WERA West Presented by Lucas Oil Products
Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA
Sept. 18, 2016
David “Aussie Dave” Anthony picked up a brand-new Kawasaki ZX-10R from a dealership at the beginning of the weekend, popped on a pipe and unpainted race bodywork, and took his new ride to the big-bore race wins on Sunday in WERA West Presented by Lucas Oil Products competition at Auto Club Speedway.
Aboard the Dunlop-shod, ADR Motorsports-backed machine, Anthony cut through the field from his second-row starting spot, took the lead on the first lap and was never headed. Anthony crossed the line with a 1.662-second margin over second. With temperatures well into triple digits at the facility, Anthony’s best lap of the race was a 1.29.611.
Second place aboard his Coastal Construction-backed, Pirelli-shod Suzuki GSX-R1000 was good enough for Corey Sarros to seal the WERA West Formula One title for 2016. Robert Perez took his BMW S1000RR to third; other than Anthony, Perez and Sarros were the only two riders in the 1:29s in the Formula One race on the blazing hot day.
Fabrice Vilder took fourth, ahead of Dean Mizdal and Justin Simons, with Brian Evans, Scott Tillery, Henrik van Buttlar and Josh Uebersetzig completing the field.
Anthony also won the A Superstock race ahead of Christopher Carron and Simons, while Perez won the A Superbike race ahead of Vilder and Carron.
Edgar Zaragoza won the C Superbike and B Superbike races, suffered a bodywork failure on the grid of the C Superstock race, re-grouped and won the B Superstock race on his Yamaha YZF-R1.
RESULTS:
GROM CUP (all on Honda Grom):
1. Keir Leonhardt
2. Christine Padilla
3. Roni Schuetrum
C SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Robert Pierce (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Brian Morris (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Zach Harrington (Yam YZF-R6)
5. John James (Hon CBR600RR)
6. Gerardo Flores (Kaw ZX-6R)
C SUPERBIKE NOVICE:
1. David Guerrero (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Harm Jansen (Duc 848)
3. Anthony Hernandez (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Thomas Babcock (Hon CBR600RR)
5. Kyle Cannon (Kaw ZX-6R)
6. Gilbert Silva (Kaw ZX-6R)
HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Rob Weaver (EBR 1190)
FORMULA ONE EXPERT:
1. David Anthony (Kaw ZX-10R)
2. Corey Sarros (Suz GSX-R1000)
3. Robert Perez (BMW S1000RR)
4. Fabrice Vilder (Yam YZF-R1)
5. Dean Mizdal (Suz GSX-R1000)
6. Justin Simons (Kaw ZX-10R)
FORMULA ONE NOVICE:
1. Louis Jutras (BMW S1000RR)
2. Kevin McKee (Kaw ZX-10R)
3. Fatih Buyukronmez (BMW S1000RR)
4. Greg Arnold (BMW S1000RR)
5. Ryan Arthur Davis (Yam YZF-R1)
6. David Tocco (BMW S1000RR)
D SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Marc Rittner (Yam 450)
2. Marc Zarra (Yam 450)
3. Michael Gougis (Hon GT647)
E SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. Luen Chan (KTM RC390)
2. Erick Vizcaino (Hon CBR250R)
B SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Brad Saenz (Tri 675)
3. Robert Pierce (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Brian Morris (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Mookie Wilkerson (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Zach Harrington (Yam YZF-R6)
B SUPERBIKE NOVICE:
1. David Guerrero (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Harm Jansen (Duc 848)
3. Gilbert Silva (Kaw ZX-6R)
4. Vincent Mendez (Suz GSX-R750)
5. Soon Thai (Hon CBR600RR)
6. Thomas Babcock (Hon CBR600RR)
A SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Robert Perez (BMW S1000RR)
2. Fabrice Vilder (Yam YZF-R1)
3. Christopher Carron (Kaw ZX-10R)
4. Jay Millhiser (Kaw ZX-10R)
5. Terry Heard (Kaw ZX-10R)
6. Dean Mizdal (Sux GSX-R1000)
A SUPERBIKE NOVICE:
1. Kevin McKee (Kaw ZX-10R)
2. Greg Arnold (BMW S1000RR)
3. Ryan Arthur Davis (Yam YZF-R1)
CLUBMAN EXPERT:
1. Marc Rittner
D SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Michael Gougis (Hon GT647)
F SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Ed Sorbo (Kaw 250R)
F SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. Erick Vizcaino (Hon CBR250R)
FORMULA 2 EXPERT:
1. Marc Zarra (Yam 450)
2. Andy Edwards (Apr RSV250)
A SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. David Anthony (Kaw ZX-10R)
2. Christopher Carron (Kaw ZX-10R)
3. Justin Simons (Kaw ZX-10R)
4. Fabrice Vilder (Yam YZF-R1)
5. Scott Tillery (Kaw ZX-10R)
6. Brian Evans (Yam YZF-R1)
A SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. Louis Jutras (BMW S1000RR)
2. Kevin McKee (Kaw ZX-10R)
3. Fatih Buyukronmez (BMW S1000RR)
4. Greg Arnold (BMW S1000RR)
5. Ryan Arthur Davis (Yam YZF-R1)
6. David Tocco (BMW S1000RR)
HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Rob Weaver (EBR 1190)
2. Rob Gentile (Tri 675)
3. Marc Zarra (Yam 450)
C SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Brian Morris (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Robert Pierce (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Oscar Covarrubias (Kaw ZX-6R)
4. Zach Harrington (Yam YZF-R6)
5. John James (Hon CBR600RR)
6. Eric Anderson (Yam YZF-R6)
C SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. David Guerrero (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Harm Jansen (Duc 848)
3. Kyle Cannon (Kaw ZX-6R)
4. Nick Zaan (Suz GSX-R600)
5. James Salters (Kaw ZX-6R)
SENIOR SUPERBIKE HEAVYWEIGHT EXPERT:
1. Terry Heard (Kaw ZX-10R)
2. Jay Millhiser (Kaw ZX-10R)
3. Brad Saenz (Tri 675)
4. Ken Pfister (Kaw ZX-10R)
5. Henrik van Buttlar (Apr RSV4)
6. Ed Guzman (Suz GSX-R1000)
SENIOR SUPERBIKE HEAVYWEIGHT NOVICE:
1. Louis Jutras (BMW S1000RR)
2. Greg Arnold (BMW S1000RR)
3. Fatih Buyukronmez (BMW S1000RR)
4. Paul Raphael (Yam YZF-R1)
SENIOR SUPERBIKE MEDIUMWEIGHT EXPERT:
1. Mookie Wilkerson (Yam YZF-R6)
2. John James (Hon CBR600RR)
3. David Grajeda (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Gerardo Flores (Kaw ZX-6R)
5. Timothy Chin (Kaw ZX-6R)
6. Eric Anderson (Yam YZF-R6)
B SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Mookie WIlkerson (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Oscar Covarrubias (Kaw ZX-6R)
4. Robert Pierce (Yam YZF-R6)
B SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. Dominic Stenbakken (Suz GSX-R750)