Racers Edge’s Dale Kieffer and Vesrah Suzuki’s Tray Batey were the big winners in the fifth round of the WERA National Challenge series at Las Vegas International Speedway’s Classic Course, Sunday, June 26th. Kieffer took flag-to-flag wins in both the A Superstock and Formula 1 races on his Suzuki GSX-R1000, while Batey battled Jack Pfeiffer for the Heavyweight Twins Supersport victory on his Suzuki SV1000, and also took his Suzuki GSX-R750 to a commanding win in the B Supestock race. Arclight Suzuki’s Chris Siglin continued to run well in the 600cc ranks, winning a close C Superstock race over Vesrah Suzuki’s Mark Junge, and finishing third in the 750cc B Superstock race on his 600. Racer Supply Co/Raceworks rider Ben Thompson had a successful weekend in Las Vegas, winning the B Superbike race, taking a close second to Kieffer in both the Formula 1 and Open Superstock races, and finished second to Batey in B Superstock. Young gun Josh Herrin used his Yamaha YZF-R6 to take the C Superbike win, and also finished fourth in the C Superstock race, while Howard Lynggard took his Yamaha YZF-R1 to the Senior Superbike victory. Yamaha’s Jason DiSalvo showed up at Las Vegas, where the factory rider recently purchased a new home, to get in extra testing time on his Yamaha YZF-R1 and R6 machines prior to the upcoming Laguna Seca AMA National. Because DiSalvo had no WERA points, he was forced to start from the back of the grid. Although he was able to make his way to the front of several races, including Formula 1, DiSalvo elected to pull off on the final lap in all the races he rode so as not to take any contingency or purse money. AMA regular John Haner also made the trip to Las Vegas in hopes of getting added track time and also making some money, but a crash in Sunday morning practice put him out of the event. Haner was unhurt in the crash, but his GSX-R750 was heavily damaged. RESULTS Formula 1 Expert 1. Dale Kieffer (Suz GSX-R1000) 2. Ben Thompson (Suz GSX-R1000) 3. David Weber (Suz GSX-R1000) 4. David Sanders (Suz GSX-R1000) 5. Jason Curtis (Suz GSX-R1000) 6. John Jacobi (Suz GSX-R750) Formula 1 Novice 1. Jon Lawson (Suz GSX-R1000) 2. Mitch Ward (Suz GSX-R600) 3. Tony Palarie (Suz GSX-R750) 4. Eddie Barajas (Suz GSX-R1000) 5. Daniel Shaff (Kaw ZX-6RR) A Superstock Expert 1. Dale Kieffer (Suz GSX-R1000) 2. Ben Thompson (Suz GSX-R1000) 3. Mark Junge (Suz GSX-R1000) 4. Corey Eaton (Suz GSX-R1000) 5. Michael Beck (Yam YZF-R1) 6. Premek Glinz (Suz GSX-R1000) A Superstock Novice 1. Jon Lawson (Suz GSX-R1000) 2. Tony Palarie (Suz GSX-R750) 3. J.B. Layman (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Eddie Barajas (Suz GSX-R1000) 5. Scott Layman (Suz GSX-R750) B Superstock Expert 1. Tray Batey (Suz GSX-R750) 2. Ben Thompson (Suz GSX-R750) 3. Chris Siglin (Suz GSX-R600) 4. Reuben Frankenfield (Suz GSX-R750) 5. John Jacobi (Suz GSX-R750) 6. David Weber (Suz GSX-R750) B Superstock Novice 1. J.B. Layman (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Mitch Ward (Suz GSX-R600) 3. Tony Palarie (Suz GSX-R750 4. Terry Heard (Yam YF-R6) 5. Javier Ramirez (Yam YZF-R6) 6. Kirk Wilde (Suz GSX-R750) C Superstock Expert 1. Chris Siglin (Suz GSX-R600) 2. Mark Junge (Suz GSX-R600) 3. John Jacobi (Suz GSX-R600) 4. Josh Herrin (Yam YZF-R6) 5. David Weber (Suz GSX-R600) 6. Chad Lewin (Suz GSX-R600) C Superstock Novice 1. Nick Scoggins (Kaw ZX-6RR) 2. J.B. Layman (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Curtis Cash (Kaw ZX-6RR) 4. Mitch Ward (Suz GSX-R600) 5. Javier Ramirez ((Yam YZF-R6) 6. Terry Heard (Yam YZF-R6) C Superbike Expert 1. Josh Herrin (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Derek Keyes (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Brian Land (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Mark Crozier (Kaw ZX-6RR) 5. David Siminski (Suz GSX-R600) 6. Will Eikenberry (Kaw ZX-6R) C Superbike Novice 1. Nick Scoggins (Kaw ZX-6RR) 2. Mitch Ward (Suz GSX-R600) 3. J.B. Layman (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Javier Ramirez (Yam YZF-R6) 5. Daniel Shaff (Kaw ZX-6RR) 6. Terry Heard (Yam YZF-R6) Heavyweight Twins Supersport Expert 1. Tray Batey (Suz SV1000) 2. Jack Pfeiffer (Apr RSV1000) 3. Vincent Chu (Duc 999) 4. Gary Schilling (Suz SV650) 5. Morgan Broadhead (Suz SV650) Heavyweight Twins Supersport Novice 1. David Nguyen (Dun 999) Heavyweight Twins Superbike Expert 1. Jack Pfeiffer (Apr RSV1000) 2. Vincent Chu (Duc 999) Heavyweight Twins Superbike Novice 1. David Nguyen (Dun 999) Lightweight Twins Supersport Expert 1. Gary Schilling (Suz SV650) Formula 2 Expert 1. John Ulrich (Yam TZ250) 2. Morgan Broadhead (Suz SV650) 3. Nicole Johnson (Hon RS125) 4. Chuma Gault (Yam FZR400) Formula 2 Novice 1. Peter Bilicki (Hon NT650) 2. Dennis Ergo (Yam FZR400) D Superbike Expert 1. Chuma Gault (Yam FZR400) D Superstock Novice 1. Peter Bilicki (Hon NT650) D Superbike Novice 1. Dennis Ergo (Hon NT650) Senior Superbike Expert 1. Howard Lynggard (Yam YZF-R1) 2. John Thomas (Suz GSX-R750) 3. Vincent Chu (Duc 999) 4. James Davis (Yam YZF-R6) Senior Superbike Novice 1. Curtis Cash (Kaw ZX-6RR) 2. Tom Trainer (Suz GSX-R600) Clubman Novice 1. Peter Bilicki (Hon NT650) Mini 50 1. Vincent Chu (Der 50) Mini 80 1. John Cagle (Yam 80)