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Dunlop;WERA National Endurance Series
Round II: Road Atlanta
Velocity Takes the Title
By
DAN SCHMIn
BRASElTON, GA, OCT. 14
I was
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a beautiful day in Braselton, Georgia, site of the final round
of the ll-race Dunlop/WERA National Endurance Series. Forty
teams that qualified during the season lined up for the noon start.
With the flip of the green flag, Mark Crozier took the Team
Velocity Yamaha RI into the lead, with Tray Batey hot on his
heels on the Vesrah Suzuki 1000. Ben Walters, on the Army Of
Darkness Suzuki 600, ran third, with Ben Thompson following
on the Red Star Yamaha R6. The overall points championship
was being played out between Velocity and Vesrah;
concurrently, the battle for the Middleweight Superbike-c1ass
championship was going on between Red Star and Army. 5150
Racing, Bell's Arnchu Racing, Team Xtreme/Maxxis and Dalke
Motorsports followed closely around this 2.25-mile road course.
Working his way through the pack was Kevin Schwantz, on the
Vesrah Suzuki 2 team.
Thirty minutes into the race. the red flag flew. Apparently,
Batey crashed the Vesrah Suzuki going into the chicane right in
front of jennifer Garner, on the Wizard Racing III SV 6S0. She had
nowhere to go and crashed into the downed bike.
With the restart and at the top of the first hour, Schwantz
held the lead, with Team Velocity second, TVR 2 third, Red Star
fourth, Army fifth and 5150 sixth.
Duling the second hour, Red Star lost a connecting rod - and
its bid for the Middleweight Superbike title. A loose helmet
camera brought Team Chicago to the side of the track, losing
two laps in the process. Dixie Mafia went down in the chicane
and didn't retum to the race. Meanwhile, 5150 charged to fifth
overall, and Arnchu took over third. jamie james continued to
lead with the Vesrah Suzuki 2 750. Team Velocity put it on cruise
control, holding down second overall and having the
championship in the bag.
Duling the third hour, Velocity Crew Racing. on the Suzuki
600, and Ridge Racing, on the Kawasaki 1000, moved into the
top 10, while 5150 grabbed fourth overall and the lead in the
Heavyweight Superstock class. Blue Ridge Performance led the
Lightweight Superb ike class, with Ghetto Customs and
Notorious P.I.G. in second and third. Ted Cobb, one of the
instructors with the Kevin Schwantz Suzuki School, continued to
lead. Team Velocity had its Yamaha RI in second, and Arnchu ran
third on the Suzuki 750.
Five minutes before" p.m.. justin Marm highsided in tum six,
leaving the 5150 Suzuki 750 in the middle of the track. This
brought out the second red flag of the day and ended the race.
The Kevin Schwantz crew, on the Vesrah Suzuki 2 machine, took
the win, but this had no bearing on the points. Team Velocity
Racing had the overall title for Yamaha. Ghetto Customs finished
second on the track but took the Lightweight Superbike title.
Army or Darkness captured its seventh title with seven wins this
season and announced the team's retirement from the sport.
"We have been consistent all year," Chuck Ivey of Team
Velocity Racing said. "The crew has been perfect. and the
Yamaha RI is just a great motorcycle."
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Kevin Schwanh: (34), on the Vesrah Suzuki 2
team, leads Chris Peris (99), on the Anny Of
Darkness Suzuki 600, at the final round of the
Dunlop/WERA National Endurance Series.
ROAD ATlANTA
BRASILTON, GEORGIA
RESULTS: oc-ro.EIt 14,
2005
(ROUND
11
OF
11)
O/A: I. Kevin SchwantzNesrah Suzuki 2 (Suz); 2. Team Yekxity Racing (Yam); 3.
Bell's Amchu Raclng (Suz); -4. TVR 2 (Yam); S. 51 SO Racing (Suz); 6. Army Of
Darkness (Suz): 7. MRP Racing (Kaw): 8. Velocity Crew Racing (Suz); Dalke
M""""f'O'U (Su.): 10. Rid", R,dog (Kaw). IJW 5/BI(, I. Blue Ridge Perlonnanc.:
2. Ghetto Customs; 3. The Not:orious P.I.G. MIW 5I8K: I. Army Of Dario:ness (Suz);
2. MRP RacIng (Kaw); 3. Velocity Crew Racing (Suz). HIW S/BK: I. Kevin
SchwanalV..... Suzuk; (Sua): 2. Team VeIodty Radng (Yam): 3. BeI',1.m