Copyright 2002, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By Michael Hannas

Greg Moore piloted his Michelin DOT-shod Suzuki GSX-Rs sponsored by Buzz’s Psycles to five wins Friday and Saturday during the WERA GNF at Road Atlanta. Moore won every race he entered, including B Superstock Novice, C Superstock Novice, C Superbike Novice, B Superbike Novice, and Formula 1 Novice.

Jeff Walker kept Moore honest in each race, with the best battle between the two coming in C Superbike Novice, where Moore made the pass for the win on the final lap when Walker was held up by a lapper entering turn 10a.

Moore dropped his lap times into the 1:28 range by the end of the day, which is less than two seconds off the best times done so far this weekend by GSX-R750 Suzuki Cup Final participants.

Walker came home with three second-place finishes and two third-places on a Suzuki GSX-R600 borrowed from Army of Darkness.

Other Novice winners on the weekend included Phillip Chapin, who won the Lightweight Twins Novice Sportsman race on his Suzuki SV650 but was DQ’d from victory in D Superbike Novice for illegal intake modifications. The D Superbike win was given to Martin Musi, who also ran a Suzuki SV650. Lance Pentecost took the win in Clubman Novice on his Ducati 750SS, while Kevin Cesar was the fastest in the Crusty Old Racers Class (a.k.a. CORC, for riders older than age 40), taking the CORC Novice win on his Suzuki GSXR750. Phillip Fortune took his SV650 to victory in Formula 2 Novice. The Lightweight Twins Novice National was won by Sam Snellenberger on a Suzuki SV650, and Snellenberger also took second to Brad Ervin on a Ducati 996 in the Heavyweight Twins Novice Sportsman race.