Landers Wins F1 At Willow, Stern Takes WSMC Points Lead

Landers Wins F1 At Willow, Stern Takes WSMC Points Lead

© 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

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Copyright 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Stoney Landers won the featured Toyota Cup Unlimited Formula 1 race during the November WSMC weekend at Willow Springs International Raceway, and 42-year-old Jeff Stern took the points lead with one round remaining in the WSMC series.

The F1 race had a wild start when Chris Peris dove underneath Chris Ulrich to take third entering turn three on the first lap and immediately highsided, sending riders scattering in all directions to avoid Peris and his CBR600RR. Ulrich jumped the embankment between turns three and four, landing with his left foot under the footpeg of his Roadracingworld.com GSX-R1000, breaking his fibula. Ulrich continued across the track to the outside of turn four where he came to a halt still sitting on the bike.

The race was red flagged while ambulance crews attended to Peris, who was at first thought to have suffered a broken collarbone but actually had a separated shoulder, and Ulrich, who at post time was scheduled to undergo surgery on Monday, to plate the displaced fracture.

When the race was restarted for 10 laps instead of the originally scheduled 12, Landers raced Jack Pfeifer for the lead until Pfeifer crashed out in turn five, bringing the race to an end. Chris Siglin finished second on a GSX-R750 he won in the Team Hammer Talent Search Presented by Alpinestars, with Corey Eaton third on another GSX-R750. Landers and Pfeifer rode GSX-R1000s.

Earlier in the day, Landers had barely beaten Ulrich across the line in Open Superstock, Ulrich coming from 18th on the grid to second on the first lap and taking the lead midway through the race. Landers repassed Ulrich in turn eight on the last lap after both encountered a backmarker in turn five and held him off by about six inches at the finish line. Both rode GSX-R1000 Suzukis, with Landers on Dunlop tires and Ulrich on Pirelli tires.

Before causing the first-lap F1 melee, Peris won the Graves Motorsports 650cc Superbike race from Robbie Dowie and Siglin, the 600cc Modified Production race from Siglin and Dowie, and finished second to Siglin in the HotBodiesRacing.com 600cc Superstock race.

Stern went from 11 points behind Jeremy Toye in overall WSMC points to 28 points ahead by finishing third behind Eaton and Siglin in the L&L Motorsports 750cc Superbike race, winning the Sport Tire Services Formula 40 Heavyweight race, and finishing second behind Landers in Open Superbike. Stern also finished fourth in the Toyota Cup race. Defending WSMC Champion Toye passed up the September WSMC weekend to race the AMA National at Barber Motorsports Park, and missed this weekend to race in Macau.

Stern last won an overall club Championship in 1988, when he was the overall AFM Champion.

Results follow, in chronological order.

BUD LIGHT 550cc SUPERBIKE:
1. Danny Ayala (Suz SV650)
2. Rick May (Suz SV650)
3. Jonathan Schendel
4. Brienne Thomson (Suz SV650)
5. Horace Knight (Hon)
6. Michael Pastore (Apr RS250)

FORMULA SINGLES
1. Lloyd Johnson (Duc)
2. Jim Rau (MuZ)
3. Eric Pinson (H-D)
4. Larry Cochran (Hon)
5. Eric Nichols (Hon)
6. Jeff Law (Nor)

GRAVES MOTORSPORTS 650cc SUPERBIKE
1. Chris Peris (Hon CBR600RR)
2. Robbie Dowie (Suz GSX-R600)
3. Chris Siglin (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Will Eikenberry (Kaw ZX-6R)
5. Sam Carnibucci (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Blair Sullenger (Yam YZF-R6)

L&L MOTORSPORTS 750cc SUPERBIKE
1. Corey Eaton (Suz GSX-R750)
2. Chris Siglin (Suz GSX-R750)
3. Jeff Stern (Suz GSX-R750)
4. Marte Cooksey (Suz GSX-R750)
5. Ruben Munoz (Suz GSX-R750)
6. Skye Girard (Suz GSX-R750)

