Official Results
Race-7
Suisun City Widowmaker
7/31/2010
X-2 Army
1) Doug Wolff
2) Tom Yamamoto
3) JJ Hickey jr
4) John “the general” Dewar
5) Johnny Dela Rosa
650 open Stand
1) Derrick Kemnitz Jr (intern)
2) Steve Watson
3) Rick Robson
4) Daniel Hildago
5) Robert Bird
6) Tyler West
7) Matt Rennie
Ryan Gray
9) Jesse Harden
10) Todd Bentson
750 open Stand
1) Bill Austin
2) Ryan O’Sullivan
3) Derrick Kemnitz
800 Novice Stand
1) Brock Austin (intern)
2) Taylor Van Fossen
3) Jeff Loder
4) Taunya Wattier
5) Ryan Haag
850 Superstand Exp-Int open Stand
1) Ken Trombley
2) Pete Zernik
3) Chris Wattier
4) Ben Schembri
5) Memo Gidley
6) Bill Austin
7) Thomas Pagen
Ian Roberts
FAST Stand open GP
1) Ian Roberts
2) Ben Schembri
3) Memo Gidley
4) Pete Zernik
5) Thomas Pagen
Sport Sit 900 Novice
1) Jackie Harden
2) Christina Gonsalves
Sport Sit 1100 Expert GP
1) Ben Booker
2) Patrick Mallari
3) Tom Yamamoto
4) Norm Yee
5) Johnny Dalhberg
Sprint Sit open
1) Scott Harrington
2) Phil Lago
SCXP Supersit open
1) Dave Cottle Jr
2) Gordon Lasiter
3) Mike Habel (nov)
4) Jimmy Fuller (nov)
X-treme 550’s All Out
1) Steve Watson
2) Mike Prodonovich
3) Todd Bentson
4) Matt Rennie
5) Cabe Cornelius
6) Rick Robson
Major props to everyone of you amazing racers, from every class, for braving the “Widowmaker” and putting on yet another incredible day of safe racing for the city – as well as some serious congrats to all those who made it to the podium. You’ve heard it before, but everyone on the startlines who braved those ragin waters bordered by cement walls was a winner yesterday and I take my hat off to you all… Thanks for another great race day I’ll never forget!
As always, special thanks to some special people.
The City of Suisun City for welcoming us to their waterfront, putting up the large signs on HW 12, and for the radio advertisements on 95.3. You say you love our racing – we say we love your city!
Suisun City Police and Fire Departments.
Suisun City Marina and Harbormaster Gus who is truly one of the nicest guys in the world.
Hampton Inn and Suites of Suisun.
Cast Iron Grill of Suisun.
Go Kart Racer of Burlingame
The Ski Clinic
Traci Cottle Photography for capturing every moment of every race in a one of a kind way.
Muscle Milk
DK1 designs
Frontier Performance Lubricants
Stan Schrock
Raul Gutierrez
BJ Lovan
Josh Beltram
John Bonkowski
(we missed you Robbie)
Doreen Knollenberg
Stephanie Beltram
Nicole “Jacki Daniels” Lambert
Mandie Gutierrez
Announcers
The legendary Kurt Knollenberg
And Jason Ward
Race Photographer Traci Cottle
The shots you got and framed for Team Orange hit me right in the heart as I’m sure it did theirs.
Thank you for everything you do for all of us, racers and staff alike.
The young people in djsa amaze me, and Eli Kemnitz from the ski clinic is no exception to that amazement with the incredible shots he captures with the camera (that I’ve never seen leave his hand!)
Extra thanks for the freestyle exhibitions that all those Suisun fans were waiting for, performed by
Superstar Derrick Kemnitz and a long overdue guest appearance from John Kaszer.
Thank you Robby Myer and Mike at WET RACER for the very cool write up about DJSA.
Not only is it cool seeing all you racers smile, but it’s pretty cool seeing my family smile also and yesterday – they were there in full force. From my Mom and Dad who are in their late 80’s, to my brother Mark and his wife, and my grand nephew Awesome Austin – thank you for being there to check out my other family… “the DJSA family”!
Thanks to Stan Schrock JB for the course setup, and to the General, Karty, and the rest of the crew for the teardown. Jason Ward dialed in the announcing and scoring setups in the morning with help from Stormin Norman Yee, and then everyone pitched in at the end of the day to get everything back in the trailer.
Sincere thanks to one of the best scoring staffs in the business. The speed and accuracy in which you provide me with the results is second to none, and on top of that, I personally enjoy reading all the side notes you girls make during the day!
