WERA West Presented by Lucas Oil Products
Buttonwillow Raceway Park
Buttonwillow, California
May 22, 2016
MotoAmerica racer and Daytona 200 winner Steve Rapp showed up with his personal Aprilia RSV4 racebike and took the wins in the Formula One and A Superbike races at the WERA West Presented by Lucas Oil Products event at Buttonwillow Raceway Park.
Rapp, who is celebrating his 20th year as a professional road racer, showed up to WERA’s first visit to the 3.0-mile track since 2012 with his Dunlop-shod 2013 Aprilia, his former streetbike which now is fettled by Southern California Aprilia guru Amauri Nunes and with suspension by J.J. Matter.
In the Formula One race, Rapp started ninth, shot into second by the end of the first lap and passed and pulled away from Corey Sarros, winner of every previous WERA Formula One race held so far in the 2016 season. At the end of six laps, Rapp had notched a best lap time of 1:46.963 en route to a 3.973-second margin of victory over Sarros. Christopher Carron was third, with Curtis Biegel, Scott Tillery and Jay Millhiser completing the top six.
It was much the same in the A Superbike race a few moments later. Rapp started from 10th on the grid, was in third by the end of the first lap and in the lead the next time he crossed the stripe. Rapp stretched the gap to 6.278 seconds at the finish, turning a best at 1:47.018 on the way to the win. Tillery was second and Biegel third.
Sarros pulled away from the A Superstock field, taking his Shades of Vail-backed, Pirelli-shod Suzuki GSX-R1000 to an 8.207-second victory margin over Tillery, with Carron completing the podium.
In mediumweight competition, Michael Weir took the C Superbike win, Kevin Murphy took the B Superbike win, Ezra Beaubier took the C Superstock win–his first on a 600cc machine–and Edgar Zaragoza won the B Superstock race.
RESULTS:
GROM CUP BY HONDA:
1. Keir Leonhardt
2. Humberto Baca
3. Gordon Pull
4. Christina Padilla
5. Kris Lillegard
MINI 50:
1. Rocco Landers (RMU 50)
C SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Michael Weir (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Robert Pierce (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Kevin Murphy (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Ezra Beaubier (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Zach Harrington (Yam YZF-R6)
C SUPERBIKE NOVICE:
1. Patrick Fiore (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Kyle Cannon (Kaw ZX-6R)
3. Trevy Martin (Tri 675)
4. Soon Thai (Hon CBR600RR)
5. Ana S. Sorhmat (Hon CBR600RR)
6. Gilbert Silva (Kaw ZX-6R)
FORMULA ONE EXPERT:
1. Steve Rapp (Aprila RSV4)
2. Corey Sarros (Suz GSX-R1000)
3. Christopher Carron (Kaw ZX-10R)
4. Curtis Biegel (Yam YZF-R1)
5. Scott Tillery (Kaw ZX-10R)
6. Jay Millhiser (Kaw ZX-10R)
7. Larry Sprock (Duc Panigale)
8. Henrick van Buttlar (Apr RSV4)
9. Nate Hardiman (Kaw ZX-10R)
10. Brian Evans (Yam YZF-R1)
FORMULA ONE NOVICE:
1. Anton Friessner (BMW S1000RR)
2. David Tocco (BMW S1000RR)
3. Fatih Buyuksonmez (BMW S1000RR)
4. Ryan Davis (Yam YZF-R1)
5. Van Palmer (Hon CBR1000RR)
D SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Marc Rittner (Yam 450)
2. Marc Zarra (Yam 450)
3. Jack Baker (Suz 450)
E SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Kris Lillegard (Yam YZF-R3)
2. Patryk Buchcik (Yam YZF-R3)
3. Jesse Norton (Yam YZF-R3)
4. Sergio Rodriguez II (Yam YZF-R3)
5. Gordon Pull (Yam YZF-R3)
6. Humberto Baca (Yam YZF-R3)
HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Rennie Scaysbrook (KTM 990)
LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Peter Murray (Suz SV650)
2. Michael Gougis (Honda GT647)
B SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Kevin Murphy (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Ezra Beaubier (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Brian Morris (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Robert Pierce (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Zach Harrington (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Tyler Jones (Yam YZF-R6)