OPEN MODIFIED PRODUCTION
1. Stoney Landers (Suz GSX-R1000)
2. Tyler Paulson (Suz GSX-R1000)
3. Dan Lebson (Suz GSX-R1000)
4. Rick Spampinato (Suz GSX-R1000)
5. Marcel Graeber (Suz GSX-R1000)
6. Phillip Davidson (Yam YZF-R1)

APRILIA CHALLENGE (All Aprilia RS250)
1. Michael Pastore
2. Ruben Archilla
3. Jamie Lenore
4. Jaime Taynor
5. Keith Giglio

VINTAGE HEAVYWEIGHT DINOSAURS
1. Mick Ofield (Duc)
2. Lloyd Johnson (Duc)
3. Jeff Rheaume (Suz)
4. Scott Fabbro (Suz)
5. Russ Lomanto (Hon)

LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS
1. Jim Rau (MuZ)
2. Chris Shadoan (Kaw)
3. Bradley Adams (Hon)
4. Michael Gougis (Kaw EX500)

600cc MODIFIED PRODUCTION
1. Chris Peris (Hon CBR600RR)
2. Chris Siglin (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Robbie Dowie (Suz GSX-R600)
4. Sam Carnibucci (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Tom Aquino (Suz GSX-R600)
6. Blair Sullenger (Yam YZF-R6)

CALIFORNIA RACE SERVICES FORMULA TWINS
1. Richard J. Headley (Duc)
2. Claudio Szyszkowski (Duc)
3. Richy Headley (Duc)
4. Eric Pinson (H-D)
5. Alex Eisner (Suz)
6. Robert Setbacken (Duc)

ROADRACINGWORLD.COM 250cc GRAND PRIX
1. Mark Watts (Yam TZ250)
2. John Ulrich (Yam TZ250)
3. Joji Tokumoto (Yam TZ250)
4. Alex White (Hon RS250)
5. Joel Manes (Hon RS250)
6. Andrew Harnett (Hon RS250)

125cc GRAND PRIX
1. Debra Kuick (Hon RS125)
2. Mark Goodrich (Hon RS125)
3. Britt Bohannon (Hon RS125)
4. Michael Long (Hon RS125)
5. Scott MacAdam (Hon RS125)
6. Mark Wilson (Yam TZ125)

OPEN SUPERSTOCK
1. Stoney Landers (Suz GSX-R1000)
2. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R1000)
3. Dan Lebson (Suz GSX-R1000)
4. Tyler Paulson (Suz GSX-R1000)
5. Marcel Graeber (Suz GSX-R1000)
6. Phillip Davidson (Yam YZF-R1)

750cc MODIFIED PRODUCTION
1. Corey Eaton (Suz GSX-R750)
2. Reno Karimian (Suz GSX-R750)
3. Skye Girard (Suz GSX-R750)
4. Ruben Munoz (Suz GSX-R750)
5. Jeff Stern (Suz GSX-R750)
6. David Littlebrook (Suz GSX-R750)

500cc SUPERSTOCK
1. Jeff Pepiot (Yam FZR400)
2. J.C. Gibbs (Yam FZR400)
3. Dean Chin (Yam FZR400)
4. Alfred Jung (Yam FZR400)
5. Brian Heess (Yam FZR400)
6. George Shaw (Yam FZR400)

660cc SINGLES
1. Jim Rau (MuZ)
2. Danny Farnsworth (Hon)
3. Jeff Law (Nor)

500cc SINGLES
1. Bradley Adams (Hon)
2. Larry Cochran (Hon)

SPORT TIRE SERVICES FORMULA 40 HEAVYWEIGHT
1. Jeff Stern (Suz GSX-R1000)
2. Stephen Hewitt (Suz GSX-R1000)
3. Tyler Paulson (Suz GSX-R1000)
4. Phillip Davidson (Yam YZF-R1)
5. Robert Setbacken (Duc)
6. Randy Hatch (Kaw)

FORMULA 40 LIGHTWEIGHT
1. Will Eikenberry (Kaw ZX-6R)
2. Mark Watts (Yam TZ250)
3. Tom Aquino (Yam YZF-R6)
4. John Ulrich (Yam TZ250)
5. Joji Tokumoto (Yam TZ250)
6. Alex White (Hon RS250)

