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Mark Kruger took his Kawasaki ZX-6RR to the 2003 WMRC British Columbia Road Race Series Overall Champion. Kruger also won the Pro 600cc Supersport, Open Supersport, and the premiere Pro Open Superbike Championships and was awarded the Tom Walther Memorial Trophy in recognition of his Pro Open Superbike Championship.

WMRC runs a four-round series held at Mission Raceway Park in British Columbia.

Kruger won the Pro 600cc Supersport Championship over Zlock Racing’s Oliver Jervis by a mere two points. Kruger claimed two wins, one second and one third, while Jervis took two wins and two thirds on the season. Troy Burstyk ended the season third in class with top-five finishes at every round, including a third in the season opener.

In Open Supersport Kruger once again won the Championship by only two points. This time Pacific Yamaha’s Steve Dick was second. Kruger was able to take three wins, but a third at the fourth and final round, combined with Dick’s three second place finishes and final round win, kept it close. Despite a DNF, Troy Burstyk again finished third.

Kruger claimed the coveted Pro Open Superbike crown from Dick, who finished seven points down, with Jervis third, five points behind Dick. Both Kruger and Dick took multiple wins (Pro Open Superbike is run twice per weekend) but Dick’s two DNF’s vs. Kruger’s one DNF gave Kruger the title.

In addition to the Pro classes, WMRC also has Amateur 600cc Supersport, Formula Two, Formula Three and B.O.T.T. Suzuki SV650 Cup support classes.

Jonathon Jeske won the Amateur 600cc Supersport title, Paul Ludwig took the Formula Two and Formula Three titles, while Brian Steidle won the Suzuki SV650 Cup Championship.

2003 WMRC Final Points Standings from www.wmrc.com:

Pro Open Superbike
1. Mark Kruger, 141 points
2. Steve Dick, 134 points
3. Oliver Jervis, 129 points
4. Scott Borthwick, 104 points
5. Troy Burstyk, 103 points
6. Japhy Goldman, 41 points

Pro 600cc Supersport
1. Mark Kruger, 88 points
2. Oliver Jervis, 86 points
3. Troy Burstyk, 53 points
4. Steve Dick, 52 points
5. Jason Hughes, 34 points
6. Japhy Goldman, 21 points

Open Supersport
1. Mark Kruger, 93 points
2. Steve Dick, 91 points
3. Troy Burstyk, 42 points
4. Scott Borthwick, 40 points
5. Jason Hughes, 37 points
6. Jonathon Jeske, 36 points

Amateur 600cc Supersport
1. Jonathon Jeske, 87 points
2. John Parker, 79 points
3. Gio Acchione, 42 points
4. Steve Erlendson, 41 points
5. James Nadolny, 34 points
6. Justin Kemp, 21 points

Formula Two
1. Paul Ludwig, 103 points
2. Brian Steidle, 72 points
3. Ken Botham, 61 points
4. Misti Hurst, 50 points
5. Rick Earle, 43 points
6. Bart Brown, 32 points

Formula Three
1. Paul Ludwig, 108 points
2. Trevor Smith, 55 points
3. Scott Pontiuk, 45 points
4. Brian Ens, 43 points
5. Bart Brown, 40 points
6. Tom Fayle, 31 points

B.O.T.T. Suzuki SV650 Cup
1. Brian Steidle, 101 points
2. Kathy Hubble, 79 points
3. Misti Hurst, 56 points
4. Hank Visser, 35 points
5. Shawn Becker, 26 points
6. Justin Frederic, 26 points

For complete results go to www.wmrc.ca.