WERA West Presented by Lucas Oil Products
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Sept. 29-30, 2018
by Michael Gougis
Copyright 2018, Roadacing World Publishing, Inc.
MotoAmerica competitors Jayson Uribe and David “Aussie Dave” Anthony split the Formula One wins at the WERA West Presented by Lucas Oil Products season-ending doubleheader on the 1.8-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway Classic Course.
Uribe, who competed in Europe for the past several seasons, found himself without a ride for 2018, but filled in on the Genuine Broaster Chicken Honda CBR1000RR team for three MotoAmerica rounds this season.
On a Motul-backed, Dunlop-shod Honda CBR1000RR, Uribe took a clean win in Formula One on Saturday over Justin Simons on a Kawasaki ZX-10R and Louis Jutras on a BMW S1000RR. Uribe backed it up with a victory in the A Superbike race over Simons and Aaron Ascher on an Aprilia RSV4.
On Sunday, Anthony pulled in to the paddock with the big ADR Motorsports/FLY Street rig, which had just rolled back to the West from the final MotoAmerica round of the season at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama.
Anthony started the day on his Dunlop-shod Kawasaki ZX-10R with the A Superstock win over Simons and Jeremy Simmons on a Yamaha YZF-R1. Simons would get his revenge at the end of the day, edging Anthony by less than a second for the A Superbike victory, with Ascher again third.
In between, Anthony had to battle hard to keep Uribe behind him during the six-lap Formula One race, with Anthony’s Kawasaki crossing the line 1.631 seconds ahead of Uribe’s Honda. Uribe, however, did the only lap of the weekend in the 1:16 bracket, turning a 1:16.983 while chasing Anthony.
RESULTS
SATURDAY:
GROM CUP (all on Honda Grom)
1. Selin Buyuksonmez
2. Fatih Buyuksonmez
MINI 50:
1. Alex Enriquez (Met 65)
A SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Louis Jutras (BMW S1000RR)
2. Ken Pfister (Kaw ZX-10R)
3. Jay Millhiser (Yam YZF-R1)
4. Jeremy Simmons (Yam YZF-R1)
A SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. Travis Becker (Yam YZF-R1)
2. Jeremy Sims (BMW S1000RR)
3. John Dubais II (Yam YZF-R1)
4. Steven Carron (Kaw ZX-10R)
5. Tim Parchman (Yam YZF-R1)
6. Brandon Pull (Yam YZF-R1)
SRA-WEST SIDECARS:
1. John Wood
2. Donn Sayre
3. Henry Nelson
4. William Becker
5. Randall Weller
6. Gary McEwan
C SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Bradley Ward (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Alejandro Thermiotis (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Jeremy Simmons (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Keir Leonhardt (Yam YZF-R6)
5. David Guerrero (Yam YZF-R6)
6. David Henderson (Yam YZF-R6)
C SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. Connor Funk (Hon CBR600RR)
2. Michael Angeles (Kaw ZX-6R)
3. Tyler Bengford (Suz GSX-R600)
4. Conner Brown (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Nick Zaan (Suz GSX-R600)
6. Richard Findlay (Yam YZF-R6)
FORMULA 2 EXPERT:
1. Nathan Shipman (Suz SV650)
2. J.C. Gibbs (Yam 700)
3. Lance Lewman (Suz SV650)
4. Anthony Morrison (Suz SV650)
5. Scott Sherman (Suz SV650)
6. Michael Gougis (Suz SV650)
HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Chad Tieszen (KTM 1190)
2. Ruben Soto (KTM 1190)
SENIOR SUPERBIKE HEAVYWEIGHT EXPERT:
1. Terry Heard (Kaw ZX-10R)
2. Aaron Ascher (Apr RSV4)
3. Louis Jutras (BMW S1000RR)
4. Ken Pfister (Kaw ZX-10R)
5. Jay Millhiser (Yam YZF-R1)
6. Ed Guzman (BMW S1000RR)
SENIOR SUPERBIKE HEAVYWEIGHT NOVICE:
1. Brandon Pull (Yam YZF-R1)
2. Donald Martins (Yam YZF-R1)
SENIOR SUPERBIKE MEDIUMWEIGHT EXPERT:
1. Mookie Wilkerson (Yam YZF-R6)
2. John James (Hon CBR600RR)
3. Moises Castaneda (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Gerardo Flores (Kaw ZX-6R)
SENIOR SUPERBIKE MEDIUMWEIGHT NOVICE:
1. Vanessa Jackson (Hon CBR600RR)
2. Wayne Gann (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Edward Hearn (Kaw ZX-6R)
4. James Salters (Kaw ZX-6R)
B SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Alejandro Thermiotis (Yam YZF-R6)
2. David Guerrero (Yam YZF-R6)
B SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. Connor Funk (Hon CBR600RR)
2. Conner Brown (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Tyler Bengford (Suz GSX-R600)
4. Lee McNutt (Suz GSX-R750)
5. Steve Han (Suz GSX-R750)
6. Richard Findlay (Yam YZF-R6)
V8 MEDIUMWEIGHT:
1. John James (Hon CBR600RR)
D SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Ron Gentile (KTM 390)
E SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Jesse Davis (Yam YZF-R3)
E SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. Ethan Cook (Kaw Ninja 400)
2. Christjan Larsen (Kaw Ninja 300)
C SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Alejandro Thermiotis (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Bradley Ward (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Keir Leonhardt (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Daniel Riser (Kaw ZX-6R)
5. Nathan Shipman (Suz SV650)
6. Moises Castaneda (Yam YZF-R6)
C SUPERBIKE NOVICE:
1. Connor Funk (Hon CBR600RR)
2. Tyler Bengford (Suz GSX-R600)
3. Nick Zaan (Suz GSX-R600)
4. Richard Findlay (Yam YZF-R6)
FORMULA ONE EXPERT:
1. Jayson Uribe (Hon CBR1000RR)
2. Justin Simons (Kaw ZX-10R)
3. Louis Jutras (BMW S1000RR)
4. Mario Orozco (BMW S1000RR)
FORMULA ONE NOVICE:
1. Steven Carron (Kaw ZX-10R)
2. Tim Parchman (Yam YZF-R1)
V8 HEAVYWEIGHT:
1. Lee McNutt (Suz GSX-R750)
2. John James (Hon CBR600RR)
3. Steve Han (Suz GSX-R750)
4. Vincent Mendez (Suz GSX-R750)
CLUBMAN EXPERT:
1. Jesse Davis (Yam YZF-R3)
2. Ron Gentile (KTM 390)
CLUBMAN NOVICE:
1. Ethan Cook (Kaw Ninja 400)
2. Christjan Larsen (Kaw Ninja 300)
B SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Mookie Wilkerson (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Terry Heard (Kaw ZX-6R)
3. Alejandro Thermiotis (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Anibal Arias (Kaw ZX-6R)
5. Gerardo Flores (Kaw ZX-6R)
6. Daniel Riser (Kaw ZX-6R)
B SUPERBIKE NOVICE:
1. Connor Funk (Hon CBR600RR)
2. Steve Han (Suz GSX-R750)
3. Michael Angeles (Kaw ZX-6R)
4. Conner Brown (Yam YZF-R6)
D SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Jesse Davis (Yam YZF-R3)
LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Nathan Shipman (Suz SV650)
2. J.C. Gibbs (Yam 700)
3. Lance Lewman (Suz SV650)
4. Anthony Morrison (Suz SV650)
5. Scott Sherman (Suz SV650)
6. Michael Gougis (Suz SV650)
A SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Jayson Uribe (Hon CBR1000RR)
2. Justin Simons (Kaw ZX-10R)
3. Aaron Ascher (Apr RSV4)
4. Chad Tieszen (Yam YZF-R1)
5. Mario Orozco (BMW S1000RR)
A SUPERBIKE NOVICE:
1. Travis Becker (Yam YZF-R1)
2. Jeremy Sims (BMW S1000RR)
3. John DuBois II (Yam YZF-R1)
4. Donald Martins (BMW S1000RR)
5. Bill Jones (Yam YZF-R1)
SUNDAY:
GROM CUP (all on Honda Grom)
1. Selin Buyuksonmez
2. Fatih Buyuksonmez
MINI 50:
1. Alex Enriquez (Met 65)
A SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. David Anthony (Kaw ZX-10R)
2. Justin Simons (Kaw ZX-10R)
3. Jeremy Simmons (Yam YZF-R1)
4. Sahar Zvik (Kaw ZX-10R)
5. Christopher Carron (Yam YZF-R1)
6. Ken Pfister (Kaw ZX-10R)
A SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. Travis Becker (Yam YZF-R1)
2. John Dubois II (Yam YZF-R1)
3. Steven Carron (Yam YZF-R1)
4. Tim Parchman (Yam YZF-R1)
5. Brandon Pull (Yam YZF-R1)
6. Eric Gomez (Suz GSX-R1000)
SRA-WEST SIDECARS:
1. John Wood
2. Donn Sayre
3. William Becker
4. Randall Weller
5. Gary McEwan
C SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Alejandro Thermiotis (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Bradley Ward (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Jeremy Simmons (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Anibal Arias (Kaw ZX-6R)
