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Tray Icd8y (11 leads hi. Vesrah Suzukl teammate Marte Jun. . (57) In the SV1000 Suzuld Cup Final at Road Atlanta. IT'S ALL WRAPPE.D UP AT THE. SUZUKI CUP he Suzuki Cup Final was held under sunny skies, with temperatures in the mid70s. The SV I000 contingent charged into the first corner at Road Atlanta. Out of the chicane, Tray Batey took his Vesrah Brakes SV into the lead, with his teammate Mark Junge following on the Vesrah/Nielsen Enterprises Sv. Behind this fleeing twosome, Brad Duncan ran third, with Cale Swiger in fourth. A battle developed for fifth between Russell Masecar and Tim Birdsong, too far behind the leaders for a shot at the winning money but nevertheless aiming for part of the large payout for all of these top 10 positions. After the halfway point, SWiger made the big charge to snatch third from Duncan coming downhill to the start/finish line. Up front, Batey put three seconds on Junge, as Swiger and Duncan continued their skirmish. But 10 laps go quickly, and Batey took the victory and the Suzuki Cup purse. Ty Howard snatched the lead on the restart of the GSX-R600 Suzuki Cup Final. Mike Smith, the fast qualifier (with a I :29;638), did not make the restart, because his GSX-R600 was battered from the crash in turn lOin the first start. Opie 46 Caylor ran second, and a gaggle of bikes contested third. As Howard and Caylor stretched out their lead, Keith Marshall broke away from the pack to secure third. Chris Siglin led the following fourman freight train, which also consisted of Ryan Elleby, Reuben Frankenfield and John Jacobi. Howard continued to lead by three bikelengths over Caylor at the halfway point. The two Hoosiers, Frankenfield and Jacobi, began their personal battle for the sixth-place money. Marshall ran two seconds back from the dueling twosome up front. Caylor continued to follow Howard, saving his Dunlop tires for the big push. Frankenfield began to push forward, getting by Elleby. With two laps to go, Caylor drove around the outside of turn one to snatch the lead. At the white flag, Caylor increased his lead to two seconds and never looked back. At the line, Caylor took a well-planned win and the largest part of the Suzuki purse. "I watched Ty and saw that he was starting to slide around," Caylor explained, "so I waited until two laps to go and then I made my move. I did not want to get caught out with a red flag." NOVEMBER 9, 2005 • CYCLE NEWS Brian Suffridge took the holeshot in the SV650 race, with Vesrah's Jimmy Wood hot on his heels through the chicane. Coming down the hill for the first lap, it was a six-man skirmish starring Suffridge, Wood, Birdsong, Kris Wall, Ricky Ford and Chris Parrish. On the next lap, three bikes went down in turn seven, bringing out the red flag. Wood gained the lead on the restart, with Suffridge second. Wood built his lead during the next lap, while Birdsong and Wall contested third. Masecar led the next group of bikes in the quest for fifth. At the halfway point, Suffridge moved to within one bikelength of Wood, while Birdsong gained a little on Wall. Wood continued to lead to the end, with a onesecond lead over Suffridge at the end on his Pirelli-shod Suzuki SV650. After the race, all top five finishers passed the dyno test, making less than the maximum of 79 horsepower. Twenty-four bikes charged into the first corner in the GSX-R750 final. Robert Jensen took the lead down the back stretch and led across the line, with Brian Stokes, Howard and Jacobi hot on his rear wheel. Two laps later, Jensen continued to lead Stokes by a bikelength, with Howard two seconds back. At the halfway point, Howard began to run down the front twosome. Jacobi held fourth, as the battle for fifth heated up, Ryan Ellebyand Ben Thompson closing up on Siglin. With less than .S34 seconds separating the leaders, Howard fell back two seconds. At the white flag, Stokes pulled up next to Jensen, but he could not get the job done. On the last lap, Stokes went .152 seconds faster than Jensen, led for a brief moment coming down the hill, but he came up short at the line by .092 seconds. Jensen had the victory, and it was a victory for Michelin, too, as the first three riders were on that brand of tires. "I got hurt the other day and separated my shoulder," Jensen stated after his victory. "I have to really thank my crew; they got me dressed in the morning, helped me on the bike. I really gotta thank them, and Michelin - their tires worked great today." Ben Thompson led off the line in the GSX-R I 000 final, with Stokes right there. Stokes took the lead out of turn seven and led across the line, with Matt Lynn breaking away from the pack of Caylor, Scott Carpenter, Frankenfield and Byron Barbour. During the fourth lap, Caylor began his march toward the front, moving