DJSA Series Final - Enduro #5 and Series race #12- Oakley - RESULTS / PICS / COMMENTS

Tioari1 · 10-28-2009, 04:32 AM

Following are the official results for the final race of the 2009 DJSA endurance series. The exciting and at times spectacular battles you put on in all 5 races were second to none, and regardless of where your name falls in the point standings - each of you will always be true champions to me. Again - my sincere thanks for a great season. Enjoy the short winter vacation while its here because we’re going to be doing it all over again next year!

DJSA Outlaw Enduro Series 2009
Official Results – Race 5 – Oakley – 10/24/09
Justin Lee race photos can be viewed at www.bookerracing.shutterfly.com
Traci Cottle Race photos can be viewed here shortly.

1st leg - Oakley to Rio Vista Bridge to Oakley - 45 miles
2nd leg - Oakley to Benicia Bridge to Oakley - 47 miles

SCXP Supersit pro/am
1) S.Conner – Socal - Seadoo – 35.21 / 39.22 – overall 1.14.43
2) S.Friebe – Socal – Seadoo – 35.26 / 41.03 – overall 1.16.29
3) K.Shaw – Socal – Seadoo – 37.58 / 42.01 – overall 1.19.59
4) J.Walker – Socal – Seadoo – 39.22 / 42.37 – overall 1.21.59
5) B.Booker – Norcal – Kawasaki – 39.30 / 43.11 – overall 1.22.41
6) L.Phan – Socal – Seadoo – 39.35 / 54.47 – overall 1.34.22
7) G.Lasiter – Norcal – Yamaha – 44.35 / 51.02 – overall 1.35.37
8) T.Le – Socal – Seadoo – 1.06.10 / 45.47 – overall 1.51.57
9) D.Brown – Norcal – Kawasaki – 39.27 / dns – overall xxx

Sprint Sitdown
1) R.Garcia – Norcal – Yamaha – 46.04 / 50.03 – overall 1.36.07
2) S.Schrock – Norcal – Yamaha – 46.00 / 50.08 – overall 1.36.08
3) R.Ignacio – Norcal – Yamaha – 46.21 / 59.43 – overall 1.46.04
4) M.Blanche – Norcal – Yamaha – 55.09 / 53.16 – overall 1.48.25 (new racer)

Traci Cottle · 10-28-2009, 12:36 PM

Here are the pictures that I took from Saturday, as well as some that Chris Lauritzen took and the ones that I took at the awards dinner.

Enduro: http://www.flickr.com/photos/2751162...7622679701738/

Awards: http://www.flickr.com/photos/2751162...7622682167882/

Chris's: http://www.flickr.com/photos/2751162...7622679964270/

Tioari1 · 11-03-2009, 04:24 PM

Hey Outlaws.... sorry for the delay.

The complete race-12 results,
overall series class standings,
and overall series divisional point standings can be viewed at
www.diablojsa.com/id5.html.

I will post them here in a different format shortly, but early congrats to the 2009 standup series champion "no fear" Dereck Mendoza, and repeat sitdown champion "the surgeon" Derek Carlson. It was an awesome year, not only for these 2 racers, but for everyone who ran the series.

Last Sunday there were a couple potentially bad crashes at Taladega. One involved Mark Martin on the last lap. Martin got tagged from behind, spun, and ended up flipping, and sliding on the roof down the main straightaway before ending back up on the tires. Martin kept going and limped to the finishline on 4 flat tires and you can hear his crew chief ask - "Hey buddy, what are you doing, you ok?" Martin's voice defined the word determination when he said - "I'm just trying to get this thing across the line for some points"...

Jimmie Johnson was behind the crash and saw it all happen right in front of him... He got on the radio to his crew chief and immediately asked - "is the 5 ok? Is Mark ok?" Chad replied "he looks ok, he's moving around in there". You could hear relief in Johnson's voice as he simply said - "that was spectacular".
Concern for a fellow racer? Now thats spectacular.

Earlier in the race, Ryan Newman flew upside down through the air in one of the most dramatic nascar crashes I've ever seen. He landed on the roof and you could actually see the roof collapse on the car. What I noticed most was the 4 cars who locked up the brakes to avoid hitting him while he was in a bad situation. What I noticed most was as Newman came to rest on the roof - Kevin Harvick stopped right alongside of him almost as if to show Newman - you're ok buddy, I'm right here, you're not alone. After way too long a wait of not knowing if he was ok or not, they cut the roof off the car and Newman climbed out on his own uninjured. The crash was incredible. Harvick stopping in Newmans view to let him know he was right there... now that was spectacular.

Made me think of you guys.
The exciting racing you put on in a very long series? Incredible.
The sportsmanship you ALWAYS display race after race? Spectacular!

In the enduro series there were a few good crashes and a few breakdowns, but there were ALWAYS fellow racers looking out for the guy in trouble until Team Orange arrived to take over.

In the closed course series, we had a few riders go down, we had a few skis go down, and we even had a ski go rock climbing, but in every incident, there were always fellow racers who took themselves "out of the race" long enough to make sure the guy in trouble was ok and that in my book - is what makes each and everyone of you "spectacular."

We had a great year.
A 12 race series.
An average of 8 classes running 3 heats a day.
Thats about 288 individual heat races for the year running an average of 5 laps per heat.
Thats about 180 laps of racing per class, and 1450 ovarall laps for the season.
I got one word for you in regards to all that DJSA Outlaw Racing - SPECTACULAR.

