SUMMIT POINT, W. Va.”” Robert Jensen proved that he is his own toughest competition during last weekend’s WERA National Challenge Series races at Summit Point Raceway, winning three races en route to breaking his own lap record. The ten-lap WERA/Michelin National Challenge Series sprint races were held on Sunday, and Butler Machinery’s Jensen got the day started right with a win in Open Superstock. He followed up that performance with another win in 600 Superstock. A crash in 750 Superstock ended Jensen’s hopes of winning that class, but it left the door open for Vesrah Suzuki’s Mark Junge, who took the victory with just 0.011 seconds to spare over his teammate Lee Acree. Coming into the weekend, Acree led Junge in the 750 Superstock championship by a mere one point. Now, with Junge’s victory, he has taken the championship lead by two points. In Formula 1, the race was not only for the win but for the track record. Jensen and Vesrah’s Tray Batey both ran lap times under the record that Jensen had set earlier this season. After four record-breaking lap times between the two, Jensen had the win and the new record with a 1:13.059. Batey earned the win in Heavyweight Twins Superstock, holding off a fierce charge from Roadracingworld.com’s Chris Ulrich. Other expert-class winners included local racer Tim Bemisderfer in 600 Superbike and Justin Marm in 750 Superbike. Chris Parrish took the Lightweight Twins Superstock win, and Formula 2 honors went to Arnold Hastings. In the novice classes, two riders split all of the first-place trophies. Seth Starnes won Open, 600 and 750 Superstock, as well as 600 and 750 Superbike. Stevie Bonsey won Heavyweight and Lightweight Twins Superstock, then completed his day with a Formula 2 victory. In Saturday’s six-hour WERA/Bridgestone National Endurance Challenge Series race, Vesrah Suzuki got the win with an astonishing eight lap lead. Batey, Acree and John Jacobi teamed up on the Heavyweight Superbike Suzuki GSX-R1000 for the team’s third consecutive win. Team Velocity Racing won Heavyweight Superstock, finishing second overall with Chuck Ivey, Reuben Frankenfield and Scott Harwell on a Yamaha YZF-R1. The third tier on the overall podium was filled by William Lindsay, Joe Prussiano, Ben Walters and Brian Gibbs, who also won Mediumweight Superbike on a Yamaha YZF-R6. Team Velocity Racing’s TVRII took the Mediumweight Superstock victory with their finish of fourth overall. Ivey, Steven Breckenridge and Josh Day rode the Yamaha YZF-R6. Blue Ridge Performance earned the Lightweight Superbike class win, finishing ninth overall. The Kawasaki 650R riders included Martin Musil, Matt LaPham andMark Biletnikoff. Round eight of the WERA National Series will be at Nelson Ledges in Ohio, September 8-10. More information about WERA can be found online at www.WERA.com. More from a press release issued by Team Velocity Racing: VELOCITY RACING TEAMS TAKE TWO VICTORIES IN WERA NATIONAL ENDURANCE SERIES AT SUMMIT POINT SUMMIT POINT, W. Va.””Team Velocity Racing had a nearly flawless day at Summit Point Raceway last Saturday, earning two class victories during the WERA National Endurance Series six-hour event at the West Virginia track. Chuck Ivey, Reuben Frankenfield and Scott Harwell rode the Team Velocity Racing (TVR) Yamaha YZF-R1 to the Heavyweight Superstock victory, taking second overall. “I was a little nervous going into the weekend,” commented Ivey. “Over the past few weekends something has happened to one of the two teams. We had a little problem with the timing on the first pit stops, then the R1 started overheating. Luckily we got a red flag and the bike cooled down. Otherwise, we had a good race.” “I got on and kept plugging along. The goal was to do 1:18s and we all kept it at that pace,” said Harwell. “When the bike started to overheat we had a lap up on second (in class) so I started short shifting and trying to cool off the bike. We ran a steady pace and stayed out of trouble.” After some mid-season mishaps, TVR is back on the road to securing another Heavyweight Superstock championship. There is still plenty of work ahead, though. “We have to look at the rest of the season as ‘must win’ races,” commented Frankenfield. “To get the championship we can’t have any mistakes in the pits and we need to be turning competitive lap times. We have the equipment and the know how, and we’ve got to stay at the front.” Ivey found himself pulling double duty during the race, joining Steven Breckenridge and Josh Day on the TVRII Yamaha YZF-R6. The trio took the Mediumweight Superstock win and finished fourth overall. “Everything went really smoothly,” said Breckenridge. “We’re running the Pirelli Diablos and they last a long time. We only had to do one tire change. Everything went perfectly, so it was uneventful, really. The crew did a great job. They’re really the reason why everything went so well.” For 16-year-old Day, the race was a chance to get more familiar with Summit Point, a track he had never ridden until the day before. “It wasn’t as hard of a track to learn as I had expected,” he said. “Steven helped a lot. I went out on my sprint bike in practice on Friday and followed him around. This is my first year on a 600, and this is a great learning experience for me.” Team Velocity Racing will have both of their teams back on track in September for round eight of the WERA National Series at Nelson Ledges. The night race at the Ohio circuit was a success for the team last year, earning them second overall and first in Heavyweight Superstock. Fans can keep up with the team’s battle for two championships at www.TeamVelocityRacing.com. More, from a press release issued by L.O.C. Endurance: LOC TAKES A SECOND PLACE FINISH AT SUMMIT POINT (& Proves That It Knows How to Do a Tire Change) Summit Point, West Virginia L.O.C. Endurance finished second in class and eighth overall in this past weekend’s Bridgestone/WERA National Endurance races at Summit Point, West Virginia. The podium finish moves the EBC/Bridgestone team into the top 10 in the overall standings and it closes the gap to class points leader Dalke Racing. The team completed 219 laps of the 2.2 mile road coarse over the span of the 6 hour race. Jimmy Vanderhaar started the race and, after about 50 minutes, brought the bike into the pits in 12th overall position, right on the heels of TVR II Racing and Dalke Motorsports. Substitute rider Bill Stranahan, filling in for Joe Hayes, then took the bike out for the second stint. The team fought hard for the first 2 hours holding its position and then began moving up the grid sheet during the third hour with Dan Carr on the bike. They moved into the top 10 on lap 88 and never looked back. In and unusual move, the L.O.C. decided to do a tire change during the 4th hour. The Vanderhaar Engineering designed quick-change system worked flawlessly and a new rear tire was installed, taking only about 15 seconds longer than the normal fuel stop. Carr and Vanderhaar then rode the fresh Bridgestone home to the eventual 8th overall position.