B SUPERBIKE NOVICE:
1. Patrick Fiore (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Ana S. Sorhmat (Hon CBR600RR)
3. Trevy Martin (Tri 675)
4. Soon Thai (Hon CBR600RR)
5. David Guerrero (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Eric Zapf (Suz GSX-R750)
D SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Patryk Buchcik (Yam YZF-R3)
2. Gordon Pull (Yam YZF-R3)
3. Humberto Baca (Yam YZF-R3)
4. Michael Gougis (Hon GT647)
F SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Ed Sorbo (Kaw EX250)
LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. David Garner (Suz SV650)
2. Peter Murray (Suz SV650)
3. Rocco Landers (RMU 50)
A SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Steve Rapp (Apr RSV4)
2. Scott Tillery (Kaw ZX-10R)
3. Curtis Biegel (Yam YZF-R1)
4. Christopher Carron (Kaw ZX-10R)
5. Jay Millhiser (Kaw ZX-10R)
6. Fabrice Vilder (Yam YZF-R1)
A SUPERBIKE NOVICE:
1. Eric Zapf (Suz GSX-R750)
2. David Henderson (Hon CBR1000RR)
3. Ryan Davis (Yam YZF-R1)
CLUBMAN EXPERT:
1. Marc Rittner (Yam 450)
2. Ed Sorbo (Kaw EX250)
CLUBMAN NOVICE:
1. Erica Muse (Yam YZF-R3)
KENNY ANDERSON FORMULA THREE:
1. Toby Khamsouk (Hon RS125)
2. Rocco Landers (RMU 50)
A SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Corey Sarros (Suz GSX-R1000)
2. Scott Tillery (Kaw ZX-10R)
3. Christopher Carron (Kaw ZX-10R)
4. Curtis Biegel (Yam YZF-R1)
5. Sahar Zvik (Kaw ZX-10R)
6. Yonny Alvarez (Suz GSX-R1000)
A SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. David Henderson (Hon CBR1000RR)
2. Anton Griessner (BMW S1000RR)
3. Ruben Soto (KTM 1190)
4. Fatih Buyuksonmez (BMW S1000RR)
5. Van Palmer (Hon CBR1000RR)
HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Rennie Scaysbrook (KTM 990)
2. Larry Sprock (Duc Panigale)
3. Ron Gentile (Tri 675)
4. Marc Zarra (Yam 450)
HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE NOVICE:
1. Ruben Soto (KTM 1190)
2. Toby Khamsouk (Hon RS125)
C SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Ezra Beaubier (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Javelin Broderick (Kaw ZX-6R)
3. Tyler Jones (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Brian Morris (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Robert Pierce (Yam YZF-R6)
C SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. Patrick Fiore (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Harm Jansen (Duc 848)
3. David Guerrero (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Nick Zaan (Suz GSX-R600)
FORMULA TWO EXPERT:
1. David Garner (Suz SV650)
2. Peter Murray (Suz SV650)
3. Marc Zarra (Yam 450)
4. Rocco Landers (RMU 50)
SENIOR SUPERBIKE HEAVYWEIGHT EXPERT:
1. Jay Millhiser (Kaw ZX-10R)
2. Fabrice Vilder (Yam YZF-R1)
3. Ken Pfister (Kaw ZX-10R)
4. Henrick van Buttlar (Apr RSV4)
5. Ed Guzman (Suz GSX-R1000)
SENIOR SUPERBIKE MEDIUMWEIGHT EXPERT:
1. John James (Hon CBR600RR)
2. Mookie Wilkerson (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Michael Kim (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Eric Anderson (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Mitsu Ueda (Hon CBR600RR)
6. Gerardo Flores (Kaw ZX-6R)
SENIOR SUPERBIKE HEAVYWEIGHT NOVICE:
1. David Henderson (Hon CBR1000RR)
2. Anton Friessner (BMW S1000RR)
3. Fatih Buyuksonmez (BMW S1000RR)
4. Van Palmer (Hon CBR1000RR)
B SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Mookie Wilkerson (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Tyler Jones (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Jeremiah Walker (MV Agusta F3 675)
5. Robert Pierce (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Patryk Buchcik (Suz GSX-R600)
B SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. Patrick Fiore (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Vincent Mendez (Suz GSX-R600)