WERA N a ti o ':' a l Challeng e Series
Rou n d S : H a lle tt M otor R a ci n g Circuit
Novice Matt Lynn was the rain master at Hallett, winning
three National races In the ever-changing conditions.
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n cond itions that were constantl y c h an gi ng , there
were a few riders at the Hallett Motor Racing Circuit
who seemed to have things fi gured out no matter wh at
Mother Nature th rew at them . One of those riders w as
Matt Lynn , th e nov ic e race r showing that he is a rain
master with three victories on the da y.
With the much needed ra in (fo r the local farmers)
c o m i n g through on and off all m orn ing , the Open
SuperStock bik es took the gr een fl ag, and it was Mark
Junge, on the Vesrah /Neilson Enterprises Suzuki GSXR1000, t aking th e early lead on th e dry ing tra c k . M ike
San ch ez, ri ding th e Shogun/Moti on Cycl esports Suzuki,
and Butl er/Mich elin Yam ah a- m o unte d Rob ert Jen so n
were right on Junge's rear whee l.
As this th reeso me ca m e onto the front straig ht away
during th e th ird lap, la te sta rte r Marcus Mc Bains ' bik e
was puf fing smo ke and bl ock ing the way . Sanchez t~ok
adva ntage of the situation and gra bbed the lead .
Jung e, howeve r, wa sn't fin ished. He rode smart, and
whe n San ch ez t o uch ed the edge of t he trac k on the
white -flag lap , Junge regained th e lead and went on to
tak e the win , sec uri ng the class championship for hi mself in the proc ess.
"A s I enter ed th e fro nt straight, th at bik e let out a
puff of o ily smok e, an d I let off. Both Sa nch ez and
J ensen went right by, but I j ust reeled them back in ,"
Junge said. "When Sanchez bobbled on th e last lap, I
already had him set up , so I felt I would have go ne ri ght
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Bruce Stanford en route to winning the Formula 2 Novice Final.
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