WERA West Sportsman Series Presented by Lucas Oil Products
Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA
Corey Sarros took the lead at the start, avoided the mad battle for second behind him and ran away with the Formula One race at the WERA West Sportsman Series Presented by Lucas Oil Products season-opener on Sunday, January 24 at Auto Club Speedway.
Riding a Pirelli-shod, Shades of Vail-backed Suzuki GSX-R1000, Sarros turned a best lap of 1:30.352 on his way to a 15.846-second margin of victory after six laps of the 2.36-mile circuit. Behind him, after a fearsome battle for second in the opening laps, came Steve Zoumaras on a Kawasaki ZX-10R, who led Yamaha YZF-R1-mounted Neill Herbert across the line by 2.683 seconds.
Sam Verdarico took his Yamaha YZF-R1 to fourth, ahead of Jeff Stern on a Honda CBR1000RR and Sahar Zvik on a Kawasaki ZX-10R. Jay Millhiser, Christopher Carron, Scott Tillery and Michael Weir completed the top 10.
Sarros also led from start to finish in the A Superstock race, capping off a perfect defense of his WERA West titles from 2015. But the Superstock race was not nearly the runaway that the Formula One contest was, as Sarros’ margin was only 3.085 seconds at the line. And Verdarico actually turned the fastest lap of the race – a 1:30.403 – on his way to a 10.564 second gap over Terry Heard, who took his Kawasaki ZX-10R to third. Verdarico also headed home Zoumaras and Herbert in the A Superbike race.
MotoAmerica regular Benny Solis Jr. took the wins in the C Superbike and C Superstock races on his Honda CBR600RR, in each case ahead of the battling Tuned Racing teammates of Bryce Prince and Jason Aguilar on their Yamaha YZF-R6s. In each race, Prince came out ahead of Aguilar, but the margin was 0.094 seconds in the C Superbike race and an even narrower 0.074 seconds in the C Superstock contest.
GROM CUP BY HONDA (all on Honda Grom):
1. Brock Miller
2. Ryan O’Neill
3. Kein Leonhard
4. Ivan Garcia
5. Mike Park
MINI 50:
1. Erick Vizcaio (Hon 50)
2. Argee Cardenas (Hon 50)
3. Roni Schuetrum (Hon 50)
C SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Benny Solis Jr. (Hon CBR600RR)
2. Bryce Prince (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Jason Aguilar (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Yaniv Attias (Kaw ZX-6R)
5. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Robert Pierce (Hon CBR600RR)
C SUPERBIKE NOVICE:
1. Trevy Martin (Tri 675)
2. Gilbert Silva (Kaw ZX-6R)
3. Anthony Hernandez (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Jai Dicipulo (Kaw ZX-6R)
5. Patrick Fiore (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Bryant Rosas (Hon CBR600RR)
HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Brian Evans (Duc 1199)
FORMULA ONE EXPERT:
1. Corey Sarros (Suz GSX-R1000)
2. Steve Zoumaras (Kaw ZX-10R)
3. Neill Herbert (Yam YZF-R1)
4. Sam Verdarico (Yam YZF-R1)
5. Jeff Stern (Hon CBR1000RR)
6. Sahar Zvik (Kaw ZX-10R)
7. Jay Millhiser (Kaw ZX-10R)
8. Christopher Carron (Kaw ZX-10R)
9. Scott Tillery (Kaw ZX-10R)
10. Michael Weir (Kaw ZX-10R)
FORMULA ONE NOVICE:
1. Anton Griessner (BMW S1000RR)
2. Fatih Buyukronmez (BMW S1000RR)
3. David Tocco (BMW S1000RR)
4. Eric Zapf (Suz GSX-R750)
5. Greg Arnold (BMW S1000RR)
D SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Yuri Barrigan (Yam 450)
E SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. James Yu (Kaw EX250)
2. Tom Kearns (Kaw EX300)
3. Ed Sorbo (Kaw EX250)
4. Dwayne Stroman (Kaw EX250)
LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Peter Murray (Suz SV650)
B SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Brad Saenz (Hon CBR600RR)
2. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Mookie Wilkerson (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Robert Pierce (Hon CBR600RR)
