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W ERA National Challenge S er ies
Round S : Nelson Ledge s Roadcourse
Trey for Tray
By DAN
SCHMITI
GARRETISVIW, OH, SEPT. 12
he e ighth ro und of th e WERA Na tiona l
Cha llenge Se ries was he ld unde r bright ,
sunny skies, with temperatures in the mid-70s.
Mark Junge blasted 0(( the line and led the first
two laps of the O pe n Superstock final, wi th
Shawn Conrad hot on his he e ls. On th e nex t
go -around , Fritz Kling moved past Conrad and
d isplaced junge in the Carousel. With his head
do wn , Klingbega n to wa lk away (rom the con-
T
flict behind him . H ow ever, Larry Denning was
on the move on the 4&6 Racing RI. Selling his
first track record. at I:06:8, Denning moved to
third. Dro pping another te nth, he moved to
second and caught Kling. For three laps. he
wa ited to strike, and then made his move in
t he fast back -straight kin k , setting anothe r
track record (I :06:S86) and picking up the win
and t he Yam aha contingency money.
"I got with him in the Carousel, and went a
litt le deeper in the kink , a nd that was it ,"
Denning said. " Fritz d id all the hard work; he
was the carrot. and I just chased it.
In the 600ce Novice Sup erstock contest,
Brandon Parrish and Calvin Barnett went at it
(or 10 laps. Parrish too k the win. John Livergood
passed SV
-mo unted Ross Ryals (or third .
Ryan Gordon had the hot hand in the 7S0cc
Superstoc k Novic e race , as he be at Barnett,
Charlie Coleman and Parrish .
In the combined 7S0cc Sup erbike fina l,
No vice racer Gordon ra n se con d ov e rall to
Expert winne r Keith Reed.
Junge parked the fieldin the 600cc Superstock
Expert final. As he went on to win by 10 seconds,
the batt le for se cond raged be tween Bradley
Champion, Shawn Conrad, Jo hn jaco bi, Tim
Bemisderfer, Brent Benn ett and Taylo r Knapp.
Both jacobi and Con rad got by Champion . jaco bi
It
The action o n the big track was nearly as
exciting as the 50" progra m , w ith most racers
putting forth e xtra e ffort to get the ir standings
in t he seaso n-lo ng cha mpio ns hip bo oste d
upwa rd in the last month of the series .
Making sure to seal his w in in the 250cc
Novice class, local Pete r De mbinski piloted his
Yamaha to win bot h mo tos fo r the overall.
Vetera n Don Stauffer gave Demb inski a run for
his money, as did Andy Hofbauer . Stauffer holds
the distinction of being one of the few race rs
w ho has raced at Milan in the I970s . 1980s,
1990s and no w the 200 0s. Stau ffer co uld be
considered a lat e bloo me r, as he never jumped
a dou ble jump unt il the 2004 season. waiting
some 40 years to take flight . Stauffer is faste r
t han ever on his new 2005 Oakland Sport
Cen ter KT M 2S0 SX . Sta uffer shared th e
second and third places with Hofbauer. with
Sta uffe r taki ng seco nd o ver al l. Ano t her
longtime Milan co ntestant, Jeff Brekke , d ueled
with Dar ren Snap p fo r four th , wi t h Brekke
gelling the nod and Snapp sna pping up fifth.
Sta uffer was also t he run ner- up in t he
Veterans Over 45 class. Track operator Barry B.
held second (or one lap, but Kawasaki-mounted
Conrad took second at the line.
As th e Vesrah teammates, Tray Batey and
Jaco bi, ran up fron t in the lSDcc Superstock
Expert fmal, Knapp and Conrad battled (o r
third. Conrad finally powered by Knapp fo r
third, wh ile Batey took the victory.
A good race developed in the Heavyweight
Superst ock Expert race as Batey held 0(( the
charge cf the Bell boys, Roger and Myron .
Frank Shockley stayed close on the Aprilia 998 ,
but Roger took second , beh ind Batey.
In the Ughtweight Superstock Novice final,
Ryals finally took a win . This ironman cam e
home with one first. two seconds. on e fourth,
an e ighth and a ninth, making for a good day of
racing on his Suzuki SV6S0.
Brent Bennett stepped up to the plate as he
hounded Batey in the Formula On e final on his
Yamaha RI . An injured Denning followed jaco bi
in fourth. Bennett had the power to stay w ith
8atey o n the two straights, but the o ld pro had
just enough o n this da y to hang on for his third
victory of the day. Denn ing settled (or third.
"I haven't been here in I I years, so it is a
new track to me ," Batey stated. "Eve n the guys
that ru n here are having problems. so just
gett ing three wins, that's just terrific."
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SON l.£DGES R O ADCO URSE
G ARRETTSVillE, OHIO
RESULTS: SE PTEMBER 12, 20 0 4 (ROUND
8)
600 SlSTK NOV: I. Brandon Parrish (Yam) 2. CaMn
;
Barnett (Suz): l . John Livergood (Yam). 600 SISTI< EX: I.
Mark Junge (Suz): 2. Shawn Conrad (!