6. David Guerrero (Yam YZF-R6)
C SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. Connor Funk (Hon CBR600RR)
2. Tyler Bengford (Suz GSX-R600)
3. Nick Zaan (Suz GSX-R600)
4. Conner Brown (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Richard Findlay (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Wayne Gann (Yam YZF-R6)
FORMULA TWO EXPERT:
1. Nathan Shipman (Suz SV650)
2. Scott Sherman (Suz SV650)
3. Michael Gougis (Suz SV650)
4. Anthony Morrison (Suz SV650)
5. Cody Burton (Suz SV650)
6. David Raffo (Suz SV650)
HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Chad Tieszen (KTM 1190)
2. Ruben Soto (KTM 1190)
SENIOR SUPERBIKE HEAVYWEIGHT EXPERT:
1. Aaron Ascher (Apr RSV4)
2. Terry Heard (Kaw ZX-10R)
3. Ken Pfister (Kaw ZX-10R)
4. Ed Guzman (BMW S1000RR)
SENIOR SUPERBIKE HEAVYWEIGHT NOVICE:
1. Brandon Pull (Yam YZF-R1)
SENIOR SUPERBIKE MEDIUMWEIGHT EXPERT:
1. Mookie Wilkerson (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Gerardo Flores (Kaw ZX-6R)
3. Moises Castaneda (Yam YZF-R6)
SENIOR SUPERBIKE MEDIUMWEIGHT NOVICE:
1. Wayne Gann (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Vanessa Jackson (Hon CBR600RR)
3. Edward B. Hearn (Kaw ZX-6R)
B SUPERSTOCK EXPERT:
1. Alejandro Thermiotis (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6)
3. David Guerrero (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Moises Castaneda (Yam YZF-R6)
B SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. Connor Funk (Hon CBR600RR)
2. Conner Brown (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Lee McNutt (Suz GSX-R750)
4. Tyler Bengford (Suz GSX-R600)
5. Steve Han (Suz GSX-R750)
6. Richard Findlay (Yam YZF-R6)
V8 MEDIUMWEIGHT:
1. John James (Hon CBR600RR)
D SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Mookie Wilkerson (Yam 450)
D SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. Cole Cook (Kaw Ninja 400)
E SUPERSTOCK NOVICE:
1. Christjan Larsen (Kaw Ninja 300)
LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Nathan Shipman (Suz SV650)
2. Anthony Morrison (Suz SV650)
3. Scott Sherman (Suz SV650)
4. Michael Gougis (Suz SV650)
5. David Raffo (Suz SV650)
6. Cody Burton (Suz SV650)
C SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Alejandro Thermiotis (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Bradley Ward (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6)
C SUPERBIKE NOVICE:
1. Connor Funk (Hon CBR600RR)
2. Tyler Bengford (Suz GSX-R600)
3. Nick Zaan (Suz GSX-R600)
4. Richard Findlay (Yam YZF-R6)
FORMULA ONE EXPERT:
1. David Anthony (Kaw ZX-10R)
2. Jason Uribe (Hon CBR1000RR)
3. Justin Simons (Kaw ZX-10R)
4. Terry Heard (Kaw ZX-10R)
5. Christopher Carron (Yam YZF-R1)
FORMULA ONE NOVICE:
1. John Bubois II (Yamaha YZF-R1)
2. Tim Parchman (Yam YZF-R1)
3. Eric Gomez (Suz GSX-R1000)
CLUBMAN EXPERT:
1. Jesse Davis (Yam YZF-R3)
2. Ron Gentile (KTM 390)
CLUBMAN NOVICE:
1. Cole Cook (Kaw Ninja 400)
V8 HEAVYWEIGHT:
1. Lee McNutt (Suz GSX-R750)
2. John James (Hon CBR600RR)
3. Vincent Mendez (Suz GSX-R750)
B SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Alejandro Thermiotis (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Edgar Zaragoza (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Gerardo Flores (Kaw ZX-6R)
4. Moises Castaneda (Yam YZF-R6)
B SUPERBIKE NOVICE:
1. Connor Funk (Hon CBR600RR)
2. Michael Angeles (Kaw ZX-6R)
A SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Justin Simons (Kaw ZX-10R)
2. David Anthony (Kaw ZX-10R)
3. Aaron Ascher (Apr RSV4)
4. Chad Tieszen (Yam YZF-R1)
5. Greg Arnold (BMW S1000RR)
A SUPERBIKE NOVICE:
1. Travis Becker (Yam YZF-R1)
2. Jeremy Sims (BMW S1000RR)
3. John Dubois II (Yam YZF-R1)
4. Eric Gomez (Suz GSX-R1000)