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Tilley Harley-Davidson/Buell’s Tripp Nobles just beat Tom Montano to win the AMA Pro Thunder race held in conjunction with a WERA National Challenge Series event at Summit Point Raceway, with Jeff Nash a close third. Dave Estok, who had been battling Nobles and Montano for the lead, DNF after 7 laps with mechanical problems, as Nash battled up from a bad start to join the lead group.

Bryan Bemisderfer was fourth on a Buell, followed by Michael Dube on a Ducati, Steve Clark on a Suzuki SV650 and Rich Yersak. Only 11 bikes started the race, and just 7 finished.

In WERA National Challenge Series action, Lee Acree won the 750cc Supersport, 600cc Supersport and Formula One races on his Arclight Suzukis, and set a new track record at 1:15.488 during the 750cc Supersport race. Vesrah Suzuki’s Mark Junge won the Open Superstock race on a GSX-R750 and finished second in the 600cc Superstock race.

AMA Pro Thunder Provisional Results
1. Tripp Nobles, Buell
2. Tom Montano, Ducati
3. Jeff Nash, Ducati
4. Bryan Bemisderfer, Buell
5. Michael Dube, Ducati
6. Steve Clark, Suzuki
7. Rich Yersak