WERA National Challenge Series
Round 1 : .Jennings GP
It's pretty stock an good to go right
out of the box."
Diego Rojas led the first lap of the
Star School 600cc Superstock Novice
race. The quest for second heated up
between Matt Lynn and Mark Delano.
Delano made a move out of turn 10
but got into a tank-slapper and lost
distance as he got his Pirelli-backed
Suzuki under control. He charged
back and finally drove under Lynn in
turn lOon the eighth lap and took
second at the flag. Rojas took the win
on his Pirelli-backed Suzuki. The
race-long contest for fourth fell to
Adam Durham.
It was a three-way battle for the
lead in the 600cc Superstock Expert
(Left) Diego Rojas won both the 600cc
Novice Superstock and 750cc Novice
Superstock finals in Jennings, Florida.
(Below) Taylor Knapp (44) leads Nicky
Wimbauer (393) In the battle of the
15-year-old Experts In the 600cc
Superstock race.
By DAN SCHMITT
PHOTOS BY BRIAN DURSO/PHOTO 1
JENNINGS, FL, MAR. 30
he 2003 season of the WERA
National Challenge Series started
just after the last raindrop fell in
northern Florida. With the sun starting to peek out and temperatures in
the mid-60s, the green flag flew to
start the Open Superstock class.
Mark Junge, on the Vesrah/Suzuki/Marshall GSX-Rl000, charged the
first corner and led the first lap. Fritz
Kling, on the Full Throttle Suzuki, ran
with Junge. Robert Jenson, on a Butler Yamaha Rl, started his drive
through the pack and started to catch
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the leaders on the fifth lap. On the
seventh lap, Jenson drove around
Kling to claim second, but he ran out
of time to catch Junge. Mark Crozier,
on the No Limits Honda 954, finished
fourth.
"I just got the '03 last week."
Junge said, "and only had time to set
up the suspension and get it ready.
(Lett) C. Brian Kcraget takes the win
in the 125cc GP final.
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race among Junge, Mike Smith and
Scott Harwell, all on Suzukis. Going
into the first turn on the second lap,
Smith took the lead. Jensen was
again on the move on his '03 Yamaha
R6, and he took Harwell with him
around Junge. On the fourth lap,
Jensen took the lead from Smith on
his Moto Britalia Suzuki. With Jensen
driving away, Junge, on the Fujico
Suzuki, came back to challenge Harwell, on the Arclight Suzuki. Jensen
