WERA West: Cesar Meza And Bradley Ward Win Formula One Races At Willow Springs

WERA West: Cesar Meza And Bradley Ward Win Formula One Races At Willow Springs

© 2019, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. By Michael Gougis:.

Cesar Meza and Bradley Ward won the final Formula One races at the WERA West Presented by Lucas Oil Products season-ending doubleheader at Willow Springs International Raceway.

Meza, on a Dunlop-shod BMW S1000RR, came from deep in the field to win Saturday’s Formula One race, turning a best time of 1:24.346 around the fast 2.5-mile circuit. Nicholas Ciling was second, with Adolfo Delgado in third.

Meza also won the A Superstock race on Saturday, with David Price taking the A Superbike win.

Cesar Meza (17). Photo by Michael Gougis.
Cesar Meza (17). Photo by Michael Gougis.

On Sunday, Bradley Ward showed up with his Fly Racing-backed, Dunlop-shod Kawasaki ZX-10R and led every lap, turning a best of 1:22.993 en route to a 5.907 second win over Ciling, with Delgado third again. Ward also won the A Superstock and A Superbike races on Sunday.

(Above) The start of Sunday’s Formula One race, with Bradley Ward leading Sahar Zvik (161) and Nicholas Ciling (53) off the grid. Photo by Michael Gougis.

Connor Funk and Edgar Zaragoza took the B and C Superbike middleweight races on Saturday, but it was all Zaragoza on Sunday. Zaragoza won the B and C Superbike races, as well as the B and C Superstock events.

(Above) Start of the C Superbike race on Saturday, with Keir Leonhardt (512) leading Cesar Meza, Jr. (27), Moises Castaneda (108), and Ociel Leyva. Photo by Michael Gougis.

California Superbike School instructor Eric Anderson, on his personal Yamaha YZF-R6. Photo by Michael Gougis.

(Above) Owen Williams (04) leads Kensei Matsudaira (74) in the Mini 50 race on Saturday. Photo by Michael Gougis.

SATURDAY:

 

GROM CUP (all on Honda Grom):

1. Selin Buyuksonmez

 

MINI 50:

1. Owen Williams (Yam 50)

2. Kensei Matsudaira (Ohvale 110)

 

FORMULA ONE EXPERT:

1. Cesar Meza (BMW S1000RR)

2. Nicholas Ciling (Kaw ZX-10R)

3. Adolfo Delgado (Yam YZF-R1)

4. David Price (Suz GSX-R1000)

5. Sahar Zvik (Kaw ZX-10R)

6. Hunter Dunham (Yam YZF-R1)

 

FORMULA ONE NOVICE:

1. Richard Cody (Kaw ZX-10R)

 

C SUPERBIKE EXPERT:

1. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6)

2. Cesar Meza Jr. (Yam YZF-R6)

3. Keir Leonhardt (Yam YZF-R6)

4. Eric Anderson (Yam YZF-R6)

5. Moises Castaneda (Hon CBR600RR)

6. Ladislav Sucik (Hon CBR500R)

 

C SUPERBIKE NOVICE:

1. Ben Gary (Duc 848)

2. Conner Brown (Yam YZF-R6)

3. Joe Bastin (Kaw ZX-6R)

4. Edgar Dominguez (Yam YZF-R6)

5. Ociel Leyva (Yam YZF-R6)

 

D SUPERBIKE EXPERT:

1. Emily Grana (Kaw Ninja 400R)

2. Laura Orozco (Mor 250)

 

D SUPERBIKE NOVICE:

1. Ethan Cook (Kaw Ninja 400R)

2. Owen Williams (Kaw Ninja 400R)

 

E SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:

1. Christine Padilla (Kaw Ninja 300R)

2. Tony Serra (Kaw Ninja 250R)

 

E SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:

1. Steven Greenwalt (KTM 390)

2. Selin Buyuksonmez (Kaw Ninja 250R)

 

LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:

1. Ed Sorbo (Suz SV650)

2. Anthony Morrison (Suz SV650)

 

LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:

1. James Snow (Suz SV650)

2. Eric Stahl (H-D 1200)

 

V6 MEDIUMWEIGHT:

1. Lloyd Johnson (Duc 900)

 

A SUPERBIKE EXPERT:

