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AFM Round 4 Was Hot at Thunderhill Raceway
July 15-16, 2017
With the temperatures approaching 110, almost a third of the club decided not to attend round 4 of the American Federation of Motorcyclists road racing series. However, this did not stop those in attendance from providing hotter action on track and a big thanks out to a handful of racers who provided canopies to the turnworker crews to help keep them cool!
In Formula Pacific, Wyatt Farris on his Bikers 911/Indian Resort & Spa/GP Suspension Kawasaki ZX10R, would take the lead and the eventual win on lap 7 after Tyler O’Hara on his Jim Deehan owned/BBJK-MCTech tuned Kawasaki ZX10R would give up first place tucking the front end just before the back straight.
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Taking 2nd would be Chris Siglin on his Fastline BMW1000 and making his first appearance on the podium this season, Sebastio Ferreira on his Yamaha R1. Other notables who did not make it to the end, were Lenny Hale and Jason Lauritzen, and Cory Call who had a monstrous high-side in the very fast turn 8 on the 4th lap. First 600 across the line was Ezra Beaubier on his One6Sport Yamaha YZF-R6 followed by Andrew Lee on his Yamaha YZF-R6.
In 600 Superbike action, Ezra Beaubier would get the holeshot and never relinquish that lead. However, Brandon Crawford would keep him honest every turn on every lap and would follow Beaubier across the line with only a couple of bike lengths separating them. These 2 would again match up in the 600 Super Stock race later in the day and Beaubier would take the lead away from Crawford on lap 2 and stretch that lead to 6 seconds at the finish line. These two have provided some great races all season and we’re sure the action will be fierce over the next 3 rounds!
In Formula 1, Robert Brittain would take his first win as an Expert in a flag to flag win, with Stephen Rue finishing in second and Ilya Roytman rounding out the podium.
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Closest finish of the day was in our 700 Super Stock race where Martin Sullivan won out at the line over Sam Romick. Sullivan, who had quite a gap over Romick as they started the last lap was hunted down by Romick and as they exited T15 onto the final straight, Romick got a monster drive and into Sullivans draft. As they approached the tower, Romick popped out of the draft and just fell short by 0.006 seconds!
In AFemme action, Jennifer Lauritzen would take a flag to flag victory over AJ Jacobsen with Daniela Fredrick rounding out the podium.
In the small displacement classes, the young guns Marc Edwards, Cory Ventura and Brett Voorhees, all coming back from their MotoAmerica KTM Cup race at Laguna Seca last weekend would start the action off hot and heavy. Who would win would be anyone’s guess as Edwards has been hot all season, Ventura was coming off 2 victories in the KTM Cup series and Voorhees has been keeping everyone honest and making them earn podium spots.
The action would start off in the F3 class where Fitzy Fitzsimmons would get a good start and jump out to the lead on his Honda NSF250. However, the young lions on their production based Yamaha YZF-R3’s all lined up behind him and went to battle. Edwards would lead the group for a couple of turns, then Voorhees would lead the group and so it would go for a couple of laps.
Edwards made an uncharacteristic mistake cresting turn 5 and tucked the front. And now it would be Voorhees and Ventura trading spots back and forth. In the end, it would be Fitzsimmons, Voorhees and Ventura.
In 350 Production, the young guns would again go at it with Voorhees chalking up the victory and Paul Johnson and Jay Kinberger representing the beer legal age riders rounding out the podium. On the 5th lap while entering turn 9, Ventura and Edwards were on Voorhees draft and an unsuccessful pass resulted in Edwards and Ventura getting together. As the bikes slid off track, Edwards was caught between both bikes but managed to come back to the pits with just some bumps and bruises.
Voorhees would then go on to dominate the 250 Superbike race with Ventura and Edwards rounding out the podium. Voorhees would come back 2 races later with a victory in Lightweight Twins with Ventura in 2nd and Paul Johnson in 3rd. Edwards had to pull his bike off the grid with a mechanical resulting from the previous days incident.
A special thanks to all the turnworkers and race officials who braved the scorching heat all day and to the racers who provided shade for them!
AFM Round 5 will be September 2-3 at Sonoma Raceway. See you all there!
