Palazzo Wins Overall WSMC Championship

Palazzo Wins Overall WSMC Championship

© 2004, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

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Copyright 2004, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Marc Palazzo officially took possession of the 2004 overall WSMC Championship and the 2005 Number One plate that goes with it at the organization’s season finale, Sunday at Willow Springs Raceway.

It was a rare perfect weekend in California’s high desert, with highs in the 70s and no wind, quite a contrast to the November WSMC weekend’s freezing temperatures and snow flurries.

Will Eikenbery finished second in the title chase even though he won more races than Palazzo on the weekend. Eikenberry traded the overall points lead with Palazzo during the season–with both suffering through injuries–but was behind in points coming into this weekend.

Eikenberry used his California Superbike School Kawasaki 636 to win the Formula 40 race from TZ250-mounted Mark Watts, the 650cc Superbike race from GSX-R600 rider Chris Peris and Palazzo, the Formula 2 race from Watts and the 750cc Modified Production race from Skye Girard and his GSX-R750. Jacob West used his GSX-R750 to beat Eikenberry in the 750cc Superstock race.

Peris beat West to win the 750cc Superbike race, in a GSX-R750 battle.

Palazzo won a single race on his Yamaha YZF-R6, 600cc Modified Production, beating dirt tracker Mickey Lane on another Yamaha.

Robbie Dowie rode to a conservative, nervous seventh to clinch the Toyota Cup Unlimited F-1 Championship on his GSX-R1000 Superbike, beating race winner Jeremy Toye to the title by a few points. Jason Perez was second in the race, ahead of outgoing WSMC Overall Champion Jeff Stern.

Dowie won the Open Modified Production race from Chris Ulrich and his Superstock-spec GSX-R1000.

Perez beat Toye and Dowie in the Open Superbike race, beat Premek Glinz in the Open Superstock race, and beat Peris and Palazzo in the 600cc Superstock race.

Wes Totsubo beat John Ulrich and Joji Tokumoto to win the Roadracingworld.com 250cc GP race, while usual 250cc GP winner Watts tried his hand in the 125cc GP race–run as a second wave–and won.

Results as provided by WSMC follow.

WSMC
Willow Springs Raceway
Rosamond, California
December 18-19, 2004
Results In Chronological Order

SPORT TIRE SERVICES FORMULA 40 HEAVYWEIGHT:
1. Jeff Stern (Suz GSX-R1000)
2. Steve Hewitt (Suz GSX-R1000)
3. Claudio Szyszkowski (Duc 998)
4. Phillip Davidson (Yam YZF-R1)
5. Rick May (Suz GSX-R1000)
6. Clayton Backhaus (Suz GSX-R1000)

FORMULA 40 LIGHTWEIGHT:
1. Will Eikenberry (Kaw 636 ZX-6R)
2. Mark Watts (Yam TZ250)
3. Tom Sera (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Stan Bates (Yam YZF-R6)
5. William Harder (Hon CBR600RR)
6. Joji Tokumoto (Yam TZ250)

FORMULA 50:
1. Jeff Rheaume (Suz GSX-R1000)
2. Dave Molitor (Suz GSX-R1000)
3. Howard Lynggard (Yam YZF-R1)
4. John Thomas (Suz GSX-R750)
5. Wayne Petersen (Yam YZF)

APRILIA CHALLENGE (All Aprilia RS250):
1. Patrick Tracey
2. Robert Gosney
3. Kris Provost
4. Ruben Archilla
5. Michael Pastore
6. Jamie Lenore

BOTT LIGHTWEIGHT:
1. Jim Rau (MZ 660)
2. Chris Shadoan (Kaw EX500)
3. Tom Nichols (Kaw EX500)
4. Alex Eisner (Yam)
5. Steven Baker (Yam)

650cc SUPERBIKE:
1. Will Eikenberry (Kaw 636 ZX-6R)
2. Chris Peris (Suz GSX-R600)
3. Marc Palazzo (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Sam Carnibucci (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Steve Atlas (Kaw ZX-6RR)
6. Michael Beck (Yam YZF-R6)

