Tigert Beats Stanton In AFM Formula Pacific At Thunderhill

Tigert Beats Stanton In AFM Formula Pacific At Thunderhill

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By Mike Solis Round four of the 2005 AFM Series at Thunderhill Park saw former Number One plateholder Jeff Tigert work his Marin Cycleworks CBR1000RR through the field to win the featured Mach 1 Motorsports Formula Pacific race. Defending Champion David Stanton finished second on his Arclight Suzuki GSX-R1000, despite having a monstrous four-second lead on the field early in the race. Ken Hill finished third on his CBR1000RR, driving past Jon Bawden and his fast GSX-R750 in the final run to the checkered flag. “I didn’t think I was gonna catch Dave,” Tigert said in the winner’s circle. “I almost gave up after the first half of the race. If it wasn’t for the mistake he made into turn nine, I don’t know if I could have done it. Doing the (AMA) Nationals helped me raise my game I’m just glad I could bring that momentum back home!” On his CBR600RR, Tigert won the Keigwins@thetrack 600cc Production race, beating Andy Carman and his Red Storm Racing YZF-R6 to the line by over five seconds. In the Pacific Tracktime 600cc Superbike race, Tigert managed a second-place finish, charging through the field from his 13th-row grid position. Chris Siglin took the win on his Arclight Suzuki GSX-R600, successfully thwarting a last-lap pass attempt by Tigert just three turns from the finish. Bawden had an excellent weekend as well, taking the win in the Dial It In Tracktime 750cc Superbike race as well as the Scuderia West Formula 1 race. Bawden dominated both races from start to finish, with a 13-second gap to the second place finisher in Formula 1, and a 16-second gap to his next closest competitor in 750cc Superbike. “I’ve spent a lot of time focusing on the mechanical side of road racing,” Bawden explained, when asked about his performance on the weekend. “It’s all about understanding what you’re doing out there, and listening to what the bike is telling you, because it tells you everything you need to know. When I first started racing, I wasn’t listening, and I ended up on my head all of the time!” Riding his Vallejo Harley Davidson Buell, Shawn Reilly came out on top of a fierce three-rider battle to take the win in the Zoom Zoom Trackdays Formula 4 race, driving past the VFR400 of Mike Lohmeyer on the last turn of the last lap to take his first class victory. “I set up wide for that last turn so I could get a good drive out sure enough, I was able to catch the draft,” Reilly stated. “My tuner told me he’d eat his lunch out of the bike’s bellypan if I put it on the box looks like he’s going to be eating a big ol’ salad out of that thing!” Eric Gulbransen took the win in the Desmoto Sport Open Twins race, despite being challenged by the WERA Championship winning combination of Mark Junge and his Vesrah Suzuki SV1000. Junge closed up to the rear wheel of the Gulbransen’s Munroe Motors Ducati 749, but a smart pass on a lapped rider allowed the former LRRS Champion to break away for the win. Junge finished second, with Jack Pfeifer finishing well back in third, still suffering from a broken collarbone after a recent crash at Willow Springs. “I figured we were going to be dog meat on the little bike out here,” explained Gulbransen, “but we managed to get the holeshot, and we just kept going! I knew someone (Junge) was right on me on that last lap, as I got behind a lapper on the approach to the Cyclone. I waited until the very last minute to make that pass – that was like throwing a bomb at him! He got held up by the lapper in five and six, and I just took off!” One of the closest races of the day took place in the Aftershocks Suspension 250cc Production race, with Jay Kinberger taking the win on his Kawasaki Ninja 250 after a race-long battle with David Crone and his Honda VTR250. “We actually traded elbows during that race, making contact at four different times,” Kinberger explained. “David actually went off track in turn nine on the last lap, but I was completely unaware of it. If I would have known, I wouldn’t have made those last-lap kamikaze passes on those lapped riders!” The day was filled with great racing and good spirits, with over $5000 in contributions made to the newly established AFM Air Fence Fund. AFM Round 4 June 19, 2005 Thunderhill Park Unofficial Results Mach 1 Motorsports Formula Pacific 1. Jeff Tigert (Hon CBR1000RR) 2. David Stanton (Suz GSX-R1000) 3. Ken Hill (Hon CBR1000RR) 4. Jon Bawden (Suz GSX-R750) 5. Michael Earnest (Suz GSX-R1000) 6. Rob Mesa (Suz GSX-R1000) Scuderia West Formula 1 1. Jon Bawden (Suz GSX-R750) 2. Robert Campbell (Suz GSX-R750) 3. David Bell (Suz GSX-R750) 4. Jack Pfeifer (Apr RSV1000) 5. Peter O’Sullivan (Suz GSX-R750) 6. William Morton (Hon RS250R) Mazda Technologies Formula 2 1. Wil Morton (Hon RS250R) 2. Phillip Torres (Yam TZ250) 3. John Davis (Yam TZ250) 4. Jeffry Hanford (Hon RS250R) 5. Sean Case (Hon RS250R) 6. Vincent Rolleri (Yam TZ250 Formula 3 1. Tyler Reiswig (Hon RS125) 2. Carlos Neves (Hon RS125) 3. Michael Jarrard (Hon RS125) 4. Mark Goodrich (Hon RS125) 5. Steven Bowline (Hon RS125) 6. Jeffrey Lim (Hon RS125) Zoom Zoom Trackdays Formula 4 1. Shawn Reilly (HD 1200) 2. Michael Lohmeyer (Hon 400) 3. Brian Long (Suz SV650) 4. Kurt Spencer (Suz SV650) 5. John Daker (Suz SV650) 6. Michael Metcalf (Suz SV650) Powerstands Open Grand Prix 1. Rob Mesa (Suz GSX-R1000) 2. Scott Wilson (Suz GSX-R1000) 3. Martin Szwarc (Suz GSX-R1000) 4. Kim Nakashima (Yam YZF-R1) 5. Mike Thompson (Yam YZF-R1) 6. David Kunzelman (Suz GSX-R1000) Hare Racing Open Superbike 1. David Stanton (Suz GSX-R1000) 2. Robert Mesa (Suz GSX-R1000) 3. Ken Hill (Hon CBR1000RR) 4. David Kunzelman (Suz GSX-R1000) 5. Kim Nakashima (Suz GSX-R1000) 6. Scott Wilson (Suz GSX-R1000) Dial It In Tracktime 750 Superbike 1. Jon Bawden (Suz GSX-R750) 2. Jeremiah Grant (Suz GSX-R750) 3. Peter O’Sullivan (Suz GSX-R750) 4. David Bell (Suz GSX-R750) 5. Peter Doyle (Suz GSX-R750) 6. Christopher Weiss (Suz GSX-R750) Pacific Tracktime 600 Superbike 1. Chris Siglin (Suz GSX-R600) 2. Jeff Tigert (Hon CBR600RR) 3. Andy Carman (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Berto Wooldridge (Suz GSX-R600) 5. Kenny Carlotta (Suz GSX-R600) 6. Ryan Texeira (Kaw ZX-6RR) 450 Superbike 1. Michael Lohmeyer (Hon 400) 2. Mark Elrod (Hon 400) 3. Paul Yoshimune (Hon 400) 4. Richard Moore (Yam 400) 5. Jose Quintanar (Yam 400) 6. Kenyon Kluge (Hon 400) Kilowatt Bar 250 Superbike 1. Jove Shapiro (Yam TZR250) 2. Yuchiro Okuhira (Yam TZR250) 3. Dylan Benjamin (Hon NSR250) 4. Gordon Johnson (Yam TZR250) 5. Joe Rust (Apr RS250) 6. Shawn Herrera (Yam TZR250) Take It 2 The Track Open Production 1. Martin Szwarc (Suz 1000) 2. Corey Sarros (Suz 1000) 3. William Scott (Kaw 1000) 4. Ed Milhausen (Kaw 1000) 5. James J. King (Suz 1000) 6. Chris Weiss (Suz 1000) Strictly Sport 750 Production 1. Robert Campbell (Suz 750) 2. Craig Wierman (Suz 750) 3. Jeremiah Grant (Suz 750) 4. Don Rudolfs (Suz 750) 5. Gary Hatfield (Suz 750) 6. Patrick Flora (Suz 750) Keigwins@theTrack 600 Production 1. Jeff Tigert (Hon 600) 2. Andy Carman (Yam 600) 3. Kenny Carlotta (Suz 600) 4. Berto Wooldridge (Suz 600) 5. Mikey Judkins (Yam 600) 6. Neil O’Reilly (Suz 600) 450 Production 1. Ross Wells (Yam 400) 2. Douglas Goldman (Yam 400) 3. Don Breeden (Yam 400) Aftershocks Suspension 250 Production 1. Jay Kinberger (Kaw 250R) 2. David Crone (Hon VTR250) 3. Bob Simmons (Kaw 250R) 4. Rick Cramer (Kaw 250R) 5. Thomas Hicks (Hon VTR250) 6. John Anner (Kaw 250R) Desmoto Sport Open Twins 1. Eric Gulbransen (Duc 749) 2. Mark Junge (Suz 1000) 3. Jack Pfeifer (Apr 1000) 4. Simon Williams (Duc 998) 5. Bud Anderson (Hon 1000) 6. Brian Long (Suz 1000) 650 Twins 1. Kurt Spencer (Suz 650) 2. Brian Long (Suz 650) 3. Michael Metcalf (Suz 650) 4. John Daker (Suz 650) 5. Michael Rosa (Suz 650) 6. Jason Butler (Suz 650) 500 Twins 1. Bobby Lee Broussard (Suz 500) 2. Jay Jacobson (Suz 500) 3. Jon Forman (Suz 500) 4. Josuf Zobairi (AND 500) 5. Joe Sickle (Suz 500) 6. Robert Clifford (Kaw 500) Formula Singles 1. Chris Keane (Hon 450) 2. Billy Ray (Hon 450) 3. Greg Creech (KTM 598) 4. Jeffrey Schnapp (Yam 700) 5. Charles Statman (Hon 650) Teresa McKinney Realtor Formula 40 1. Mike Thompson (Yam 1000) 2. Bud Anderson (Hon 1000) 3. Mark Nelson (Kaw 1000) 4. Pete Demas (Suz 600) 5. Don Rudolfs (Suz 750) 6. Jeff Gruetter (Hon 1000) Super Dinosaur 1. David Worthington (Suz 750) 2. Ross Wells (Yam 400) 3. David Crussel (Kaw 748) 4. Peter Blum (Yam 400) 5. Paul Keiffer (Hon 600) 6. Leonard Barker Jr. (C/A 400) Vintage 0-250 1. Charles Sexton (Bul 250) 2. Paul Turek (Hon 160) 3. Michael Polkabla (Hon 160) 4. Wallace Riddle (Hon 160) Vintage 251-500 1. Ralph Spencer (Suz 500) 2. Craig Echols (AER 350) Vintage 501-Unlimited 1. David Crussel (Kaw 748) 2. Robert Blum (Hon 750) 3. Richard Haas (Duc 750)

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