Bryce Prince Takes Moto West Grand Prix Overall Championship With Formula One Win At Willow Springs

Bryce Prince Takes Moto West Grand Prix Overall Championship With Formula One Win At Willow Springs

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After Chris Duran dropped out of the Moto West Grand Prix Motoyard/Arrowstar Insurance Formula One race, Tuned Racing’s Bryce Prince stormed to a dominant win in the 12-lap feature race, taking home a check for $350 and the club’s overall 2014 Championship in the season finale on Sunday, November 16.

Aboard his Dunlop-shod Yamaha YZF-R6, Prince’s best lap of 1:23.995 was only a tick slower than Duran, aboard his BMW S1000RR in cold, gusty conditions that made traction scarce. Duran dropped out after hearing unusual noises from his bike’s engine, explaining later that he decided to play it safe and shut the engine off before it blew up.

And with Prince’s teammate Jason Aguilar forced into the pits with a mechanical problem, Prince cruised to a 38.860 second margin at the line over Ron Cole aboard his Yamaha YZF-R1. Cole, who had a miserable weekend at the last Moto West Grand Prix race event, crashing multiple times, got his head back into the game and scored his best-ever Formula One finish, holding off Fabrice Vilder on his Honda CBR1000RR by less than a second after 30 miles of hard racing.

David Price finished fourth, ahead of Joshua Uebersetzig, Travis Westermeyer, John Sullivan and Ryan Harper. Timothy Chin–the younger brother of former AMA Superbike privateer Mark Chin–Krystyna Kubran and J.C. Gibbs completed the field.

Prince took second in Open Superbike behind Duran, finished ahead of Duran in 600cc Superbike and sealed the club Championship ahead of Gibbs, who wrapped up the season with wins in 750cc Superstock, Vintage Lightweight and 500cc Superstock.

Aguilar won the 600cc Superstock and Open Superstock races, taking the championship in 600cc Superstock. Prince took the titles in 600cc Superbike and Open Superbike, and Price and Aguilar finished 1-2 in the Formula One class standings. To round out a very good year for Tuned Racing, owner Mike Pond finished the year third in the 750cc Superbike and 750cc Superstock classes.

RESULTS:

SATURDAY:

NOVICE HEAVYWEIGHT BY TRACKEXPERIENCE:
1. Carlos Moreno (Yam YZF-R1)
2. Armana Claus (Kaw ZX-10R)
3. Brian Morris (Yam YZF-R1)
4. Henrik von Buttlar (Apr RSV4)
5. Tony Radford (Hon CBR1000RR)
6. Max Balezentes (BMW S1000RR)

RUN WHAT YA BRUNG:
1. Bob Neal (Hon)
2. Will Richards (Yam)
3. Mike Browne (Hon)
4. Mattney Porter (Suz)
5. David Kolb (Duc)
6. Tom Luby (Suz)

LADIES CLASS:
1. Krystyna Kubran (Kaw ZX-10R)
2. Perl Katz (Hon)

NOVICE MIDDLEWEIGHT BY MOTOYARD:
1. Randy Smith (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Henry Schutz (Hon CBR600RR)
3. Lindsay Ross (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Keir Leonhardt (Suz GSX-R600)
5. Rigo Soto (Suz GSX-R600)
6. Austin Parker (Suz GSX-R600)

SUNDAY:

600cc SUPERBIKE:
1. Bryce Prince (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Chris Duran (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Sahar Zvik (Kaw ZX-6R)
4. Fabrice Vilder (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Ryan Harper (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Stephen Gould (Suz GSX-R600)

FORMULA TWINS HEAVYWEIGHT:
1. Casey Holloway (Duc)
2. Rick Carmody (Duc)
3. Steve Slaughter (Bue XB9R)

