Copyright 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By Beth Wyse

Vesrah Suzuki’s Tray Batey won two WERA National Challenge Series sprint races at Barber Motorsports Park on Sunday. Batey rode a Suzuki GSX-R750 to a win in 750cc Superstock and then went on to win again in Heavyweight Twins on a Suzuki TL1000R.

Batey’s teammate Mark Junge won the Open Superstock race on the Vesrah Suzuki GSX-R1000, beating several AMA racers, including Lee Acree and Steve Rapp, who came from the back of the grid on a GSX-R1000. A number of AMA competitors entered the WERA sprint races to get practice time in preparation for next week’s AMA round at Barber.

Acree later won the 600cc Superstock race on his Triad Powersport Yamaha YZF-R6 despite starting at the back of the grid.

Team Valvoline EMGO Suzuki’s Chris Ulrich won the restarted Pirelli Formula One final on a Michelin-DOT-tired Suzuki GSX-R750, coming from the last row, taking the lead on lap two and pulling away from the field. The first start of the race was red-flagged when Ulrich’s teammate Matt Furtek crashed in turn one due to a water hose that broke loose on his bike as he launched off the grid. It was the only red flag of the day.

Furtek had won the 750cc Superbike race, run immediately prior to the F1 race, on his Suzuki GSX-R750.

Earlier, Furtek finished one bikelength behind winner David Weber in the 600cc Superbike race. Both Weber and Furtek rode Suzuki GSX-R600s.

Brian Kcraget won the 125cc Grand Prix race on his NESBA.com/Speed Werks Honda RS125.

In Formula Two, Chris Pyles rode his Yamaha TZ250 to the win with Kcraget second and Jason Temme third.

Bradley Champion rode his Suzuki SV650 to his ninth consecutive win in Lightweight Twins.

Chris “Opie” Caylor will be one of three U.S. representatives at the Suzuki GSX-R World Cup race in France after winning the last of three qualifying races for the event. Caylor started the race from the pole, but Brian Stokes took the early lead. Caylor quickly moved past Stokes before Jake Holden took the lead in the second half of the race. On the last lap, Caylor was able to re-pass Holden to take the win. Holden had gambled on a soft Dunlop tire, which came apart and lost tread late in the race. John Jacobi finished third and Stokes fell back after a near highside set off his bike’s tip-over switch and cut the ignition.

Tray Batey and Corey Eaton have also earned invitations to represent the United States at the Suzuki GSX-R World Cup with wins in the two previous qualifying races, held at Grattan and Thunderhill.

Results, listed in chronological order:

OPEN SUPERSTOCK EXPERT
1. Mark Junge, Suzuki GSX-R1000
2. Steve Rapp, Suzuki GSX-R1000
3. Lee Acree, Yamaha YZF-R6
4. Fritz Kling, Suzuki GSX-R1000
5. John Jacobi, Suzuki GSX-R1000
6. Matt Furtek, Suzuki GSX-R750

STAR SCHOOL 600cc SUPERSTOCK NOVICE
1. Matt Lynn, Suzuki
2. Ben Thompson, Suzuki
3. Adam Durham, Suzuki
4. Chris Kessler, Suzuki
5. Ryan Elleby, Suzuki
6. Brandon Parrish, Yamaha

600cc SUPERSTOCK EXPERT
1. Lee Acree, Yamaha
2. Mark Junge, Suzuki
3. David Weber, Suzuki
4. Reuben Frankenfield, Suzuki
5. Chris Siglin, Yamaha
6. Matt Furtek, Suzuki

125cc GRAND PRIX
1. Brian Kcraget, Honda
2. John Hjelm, Honda
3. John Klaras, Honda
4. Jason Clay, Honda
5. David Celento, Yamaha
6. Garrett Carter, Honda

LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS EXPERT
1. Bradley Champion, Suzuki SV650
2. Alex Ferreira, Suzuki SV650
3. Martin Musil. Suzuki SV650
4. Joseph Ball, Kawasaki EX500
5. John Abell, Aprilia RS250
6. Laura Perry, Suzuki SV650

LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS NOVICE:
1. James Chance III, Suzuki
2. Bo Morgan Jr., Suzuki
3. Joel Laroche, Suzuki
4. James Walker, Suzuki
5. James Brown, Suzuki
6. Matt Garber, Suzuki