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Race Results
Formula III – 831 Mark Fitzsimmons (HON), 412 Brett Voorhees (YAM), 164 Cory Ventura (YAM), 230 Paul Johnson (KAW), 43 Jay Kinberger (YAM)
Formula III Novice – 757 Thomas Kendall (YAM), 930 Andrew Park (KAW), 720 Derek Powell (KAW), 954 Alan Fortin (KAW), 953 Cassandra Fortin (KAW)
Clubman LT – 898 Nicholas Shipilov (YAM), 888 Brandon Souza (YAM), 776 Nick Gomez (SUZ), 785 Zack Kragel (SUZ), 814 John Rice (KAW)
Vintage – 79 Paul Kieffer (SUZ), 132 Terry Cheney (HON), 893 Mark McKinney (YAM)
Formula 40 Heavy – 3 Cory Call (BMW), 91 Jason Lauritzen (KAW), 12 Hollis Adams BMW), 18 Gavin Botha (KAW)
Formula 40 MidWeight – 57 Thomas Montano (YAM), 14 Stephen Rue (HON), 708 Maarten Bon (KAW), 688 Kevin Winter (YAM), 60 Sergio Morales Galvan (YAM)
Formula 40 MidWeight Novice – 946 James Roy (KAW), 977 Jaakko Tistola (TRI), 868 Max Klein (HON)
AFemme – 619 Jennifer Lauritzen (KAW), 302 AJ Jacobsen (KAW), 103 Daniela Fredrick (YAM)
AFemme Novice – 772 Shiree Cano
Formula 40 LtWeight – 134 Greg Clouse (YAM), 55 Aaron Tulchinsky (YAM), 223 Dave Moss (YAM), 19 Dan Sewell (SUZ), 423 Owen Flatley (YAM)
350 SuperStock – 412 Brett Voorhees (YAM), 230 Paul Johnson (KAW), 43 Jay Kinberger (YAM), 243 Trevor Daniels (YAM), 20 Michael Kim (KAW)
350 SuperStock Novice – 990 Andrew Park (KAW), 954 Alan Fortin (KAW), 720 Derek Powell (KAW), 197 Haim Beressi (KAW), 953 Cassandra Fortin (KAW)
Formula 50 – 50 Tom Wilbert (BMW), 18 Gavin Botha (KAW), 708 Maarten Bon (YAM), 42 Joe Hittner (YAM)
Clubman HVY – 986 Daniel Velazco (BMW), 916 Jade Oliver (DUC), 608 Cyril Brun (SUZ), 996 Jeremy King (KAW), 701 Michael Hoy (BMW)
Clubman MID – 827 Hani Bishrat (YAM), 434 Salvatore Rizzo (YAM), 861 John Jackson (YAM), 946 James Roy (KAW), 924 Jason Burkhart (YAM
Legacy LT – 853 Chad O’Hara (KAW), 995 Charles Coyston (YAM), 510 Charles Almy (YAM), 36 Thomas Dorsey (SUZ)
Legacy LT Novice – 898 Nicholas Shipilov (YAM), 776 Nick Gomez (SUZ), 704 Greg Jessee (HON), 981 Xiao Xiao (SUZ)
750 Superbike – 747 *****n Habura (KAW), 823 Robert Brittain (YAM), 333 Ilya Roytman (YAM), 729 Fabian Fernandez (YAM), 928 Trevor Nogueira (KAW)
750 Superbike Novice – 608 Cyril Brun (SUZ), 861 John Jackson (YAM), 404 Tomas Covinha (YAM), 607 Nicholas Patane (YAM), 978 Brian Kellogg (SUZ)
Formula Single – 831 Mark Fitzsimmons (HON), 134 Greg Clouse (KTM), 797 Norbert Katona (KTM)
Lightweight Twins – 412 Brett Voorhees (YAM), 164 Cory Ventura (YAM), 230 Paul Johnson (KAW), 43 Jay Kinberger (YAM), 436 Gordon Pull (KAW)
Lightweight Twins Novice – 954 Alan Fortin (KAW), 720 Derek Powell (KAW), 990 Andrew Park (KAW), 197 Haim Beressi (KAW), 953 Cassandra Fortin (KAW)
700 SuperStock – 444 Martin Sullivan (SUZ), 787 Sam Romick (SUZ), 55 Aaron Tulchinsky (YAM), 438 Joshua Davies (SUZ)
600 Superbike – 297x Ezra Beaubier (YAM), 7 Brandon Crawford (YAM), 57 Thomas Montano (YAM), 14 Stephen Rue (HON), 823 Robert Brittain (YAM)
600 Superbike Novice – 827 Hani Bisharat (YAM), 434 Salvatore Rizzo (YAM), 883 Brheett Butler (TRI), 608 Cyril Brun (SUZ), 861 John Jackson (YAM)
Open GP – 3 Cory Call (BMW), 4 Chris Siglin (BMW), 39 Lenny Hale (KAW), 173 Sebastio Ferreira (YAM), 91 Jason Lauritzen (KAW)
Open GP Novice – 986 Daniel Velazco (BMW), 904 Charles Mouillet (KAW), 996 Jeremy King (KAW), 481 Wymann Apple (SUZ)
