AFM Round 7 at Thunderhill

At Thunderhill Raceway last weekend (September 10-11), Ricky Corey took his second Bay Area Riders Forum Formula Pacific win on the season on his Corey and Sons Construction Yamaha R1. Lenny Hale finished second in his second weekend on an EDR Performance GSX-R1000, with Chris Siglin third on a B.A.R.F. Racing / Fastline Cycles BMW S1000RR. Corey’s win came after a troublesome weekend at the last rounds Formula Pacific double header, where mechanical problems forced him to withdraw from one race, putting him on an unfamiliar borrowed bike for the other. Siglin’s third place finish put him in a tie for the lead of the Formula Pacific points standings with James Randolph.

“The good times have to come to and end, and you can’t win them all,” said Siglin, in reference to his Formula Pacific win streak coming to an end. “I have to be realistic about it right now – it’s the end of the season, and I have to look at the bigger picture. I knew Ricky was going to be right up there, no doubt. It was good to see Lenny up there, I don’t know if he set the track record or not, but we’ll see. I wanted to thank Fastline – Alex, Ray, and all of the, I really appreciate all of the hard work, we had a really rough week. CT Racing Pirelli tires, they held up really great today, we can’t thank those guys enough for standing behind us.

Hale’s continued to impress on an open class bike, scoring his second place finish in just his second AFM event on an EDR Performance GSX-R1000.

“I thought for a couple of laps I could do it, but then I started feeling the heat,” state Hale, when asked about his attempt to catch the race leader. “I knew I had a couple more races to go, so I just started cruising.”

Corey’s win was his second of the season on his Dunlop-shod Yamaha, moving him into third in the Formula Pacific points standings.

“The bike was quite amazing this weekend, it just handled… amazingly!” Corey stated from the winner’s circle. “It’s a little down on power and torque, but it made up for it on cornering and braking ability. It’s an awesome bike all around, and it was an awesome race. I got out there with Siglin on the start, and I knew I couldn’t let him get away. I realized I had the pace, and was able to overtake him on the brakes into Turn 9. I laid down some good, hard laps, looked back and saw a gap, so I started pacing myself. Looked back again two laps later and I thought I saw Lenny, so I got back on it to stay ahead of him. It definitely worked out.”

The last round of the 2011 season is scheduled to take place on October 1-2 at Thunderhill Raceway.

AFM Round 7 

September 10/11, 2011 

Thunderhill Raceway 

Unofficial Results

Bay Area Riders Forum Formula Pacific 1. Ricky Corey (Yamaha YZF-R1) 2. Lenny Hale (Suz GSX-R1000) 3. Chris Siglin (BMW S1000RR) 4. James Randolph (KTM RC8) 5. David Stanton (BMW S1000RR) 6. Martin Szwarc (Suz GSX-R1000)

CT Racing Open Superbike 1. Ricky Corey (Yamaha YZF-R1) 2. David Stanton (BMW S1000RR) 3. Mathew Orange (Suz GSX-R1000) 4. Steve Metz (Duc 1198R) 5. Hollis Adams (Suz GSX-R1000) 6. Harley Barnes (Suz GSX-R1000)

750 Superbike 1. Lenny Hale (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Cameron Gish (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Matt Presting (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Kevin Nekimken (Suz GSX-R750) 5. Jesse Carter (Suz GSX-R750) 6. Neil Atterbury (Suz GSX-R750)

Pacific Track Time 600 Superbike 1. Lenny Hale (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Cameron Gish (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Sebastiao Ferreira (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Jason Lauritzen (Yam YZF-R6) 5. Matt Presting (Yam YZF-R6) 6. Matthew Sadowski (Suz GSX-R600)

450 Superbike 1. Andrew Patterson (Suz SV500) 2. Dave Moss (Hon VFR400) 3. Ian Smith (Hon) 4. Patrick Aldinger (Kaw EX500) 5. Richard Mark Appel (Kaw EX500)

250 Superbike 1. Joe Carrillo (Yam TZR250) 2. Richard Capps (Kaw KX450F) 3. Brian Bartlow (Kaw EX250) 4. Yuri Barrigan (Yam WR450) 5. Kirk Korenko (Kaw EX250) 6. Zdenek Mika (Kaw EX250)

The Track Club Open Production 1. Hollis Adams (Suz GSX-R1000) 2. Martin Szwarc (Suz GSX-R1000) 3. Jesse Carter (Suz GSX-R750) 4. Tim Scarrott (Suz GSX-R1000) 5. Neil Atterbury (Suz GSX-R750) 6. David Carpenter (Suz GSX-R1000)

750 Production 1. Lenny Hale (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Jason Lauritzen (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Sebastiao Ferreira (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Kevin Nekimken (Suz GSX-R750) 5. Jesse Carter (Suz GSX-R750) 6. Devon McDonough (Yam YZF-R6) 

600 Production 1. Cameron Gish (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Sebastiao Ferreira (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Lenny Hale (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Jason Lauritzen (Yam YZF-R6) 5. Matthew Sadowski (Suz GSX-R600) 6. Berto Wooldridge (Yam YZF-R6)

650 Production 1. Dan Sewell (Suz SV650) 2. Everett Dittman (Suz SV650) 3. Danielle Diaz (Suz SV650) 4. James Strauch (Suz SV650) 5. Alan Cunningham (Suz SV650) 6. Thomas Dorsey (Suz SV650)