750cc SUPERSTOCK NOVICE
1. Matt Lynn, Suzuki GSX-R600
2. Ryan Elleby, Suzuki GSX-R750
3. Jeffrey Agnes, Suzuki GSX-R750
4. Adam Durham, Suzuki GSX-R600
5. Mike Coisman, Suzuki GSX-R750
6. Brandon Parrish, Yamaha YZF-R6

750cc SUPERSTOCK EXPERT
1. Tray Batey, Suzuki GSX-R750
2. Steve Rapp, Suzuki GSX-R750
3. John Jacobi, Suzuki GSX-R750
4. David Weber, Suzuki GSX-R750
5. Reuben Frankenfield, Suzuki GSX-R750
6. Matt Furtek, Suzuki GSX-R750

HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS EXPERT:
1. Tray Batey, Suzuki SV1000
2. Mark Junge, Suzuki TL1000R
3. Scott Brown, Suzuki TL1000R
4. Bradley Champion, Suzuki SV650
5. Frank Shockley, Aprilia RSV1000
6. Ty Stranger-Thorsen, Suzuki SV1000

HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS NOVICE:
1. Fred Bittner, Ducati 996
2. James Chance III, Suzuki SV650
3. Pat Bartlett, Yamaha TZ250
4. Jimmy Allmon, Ducati 996
5. Ashley Light, Ducati 748
6. David Lariviere, Honda RC51

600cc SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. David Weber, Suzuki GSX-R600
2. Matt Furtek, Suzuki GSX-R600
3. Chris Siglin, Yamaha YZF-R6
4. Blake Young, Honda CBR600
5. Nicky Wimbauer, Yamaha YZF-R6
6. Greg Myers, Yamaha YZF-R6

600cc SUPERBIKE NOVICE:
1. Matt Lynn, Suzuki GSX-R600
2. Ben Thompson, Suzuki GSX-R600
3. Ryan Elleby, Suzuki GSX-R600
4. Chris Kessler, Suzuki GSX-R600
5. Bradley Anderson, Honda CBR600
6. Roy Holmes, Jr., Suzuki GSX-R600

SUZUKI WORLD CUP QUALIFIER (All Suzuki GSX-R750):
1. Opie Caylor, 8 laps
2. Jake Holden
3. John Jacobi
4. Reuben Frankenfield
5. Brian Stokes
6. Byron Barbour
7. Dirk Sanchez
8. Mike Sanchez
9. Travis King
10. Scott Carpenter
11. Aaron Risinger
12. Jason Peters, DNF, 4 laps
13. John Haner, DNF, 2 laps
14. David Weber, DNF, 1 lap

FORMULA 2 EXPERT:
1. Chris Pyles, Yamaha TZ250
2. Brian Kcraget, Honda RS250R
3. Jason Temme, Yamaha
4. John Ulrich, Yamaha TZ250
5. Rod Burr, Aprilia RSV250
6. Joji Tokumoto, Yamaha TZ250

FORMULA 2 NOVICE:
1. James Chance III, Suzuki
2. Bo Morgan, Jr., Suzuki
3. Pat Bartlett, Yamaha
4. Joel Laroche, Suzuki
5. Bruce Stanford, Suzuki
6. Michael Wright, Yamaha

750cc SUPERBIKE EXPERT:
1. Matt Furtek, Suzuki
2. Chuck Ivey, Suzuki
3. Blake Young, Honda
4. Nicky Wimbauer, Yamaha
5. C.R. Gittere, Suzuki
6. Logan Young, Suzuki

750cc SUPERBIKE NOVICE:
1. Ryan Elleby, Suzuki
2. Ben Thompson, Suzuki
3. Jeffrey Agnes, Suzuki
4. Mike Coisman, Suzuki
5. Ryan Gordon, Suzuki
6. Todd Smith, Suzuki

FORMULA 1
1. Chris Ulrich, Suzuki
2. Scott Carpenter, Suzuki
3. Mike Sanchez, Suzuki
4. C.R. Gittere, Suzuki
5. Kevin Hanson, Suzuki
6. Joseph Dawson, Suzuki