1. David Price (Suz GSX-R1000)

2. Nicholas Ciling (Kaw ZX-10R)

3. Adolfo Delgado (Yam YZF-R1)

4. Sahar Zvik (Kaw ZX-10R)

5. John Dubois II (Kaw ZX-10R)

6. Travis Westermeyer (Kaw ZX-10R)

 

A SUPERBIKE NOVICE:

1. Rigoberto Soto (Suz GSX-R1000)

2. Ben Gary (Duc 848)

3. Matt Tisdale (Kaw ZX-10R)

4. Sean Matic (Yam YZF-R1)

5. Tom Luby (Suz GSX-R1000)

6. Rayme Jelski (Suz GSX-R1000)

 

D SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:

1. Emily Grana (Kaw Ninja 400R)

2. Ladislav Sucik (Hon CBR500R)

 

D SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:

1. Ethan Cook (Kaw Ninja 400R)

2. John Sosebee (Yam YZF-R3)

3. Steven Greenwalt (KTM 390)

 

LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE EXPERT:

1. Lance Lewman (Suz SV650)

2. JC Gibbs (Yam 700)

3. Lloyd Johnson (Duc 900)

4. Ed Sorbo (Suz SV650)

5. Michael Gougis (Suz SV650)

6. Jim Dobson (Yam 700)

 

LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE NOVICE:

1. James Snow (Suz SV650)

 

B SUPERBIKE EXPERT:

1. Connor Funk (Yam YZF-R6)

2. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6)

3. Keir Leonhardt (Suz GSX-R750)

4. Gerardo Flores (Kaw ZX-6R)

5. Moises Castaneda (Hon CBR600RR)

6. Anibal Ivan Arias (Kaw ZX-6R)

 

B SUPERBIKE NOVICE:

1. Ben Gary (Duc 848)

2. Conner Brown (Yam YZF-R6)

3. Edgar Dominguez (Yam YZF-R6)

 

CLUBMAN EXPERT:

1. Laura Orozco (Mor 250)

2. Christine Padilla (Kaw Ninja 300R)

3. Ron Gentile (KTM 390)

 

CLUBMAN NOVICE:

1. Owen Williams (Kaw Ninja 400R)

2. James Christiansen (Zero SR)

 

F SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:

1. Tony Serra (Kaw Ninja 250R)

 

A SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:

1. Cesar Meza (BMW S1000RR)

2. Sahar Zvik (Kaw ZX-10R)

3. Terry Heard (Kaw ZX-10R)

4. Joshua Uebersetzig (Hon CBR1000RR)

5. Travis Westermeyer (Kaw ZX-10R)

6. Krystyna Kubran (Yam YZF-R1)

 

A SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:

1. Matt Tisdale (Kaw ZX-10R)

2. Rigoberto Soto (Suz GSX-R1000)

3. Sean Matic (Yam YZF-R1)

4. Tom Luby (Suz GSX-R1000)

5. Rayme Jelski (Suz GSX-R1000)

6. Richard Cody (Kaw ZX-10R)

 

SRA WEST SIDECARS:

1. Steve Stull

2. Victor Corona

3. Donn Sayre

4. William Becker

5. Roy Janes

6. Sean Bakker

 

C SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:

1. Connor Funk (Yam YZF-R6)

2. Cesar Mesa Jr. (Yam YZF-R6)

3. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6)

4. Mookie Wilkerson (Yam YZF-R6)

5. Keir Leonhardt (Yam YZF-R6)

 

C SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:

1. Conner Brown (Yam YZF-R6)

2. Robert Linneman (Kaw ZX-6R)

3. Joe Bastin (Kaw ZX-6R)

4. Edgar Dominguez (Yam YZF-R6)

 

HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE EXPERT:

1. Gary Orr (BMW 1200)

2. Ruben Soto (KTM 1190)

3. Michael Gougis (Suz SV650)

4. Ed Guzman (Suz SV650)

 

HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE NOVICE:

1. Ben Gary (Duc 848)

2. Sean Matic (BMW 1200)

 

FORMULA TWO EXPERT:

1. Jim Dobson (Yam 700)

2. Ed Sorbo (Suz SV650)

3. Anthony Morrison (Suz SV650)

 

SENIOR SUPERBIKE HEAVYWEIGHT EXPERT:

1. Cesar Meza (BMW S1000RR)

2. David Price (Suz GSX-R1000)

3. Travis Westermeyer (Kaw ZX-10R)

4. Ed Guzman (Suz GSX-R1000)

5. Ruben Soto (KTM 1190)

6. Fatih Buyuksonmez (BMW S1000RR)

 

