Copyright 2002, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By Beth Wyse

Vesrah Suzuki continued to dominate the 2002 WERA/GMD Computrack National Endurance Series by taking a fourth consecutive victory, in a 4-hour race at Virginia International Raceway held Friday. Vesrah’s Tray Batey and John Jacobi won the red-flag-plagued race on a Suzuki GSX-R1000.

Army of Darkness (AOD) riders Jim Williams and Mark Crozier wound up second overall, 65 seconds behind the leaders, on a Suzuki GSX-R600. AOD also topped the Mediumweight Superbike class after an early-race battle with Vesrah Suzuki II.

S&S Endurance took third overall and first in Mediumweight Supersport in its first endurance race as a team. Red-flag delays allowed Scott Harwell to ride the entire race on the S&S Suzuki GSX-R600, without breaking series rules regarding the length of on-track riding stints (120 consecutive minutes) and off-track breaks between stints (30 minutes).

Batey pulled a gap on the field of 47 bikes at the start of the race, but the first red flag came out just short of the one-hour mark for a rider down in turn three. Batey took the lead again on the restart, but only rode for seven minutes before the second red flag came out for a bike that left oil through turns two and three before catching fire.

After a long clean-up period, the race was started for the third time just past the halfway point on the official race clock. Batey was still on the Vesrah Suzuki bike and once again took the lead. The third red flag flew with 15 minutes remaining for another bike on fire, and the race was called complete.

In the Heavyweight Supersport class, moto-heaven.com finished first in class and 11th overall. Justin Marm and Phil Caudill shared the riding on a Honda CBR600F4. Team Infotech took first in Lightweight Superbike and 14th overall with Bobby Miosek and Tommy Bauchiero on a Suzuki SV650.

Overall Results

1. Vesrah Suzuki (Tray Batey/John Jacobi), Suz GSX-R1000, HSB, 94 laps

2. AOD (Jim Williams/Mark Crozier), Suz GSX-R600, MSB, 94 laps

3. S&S Endurance (Scott Harwell), Suz GSX-R600, MSS, 94 laps

4. Vesrah Suzuki II (Dave Yaakov/Brian Stokes), Suz GSX-R600, MSB, 93 laps

5. Team Outa Sight (Jason Peters/Adam Coco), Suz GSX-R600, MSS, 91 laps

6. Northern Getaway (Mark Morrow/Tim Kephart), Suz GSX-R750, HSB, 91 laps

7. Team Velocity (Paul Aalderks/Chuck Ivey), Suz GSX-R600, MSS, 91 laps

8. Team Life (Joe Milanesi/Kevin Warner/Justin Marm), Yam YZFR6, MSS, 91 laps

9. Cycle Therapy Racing (Neil Mummau/Cole Regal/Ricky Ford), Suz GSX-R1000, HSB, 90 laps

10. Velocity Crew (Kevin Perkins/Paul Youngman), Suz GSX-R600, MSB, 90 laps