If you're older, you'll understand what I mean when I say this...
If you're younger, you'll understand it when you get older...
If you're Lil' Dork you'll never understand it but thats ok...
"Winning doesn't always make a winner"

Training hard and racing hard makes you a winner.
Giving 110 percent on the course makes you a winner.
Shaking the hand of a little kid on the breakwall of Suisun makes you a winner.
Watching out for your fellow racer makes you a winner.
Listening during the riders meeting makes you a winner.
Racing safe makes you a winner.
Knowing when to let off makes you a winner.
Climbing back onto that ski after it pitched you off makes you a winner.
Accepting defeat graciously makes you a winner.
Accepting victory graciously makes you a winner.
Saying thanks to an overworked and underpaid staff - makes you a winner.
and when you do cross that line first and get that checkered flag before everyone else? Well thats just icing on the cake...

Again, my very special congrats to Mendoza and Carlson for their outstanding achievement this season. It was amazing - and to the 101 of the best standup racers I've ever had the pleasure of watching, and to the 47 of the best sitdown racers I've ever had the pleasure of watching, and to 11 of the bay area's best amateur freestylist I've ever had the pleasure of watching, I've got 3 words for you all....
"You were spectacular"!

Thanks for a great season. Next year will be even more fun!

JIm Lambert

Tioari1 · 11-03-2009, 04:51 PM

OVERALL ENDURO SERIES RESULTS

I am proud to post the overall results from the 2009 DJSA Outlaw PWC Endurance Series.
5 endurance races – all with their own unique characteristics and challenges.
2 were a walk in the park. 3 were not, and one in particular was a great advertising tool for advil, motrin, and tylenol. Altogether, 410 miles of spectacular pwc endurance racing hit the waters of northern California’s bay area and for the 26 skilled racers who made it all happen – this is how it worked out on the points board.

The Official Final Point Standings of the
2009 DJSA Outlaw Pwc Endurance Point Series

SCXP Supersit pro/am division
1) Lee Phan – Socal – Seadoo – 2028 pts (5 of 5 races)
2) Sean Conner – Socal – Seadoo – 1938 pts (5 of 5)
3) Gordon Lasiter – Norcal – Yamaha – 1824 pts (5 of 5)
4) Jim Walker – Socal – Seadoo – 1560 pts (4 of 5)
5) Carlos Thomas – Norcal – Yamaha – 1524 pts (4 of 5)
6) Tony Le – Socal – Seadoo – 1458 pts – (4 of 5)
7) Dean Brown – Norcal – Kawasaki – 1086 pts – (3 of 5)
8) Cheng Leu – Socal – Seadoo – 820 pts (2 of 5)
9) Ben Booker – Norcal – Kawasaki – 746 pts (2 of 5)
10) Tom Clarke – Socal – Seadoo – 684 pts (2 of 5)
11) Paul Pham – Socal – Seadoo – 418 pts (1 of 5)
12) Steve Friebe – Socal – Seadoo – 380 pts (1 of 5)
12) Ian Settlemire – Socal – Seadoo – 380 pts (1 of 5)
13) K.Shaw – Socal – Seadoo – 368 pts (1 of 5)
14) M.L Johnson – Norcal – Seadoo – 360 pts (1 of 5)
15) Tony Kolleck – Socal – Kawasaki – 352 pts (1 of 5)
16) Dave Tew – Socal – Seadoo – 348 pts (1 of 5)

SPRINT Sitdown division
1) Stan Schrock – Norcal – Yamaha – 2016 pts (5 of 5 races)
2) Rick Ignacio – Norcal – Yamaha – 1970 pts (5 of 5)
3) Rick Garcia – Norcal – Yamaha – 1230 pts (3 of 5)
4) Dean Brown – Norcal – Kawasaki – 702 pts (2 of 5)
5) Michelle Blanche – Norcal – Yamaha – 360 pts (1 of 5)
5) Russell Libby – Socal – Honda – 360 pts (1 of 5)
5) Matt Ford – Norcal – Honda – 360 pts – (1 of 5)
6) Hope Lile – Norcal – Yamaha – 352 pts (1 of 5)
7) Dave Tew – Socal – Yamaha – 298 pts (1 of 5)

Special recognition -
Mr. Lee Phan - 1st overall SCXP Supersit pro/am division - proud recipient of new "pit vehicle" from djsa and DWP enterprise of Oakley
Mr. Stan "whoooh" Schrock - 1st overall Sprint Sitdown division - proud recipient of new pit quad from djsa and DWP of Oakley
Mr. Gordon Lasiter - Most Improved racer - SCXP Supersit division
Mr. Tony Le - Endurance rookie of the year - SCXP Supersit division
Mr. Cheng Leu - Superior sportsmanship award - SCXP Supersit division
Mr. Rick Ignacio - Superior sportsmanship award - Sprint Sitdown division
Mr. Young Huynh - Superior contribution award for that incredible photography that amazes us!
and Mr. Steve "Fireball" Friebe (the famous one) for his dedication and contribution to the sport of PWC Endurance racing, we proudly name Steve the honorary DJSA "Top Outlaw" endurance racer of the year.

I sincerely thank every racer in the series for consistently “bringing it” during 410 miles of spectacular, intense, and exciting pwc endurance racing on northern California waters. I often say “winning doesn’t always make a winner”, and looking at the list of names above pretty much proves me right. Every name on that list is a winner, and for the final time this year – I take my hat off and salute all you “mad dog” endurance racers. Stay safe in the off season, best holiday wishes to you and your families – and lets do it again in 2010!!!

NORCALSTANDUP · 11-03-2009, 10:12 PM

Jim is the schedule for next year ready yet?

You know i am just givivng you a hard time. You my friend need to take some time off so you are ready for next year. I am trying to get one of my old buddies to bring out his 700 superjet out next year so hopefully we will see more growth next year. See you soon.

Ray

Yamabooeey · 11-03-2009, 10:47 PM

haha, next year is around the corner less than 60 days. Let's hit it. Jan 2nd 2010. Start off at Suisun, let's rock.