NOVICE MIDDLEWEIGHT HEAT A:
1. Lindsay Ross (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Keir Leonhardt (Suz GSX-R600)
3. Henry Schutz (Hon CBR600RR)
4. Kaichi Sato (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Thomas Babcock (Hon CBR600RR)
6. Vincent Meraz (Hon CBR600RR)

FORMULA 40 HEAVYWEIGHT:
1. David Price (Suz GSX-R1000)
2. Dean Mizdal (Suz GSX-R1000)
3. Doran Boctor (Hon CBR1000RR)
4. Leo Ramirez (Suz GSX-R1000)
5. Hsei Lin Tsai (BMW S1000RR)
6. Ed Guzman (Suz GSX-R1000)

FORMULA 50 MIDDLEWEIGHT BY UVA SUN:
1. Mark Ainslie (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Alex White (Tri 675)
3. Clinton Whitehouse (Yam RZ350)
4. Lloyd Johnson (Duc)

FORMULA 60:
1. Travis Westermeyer (Suz)
2. Steve Slaughter (Bue XB9R)
3. Cody Burton (Suz SV650)

NOVICE HEAVYWEIGHT HEAT A:
1. Brian Morris (Yam YZF-R1)
2. Carlos Moreno (Yam YZF-R1)
3. Nate Hardiman (BMW S1000RR)
4. Albert Andrade (Suz GSX-R1000)
5. Tony Radford (Hon CBR1000RR)
6. Henrik von Buttlar (Apr RSV4)

DUCATI CUP HEAVYWEIGHT:
1. Rick Carmody (Duc)
2. Casey Holloway (Duc)
3. Peter Esquivel (Duc)

250cc GP:
1. John Ulrich (Yam TZ250)

BATTLE OF THE TWINS LIGHTWEIGHT:
1. Lance Lewman (Suz SV650)
2. Rex Ainslie (Suz SV650)
3. David Garner (Suz SV650)
4. Clinton Whitehouse (Yam RZ350)
5. Noah Weisel (Suz SV650)
6. Lloyd Johnson (Duc)

OPEN SUPERBIKE:
1. Chris Duran (BMW S1000RR)
2. Bryce Prince (Yam YZF-R6)
3. David Price (Suz GSX-R1000)
4. John Edmondson (BMW S1000RR)
5. David Bozarelli (Kaw ZX-10R)
6. Ron Cole (Yam YZF-R1)

750cc SUPERBIKE:
1. Fabrice Vilder (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Sahar Zvik (Kaw ZX-6R)
3. Ryan Harper (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Stephen Gould (Suz GSX-R600)
5. Mike DeJohn (Suz GSX-R750)
6. Michael Scherer (Suz GSX-R750)

BRACKET A:
1. Doran Boctor (Hon CBR1000RR)
2. Shaun Robles (Kaw ZX-10R)

BRACKET B:
1. Mark Ainslie (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Mike Ripley (Hon CBR600RR)
3. Eric Anderson (Yam ZX-6R)
4. Michael Gougis (Suz SV650)
5. Jon Neeter (Yam YZF-R6)

BRACKET C:
1. Alex White (Tri 675)
2. Ed Guzman (Suz)
3. Leo Ramirez (Suz)
4. Rob Sheets (Kaw ZX-6R)

BRACKET D:
1. Hsei Lin Tsai (BMW S1000RR)
2. Cody Burton (Suz SV650)

DUCATI CUP FORMULA:
1. John Sullivan (Duc)
2. Dan McCormack (Duc)
3. Casey Holloway (Duc)
4. Bob Setbacken (Duc)

FORMULA TWINS LIGHTWEIGHT BY H&W RACING:
1. Lance Lewman (Suz SV650)
2. Andy Edwards (Apr RS250)
3. Ed Sorbo (Yam TZ250)
4. Rex Ainslie (Suz SV650)
5. Michael Gougis (Suz SV650)
6. David Garner (Suz SV650)