FORMULA 50
1. Chris Crowell (Hon)
2. John Thomas (Suz)
3. David Molitor (Suz GSX-R1000)
4. Jeff Rheaume (Suz)
5. Danny Birdsall
6. Doug Smith (Duc)

HOTBODIESRACING.COM 600cc SUPERSTOCK
1. Chris Siglin (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Chris Peris (Hon CBR600RR)
3. Sam Carnibucci (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Blair Sullenger (Yam YZF-R6)
5. William Clarke (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Ryan Hoffman (Yam YZF-R6)

MIDDLEWEIGHT TWINS
1. Eric Pinson (H-D)
2. Robert Setbacken (Duc)
3. Danny Ayala (Suz SV650)
4. Richy Headley (Duc)
5. Michael Sirolli (Duc)
6. Jonathan Schendel (Suz SV650)

VINTAGE LIGHTWEIGHT DINOSAURS
1. Barry King (Yam)
2. Bradley Adams (Hon)
3. Larry Cochran (Hon)
4. Danny Farnsworth (Hon)

TOYOTA CUP UNLIMITED FORMULA 1
1. Stoney Landers (Suz GSX-R1000)
2. Chris Siglin (Suz GSX-R750)
3. Corey Eaton (Suz GSX-R750)
4. Jeff Stern (Suz GSX-R1000)
5. Stephen Hewitt (Suz GSX-R1000)
6. Will Eikenberry (Kaw ZX-6R)
7. Skye Girard (Suz)
8. Tyler Paulson (Suz GSX-R1000)
9. Marte Cooksey (Suz GSX-R750)
10. David Littlebrook (Suz)

PACIFIC TRACK TIME HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS
1. Richard J. Headley (Hon)
2. Claudio Szyszkowski (Duc)
3. Eric Pinson (H-D)
4. Alex Eisner (Suz)
5. Alfredo Barcia (Duc)
6. Eric Magpali (Duc)

500cc MODIFIED PRODUCTION
1. Jeff Pepiot (Yam FZR400)
2. Alfred Jung (Yam FZR400)
3. J.C. Gibbs (Yam FZR400)
4. Chris Shadoan (Kaw)
5. Brian Heess (Yam FZR400)
6. George Shaw (Yam FZR400)

FORMULA 2
1. Robbie Dowie (Suz GSX-R600)
2. Mark Watts (Yam TZ250)
3. Mark Allen (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Jeff Longbottom (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Matthias Jezek (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Ron Northup (Yam YZF-R6)

750cc SUPERSTOCK
1. Corey Eaton (Suz GSX-R750)
2. Will Eikenberry (Kaw ZX-6R)
3. Ruben Munoz (Suz GSX-R750)
4. Skye Girard (Suz GSX-R750)
5. Reno Karimian (Suz GSX-R750)
6. David Littlebrook (Suz GSX-R750)

OPEN SUPERBIKE
1. Stoney Landers (Suz GSX-R1000)
2. Jeff Stern (Suz GSX-R1000)
3. Stephen Hewitt (Suz GSX-R1000)
4. Tyler Paulson (Suz GSX-R1000)
5. Dan Lebson (Suz GSX-R1000)
6. Rick Spampinato (Suz GSX-R1000)

501-650cc MIDDLEWEIGHT NOVICE
1. Greg Wilkinson (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Ben Gary (Hon)
3. Kenneth Pacheco (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Khachik Kejejian (Suz GSX-R600)
5. Jack Aroch (Suz GSX-R600)
6. Diego Garijo (Suz GSX-R600)

650cc-OPEN HEAVYWEIGHT NOVICE
1. Greg Wilkinson (Yam)
2. Jason Caldwell (Suz)
3. John Dang (Suz)
4. David Siminski (Suz)
5. David Jaffe (Yam)
6. Douglas McLarty (Suz)

0-500cc LIGHTWEIGHT NOVICE
1. Kelmut Kohler Jr. (Hon)
2. Dale Kolomaznik (Yam)
3. Arnold Tuason (Yam)
4. Michael Beck (Hon)
5. Barry King (Yam)
6. James Wilberger (Hon)

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