5. Ryan Harper (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Yaniv Attias (Kaw ZX-6R)
B SUPERBIKE NOVICE:
1. Eric Zapf (Suz GSX-R750)
2. Gilbert Silva (Kaw ZX-6R)
3. Anthony Hernandez (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Bryant Rosas (Hon CBR600RR)
A SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Sam Verdarico (Yam YZF-R1)
2. Steve Zoumaras (Kaw ZX-10R)
3. Neill Herbert (Yam YZF-R1)
4. Sahar Zvik (Kaw ZX-10R)
5. Jay Millhiser (Kaw ZX-10R)
6. Christopher Carron (Kaw ZX-10R)
A SUPERBIKE NOVICE:
1. Eric Zapf (Suz GSX-R750)
2. Greg Arnold (BMW S1000RR)
3. Joshua Ly (BMW S1000RR)
D SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Yuri Barrigan (Yam 450)
2. Dwayne Stroman (Yam 450)
F SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Ed Sorbo (Kaw EX250)
2. Tony Serra (Kaw EX250)
LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. David Garner (Suz SV650)
2. Peter Murray (Suz SV650)
3. Andrew Yzabel (Suz SV650)
CLUBMAN EXPERT:
1. Yuri Barrigan (Yam 450)
2. James Yu (Yam EX250)
3. Tom Kearns (Kaw EX300)
KENNY ANDERSON FORMULA 3:
1. Lester Wong (Hon RS125)
A SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Corey Sarros (Suz GSX-R1000)
2. Sam Verdarico (Yam YZF-R1)
3. Terry Heard (Kaw ZX-10R)
4. Ken Pfister (Kaw ZX-10R)
5. Christopher Carron (Kaw ZX-10R)
6. Sean Brown (Suz GSX-R1000)
A SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. Anton Griessner (BMW S1000RR)
2. Bill McNamara (Yam YZF-R1)
3. Fatih Buyukronmez (BMW S1000RR)
4. David Tocco (BMW S1000RR)
5. Greg Arnold (BMW S1000RR)
HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Brian Evans (Duc 1199)
2. Marc Zarra (Yam 450)
C SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Benny Solis Jr. (Hon CBR600RR)
2. Bryce Prince (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Jason Aguilar (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Yaniv Attias (Kaw ZX-6R)
5. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Ryan Harper (Yam YZF-R6)
C SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. Rico de Saracho (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Daniel Paff (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Patrick Fiore (Yam YZF-R6)
4. David Enriquez (Yam YZF-R6)
FORMULA 2 EXPERT:
1. David Garner (Suz SV650)
2. Andrew Yzabel (Suz SV650)
3. Peter Murray (Suz SV650)
4. Marc Zarra (Yam 450)
SENIOR SUPERBIKE HEAVYWEIGHT EXPERT:
1. Steve Zoumaras (Kaw ZX-10R)
2. Terry Heard (Kaw ZX-10R)
3. Ken Pfister (Kaw ZX-10R)
4. Jay Millhiser (Kaw ZX-10R)
5. Armen Manougian (Suz GSX-R1000)
6. Jeff Stern (Hon CBR1000RR)
SENIOR SUPERBIKE HEAVYWEIGHT NOVICE:
1. Bill McNamara (Yam YZF-R1)
2. Greg Arnold (BMW S1000RR)
SENIOR SUPERBIKE MEDIUMWEIGHT EXPERT:
1. Brad Saenz (Hon CBR600RR)
2. Mookie Wilkerson (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Ryan Harper (Yam YZF-R6)
4. J.C. Gibbs (Yam YZF-R6)
5. David Grajeda (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Mitsu Ueda (Yam YZF-R6)
SENIOR SUPERBIKE MEDIUMWEIGHT NOVICE:
1. David Enriquez (Yam YZF-R6)
B SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Javelin Broderick (Kaw ZX-6R)
2. Yaniv Attias (Kaw ZX-6R)
3. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Mookie Wilkerson (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Bruce Stafford (Kaw ZX-6R)
6. Robert Pierce (Hon CBR600RR)
B SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. Rico de Saracho (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Gilbert Silva (Kaw ZX-6R)
3. Anthony Hernandez (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Jai Dicipulo (Kaw ZX-6R)
5. Patrick Fiore (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Bryant Rosas (Hon CBR600RR)