Special thanks to my brother Mark for the guest flagging services he provided. Always nice to have an experienced racer on the flagdock (even if he is a motocross dude) and while he was flagging, it gave me more time to applaud and give thumb’s up to you superstars when you passed by.
Special thanks to the teams who drive from places I’d send postcards from because they are so far away… just so they can race.
Team Austin from Utah.
Team Roberts from Sparks Nv.
Team Pagen from Gardnerville.
Very special thanks to the Xtreme 550’s All Out Crew for doing it again…. putting on yet another awesome old school show that had everyone cheering along spectator row. This one was even more spectacular because the guys were joined by 850 expert and FAST Stand GP racer Ian Roberts. 550 master Rick Robson offered up his ski to Roberts after the widow maker started reminding Robson his ribs were still bruised from race-6… When the guys were on their final pace lap before getting the green flag, I remember thinking to myself – “I wonder if those things are as hard to ride as everyone says” and I couldn’t wait to see what Roberts was going to do on the old school ski!!!
Well, I’m here to tell ya – Robby Myer’s idea to start this class because the 550’s are a beast all their own – is completely true. Roberts held his own on the start and all the way down the front straight. Even made it look easy through the sweeping 1st turn and into the backside box turns in true Ian Roberts fashion, but then before entering the north side split… well, uh, I think after lap one is about the time I started seeing Ian more in the water than on top of it and although I didn’t get to talk to him about it afterwards – I’m thinking he would definitely agree that the 550 JS hull is a beast all it’s own and I gotta give mad props to the guys who make it look easy every race.
Layin it Down Watson, Prodonovich, Cornelius, Robson, Rennie, Bentson, Gray,
Leg draggin Chambers, Burns, Yellich, Myers… These guys have me so fired up I’m not going to rest until the day I can talk some of those incredible names from the 90’s into coming to California for a mega all out class reunion – (and I’m not talking high school if ya know what I mean!!!! )
Thank You Muscle Milk and Memo Gidley for recognizing the winners from each class.
Thank you Sean from Frontier Performance Lubricants for recognizing the SPORT SIT racers of the day. Thank you Go Kart Racer for generously adding to the x-treme 550’s all out cash can, and for recognizing the personal best effort I’ve seen yet by 800 novice standup racer Jeff Loder. Thank you Hampton Inn and Suites not only for the awesome rate for those awesome rooms, but for again adding to the x-treme 550’s all out cash can. Thank you DK1 Designs for the gift certificates you provided for the x-treme 550’s, and for recognizing personal best efforts from our newer racers.
Sincere thanks to those who stayed for the awards dinner at the Cast Iron… I was hoping for a similar turnout to the first one we had there but the numbers were down quite a bit. Regardless, it’s always nice being able to say thanks for the racing you put on in person, and in this case I thank each of you who stayed to recognize the racers who made the widow maker podium – and to send Kurt and Doreen on their move from the Bay Area out in true style.
The biggest thanks of all goes to the giant team and crew of the ski clinic…
After dinner I met with the manager, apologized for the light turnout, took a deep breath, closed my eyes, and asked “how much do I owe you…” All I heard him say was – “Are you kidding me? With the amount of drinks you guys bought tonight I think it’s safe to call it even on the leftover food”. Then it was my turn to say “are you kidding me?”
Thank you SKI CLINIC, Thank you Nicole “Jacki Daniels” Lambert, and thanks to everyone else who made it a great night. It’s not too often I get to “let my hair down” (since I don’t have any because of the SCXP class”) but it was Saturday night and a special occasion so – what the heck. All I know is that some restaurant sold so many Jagerbombs – they ran out of Jager! (say what??) All I know is it was a kick in the a$$ bar hopping down Main street and partying with Kurt, Doreen, Steph, Nicole, Josh, Jason, and the rest of you animals. All I know is I’m glad I was walking my dogs about the time the hotel management reminded some “friends and family of mine” the hottub had closed 3 hours earlier, and most of all I know is from here on out – I can proudly say to my charming niece little miss JACKIE DANIELS… “You’re a LIGHTWEIGHT! “ 
We won’t be back in Suisun until next year but the biggest thanks goes to all of you from every class, for the incredible safe racing you put on everywhere we go. You always conduct yourselves as true professionals on and off the water, and that is the reason we keep getting invited back to this unique race location. Never have I been more proud to be associated with such an incredible group of people and for that… I thank you the most.
Jim Lambert
To the talented 145 outlaw course racers, 26 enduro racers and 11 freestylers who ran our races in 2009, the fans of n.calif thank you and your crews for all the great racing and good times you gave us. Thanks for an awesome year and we look forward to seeing you soon in 2010!
