| August 2010
West Coast GP Cycles made the hot summer nights of 2010 all its own, virtually sweeping every podium spot in the Solo 50-mile endurance races at Willow Springs Motorcycle Club. Michael Gougis took his Dunlop-shod, West Coast GP Cycles-developed SV650 to the win in the August Solo GT-Light race over the Pirelli-shod SV650s of shop co-owners Andy Palmer and Pete Esquivel; Henry Clancy took a third on his Yamaha YZF-R6 in the GTU race. With five wins in five starts, Gougis took the Solo GT-Light championship, followed by Esquivel and Al Garcia’s Pirelli-shod SV650. In the Sunday sprint races, Palmer took third in Formula Twins Lightweight; Evan Markus and Garcia took second and third in 550 Superbike, while David Jaffe took second in Novice 550 Superbike. Markus and Stephen Ludwig took second and third in 650 Twins GP. And in the small-bore classes, Andrew Artola took second in 125 GP competition aboard his shop-tuned Honda RS125, while Gougis took a second and a third aboard his MZ Skorpion single. |