Caylor, Batey, Lynn, Parrish Win WERA National Challenge Sprints At Road Atlanta

Caylor, Batey, Lynn, Parrish Win WERA National Challenge Sprints At Road Atlanta

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Chris “Opie” Caylor, Tray Batey, Matt Lynn and Brandon Parrish each won a WERA National Challenge Series sprint race Sunday, the final day of the 2005 Grand National Final (GNF), at Road Atlanta.

Caylor rode his Team EMGO Taiwan Suzuki GSX-R600 AMA Formula Xtreme bike (fitted with Dunlop 16.5-inch slicks) to win in 600cc Superbike. Graves Motorsports Yamaha’s Josh Herrin, 15, had led Caylor for five laps before Caylor took the lead in turn one. Herrin, however, pushed too hard to counter-attack Caylor and ran off the track at turn 10. Caylor went on to win by 11 seconds. Herrin re-entered the track without losing a position and finished second. Mark Crozier placed third on a Yamaha YZF-R6.

In spite of riding with a broken right foot, Batey won the red-flag-interrupted Heavyweight Twins sprint going away on his Pirelli-shod Vesrah Suzuki SV1000. Ghetto Customs’ Cale Swiger was second, ahead of Touring Sport’s Frank Shockley, when the race was stopped short due to a novice racer crashing at high speed in turn 12. The crashed rider was reported as uninjured.

Crosley’s Brandon Parrish took his first National Expert race win in eight-lap, back-and-forth 750cc Superbike battle with 5150 Racing’s Justin Marm. Mike deBrabant finished third. All three rode Suzuki GSX-R750s.

Team Embry’s Matt Lynn used 17-inch Pirelli slicks on his Suzuki GSX-R1000 to win the Formula One race by seven seconds. Brian Stokes finished second on his Team Stargel Suzuki GSX-R1000 but said he didn’t have the perfect set-up for his 16.5-inch Michelin slicks. After crashing out of the Suzuki GSX-R1000 Cup Final moments earlier, Freewheeling’s Byron Barbour finished third on a Suzuki GSX-R1000 equipped with 16.5-inch Michelin slicks.

Sunday’s WERA National Challenge Series Race Results (listed in chronological order):

NATIONAL 600cc SUPERSTOCK NOVICE: 1. Cory Burleson (Suz GSX-R600); 2. J.D. Mosley (Suz GSX-R600); 3. Thomas Moore (Kaw ZX-6R); 4. Bobby Stoker (Hon CBR600RR); 5. Dennys Passeto (Suz GSX-R600); 6. David Van Dyke (Yam YZF-R6).

NATIONAL 750cc SUPERSTOCK NOVICE: 1. Cory Burleson (Suz GSX-R750); 2. Charlie Coleman (Suz GSX-R750); 3. Tony Palarie (Suz GSX-R750); 4. J.B. Layman (Yam YZF-R6); 5. Donnie Hendry (Suz GSX-R750); 6. Blake Jones (Suz GSX-R750).

NATIONAL 600cc SUPERBIKE EXPERT: 1. Chris “Opie” Caylor (Suz GSX-R600); 2. Josh Herrin (Yam YZF-R6); 3. Mark Crozier (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Derek Keyes (Yam YZF-R6); 5. Giovanni Rojas (Suz GSX-R600); 6. Justin Marm (Suz GSX-R600).

NATIONAL 600cc SUPERBIKE NOVICE: 1. Cory Burleson (Suz GSX-R600); 2. J.B. Layman (Yam YZF-R6); 3. Bobby Stoker (Hon CBR600RR); 4. Abraham Stacey (Yam YZF-R6); 5. Thomas Moore (Kaw ZX-6R); 6. Dennys Passeto (Suz GSX-R600).

NATIONAL FORMULA TWO EXPERT: 1. Avery Clark (Suz SV650); 2. Steve Green (Suz SV650); 3. Jim Johnson (Suz SV650); 4. Russel Stoddard (Suz SV650); 5. Juan Santana (Suz SV650).

NATIONAL FORMULA TWO NOVICE: 1. Matt LaPham (Suz SV650); 2. Michael Bailey (Suz SV650); 3. Jim Johnson (Suz SV650); 4. Chris Slay (Suz SV650); 5. John Lamb (Suz SV650); 6. Cathy White (Suz SV650).

NATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS EXPERT: 1. Tray Batey (Suz SV1000); 2. Frank Shockley (Apr RSV1000); 3. Cale Swiger (Suz SV1000); 4. Tim Birdsong (Suz SV1000); 5. Russell Masecar (Suz SV1000); 6. Van Salt (Suz SV650).

NATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS NOVICE: 1. David Johnson (Duc 999R); 2. Paul Stevens (Hon RC51); 3. Mark Wyland (Suz SV1000); 4. James Johnson (Suz SV650); 5. Michael Skees (Suz SV650); 6. Cathy White (Suz SV650).

NATIONAL 750cc SUPERBIKE EXPERT: 1. Brandon Parrish (Suz GSX-R750); 2. Justin Marm (Suz GSX-R750); 3. Mike deBrabant (Suz GSX-R750); 4. Bryan Land (Yam YZF-R6); 5. David Siminski (Kaw ZX-6R); 6. Joe Hayes (Suz GSX-R750).

NATIONAL 750cc SUPERBIKE NOVICE: 1. Cory Burleson (Suz GSX-R750); 2. Tony Palarie (Suz GSX-R750); 3. Blake Jones (Suz GSX-R750); 4. Scott Layman (Suz GSX-R750); 5. Kyle Hulsey (Suz GSX-R750); 6. Douglas Shelfoon (Yam YZF-R6).

NATIONAL FORMULA ONE EXPERT: 1. Matt Lynn (Suz GSX-R1000); 2. Brian Stokes (Suz GSX-R1000); 3. Byron Barbour (Suz GSX-R1000); 4. Reuben Frankfield (Suz GSX-R1000); 5. Scott Carpenter (Suz GSX-R1000); 6. Logan Young (Suz GSX-R1000); 7. Shawn Conrad (Suz GSX-R1000); 8. John Jacobi (Suz GSX-R750); 9. Telly Steimel (Suz GSX-R600); 10. Rich Molinaro (Suz GSX-R600).

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