Super Dino – 721 Benjamin Hodges (SUZ), 146 Roger Baker (YAM), 68 Craig Grantham (DUC), 704 Greg Jessee (HON), 776 Nick Gomez (SUZ)
Formula I – 823 Robert Brittain (YAM), 14 Stephen Rue (HON), 333 Stephen Roytman (YAM), 928 Trevor Nogueira (KAW), 729 Fabian Fernandez (YAM)
Formula I Novice – 555 Oluwadare Dare Kolaware (YAM), 434 Salvatore Rizzo (YAM), 404 Tomas Covinha (YAM), 883 Brhett Butler (TRI), 607 Nicholas Patane (YAM)
Open Superbike – 2 Wyatt Farris (KAW), 192 Tyler O’Hara (KAW), 39 Lenny Hale (KAW), 99 Chad Swain (KAW), 54 Tyler Wolters (YAM)
Open Superbike Novice – 904 Charles Mouillet, 481 Wyman Apple (SUZ)
Formula IV – 444 Martin Sullivan (SUZ), 421 Ian Smith (SUZ), 55 Aaron Tulchinsky (YAM), 439 Joshua Davies (SUZ), 853 Chad O’Hara (KAW)
Formula IV Novice – 888 Brandon Souza (YAM)
Legacy MID – 28 Jose Flores (SUZ), 747 ***** Habura (SUZ), 337 Christian Diegelman (SUZ)
Legacy MID Novice – 854 Moua Vang (KAW), 772 Shiree Cano (TRI), 724 Taylor Tschirky (KAW), 782 Richard Stone (SUZ)
Formula Pacific – 2 Wyatt Farris (KAW), 4 Chris Siglin (BMW), 173 Sebastiao Ferreira (YAM), 143 Jordan Edginton (YAM), 99 Chad Swain (KAW), 297x Ezra Beaubier (YAM), 67 Andrew Lee (YAM), 357 Alex Flores (KAW), 765 George Myshlyayev (KAW)
450 Superbike – 421 Ian Smith (SUZ), 223 Dave Moss (YAM), 995 Charles Coyston (YAM), 510 Charles Almy (YAM), 230 Paul Johnson (YAM)
450 Superbike Novice – 898 Nicholas Shipilov (YAM), 981 Xiao Xiao (SUZ)
300 World SuperSport – 265 Marc Edwards (YAM), 43 Jay Kinberger (YAM), 20 Michael Kim (KAW),
300 World SuperSport Novice – 954 Alan Fortin (KAW), 990 Andrew Park (KAW), 197 Haim Beressi (KAW), 953 Cassandra Fortin (KAW)
250 SuperStock – 667 *****n Driscoll (SUZ), 389 Pao Vang (KAW), 311 Paul Sturges (KAW), 86 Laura Llovet (KAW)
250 SuperStok Novice – 947 Soua Yang (KAW), 725 Andrew Gawer (KAW)
Open SuperStock – 2 Wyatt Farris (KAW), 91 Jason Lauritzen (KAW) 99 Chad Swain (KAW), 54 Tyler Wolters (YAM), 302 AJ Jacobsen (KAW)
Open SuperStock Novice – 986 Daniel Velazco (BMW)
Open Twins – 98 Brendan Walsh (DUC), 36 Thomas Dorsey (SUZ)
Open Twins Novice – 916 Jade Oliver (DUC), 937 Derek Yuill (DUC)
600 SuperStock – 297x Ezra Beaubier (YAM), 7 Brandon Crawford (YAM), 57 Thomas Montano (YAM), 14 Stephen Rue (HON), 108 Kevin Murphy (YAM)
600 SuperStock Novice – 827 Hani Bisharat (YAM), 768 Nick Lundquist (YAM), 434 Salvatore Rizzo (YAM), 555 Oluwadare Dare Kolaware (YAM), 404 Tomas Covinha (YAM)
450 SuperStock – 842 Max Sawicky (YAM), 223 Dave Moss (YAM), 421 Ian Smith (SUZ), 995 Charles Coyston (YAM), 230 Paul Johnson (YAM)
450 SuperStock Novice – 1 888 Brandon Souza (YAM), 981 Xiao Xiao (SUZ)
Formula II – 146 Roger Baker (YAM), 831 Mark Fitzsimmons (HON), 60 Sergio Morales Galvan (YAM), 797 Norber Katona (KTM)
650 Twins – 444 Martin Sullivan (SUZ), 438 Joshua Davies (SUZ), 853 Chad O’Hara (KAW), 55 Aaron Tulchinsky (YAM), 16 Michael Souza (SUZ)
650 Twins Novice – 785 Zack Kragel (SUZ)
750 SuperStock – 609 Justin Merrick (YAM), 747 ***** Habura (KAW), 823 Robert Brittain (YAM), 333 Ilya Roytman (YAM), 729 Fabian Fernandez (YAM)
750 SuperStock Novice – 827 Hani Bisharat (YAM), 608 Cyril Brun (YAM), Oluwaradare Dare Kolawole (YAM), 802 Chris de Bar (YAM)
Legacy HVY – 721 Benjamin Hodges (SUZ), 28 Jose Flores (SUZ), 337 Christian Diegelman (SUZ)
Legacy HVY Novice - 996Jeremy King (KAW)
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