SENIOR SUPERBIKE HEAVYWEIGHT NOVICE:

1. Sean Matic (BMW 1200)

2. Eric Gray (Kaw ZX-10R)

 

SENIOR SUPERBIKE MEDIUMWEIGHT EXPERT:

1. Gary Orr (BMW 1200)

2. Eric Anderson (Yam YZF-R6)

3. Gerardo Flores (Kaw ZX-6R)

4. Moises Castaneda (Hon CBR600RR)

 

SENIOR SUPERBIKE MEDIUMWEIGHT NOVICE:

1. Wayne Gann (Yam YZF-R6)

2. Jimmyjam Salters (Kaw ZX-6R)

 

B SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:

1. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6)

 

B SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:

1. Conner Brown (Yam YZF-R6)

2. Wayne Gann (Yam YZF-R6)

3. Edgar Dominguez (Yam YZF-R6)

4. Jimmyjam Salters (Kaw ZX-6R)

 

V8 MEDIUMWEIGHT:

1. Moises Castaneda (Hon CBR600RR)

2. Edward Hearn (Kaw ZX-6R)

 

SUNDAY:

 

GROM CUP (all on Honda Grom):

1. Selin Buyuksonmez

 

MINI 50:

1. Owen Williams (Yam 50)

2. Jesse Shedden (Hus 65)

 

FORMULA ONE EXPERT:

1. Bradley Ward (Kaw ZX-10R)

2. Nicholas Ciling (Kaw ZX-10R)

3. Adolfo Delgado (Yam YZF-R1)

4. Sahar Zvik (Kaw ZX-10R)

5. Hunter Dunham (Yam YZF-R1)

6. John Dubois II (Kaw ZX-10R)

 

FORMULA ONE NOVICE:

1. Matt Tisdale (Kaw ZX-10R)

2. Richard Cody (Kaw ZX-10R)

 

C SUPERBIKE EXPERT:

1. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6)

2. Keir Leonhardt (Yam YZF-R6)

3. Eric Anderson (Yam YZF-R6)

4. Ben Gary (Duc 848)

5. Moises Castaneda (Hon CBR600RR)

 

C SUPERBIKE NOVICE:

1. Conner Brown (Yam YZF-R6)

2. Robert Linneman (Kaw ZX-6R)

3. Joe Bastin (Kaw ZX-6R)

4. Edgar Dominguez (Yam YZF-R6)

5. Ociel Leyva (Yam YZF-R6)

 

D SUPERBIKE EXPERT:

1. Ethan Cook (Kaw Ninja 400R)

2. Emily Grana (Kaw Ninja 400R)

3. Hunter Ciling (Kaw Ninja 400R)

4. Laura Orozco (Mor 250)

 

D SUPERBIKE NOVICE:

1. Owen Williams (Kaw Ninja 400R)

 

E SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:

1. Christine Padilla (Kaw Ninja 300R)

 

E SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:

1. John Sosebee (Yam YZF-R3)

 

LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:

1. Gary Orr (Fis 675)

2. Ed Sorbo (Suz SV650)

3. Anthony Morrison (Suz SV650)

4. Michael Gougis (Suz SV650)

5. Ed Guzman (Suz SV650)

 

LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:

1. James Snow (Suz SV650)

2. Eric Stahl (H-D 1200)

 

A SUPERBIKE EXPERT:

1. Bradley Ward (Kaw ZX-10R)

2. Nicholas Ciling (Kaw ZX-10R)

3. Adolfo Delgado (Yam YZF-R1)

4. Sahar Zvik (Kaw ZX-10R)

5. Hunder Dunham (Yam YZF-R1)

6. John Dubois II (Kaw ZX-10R)

 

A SUPERBIKE NOVICE:

1. Matt Tisdale (Kaw ZX-10R)

2. Rigoberto Soto (Suz GSX-R1000)

3. Rayme Jelski (Suz GSX-R1000)

4. Donald Martins (BMW S1000RR)

5. Matt Escudero (Yam YZF-R1)

 

D SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:

1. Ethan Cook (Kaw Ninja 400R)

2. Emily Grana (Kaw Ninja 400R)

3. Hunter Ciling (Kaw Ninja 400R)

 

D SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:

1. John Sosebee (Yam YZF-R3)

 

F SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:

1. Tony Serra (Kaw Ninja 250R)

 

LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE EXPERT:

1. Lance Lewman (Suz SV650)

2. JC Gibbs (Yam 700)

3. Jim Dobson (Yam 700)

4. Gary Orr (Fis 675)

5. Anthony Morrison (Suz SV650)

6. Ed Sorbo (Suz SV650)

 

LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE NOVICE:

1. James Snow (Suz SV650)

 

B SUPERBIKE EXPERT:

1. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6)

2. Ben Gary (Duc 848)

3. Keir Leonhardt (Suz GSX-R750)

4. Anibal Ivan Arias (Kaw ZX-6R)

5. Moises Castaneda (Hon CBR600RR)

6. Gerardo Flores (Kaw ZX-6R)

 

B SUPERBIKE NOVICE:

1. Conner Brown (Yam YZF-R6)

2. Edgar Dominguez (Yam YZF-R6)

3. Ociel Leyva (Yam YZF-R6)

 

SRA WEST SIDECARS:

1. Victor Corona

2. Donn Sayre

3. William Becker

4. Roy Janes

5. Sean Bakker

6. Gary McEwen

 

CLUBMAN EXPERT:

1. Laura Orozco (Mor 250)

2. Ron Gentile (KTM 390)

3. Christine Padilla (Kaw Ninja 300R)

 

CLUBMAN NOVICE:

1. Owen Williams (Kaw Ninja 400R)

2. James Christiansen (Zero SR)

3. Selin Buyuksonmez (Kaw Ninja 250R)

 

A SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:

1. Bradley Ward (Kaw ZX-10R)

2. Nicholas Ciling (Kaw ZX-10R)

3. Sahar Zvik (Kaw ZX-10R)

4. Hunter Dunham (Yam YZF-R1)

5. Terry Heard (Kaw ZX-10R)

6. John Dubois II (Kaw ZX-10R)

 

A SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:

1. Matt Tisdale (Kaw ZX-10R)

2. Rigoberto Soto (Suz GSX-R1000)

3. Donald Martins (BMW S1000RR)

4. Rayme Jelski (Suz GSX-R1000)

5. Matt Escudero (Yam YZF-R1)

 

C SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:

1. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6)

2. Keir Leonhardt (Yam YZF-R6)

3. Mookie Wilkerson (Yam YZF-R6)

 

C SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:

1. Conner Brown (Yam YZF-R6)

2. Robert Linneman (Kaw ZX-6R)

3. Joe Bastin (Kaw ZX-6R)

4. Ociel Leyva (Yam YZF-R6)

 

HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE EXPERT:

1. Ben Gary (Duc 848)

2. Ruben Soto (KTM 1190)

3. Gary Orr (BMW 1200)

 

FORMULA TWO EXPERT:

1. Lance Lewman (Suz SV650)

2. Jim Dubson (Yam 700)

3. Ed Sorbo (Suz SV650)

4. Anthony Morrison (Suz SV650)

5. Cody Burton (Suz SV650)

 

SENIOR SUPERBIKE HEAVYWEIGHT EXPERT:

1. Fatih Buyuksonmex (BMW S1000RR)

2. Ed Guzman (Suz GSX-R1000)

 

SENIOR SUPERBIKE HEAVYWEIGHT NOVICE:

1. Donald Martins (BMW S1000RR)

2. Eric Gray (Kaw ZX-10R)

 

SENIOR SUPERBIKE MEDIUMWEIGHT EXPERT:

1. Eric Anderson (Yam YZF-R6)

2. Gary Orr (BMW 1200)

3. Gerardo Flores (Kaw ZX-6R)

4. Moises Castaneda (Hon CBR600RR)

 

SENIOR SUPERBIKE MEDIUMWEIGHT NOVICE:

1. Edward Hearn (Kaw ZX-6R)

2. Jimmyjam Salters (Kaw ZX-6R)

 

B SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:

1. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6)

 

B SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:

1. Conner Brown (Yam YZF-R6)

2. Edgar Dominguez (Yam YZF-R6)

3. Ociel Leyva (Yam YZF-R6)

4. Jimmyjam Salters (Kaw ZX-6R)

 

V8 HEAVYWEIGHT:
1. John Miles (Yam YZF-R1)

 

V8 MEDIUMWEIGHT:

1. Moises Castaneda (Hon CBR600RR)

2. Edward Hearn (Kaw ZX-6R)

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