SANTA BARBARA MOTORSPORTS BOTT MIDDLEWEIGHT:
1. Michael Sirolli (Duc 748)
2. Bradley Adams (Suz SV650)
3. Kurt Spencer (Suz SV650)
4. Morgan Broadhead (Suz SV650)
5. Eric Pinson (H-D)
6. Kenneth Ritchie (Suz SV650)

VINTAGE LIGHTWEIGHT DINOSAURS:
1. Warren Spradlin Jr. (Yam)
2. Barry King (Yam)
3. Steven Baker (Yam)

CALIFORNIA RACE SERVICES 600cc SUPERSTOCK:
1. Jason Perez (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Chris Peris (Suz GSX-R600)
3. Marc Palazzo (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Sam Carnibucci (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Blair Sullenger (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Michael Beck (Yam YZF-R6)

MOTORCYCLE RIDERS INC. OPEN SUPERBIKE:
1. Jason Perez (Yam YZF-R1)
2. Jeremy Toye (Yam YZF-R1)
3. Robbie Dowie (Suz GSX-R1000)
4. Mickey Lane (Suz GSX-R1000)
5. Steve Hewitt (Suz GSX-R1000)
6. Premak Glinz (Suz GSX-R1000)

RACER’S EDGE 750cc SUPERSTOCK:
1. Jacob West (Suz GSX-R750)
2. Will Eikenberry (Kaw 636 ZX-6R)
3. Jeff Stern (Suz GSX-R750)
4. Skye Girard (Suz GSX-R750)
5. Jason Caldwell (Suz GSX-R750)
6. Brant Wiwi (Kaw 636 ZX-6RR)

BOTT HEAVYWEIGHT:
1. Kenny Kopecky (Duc 999)
2. Michael Sirolli (Duc 998)
3. Josh Bryan (Buell)
4. Travis Wolfe (Suz)
5. Eric Pinson (H-D)

500cc MODIFIED PRODUCTION:
1. J.C. Gibbs (Yam FZR400)
2. Dean Chin (Yam FZR400)
3. Mark Guzman (Yam FZR400)
4. Chris Shadoan (Kaw EX500)
5. Martin Hackworth (Yam FZR400)
6. Steven Baker (Yam FZR400)

L&L Motorsports 750cc SUPERBIKE:
1. Chris Peris (Suz GSX-R750)
2. Jacob West (Suz GSX-R750)
3. Skye Girard (Suz GSX-R750)
4. Kenny Kopecky (Duc 999)
5. Jeff Stern (Suz GSX-R750)
6. Jason Caldwell (Suz GSX-R750)

OPEN MODIFIED PRODUCTION:
1. Robbie Dowie (Suz GSX-R1000)
2. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R1000)
3. Premek Glinz (Suz GSX-R1000)
4. John Ashker (Hon)
5. Howard Lynggard (Yam YZF-R1)
6. Marcel Graeber (Suz GSX-R1000)

REDLINE MOTORSPORTS 600cc MODIFIED PRODUCTION:
1. Marc Palazzo (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Mickey Lane (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Sam Carnibucci (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Steve Atlas (Kaw ZX-6RR)
5. Michael Beck (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Blair Sullenger (Yam YZF-R6)

PERFORMANCE UNLIMITED/GOLDEN CANTINA FORMULA TWINS:
1. Claudio Szyszkowski (Duc 998)
2. Kenny Kopecky (Duc 999)
3. Bradley Adams (Suz SV650)
4. Michael Sirolli (Duc 748)
5. Morgan Broadhead (Suz SV650)
6. Travis Wolfe (Suz SV650)

500cc SUPERSTOCK:
1. Spencer MacGillivray (Yam FZR400)
2. J.C. Gibbs (Yam FZR400)
3. Dean Chin (Yam FZR400)
4. Chris Shadoan (Kaw EX500)
5. Mark Guzman (Yam FZR400)
6. Tim Nichols (Kaw EX500)

FORMULA SINGLES:
1. Jim Rau (MZ 660)
2. Tyler McDonald (Yam YZ450F)
3. Will Gruy (Yam YZ450F)

