Vesrah Suzuki’s Tray Batey and John Jacobi won the fourth round of the 2008 Bridgestone National Endurance Series, a 6-hour event held at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah. It was the 62nd overall race win for Vesrah Suzuki in the National Endurance Series.
Vesrah Suzuki took the lead from the drop of the green flag and Brand X Yamaha gave chase, staying on the lead lap through the three-hour mark. The three-rider team of Ben Walters, Brett Champagne and Tripp Nobles ended up second overall, two laps behind Vesrah Suzuki at the end of the six hours.
Team Velocity Racing brought its Yamaha YZF-R1 home in third overall, finishing six laps behind the leaders and winning in the Heavyweight Superstock class by five laps over Twin Works Factory 1. One lap behind Team Velocity Racing came the Mediumweight Superstock class winners, Dalke Motorsports.
Rounding out the top five overall with a victory in the Mediumweight Superbike class was the local team of Salt Lake Motorsports 1 on a Ducati 848.
The Lightweight Superbike class win went to Pineapple Mafia, taking a five-lap victory over Code 4 Racing II.
Bridgestone WERA National Endurance Series, Round 4 Miller Motorsports Park Tooele, UT June 7th, 2008
OVERALL RESULTS
1. Vesrah Suzuki, (John Jacobi/Tray Batey) Suzuki GSX-R1000, Heavyweight Superbike, 178 laps
2. Brand X Yamaha (Ben Walters, Jr./Brett Champagne/Tripp Nobles), Yamaha YZF-R1, Heavyweight Superbike, 176 laps
3. TVR 131 (Zac Chapman/Jimmy Vanderhaar/Chad Lewin/Chuck Ivey), Yamaha YZF-R1, Heavyweight Superstock, 172 laps
4. Dalke Motorsports (Dustin Meador/Giovanni Rojas/Dane T. Westby), Yamaha YZF-R6, Mediumweight Superstock, 171 laps
5. Salt Lake Motorsports 1 (Michael Bunds/Kory Cowan/Patrick Lansu/Shane Turpin), Ducati 848, Mediumweight Superbike, 169 laps
6. Twinworks Factory 1 (Jay Avansino/Shawn Reilly/Dan Sewell/Zoran Vujasinovic), Suzuki GSX-R1000, Heavyweight Superstock, 167 laps
7. Zyvax (Steve Green/Scott Layman/J.B. Layman), Yamaha YZF-R6, Mediumweight Superbike, 167 laps
8. Dalke Motorsports II (Dustin Meador/Diego Rojas/Wrenn Smith), Yamaha YZF-R6 Mediumweight Superstock, 167 laps
9. TVR 136 (James Dellinger/Jimmy Wood/Michael Wheel), Yamaha YZF-R6, Mediumweight Superstock, 166 laps
10. Team Hangover (Johnny Edwards/Joseph Shelton/Chris van Rensburg), Suzuki GSX-R750, Heavyweight Superbike, 161 laps