Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

W E RAIOuniop N a t io n a l Endura n c e S eries R o u n d S : H allett Motor R a c in g C ircuit John Ja cobi and the Vesrah Suzuki GSX-R1000 lea ds Nicky Wimbauer on the Team In fo TechNalter Moto Yamaha R6 during the Hallett round of the WERA National Endurance Championship. Vesrah went on to score the victory. DOTs wh en the fi rst call was issued. When Chu ck Edg eworth threw th e g re en f lag . lo c a l her oes Un d er D o g Racing wast ed no time in m oving to th e fro nt. During th e thi rd lap of this six- ho ur rac e. they charge d by both Team Info T ech/Yalter Moto and Vesrah Suzuk i. A rmy of Dar kn ess, T eam X tre me I and II and Velocity C rew ma d e up th e seco nd pac k of riders co ntes t ing fou r t h . N eig hbor of the Beast , m eanw hile. was out befor e th e st a r t be cau se S c ot t Fi s c h er had crashed its Yama ha R6 on th e wa rm up lap. T he Arlin gt on , T ex as -based Und er Dog Racin g team, usin g Dun lo p rain tires, held a 25 -sec on d lead ove r th e field at th e 45-m inute m ar k o f th e race w h en t he i r ti res fi n a lly burned away as the t rack dr ied . S T O RY AND PH O T O S BY D A N S CH M ITT HALLETT. OK. A 30 UG. W h e n th e t e am s o f t he W ERA N at i on al E nduran c e S e r i e s ar rived in O k l a ho m a. rains a rri ve d w ith th em . desp it e th e fac t tha t thi s portion of th e country ha s been sufferi ng th o ug h a m aj or d rou g ht with t e mp er a tur e s co n si ste n t ly in the upper 90 s. Before the start of th e Friday 's practic e. th e rain began to fal l. As th e teams prep ared fo r the sta rt of th e e ig h t h r ound o f th e n a tio nal ser ies, th e rain fina ll y sto pped, throw ing m ost of the team s into a pan ic as to what sort of tires t o use. Of the 26 teams , a few - includin g T eam Chicago , T eam Xtr em e II and Cycle 1 Racing - o pte d to ch ange to 38 SEPTEMBER 24 . 2003 ' cue I e n e vv s Du r in g th e n ext 15 m inu t es , th e p i t s we re a b uzz of ac t iv ity as t h e team s refu el ed and cha nge d tire s and wheels. With o ne hou r in th e boo k s, Ves ra h S uzu ki was o ut fr on t wit h A rm y o f D arkn ess in second . T eam Info T ech/Valter Moto had a qu ick pi t and retai ned th ird. Und er Dog Racin g crossed th e li ne in fo urt h with 4 fj 6 Racing /Team Ch i c a g o i n fi f t h . Ho nda -mo u nte d A ir On e ran sixth . Vel o cit y Crew w as seve n t h, REC H Rac ing eig ht h, X t re me II n inth and Ric ochet Rac ing 10th . Und er D og Racin g c hange d th ei r rear tire to a DOT and left th e fro nt rain tire on during th eir pi t sto p . A few lap s la ter , th e Yam ah a was dow n in turn nine. With the tr ack drying. Vesra h Suzuk i went to thei r Pirell i slicks a nd J o h n J a c o bi t o co nti n u e t h e i r quest. J acob i p ut th e hamm er down and ga ined a tw o -lap advantag e ove r A rmy of Darkn ess. Another lap down was Te am Info Tech/ Valt er Moto , run ning third o vera ll and firs t in th e M id dleweight SuperSt ock cl ass. Wi th D an Schmi tt on t he Ya ma h a R6, T eam Ch ica go m ov ed to fo urt h overall . sec o nd in c lass. T eam Velocity Racin g charged to fi ft h ove rall. th ird in class. Th e su n fi na lly b e g a n t o p e ek thro ugh the cl o uds an d t ota lly dried the road co urse , w hic h i s loc at ed at th e hi gh est point in Pawnee Count y , Ok lah om a. As th e cl ock cli ck ed o ff the seco nd hour , Xt reme II ran sixth, Shogun (Te am A laska ) seventh , Ric oche t eig h t h . Cycl e 1 Raci n g h e l d n inth and led the Lig htwe ig ht Super-

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