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WERA National Challenge Series Round 7: Summit Point Raceway By DAN SCHMITT PHOTOS BY STEVE STARNES/ ADRENALINE SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY LLC SUJI\JI\IT POINT, WV, AUG. 3 n 1983, a group of road racers and enthusiasts who were dissatisfied with the safety of road racing at Summit Point Raceway decided to form a club to handle the safety crew services. The Mid-Atlantic Road Racing Club celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. "We have grown from a club just providing corner workers for Summit Point," club president Wendy Leland stated, "to an organization that has trained hundreds of road racers over the years with our school, the MARRC Road Racing School." This club has more than 450 members who donate their time to help and guide the growth of motorcycle road racing in America. At high noon, AI Wilcox threw the first green flag of the day, and the Open Superstock class charged into the first corner. Mark Junge, on the Vesrah/Marshall Distributing/Fujico Suzuki GSX-R 1000, took the early lead, with local hero Tim Bemisderfer, on the Shenandoah Honda/Dunlop/ EBC 954, right on Junge's rear wheel. A few bikelengths back, Mark Crozier held third on the No Limits Cycle/13x Honda 954, with C.R. Gittere in fourth, on the RepairManual.com/Trackside Suzuki 1000, and Scott Carpenter in fifth. On the third lap, Bemisderfer took the inside line out of turn nine and beat Junge to the final corner on this 2mile roadcourse. Two laps later, Carpenter used the same move to move his RonAyers.com/Pirelli Suzuki to fourth. Junge used every inch of the track to try to regain the lead, but at the final flag, Bemisderfer took the victory. I 58 AUGUST 20, 2003' cue I e "The 954 really works well here," Bemisderfer said afterward. "Mark was having trouble putting the power down - he went down the straightaway faster - but I felt the 954 handled better on the rest of the track. I think the track was better last year; we are not seeing the same times this year - I only did a 1:15.2 today." In the Star School 600cc Superstock Novice final, Matt Lynn took the early lead on his Suzuki of Canton/Blaze Cycle Werks/Michelin Suzuki 600. Donny Kelley battled with Chad Larsen for second, while Shawn Brown charged through the field on his Yamaha of Camphill/ VP;Vortex R6 to take fourth. At the halfway point, Lynn gained another few seconds on Kelley, In the ultrafast Expert 600cc Superstock class, Junge took the early lead, with his teammate John Jacobi right on his heels. David Rose was charging from the last rowan his Ellicott City Motorsports Yamaha R6. On the second lap, Bemisderfer took the lead on the Honda 600RR, as Rose moved to third. Nicky Wimbauer, on the Info "rCIUIie~"''''' L.- (S4tJ .... IIIItt EddIe Ro llII (485t, Cb8d Larson. (366) and the rest of the Novice pack in the Star SChool 600cc Superstock tlnal In Summit Point, West VIrginia. in second. Coming out of turn six, Brown bobbled and ran off the track. If there had been more run-off room, Brown could have driven back on the track, but with the tire wall approaching quickly, Brown laid it down. Lynn took his first win of the day. n e _ so Tech/Valter Moto/Braking/ Arrow R6, moved into the lead pack. On the next lap, Rose took the lead. Bemisderfer was now second, Junge third, Michael Garofalo fourth, Jacobi fifth and Wimbauer sixth. Things began to happen during the next few laps. First, two bikes went down in tum five, and the safety crew worked to get both bikes off the race line. Then something unusual happened. "Dave was going faster down the straights; I was there in the corners," Bemisderfer explained. "Then a deer came out in front of us out of turn three. Luckily, it jumped over me, or I would have T-boned it. On the next lap, Dave lost it going down the hill, coming out of four; he just tucked the front end. I just slowed up as his Yamaha flew over the track." Rose's Yamaha R6 looked like a piece of cordwood as it tumbled end over end three times and ended up off the track on the outside of turn five. Rose was up and walking around when the red flag was brought out to end the race. Bemisderfer survived the jumping deer and the flying Yamaha to take the hardearned victory. A very tight contest took place in the 125cc Grand Prix final, as Brian Kcraget, on the NESBA.com/Speed Werks Honda, went side by side with Scott Maxey, on the Kneedraggers. com Honda. Steve Gorrell ran third on the Fast Lane Cycle/LHP/ Dunlop Honda, with David Deggendorf in fourth on the Dunlop;VP Honda. After 10 laps of swapping leathers in the corners, Kcraget finally took the win. "I was playing it smart, just staying behind Scott, but I was testing him out of the last corner," Kcraget said after the race. "1 felt I could pass him to the flag, and we had a great time, turning some fast laps, but 1 got by at the end." In the combined Lightweight Twins race, the injured Bradley Champion took the early lead on his Motul/Pirelli SV. Edward Repkoe, Phillip Chapin and Kent Larson stayed right with Champion as this foursome drafted down the 3000-foot front straightaway, arriving in the first corner four across. A few clicks back, Michael Carroll and Bill Davenport were neck and neck in the Novice race. Repkoe, on the Pirelli/l-888-FASTLAP SV, took the lead a few times down the front straight, but on the lap that counted, Champion was in the lead. Davenport took the Novice victory, as Carroll crashed out on the seventh lap. Bruce Stanford took second. Donny Kelley, on the Loudon Motorsports/Pirelli 600cc Suzuki, took the early lead in 750cc Superstock Novice final. Lynn was second, with Emmad Kamara in third on the Dunlop/Sharkskinz Yamaha. Chad La'rson held fourth on the Speed Werks/NESBA.com Suzuki 600. At the halfway point, a light drizzle began, and the track became wet. The field slowed down, and Lynn took