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Vesrah Brakes’ Mark Junge, Ken Melville, Mike Laney and Michael Peet took third in the Wisconsin Endurance Mountain Bike Series 12-hour race May 31 on the John Muir Trails of the Southern Kettle Moraine State Forest, located in southern Wisconsin.

Vesrah Brakes, which was also sponsored by Western Utility, completed 19 laps of a 6.75-mile course and finished one lap behind winners Pedal Moraine and second-place finishers Team Hayes Brakes, both serious mountain bike racing teams, according to Junge.

Junge told Roadracingworld.com that he ran the race for fun but also to do research and development on a new line of Vesrah bicycle brake pads, which should be available late this year.

In addition to owning the Vesrah Suzuki motorcycle road racing team–which has won the WERA National Endurance Championship twice–Junge and his wife Nancy import and distribute racing brake pads for Vesrah.

Nancy Junge also raced at the John Muir Trails event, winning the women’s division of a three-hour solo endurance race.

Vesrah Suzuki’s Mark Junge plans to race in the AMA Superstock race this weekend at Road America, two hours from his home in Union Grove, Wisconsin. Junge’s motorcycle teammate John Jacobi intends to race in Superstock, on a GSX-R750, and in Superbike, on a GSX-R1000, at Elkhart Lake.