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by him anyway s." As the tr ack conti nued t o dry , the com bined 600 SuperStock Exp ert and Star Sc hool 600 SuperSt ock No v ic e field charged off the lin e with the green flag. John Ja cobi , on the Vesrah / Ara ij Vanson Suzuki, took th e early lead with Vesrah's Junge in seco nd. And J enson was right th ere on his Butl er/Motu l/R sTai chi Yama ha R6. Co mi ng off th e second wave, Lyn n - r i d i ng th e Mi c he l i n / B laz e Cyc le Werk s/Suzuk i of Canton 600 - led th e f ield o f N ov i c e rac e r s into th e f irst co rne r. At the hal fway point , Jung e and J en so n were in a tw o -man ba ttle for the le ad with Ja c obi in th ird and a cha rging Nick y Wirnbauer in fo urth . Lynn co nti nued to lead the novi ces as Ben Thomp son and Mark Delano battled over second . Jense n too k hi s R6 to the lead and the win as he fin al ly got by Junge on the six th lap . Lynn pic ked up hi s first win of th e da y. With the rain starting to fall aga in , th e next rac e was delayed fo r riders to the ir cha nge tires - if they chose to do so. A s th e experts in the 750 Supe rStock took th e green, a li ght rain was f all ing . B en Th omp so n grabbed t he early lead in th e No vice portion of thi s rac e on hi s An ch o ra ge Suzuki/Oakl ey 600 . A w ay b ehin d w as L ynn w ith Ma rk Delano in th ird. On the second lap, th e parad e in th e Expe rt rac e was 'm ad e up o f Tra y Ba t e y , Sa n ch ez, Ja c obi , D avi d W eb er , Rue be n Frank enfield and Logan Young. Thompson c onti nued t o lead Ly nn a nd D e l an o wi t h M i k e Co i sma n in f ourth. Sa nchez , m ean wh ile, m o ved by Batey in th e "b us-sto p" chicane to take the lea d o n hi s Shogun/ Pirelli / EB C GSX -R750. We ber put the heat on J ac obi for th ir d , and Lyn n began to feel c om fo rt ab le wi th the rain as he t ook his Spyk e/Miche li n Suzuki 60 0 righ t t o T hom pson fo r th e lead . With four la ps t o go, Sanche z co n tinu ed to str et ch hi s lead as W eber got by Ja c obi fo r thi rd . Lynn , howeve r , h ad w o r k ed his w a y aro u n d Th om pson and had br ou ght De l ano a nd h i s Rac in g Perform an c e/ So ut h Cen tra l Race Center Suzu ki wi th him. Batey , on th e Vesrah /P irelli /Arrow Suzuki 750 , began to cl o se th e gap with Sanch ez as th e y receiv ed t he white flag. Forty seconds lat er, c om ing out of th e seventh turn an d hitting la p pe d traffi c , t he pa ir d r ag - ra ce d into turn e ig ht . B at ey h ad a sl ig ht adv antage but lo st the front end and slid off the track , leaving San ch ez to t ak e hi s Sh o gun /Pirelli /EB C /Vo rt ex Suzuk i to vi cto ry . Riding bravely, L yn n l e d to t h e checkered fl ag and took his seco nd win of the day in th e N ov ic e portion of th is rac e. " I ju st ca n' t fi gure it o ut," B at ey said after the race. "T hese int erm edi at e tire s j u st did n ot wo r k. Wh en I pra cti ce d in th e rain th i s m orning, th ey felt grea t, b ut in th is rac e t he y were not wo rking . It w asn't th at we t o ut th ere; I beli eve we had the t ire p ressu r e rig ht. S a n ch e z ju st w a s , putting a bet t er rac e t og eth er than m e. A t th e end w it h the rain falli ng a little hard er, he j ust slowed his pace, Mark Junge [11 leads M ike Sanchez [15 xxl ou1 of the last comer in the Open SuperStoc k Final. and I tho ugh t I co uld ju st g et h im . I took th e c ha nce t o get b y , but t h e fro nt end just went away. " For his part , Sanchez said: "We just fre sh ened u p t hi s b i k e , a nd it was work ing re al l y wel l. Aft er I g ot b y Batey , it sta rted to rain som e more, so I j ust slowe d it down eno ug h to st ay ahead. When we cam e up on the lap per, I went to th e outside, but th at rid er went to th e edge of the tra ck , so I had to back off. Wh en Batey lost th e fro nt end in th e next turn, that was the race." W ith a c o mpletely we t trac k , th e F o rmul a 2 com bi ne d ra c e t o ok