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Jesse Janisch took th~e victory in the Suzu ki ~ Cup SV650 final o n the 4&6 Raci ng/Dunlopl Hindle SV650. Running high :27s, the F our-ma n pa c k of Jung e , Dug an , T igert and ~ J ohn Jacobi led the fi nal Suzuki Cup Challeng e final, t he 10 0 0 cc cl a ss . F ritz K l ing follow ed in f ifth , w i t h By ro n Barbou r in sixth . Dug an esta b lis hed him self ahea d of Vesrah/Wat a han' s Junge , while Mona gha n Mo to rsports' T igert t oo k thi rd. Dr afting by on th e b a ck strai g h taway, Tige rt moved by Junge to ta ke third at the halfway po int. Vesrah /Vanson 's Jaco bi pu t the hammer down and m ov ed by his teammat e J unge to take third du ri ng th e seventh lap . T igert wo rked D uga n during t he fin a l l aps b ut c ouldn' t get the job don e, and Dugan fin ally o pe ned up a one-second cus h - io n to t ake the checkere d fla g . "The crew, EDR Performanc e, and I w o rke d so hard to ge t h ere th i s year, " sai d a j u bila n t Dugan. " The Dunlop ti res we re great , but lowe it all to my crew. " eN $(Jz Siglin (5uz) ; 5. Loga n Young (Sw) . SUZ GSX ·R750 : I. Ben Atta rd {Sua): 2 . Jak e Holden ( Suz) ; 3. J ohn Dugan (Sua): 4. Brian Stok es (Suz); 5 . Tray Batey (Suz). 50Z G SX ~R 1000; I. John Dugan (Suz): 2. Jeff Ti gert (5u z); 3. J ohn J aco bi (Suz); 4 . Mark C. J unge (Suz); 5 . Byron Barbour (Suz). SOZ SV 6 50: 1. Jes se Jani sc h (5uz); 2 . Jeff Tigert (Suz) ; 3. Jeff Walker (Suz) ; 4. Andrew Trevitt (5 uz); 5 . Craig Montgom ery (5 uz) . , SO Z SV 100 0: 1. Tr ay Bat ey (5 uz) : 2. Sc o tt Brown (5 uz) ; 3. Russell P. Masecll.r (Sua). Road AUama Braselton, &eorgia Results: November 2, 2003 [Fin al Round) WERA N ational Endu rance S erie s At t h e 60 -minut e m a r k , Ve sra h Suzuki had a one-lap lead over sec ond- plac ed Army of Darkness. Team Xtreme had th eir GSX- R1000 in third , wi th Team Vel ocity in fo urt h , Tea m In f o Tech /Valter Moto in f ifth a n d Velocity Crew in sixth . During th e second ho ur , local he ro es Team Xtreme m ov ed t o seco nd ove rall , p utting two lap s on Army of Darkness. A skirmish develo ped in t he He avy w ei g ht S upe rstoc k c l ass between th e lo ca l Georgian boy s o n the Team Xt reme II Yamaha a nd the Japanese rid er s o n th e Vesrah Suzuki II GSX-R. Te am Ve locity held on to a o ne-minute adv antag e o ve r T ea m Info T e c h . Neighbor o f th e Be ast mov ed int o th e to p 10 , at se venth. J eff Wy ler/ Blue Mo to took ninth overall and th ird in class. As both of the Tig ht Squ eez e teams ran t o g et h er , they wer e a lap short of Deal 's Gap Rac ing. Ei ghteen m inutes past the ha lfwa y po int, d isa ster struck Vesrah Suzu k i II. T aka o F ukuda crashed in turn six . Thi s brou gh t out th e red fl ag , and th e tea m return ed to the p its . A ft er a br ief delay, th e g ree n flag fle w agai n. Now di saster struck Tea m Xtreme, as Billy Etheridg e sli d out on col d tires in turn se ve n. C omin g un der th e S u zuk i F ina l R o und ; R o a d Atlanta Vesrah Suzuki (1) l ea d 5 Inf o Tech (31). Army of Darkness (99), Ricochet Racing (42). B&S Endurance (27). Team Velocity (131 ) and Neighbor of the Beast (6 6 7 ) at the start of the f inal round of the WERA National Endurance Series. Perfect Championship Season B y D A N S C HM ITT P HO T O S B Y S T E VE S T A RN E S / ADR EN ALINE S PO RTS P HOTO GRAP HY LL C BRASELTON, GA, OCT. 31 it h two ch am p io nshi p s o n th e li ne , 51 teams took t h e green flag to st art the final four hours of the WERA Nationa l Endu ra nce Series. Bradley Ch ampion , on the Team Info Tech/Va lte r Moto Ya maha R6 , t ook the early lead through the new th ird turn chica ne . Hot on his wheels was the Suzu ki 600 of Team Velo city , with " O p ie" Cay lo r at the co ntrols. T ray Batey wa t ched from third pl ace on the Vesrah Suzuki 1000 and waited to pounce t o th e fro nt duri ng th e sec ond lap. F or t he next dozen l a p s, C ay lor wai t ed his turn and fin ally took ov er sec o nd pl a c e. By st aying ahead of Champion , Veloc it y Racing held on to t he i r co nt ro l of th e Midd leweight Su p e r st o ck ch amp i onship . B ehind W t his fl eein g trio, the sec ond battle on the track too k pla ce between the t wo Tea m Xt rem e entrie s, Arm y of Dar k ness an d B& S Enduranc e. T he next g ro u p i nclu de d N e i g hb or of th e B east , T e am Revol ution , Ve l o c i t y Crew Rac ing , J eff Wyler/ Bl ue Moto , and Ricochet Racing . Vesrah Suzuki II led ano t her group , which inc lud ed Northe rn G e t a w a y , TF S Racing, Deal 's Gap III and Team Chicago. Phil Caudill was on the move up through th ese g ro u p s o n th e T e a m B e ar Kawa saki 600RR . A few cl icks back , th e Lightweight Superbike co ntende rs we re li ning up, with points ieade rs Deal' s Gap Racing lead in g the pac k . Rapi d T ran sit ra n seco nd, a s the o t h e r c lass con- GS X· R6 00: I . Bria n Stokes (Suz); 2 . Mark C. Junge (Suz); 3 . Sco tt Greenw ood (Suz); 4. Chris tenders , T i ght Sq u e eze a nd T i gh t Squeeze II, ran th ird and fifth in cl ass . Either of th ese Ti g ht Sq u eeze SV s had to m ove up if it wan t ed th e ti tl e. Those men in black, Army of Darkness, receive their championship trophy in the Middleweight Su p erbik e class. They also came in second overall at Road Atlanta. c u e I e n e _ S • N O V EM B ER 19,2003 25