Copyright 2004, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By Beth Wyse

Round six of the WERA National Challenge Series at Summit Point Raceway was delayed by rain and red flags, but Robert Jensen set a new track record and Tray Batey had tough competition as some of the top riders turned up for contingency from Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki and Honda.

Butler Machinery’s Jensen set a new track record of 1:14.401 en route to winning the Open Superstock race on his Yamaha YZF-R1. Larry Pegram followed on his Triangle Cycles Yamaha YZF-R1, but Jensen pulled away to win by 6.818 seconds.

Rain began to fall just before the start of the 600cc Superstock race. Riders were given extra time to change tires, and the race was delayed while the rain fell more heavily. When the race finally started, local racer Tim Bemisderfer rode to the win on his Shenandoah Honda CBR600RR.

The 750cc Superstock race was stopped for two red flags. The second stoppage was for Matt Furtek and Scott Carpenter, who both hit some water on the track and crashed.

Carpenter was transported to a local hospital with a suspected broken femur and dislocated hip.

The long delays forced officials to cut the rest of the day’s races to eight laps.

When the 750cc Superstock race was restarted, Vesrah Suzuki’s Batey, riding a GSX-R750, held off Brian Stokes and Jensen to win.

Batey had to hold off another challenge from Stokes in Formula One. He and Stokes battled on their Suzuki GSX-R750s for the entire race, but Stokes crashed on the final lap and Batey took the win.

Army of Darkness’ Ben Walters got his first win in 600cc Superbike, riding a Yamaha YZF-R6. Walters had a three-second lead early in the race, but Derek Keyes caught up to him and Walters won by a bikelength.

Michael Garofalo pulled away to win the 750cc Superbike race on a Suzuki GSX-R750.

Frank Shockley won his first Heavyweight Twins race, riding an Aprilia RSV1000. Shockley used rain tires and enjoyed an advantage on the wet track over Batey, who was on DOT-labeled tires.

Shockley was competing in the Heavyweight Twins Superstock division, while Joseph Subrizi won in the Heavyweight Twins Superbike class on another Aprilia RSV1000.

Dave Yaakov won Formula Two by 21.261 seconds on his CAD Racing Suzuki SV650, leaving Phillip Chapin and Bruce Stanford behind in second and third. Yaakov also won the Lightweight Twins Superstock race.