Erich Stiegler Insurance 250 Production 1. Kirk Korenko (Kaw EX250) 2. Brian Bartlow (Kaw EX250) 3. Zdenek Mika (Kaw EX250) 4. Logan Hanks (Kaw EX250) 5. Robert Wetterau (Kaw EX250) 6. Dos Piggott (Kaw EX250)

Open Grand Prix 1. Lenny Hale (Suz GSX-R1000) 2. David Stanton (BMW S1000RR) 3. James Randolph (BMW S1000RR) 4. Martin Szwarc (Suz GSX-R1000) 5. Mathew Orange (Suz GSX-R1000) 6. Hollis Adams (Suz GSX-R1000)

Scuderia West Formula 1 1. Lenny Hale (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Berto Wooldridge (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Matt Presting (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Mike Nigliazzo (Yam YZF-R6) 5. Sebastiao Ferreira (Yam YZF-R6) 6. Matthew Sadowski (Suz GSX-R600)

Formula 2 1. Michael Altamirano (Yam TZR250) 2. Erik Kolstoe (Yam TZR250) 3. Richard Snowden (Hon TSR250) 4. Richard Denman (Hon RS250) 5. Andrew Duafala (Yam TZR250) 6. Andre Benguerel (Hon RS250)

Formula 3 1. John Kreidle (Hon RS125) 2. Gwyn Lewis (Hon RS125)

Formula 4 1. Neill O’Reilly (Suz SV650) 2. Dan Sewell (Suz SV650) 3. Spencer Smith (Suz SV650) 4. Jay Kinberger (Suz SV650) 5. Jason Catching (Suz SV650) 6. Rory Kamper (Suz SV650)

Desmoto Sport Open Twins 1. James Randolph (KTM RC8) 2. Eric Gulbransen (KTM RC8) 3. Steve Metz (Duc 1198R) 4. Bud Anderson (Duc 1098R) 5. Russell Aldinger (Duc 998) 6. Kevin Clark (Duc)

650 Twins 1. Dan Sewell (Suz SV650) 2. Neill O’Reilly (Suz SV650) 3. Spencer Smith (Suz SV650) 4. Jay Kinberger (Suz SV650) 5. Jose Quintanar (Suz SV650) 6. Danielle Diaz (Suz SV650)

500 Twins 1. Andrew Patterson (Suz SV500) 2. Patrick Aldinger (Kaw EX500) 3. Brian Bartlow (Kaw EX250) 4. Richard Mark Appel (Kaw EX500) 5. Logan Hanks (Kaw EX250) 6. Dos Piggott (Kaw EX250)

Formula Singles 1. Charles C.J. Weaver (Yam) 2. Yuri Barrigan (Yam WR450) 3. Paul Urich (Yam YZ450F) 4. Richard Capps (Kaw KZ450F)

Super Dinosaur 1. Jose Quintanar (Suz SV650) 2. Guy Hyder (Hon CBR600F3) 3. Craig Grantham (Duc) 4. Dave Moss (Hon VFR400) 5. Kevin Clark (Duc) 6. Eric Thompson (Hon CBR600F3)

Formula AFemme 1. Christie Cooley (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Jennifer Lauritzen (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Nikki Nienow (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Tracy Bowen (Duc 848) 5. Sarah Preston (Kaw EX250)

Formula 40 Heavyweight 1. Bud Anderson (BMW S1000RR) 2. Warren Williams (Suz GSX-R1000) 3. Jeff Graham (Suz GSX-R1000) 4. Patrick Corcoran (Suz GSX-R1000) 5. Eddie Vigil (Suz GSX-R1000) 6. Joe Hittner (Apr RSV4)

Formula 40 Medium 1. Neil Atterbury (Suz GSX-R750) 2. Thomas Montano (Hon CBR600RR) 3. James Hendricks (Suz GSX-R600) 4. David Glenn (Yam YZF-R6) 5. Mark Bregar (Suz) 6. Eric Sterner (Suz GSX-R600)

Formula 40 Lightweight 1. Dan Sewell (Suz SV650) 2. Jay Kinberger (Suz SV650) 3. Alan Cunningham (Suz SV650) 4. Jonathan Forman (Kaw) 5. Ian Smith (Hon) 6. Michael Souza (Suz)

Clubman Heavyweight 1. Gregory Olson (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Warren Williams (Suz GSX-R1000) 3. David Doerflinger (Hon CBR1000RR) 4. Jesus Sanjurjo (Kaw ZX-10R) 5. Sam Coates (KTM) 6. Jose Espinoza (Yam)

Clubman Middleweight 1. Gregory Olson (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Eric Hobbs (Suz GSX-R750) 3. Sergio Fernandez (Yam YZF-R6) 4. William Daniel Butler (Suz GSX-R600) 5. Jason Michael Smith (Kaw ZX-6R) 6. Nicholas Altamura (Hon CBR600RR)

Clubman Lightweight 1. Eric Thompson (Hon CBR600F3) 2. Patrick Murphy (Suz SV650) 3. Charles Almy (Suz SV650) 4. Jason Vestri (Suz SV650) 5. Ian Smith (Hon) 6. Stephen Smith (Suz SV650)