Jensen Wins Three Races, Crashes, Sets New Track Record During WERA National Challenge At Summit Point

Jensen Wins Three Races, Crashes, Sets New Track Record During WERA National Challenge At Summit Point

© 2006, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. By David Swarts.

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Butler Machinery’s Robert Jensen won the Open Superstock, 600cc Superstock, and Formula 1 races during the seventh round of the Michelin/WERA National Challenge Series held at Summit Point Raceway in Summit Point, West Virginia Sunday. Jensen, who first broke his own track record riding a GSX-R1000 during morning warm-up, got the holeshot in the Open Superstock race, but the race was red-flagged after Vesrah Suzuki’s John Jacobi highsided exiting turn one.

Jensen pulled away in the re-started Open Superstock race, lowering the track record to 1:13.244 and winning by 1.184 seconds over Vesrah Suzuki’s Tray Batey.

Jensen got his second win of the day in the red-flag-shortened 600cc Superstock race. Jensen again got the holeshot and held off Vesrah Suzuki’s Lee Acree until the race was red-flagged on lap eight of 10 when Brian Gibbs crashed.

Vesrah Suzuki’s Tray Batey won the Heavyweight Twins race over RoadracingWorld.com/Vesrah Racing’s Chris Ulrich, who had been recruited to ride a Vesrah SV1000 by Vesrah Suzuki’s Mark Junge to ensure the Heavyweight Twins Superstock race had enough entries to pay Suzuki contingency money. Batey led off the start, but was quickly reeled in by Ulrich, who turned the fastest lap of the race and challenged and passed Batey. Ulrich wasn’t able to make a pass stick as the lead pair raced through traffic and finished in second place, 0.6-second behind Batey.

Jensen again got the holeshot in the 750cc Superstock race and led until he crashed in turn one at the start of the third lap. Jensen’s crash opened the door for Junge to take the lead with his Vesrah Suzuki teammate Lee Acree–riding a GSX-R600–closely in tow. Junge and Acree swapped the lead several times until Junge and his GSX-R750 powered by Acree to take the win.

Jensen won the Formula One race over Batey in a race that saw the track record broken four times between the two riders. Jensen used his Michelin-DOT-shod GSX-R1000 to lower his own track record to 1:13.219, and a lap later Batey, riding a Pirelli slick-equipped GSX-R1000, responded with a 1:13.204. Then Jensen, who cleary had a power advantage over Batey, turned a 1:13.173 followed by a 1:13.059 and pulled away to win by 2.1 seconds.

RESULTS

FORMULA 1 EXPERT 1. Robert Jensen (Suz GSX-R1000), 10 laps, 12:17.404 2. Tray Batey (Suz GSX-R1000), -2.102 seconds 3. Lee Acree (Suz GSX-R1000), -9.678 4. Charlie Coleman (Suz GSX-R1000), -21.191 5. Chad Lewin (Suz GSX-R1000), -21.278 6. Tim Bemisderfer (Hon CBR1000RR), -21.808 7. Donny Kelley (Suz GSX-R1000), -49.771 8. J.B. Layman (Suz GSX-R1000), -54.737 9. Dennis King (Suz GSX-R1000), -57.443 10. Jonathan Lawrence (Suz GSX-R1000), -57.701

OPEN SUPERSTOCK EXPERT 1. Robert Jensen (Suz GSX-R1000), 10 Laps 2. Tray Batey (Suz GSX-R1000), -1.184 seconds 3. Tim Bemisderfer (Hon CBR1000RR), -16.332 4. Lee Acree (Suz GSX-R1000), -16.336 5. Chad Lewin (Suz GSX-R1000), -16.598 6. Mark Crozier (Suz GSX-R1000), -17.147

OPEN SUPERSTOCK NOVICE 1. Seth Sarnes (Suz GSX-R1000), 10 Laps 2. Nassef Guirguis (Suz GSX-R1000) 3. Kenny Lu (Yam YZF-R1) 4. G. Matt Spannan (Suz GSX-R1000) 5. Allan Pett (Suz GSX-R750) 6. Jason Helton (Suz GSX-R750)

600cc SUPERSTOCK NOVICE 1. Seth Sarnes (Suz GSX-R600), 10 Laps 2. Jason Palmer (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Corey Warner (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Allen Pett (Yam YZF-R6) 5. Henry Hoyle (Yam YZF-R6) 6. David DeWarf (Hon CBR600RR)

600cc SUPERSTOCK EXPERT 1. Robert Jensen (Suz GSX-R600), 7 Laps 2. Lee Acree (Suz GSX-R600) 3. Mark Junge (Suz GSX-R600) 4. Tim Bemisderfer (Hon CBR600RR) 5. David Rose (Yam YZF-R6) 6. Donny Kelly (Suz GSX-R600)

HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS EXPERT 1. Tray Batey (Suz SV1000), 10 Laps 2. Chris Ulrich (Suz SV1000), -0.611 seconds 3. Cale Swiger (Suz SV1000), -42.236 4. Russell Masecar (Suz SV1000), -53.282 5. Louis Schalow (Suz SV1000), -57.489 6. Jeffrey Gochenour (Buell XB12R), -84.089

HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS NOVICE 1. Stevie Bonsey (Suz SV650), 10 Laps 2. Ken Allen (Suz SV650), 10 Laps 3. Allan Edwards (Suz SV650), 9 Laps 4. John Connell (Apr RSV1000), 9 Laps 5. Glemm Dixon (Hon 1000), 9 Laps 6. Gary Sgarrella (Suz SV650) 9 Laps

750cc SUPERSTOCK NOVICE 1. Seth Sarnes (Suz GSX-R1000), 10 Laps 2. Chris Trickutt (Suz GSX-R600), -7.596 seconds 3. Jason Palmer (Yam R-6), -8.806 4. Corey Warner (Yam R-6), -8.853 5. Allan Pett (Suz GSX-R750), -29.259 6. David Dewarf (Hon CBR600RR), -39.409

750cc SUPERSTOCK EXPERT 1. Mark Junge (Suz GSX-R750), 10 Laps 2. Lee Acree (Suz GSX-R600), -0.188 seconds 3. Charlie Coleman (Suz GSX-R750), -12.015 4. Troy Meikle (Suz GSX-R750), -16.790 5. Daniel Parkerson (Suz GSX-R600), -34.295 6. Matt Lapham (Yam YZF-R6), -34.566

LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS EXPERT 1. Chris Parrish (Suz SV650), 10 Laps 2. David Yaakov (Suz SV650), -0.882 seconds 3. Arnold Hastings (Suz SV650), -1.267 4. Matt Lapham (Suz SV650), -7.927 5. Russell Masecar (Suz SV650), -9.310 6. Sean Marston (Suz SV650), -11.300

LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS NOVICE 1. Stevie Bonsey (Suz SV650), 10 Laps 2. Ken Allen (Suz SV650) 3. Scott Rosey (Suz SV650) 4. Allan Edwards (Suz SV650) 5. Gary Sgarrella (Suz SV650) 6. Chris Lane (Suz SV650)

C SUPERBIKE EXPERT 1. Tim Bemisderfer (Hon CBR600RR), 10 Laps 2. Daniel Parkerson (Suz GSX-R600), -3.649 seconds 3. Joshua Day (Yam YZF-R6), -9.486 seconds 4. Donny Kelly (Suz GSX-R600), -9.841 seconds 5. Matt LaPham (Yam YZF-R6), -13.563 seconds 6. Nathan Dressman (Suz GSX-R600), -19.661

C SUPERBIKE NOVICE 1. Seth Sarnes (Suz GSX-R600), 10 Laps 2. Cory Warner (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Jason Palmer (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Henry Hoyle (Yam YZF-R6) 5. Allan Pett (Yam YZF-R6) 6. Mark Spruill (Suz GSX-R600)

FORMULA 2 EXPERT 1. Arnold Hasting (Suz SV650), 8 Laps 2. Sean Marsten (Suz SV650) 3. Melissa Berkoff (Suz SV650) 4. Steve Green (Suz SV650) 5. Steve Brunton (Suz SV650) 6. Jeffrey Gochenour (Buell XB12R)

FORMULA 2 NOVICE 1. Stevie Bonsey (Suz SV650), 8 Laps 2. Scott Rosey (Suz SV650) 3. Ken Allen (Suz SV650) 4. Gary Sgarrella (Suz SV650) 5. Gavin Birch (Suz SV650) 6. Jon Oliver (Suz SV650)

750cc SUPERBIKE EXPERT 1. Justin Marm (Suz GSX-R750), 10 Laps 2. Daniel Parkerson (Suz GSX-R600), -9.972 seconds 3. Donny Kelly (Suz GSX-R600), -11.691 4. Nathan Dressman (Suz GSX-R600), -19.399 5. Scott Layman (Suz GSX-R750), -31.500

750cc SUPERBIKE NOVICE 1. Seth Sarnes (Suz GSX-R750), 10 Laps 2. Chris Tricklutt (Suz GSX-R600) 3. Jason Palmer (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Cory Warner (Yam YZF-R6) 5. Allan Pett (Suz GSX-R750) 6. David Dewarf (Hon CBR600RR)

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