From a press release:

Kcraget Makes It 4 Straight Wins With Another Bullet At Virginia International Raceway in 125GP National

VIR Win Makes Kcraget the 2002 Eastern Regional Champion & Favorite for the 2002 USGPRU 125GP National Championship October 4-5 at Virginia International Raceway

Sunday July 28, 2002 – In true Rossi-esque style, Speedwerks & NESBA’s Brian Kcraget took his fourth-straight win in the Eastern region of the USGPRU 125GP National Championship. Brian rode his Phil Dodd-tuned Honda RS125 to a convincing win making him the undefeated 2002 Eastern Region Champion with 125 total points, the maximum possible in the USGPRU Regional Championship. With the National Championship Final scheduled for October 4-5 at VIR Brian could make this a storybook season with an undefeated record in ’02.

The fourth round of the USGPRU 125GP National Championship began with practice Friday morning at VIR. Many west-coast riders had trekked across the country to VIR to learn the track and prepare for the USGPRU Final scheduled for October at the same venue. Most were worn and tired from cross country flights or the long 3000+ mile haul, but by the afternoon nearly two-dozen 125GP machines were on the track preparing for the Sunday event.

“Most of the California racers arrived for Friday practice but the long haul created gremlins forcing everyone to work on their bikes [that morning], so by the time I got out [it was] for afternoon practice, we were all basically going out on the track for the first time together,” said John Rabasa.

Saturday practice began with two casualties when both Bill Clery and 16-year-old Joe Ford both crashed in separate incidents. Bill was out for the weekend with a broken left clavicle but Joe Ford’s spectacular end-over-end crash left him shaken but unhurt.

This week’s win was not without incident for Kcraget as he seized his engine in near-100-degree heat during qualifying and was high-sided mid-corner at high speed.

Second through sixth place had all qualified within 1 second of each other but despite the get-off Brian was on pole having put in the day’s fastest qualifying lap on the previous lap, he was the only rider to record times in the 1:35s. Phil and Brian worked furiously to re-assemble the bike in time and as final call was made Brian was there on the grid to try and extend his winning streak.

Unfazed by his crash in qualifying Brain took an early lead and was never challenged.

California rider John Rabasa recalls, “By the halfway mark [of the thirteen lap event] riders began to notice the heat and humidity. I’ve raced in heat before, but not this much humidity. I was breathing heavily under my helmet while under full tuck… breathing all that hot, humid air was not helping this old man! We pulled into the pits for the normal post-race weigh-in after [the race]. I parked, pulled my leathers down, collapsed on someone’s chair in the shade and watched another gallon of sweat dripping off my body. I WAS EXHAUSTED!.”

Second place was the battle of the day as Stewart Aitken-Cade, Ryan Andrews, Scott Moxie and Steve Genter fought throughout the race swapping positions more times than anyone could count.