron (Kaw ZX-10R)
A SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. David Henderson (Yam YZF-R1)
2. Anton Griessner (BMW S1000RR)
3. Bill McNamara (Yam YZF-R1)
4. Kevin McKee (Kaw ZX-10R)
5. Ruben Soto (KTM 1190)
6. Vincent Mendez (Suz GSX-R750)
HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Ron Gentile (Tri 675)
2. Marc Zarra (Yam 450)
HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE NOVICE:
1. Ruben Soto (KTM 1190)
C SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Danielle Diaz (Kaw ZX-6R)
2. Michael Weir (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Ryan Harper (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Keir Leonhardt (Suz GSX-R600)
5. Oscar Covarrubias (Kaw ZX-6R)
6. Jeremiah Walker (MV Agusta F3 675)
C SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. David Guerrero (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Soon Thai (Hon CBR600RR)
3. Rico de Saracho (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Thomas Babcock (Hon CBR600RR)
5. Nick Zaan (Suz GSX-R600)
6. David Raffo (Yam YZF-R6)
FORMULA TWO EXPERT:
1. Jason Catching (Yam FZ-07)
2. Andy Palmer (Yam FZ-07)
3. Rafael Dasilva (Zero SR)
4. Marc Zarra (Yam 450)
5. Anthony Morrison (Suz SV650)
6. Andy Edwards (Apr RS250)
FORMULA TWO NOVICE:
1. Toby Khamsouk (Hon RS125)
SENIOR SUPERBIKE HEAVYWEIGHT EXPERT:
1. Fabrice Vilder (Yam YZF-R1)
2. Terry Heard (Kaw ZX-10R)
3. Dean Mizdal (Hon CBR1000RR)
4. Armen Manougian (Suz GSX-R1000)
5. Jay Millhiser (Kaw ZX-10R)
6. Ken Pfister (Kaw ZX-10R)
SENIOR SUPERBIKE HEAVYWEIGHT NOVICE:
1. Anton Griessner (BMW S1000RR)
2. Van Palmer (Hon CBR1000RR)
3. David Tocco (BMW S1000RR)
SENIOR SUPERBIKE MEDIUMWEIGHT EXPERT:
1. Brad Saenz (Tri 675)
2. Mookie Wilkerson (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Ryan Harper (Yam YZF-R6)
4. J.C. Gibbs (Yam YZF-R6)
5. John James (Hon CBR600RR)
6. David Grajeda (Yam YZF-R6)
B SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Tyler Jones (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Mookie Wilkerson (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Jeremiah Walker (MV Agusta F3 675)
B SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. David Guerrero (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Eric Zapf (Suz GSX-R750)
3. Vincent Mendez (Suz GSX-R750)
4. Rico de Saracho (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Thomas Babcock (Hon CBR600RR)
6. Soon Thai (Hon CBR600RR)
CLUBMAN EXPERT:
1. Marc Rittner (Yam 450)
2. Sergio Rodriguez II (Yam YZF-R3)
3. Jesse Norton (Yam YZF-R3)
4. James Yu (Kaw 300R)
5. Bobby McCarron (Yam YZF-R3)
CLUBMAN NOVICE:
1. Robby Tavares (Kaw 250R)
FORMULA THREE:
1. Toby Khamsouk (Hon RS125)
C SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Danielle Diaz (Kaw ZX-6R)
2. Michael Weir (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Jeremiah Walker (MV Agusta F3 675)
4. Oscar Covarrubias (Kaw ZX-6R)
5. John James (Hon CBR600RR)
C SUPERBIKE NOVICE:
1. David Guerrero (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Rico de Saracho (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Anthony Hernandez (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Gilbert Silva (Kaw ZX-6R)
5. Kyle Cannon (Kaw ZX-6R)
6. Bryant Rosas (Kaw ZX-6R)
HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Rob Weaver (EBR 1190)
HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. Ruben Soto (KTM 1190)
FORMULA ONE EXPERT:
1. David Anthony (Kaw ZX-10R)
2. Corey Sarros (Suz GSX-R1000)
3. Travis Wyman (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Robert Perez (BMW S1000RR)
5. Derek Keyes (Kaw ZX-10R)
6. Christopher Carron (Kaw ZX-10R)
7. Sahar Zvik (Kaw ZX-10R)
8. Armen Manougian (Suz GSX-R1000)
9. Scott Tillery (Kaw ZX-10R)
10. Brian Evans (Yam YZF-R1)
FORMULA ONE NOVICE:
1. Anton Griessner (BMW S1000RR)
2. Kevin McKee (Kaw ZX-10R)
3. Van Palmer (Hon CBR1000RR)
4. David Tocco (BMW S1000RR)
D SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Marc Rittner (Yam 450)
2. Marc Zarra (Yam 450)
E SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Jesse Norton (Yam YZF-R3)
2. Sergio Rodriguez II (Yam YZF-R3)
3. Austin Guinn (Yam YZF-R3)
4. James Yu (Kaw 300R)
5. Bobby McCarron (Yam YZF-R3)
6. John Semroska (Kaw 250R)
E SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. Robby Tavares (Kaw 250R)
2. Cheyenne Covarrubias (Kaw 250R)
LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Jason Catching (Yam FZ-07)
B SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Brad Saenz (Tri 675)
2. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Mookie Wilkerson (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Gerardo Flores (Kaw ZX-6R)
B SUPERBIKE NOVICE:
1. Vincent Mendez (Suz GSX-R750)
2. Eric Kapf (Suz GSX-R750)
3. Anthony Hernandez (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Gilbert Silva (Kaw ZX-6R)
5. Bryant Rosas (Kaw ZX-6R)
D SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Austin Guinn (Yam YZF-R3)
2. Michael Gougis (Hon Hawk GT647)
F SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. John Semroska (Kaw 250R)
2. Tony Serra (Kaw 250R)
F SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. Cheyenne Covarrubias (Kaw 250R)
LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Jason Catching (Yam FZ-07)
2. Andy Palmer (Yam FZ-07)
3. Rafael Dasilva (Zero SR)
4. Anthony Morrison (Suz SV650)
A SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Travis Wyman (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Christopher Carron (Kaw ZX-10R)
3. Robert Perez (BMW S1000RR)
4. Sahar Zvik (Kaw ZX-10R)
5. Fabrice Vilder (Yam YZF-R1)
6. Scott Tillery (Kaw ZX-10R)
A SUPERBIKE NOVICE:
1. Eric Zapf (Suz GSX-R750)