th e start. J ason Je rki ns led th e fie ld on his M i ch eli n /L o c kha r t / Phillip s SV Suzuki with th e action all behind him as th e nov ice s b attl ed for v i ctory . Matth ew Gerber an d Bru ce Stanford were up fro nt w ith Greg Wil liam s and James E l ia s c l o se beh i nd . At th e h al f w a y p o int , St anfo rd t o o k his Pirelli/Vortex /AGV SV to the lead with th e Gy p s y Ra c ing / FM /Kob e SV o f Stan fo rd in second . Elia s c o uld not mo unt a c h a lle n g e o n h i s D u n lop/ 888Fastlap Honda 250 tw o -str ok e a nd fol lowe d William s on the Loc k hart / Phillips SV. With Je rkin s w inning the Expert part of the race , Stanford took is first win in th e Novice race . A s t h e rai n ret u rn ed again, th e st art of th e comb ined 60 0 Su perB ik e race t oo k p lac e. Th is was a sin gl ewave rac e with th e no v ice s starting fro m the ba ck row s. Lyn n was ted no tim e in mixin g it up with th e experts. At the end of the fi rst lap , Weber o n th e XT Raci ng /OuterEx tremes Su zuk i held th e lead w ith Greg My ers in sec ond . Lyn n moved by Nick y Wimba uer to ta ke third overa ll. With fo ur lap s in the book and fo ur to go, Lyn n mov ed t o sec o nd overa ll as fe llo w novice , Del ano m ove d to fo urt h o vera ll. With tw o laps to go , Lyn n gr abbed the lead fr om W eb er and p ut th e hamm er down on thi s wet trac k , pro ving that on th is day he was the rain master. A n inspired Delan o c aught up with Webe r and m ade the pa ss on th e next lap but ran out of time in hi s efforts t o c h a se down Lynn . W e b er wo n th e expert race wi th M yers sec ond . Lynn pi ck ed up his thi rd vict ory of the da y . "My Mi ch elin s we re work ing reall y well , and I j u st had t o tweak on my T hermo sma n suspen sio n a little b it ; close in t hi rd. De la no was showi n g h i s rain -r i ding ski lls as h e l e d the novic es and sta rte d to mi x it up with the ex pe rts . Fell ow nov ic e Co i sman , o n th e R.E .C .H . Racing /Bi gCity lm ages .c o m Suzuki 750 , f ollow ed in second wi th Scott Branson in th ird o n th e So uth Haven Yamaha R6. During th e fifth lap , Wi m bauer was hit from b eh ind goin g in t o th e b us-stop by M y ers and w as kn oc k ed out of the rac e. Delan o m oved t o sec ond overall and charge d afte r Weber for the overa ll. With th e flip o f th e c h e c k e red flag , W ebe r t ook h i s seco nd w in of th e day as Delano took hi s fir st. "Luc k ily th e rain pi ck ed up before my tw o races so I di dn't burn off m y ra in tires, " W eb er said . " T h e tra ck co nditio ns were all right. Th is is a fun track to rid e. I am leadin g in the points in both of m y cla sses. I plann ed to rid e conserv at i ve ly, w h ic h I d id , a n d I eN pick ed up two victories." the bik e wo rke d perfectl y ," Lynn said. "I pi ck ed a new spo nso r th is week to cove r my ex pe n se s t o c o m e here Hang O ut Apparel - so I wanted to win f or t he m . This is a g o o d t ra c k w ith good fac ilit ies, so I wou ld li k e to co m e ba ck here again ." T ray Batey took th e ea rl y lead in t h e H eavywe igh t Twin ra c e o n th e Chris .Junqe-tuned Vesr ah /P ir elli /DID Suzuki T Ll OOO with a hard -chargin g Ty Str ang er -Thorsen in second on hi s Ic e Motorsports/South Centra l Rac e Center TLl 000. Bradley Champion ran th ird on his Motul/Pirelli Suzuki SV 650 with Martin Musil in fo urth on the BBC Racin g /Pire lli /VP SV . Novi c e B ru c e Stanford led ov er Scott Ber kl ey , Rusty Nation s and Greg Williams. Ch ampion fin all y m ounted a c harg e and got by Stran ger -Thorsen to t ake seco nd bu t ran out of time to ca tc h Batey . Stan for d took hi s sec ond win of th e day on his Pi rell i /Vortex / A GV / 8 8 8 F a st l a p Suzuki SV650 in the rain . With a sli ght m ist and a wet ra cetr ack, Ba tey led the field of San chez , J ason Trowbri dge and C.R . Gi tt ere in th e Formula 1 fi nal. Bat ey again los t his b ike in turn tw o on the third