FORMULA ONE BY MOTOYARD/ARROWSTAR INSURANCE:
1. Bryce Prince (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Ron Cole (Yam YZF-R1)
3. Fabrice Vilder (Hon CBR1000RR)
4. David Price (Suz GSX-R1000)
5. Joshua Uebersetzig (Hon CBR1000RR)
6. Travis Westermeyer (Suz GSX-R1000)
7. John Sullivan (Duc 1199 Panigale)
8. Ryan Harper (Yam YZF-R6)
9. Timothy Chin (Kaw ZX-10R)
10. Krystyna Kubran (Kaw ZX-10R)

FORMULA SINGLES:
1. David Garner (KTM)
2. Cody Burton (MZ Skorpion)
3. Marc Rittner (Suz)

ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHT CUP BY LINDEMANN ENGINEERING:
1. Rickey Herd (Kaw 300R)
2. Mike Ripley (Kaw 300R)
3. Wesley Lakis (Kaw 250R)
4. Tony Serra (Kaw 250R)

600cc SUPERSTOCK:
1. Jason Aguilar (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Ryan Harper (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Stephen Gould (Suz GSX-R600)
4. Eric Anderson (Kaw ZX-6R)
5. Jon Neeter (Yam YZF-R6)

FORMULA OPEN TWINS:
1. Rick Carmody (Duc)
2. Dan McCormack (Duc)
3. Robbes Stieglitz (Duc)
4. Bob Setbacken (Duc)
5. Casey Holloway (Duc)

BATTLE OF THE TWINS MIDDLEWEIGHT:
1. Rex Ainslie (Suz SV650)
2. Steve Slaughter (Bue XB9R)

SUPERSPORT LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS:
1. Joey Callani (Suz SV650)
2. Lance Lewman (Suz SV650)
3. David Garner (Suz SV650)
4. Noah Weisel (Suz SV650)
5. Cody Burton (Suz SV650)

NOVICE HEAVYWEIGHT HEAT B:
1. Carlos Moreno (Yam YZF-R1)
2. Brian Morris (Yam YZF-R1)
3. Nate Hardimann (BMW S1000RR)
4. Henrik von Buttlar (Aprilia RSV4)
5. Armana Claus (Kaw ZX-10R)
6. Gene Sigal (Ducati 1199 Panigale)

NOVICE MIDDLEWEIGHT HEAT B:
1. Lindsay Ross (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Henry Schutz (Hon CBR600RR)
3. Keir Leonhardt (Suz GSX-R600)
4. Austin Parker (Suz GSX-R600)
5. Kaichi Sato (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Thomas Babcock (Hon CBR600RR)

FORMULA 40 MIDDLEWEIGHT:
1. Fabrice Vilder (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Alex White (Tri 675)
3. Eric Anderson (Kaw ZX-6R)
4. Michael Scherer (Suz GSX-R750)
5. Mike DeJohn (Suz GSX-R750)
6. Julian Wust (Suz GSX-R750)

750cc SUPERSTOCK:
1. J.C. Gibbs (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Jon Neeter (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Michael Scherer (Suz GSX-R750)
4. Adam Lint (Suz GSX-R750)
5. Julian Wust (Suz GSX-R750)

OPEN SUPERSTOCK:
1. Jason Aguilar (Yam YZF-R6)
2. David Bozarelli (Kaw ZX-10R)
3. John Edmondson (BMW S1000RR)
4. Ron Cole (Yam YZF-R1)
5. Timothy Chin (Kaw ZX-10R)
6. Shaun Robles (Kaw ZX-10R)

VINTAGE LIGHTWEIGHT:
1. J.C. Gibbs (Yam FZR400)
2. Cody Burton (MZ Skorpion)

FORMULA 50 HEAVYWEIGHT:
1. Doran Boctor (Hon CBR1000RR)
2. Henrik von Buttlar (Apr RSV4)
3. Rocky Caceres (Suz GSX-R1000)

500cc SUPERSTOCK:
1. J.C. Gibbs (Yam FZR400)

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