ROADRACINGWORLD.COM 250cc GP:
1. Wes Totsubo (Hon RS250R)
2. John Ulrich (Yam TZ250)
3. Joji Tokumoto (Yam TZ250)
4. Joel Manes (Hon RS250R)
5. Patrick Tracey (Apr RS250)
6. Mike Lytle (Yam TZ250)
7. Robert Gosney (Apr RS250)
8. Michael Pastore (Apr RS250)
9. James Wilberger (Hon RS250R)
10. John Dalton (Hon RS250R)

APEX PREDATOR 125cc GRAND PRIX:
1. Mark Watts (Hon RS125)
2. Jay Pilster (Hon RS125)
3. Kevin Murray (Yam TZ125)
4. Britt Arechiga (Hon RS125)
5. Boyd Bruner (Hon RS125)
6. Jamey Harrison (Hon RS125)

TOYOTA CUP UNLIMITED F-1:
1. Jeremy Toye (Yam YZF-R1)
2. Jason Perez (Yam YZF-R1)
3. Jeff Stern (Suz GSX-R1000)
4. Chris Siglin (Yam YZF-R1)
5. Chris Peris (Suz GSX-R750)
6. Jacob West (Suz GSX-R750)
7. Robbie Dowie (Suz GSX-R1000)
8. Will Eikenberry (Kaw 636 ZX-6R)
9. Jack Pfeifer (Suz GSX-R1000)
10. Skye Girard (Suz GSX-R750)

651cc-OPEN HEAVYWEIGHT NOVICE:
1. Steve Faerge (Suz GSX-R1000)
2. Ben Hibmer (Duc)
3. Charles Baird (Duc)
4. Rix Gano (Suz GSX-R1000)
5. Joshua Convy (Yam YZF-R1)
6. Rodney Monroe (Suz GSX-R1000)

GOLDEN WEST TRAILERS FORMULA 2:
1. Will Eikenberry (Kaw 636 ZX-6R)
2. Mark Watts (Yam TZ250)
3. Mickey Lane (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Sam Carnibucci (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Michael Beck (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Mark Allen (Yam YZF-R6)

0-500cc LIGHTWEIGHT NOVICE:
1. Jesus Amecuza (Hon RS125)
2. Nicole Johnson (Hon RS125)

GRAVES MOTORSPORTS OPEN SUPERSTOCK:
1. Jason Perez (Yam YZF-R1)
2. Premek Glinz (Suz GSX-R1000)
3. John Chen (Suz GSX-R1000)
4. Marcel Graeber (Suz GSX-R1000)
5. John Ashker (Hon CBR1000RR)
6. Robert Rockafellow (Suz GSX-R1000)

750cc MODIFIED PRODUCTION:
1. Will Eikenberry (Kaw 636 ZX-6R)
2. Skye Girard (Suz GSX-R750)
3. David Littlebrook (Suz GSX-R750)
4. Jason Caldwell (Suz GSX-R750)
5. David Siminski (Suz GSX-R750)
6. Brant Wiwi (Kaw 636 ZX-6R)

550cc SUPERBIKE:
1. Bradley Adams (Suz SV650)
2. Ritchie Thorup (Yam FZR400)
3. Brienne Thomson (Suz SV650)
4. Kurt Spencer (Suz SV650)
5. Morgan Broadhead (Suz SV650)
6. J.C. Gibbs (Yam FZR400)

660cc SINGLES:
1. Jim Rau (MZ 660)
2. Will Gruy (Yam YZ450F)
3. Tyler McDonald (Yam YZ450F)
4. Martin Hackworth (Yam)

500cc SINGLES:
1. Larry Cochran (Hon Ascot)
2. Tom Nichols (Hon)

501-650cc MIDDLEWEIGHT NOVICE:
1. Sai Souksangouane (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Blake Conner (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Jason Schnieder (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Michael Cain (Hon CBR600RR)
5. Jame Diaz (Hon CBR600RR)
6. Ben Gary (Hon CBR600RR)

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