lap , hand ing the lead to th e h ard -ch ar gin g Sa nchez o n th e S h o gun /M o t i on Cyc les por t Su zuk i. Tr o wbridg e m oved t o seco nd on th e Vesrah / Vorte x /Desoto Suzuk i with Gi tt ere on th e Repa irMa nuel.com/ T racksid e Suzuki. Wi th a hu ge lead , San ch ez p ick ed up his sec ond wi n of the day. Cha m pio n took t he early lead in the Lightweight T wins race as Martin M usil an d Craig Montgomery battled for second . Novi ce Sc ott Berk ley led M ath ew Ga rbe r a nd Gr eg W ill i am s. On th e thi rd lap, Montgomery , o n th e Micheli n/Race wo rx SV , got by M usil on th e br akes to take seco nd place . On e lap la ter , Willi am s, on th e Lock h art/ Phillips/EBC SV , p ut the move o n Garb er to g r ab sec on d in th e novice port ion of this race . Cham p io n took the wi n an d th e cham p ionship in th e Lightweig ht Twins class. Wi th a slig ht rain fa lli ng , th e fin al ra c e o f t he day - 75 0 Super B ike t oo k the g reen-flag start. Web er took the early lead with Nic k y Wimbau er o n t he Info T e ch /V alt erM o t o / Arrow / Brek in q - bac ke d Yamah a R6 ho t on hi s heel s. Gr eg M yers st ay ed cue I e n Hallett Motor Raci ng Ci rcuit Hall elt, Okla homa Rusults: August 31, 2003 I Round 81 OPEN S / ST K : I. M ar k J u ng e ( S uz); 2 . Mike Sanc hez ( SUI ) ; 3 . Robert Jens en (Yam ) : 4 . Brian Cox (Yam); 5. Joh n Ross (Suz). 750 S/STK EX : 1, M ike Sanchez (Suz); 2 . Da vid Web er ( S uz ) ; 3 . Jo h n J ac o b i ( Suz); 4 . Re u be n Frank enfield (Sua): 5. Greg Myers (Yam). 750 S/STK NOV: 1. Matt Lynn (Suz); 2. Mark De la n o (S uz ) ; 3 . B en T ho mp so n (S uz ) ; 4 . Ma r k Co ism an (Suz); 5. Scot Bronson (Yam) . 600 S/STK EX : 1. Robert Je nsen (Yam ); 2 . Ma rk Jun g e (S uz) ; 3 . J o h n J a c o bi ( S uz ) ; 4 . Nic k y W imba uer (Yam) ; 5 . Log an Young (Suz). 600 S /STK NOV: I. M att L ynn (S uz); 2 . Ben T ho m pson (S uz); 3 . Mark De lan o (S uz ) ; 4 . Edd ie Robinson (Yam ) ; 5 . Ada m Durh am (Suz) . o S/STK : 1. Scott Padgitt (A pr). 750 S/ B K: 1. Davi d Weber (Suz): 2. Greg Myers (Yam) : 3 . C.R. Gittere (Suz): 4 . Nicky Wim bau er (Yam ). 750 S/BK NO V: 1. Ma rk Delano {Sua): 2. Mi ke Co is m a n (Suz ) ; 3 . Sco tt Bra nso n ( Yam ) ; 4 . B en Th ompson (Suz ) ; 5. K iran Hamu aia h (Ya m ) . 600 S / BK EX : I. David We ber (S uz); 2. G reg M yer s (Ya m ); 3 . Ni c k y W imba uer (Y am); 4 . J o sh Sm ith -Moore (Yam); 5. David Ham m ons (Ka w) . 60 0 S/ B K NO V : I . Matt L yn n ( Suz); 2. M ark D e l an o ( S uz ) ; 3 . Scott B ran so n ( Ya m ); 4 . Be n Tho mpson (Suz) ; 5. Edd ie Robinson (Ya m) . o S/BK EX: I . J ason J enk in s (Suz). o S/BK NO V : I . Sco tt Berkl ey (Suz) ; 2. Bru ce St an ford (Suz); 3 . Ma tthe w Ga rbe r (S uz); 4 . De nn is Gerber (S uz) ; 5 . Wi lli am Brenna n (Suz) . F ·l EX : 1. Mik e Sa nc he z ( S u e ): 2 . J a so n T rowbridge (Suz); 3 . C.R. Glttere (Su z}: 4 . T ra y Bat ey (Suz) ; 5. David Hammon s (Kaw). F - l N O V : 1. M ik e Col em a n (S uz) ; 2 . K iram Hanu maiah (Yam) ; 3 . T revor Ham m ons ( Kaw). F-2 EX: I. J ason J enk ins (Suz) . F-2 NO V : I. Br uc e Sta nf ord (S uz) ; 2 . M atthe w Gar ber (Suz) ; 3 . Greg Willia ms (Suz); 4 . Ja m es Eli as (Han ): 5. Sco tt Bec kley (Suz). H/W TW EX : I . T ray Batey (S uz) ; 2 . B rad ley Cha m pio n (Suz) ; 3 . T y Stanger -Th o rsen ( Suz) ; 4 . Martin M usil (Suz) . H/W 1W NO V: 1. Bru ce Stan ford (Suz) ; 2. Scott Bec kl ey (S uz) ; 3 . Ru sty N ati on s ( Du e ) ; 4 . Greg Williams (Suz) ; 5. James Elias ( Han ) . L!W lW EX: I. Bradley Champion (Suz) ; 2 . Craig M ont gom ery ( Suz ) ; 3. Martin M usil (SUl); 4. Ja son Pirtle (S Ul) ; 5. Ja son J enk ins (Suz) . LiW TW NOV : 1. Scott Be ckl ey (S Ul) ; 2 . Greg Will iam s ( Suz); 3 . Matthe w Garb er (SUl); 4. Den nis Garber (Suz) ; 5. Willia m s Brennan (Suz) . CLBMN: 1. Mark Garr ett ( D ue). COR E: 1. Bobb y Mia sek (Yam ). e _ S • S EPTEMBER 24 , 2003 41

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