Copyright 2004, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By Beth Wyse

Vesrah Suzuki’s Tray Batey and John Jacobi were back on top in the Dunlop/WERA National Endurance Series Saturday, riding a GSX-R1000 to win a 4-hour race at Talladega Gran Prix Raceway by four laps.

Army of Darkness (AOD) took second overall, with Sam Fleming, Scott Brown and Ben Walters winning in the Mediumweight Superbike class on a Suzuki GSX-R600. Team Velocity Racing completed the podium at third overall, winning in the Heavyweight Superstock class with Chuck Ivey, Bradley Champion, Reuben Frankenfield and Steven Breckenridge on a Yamaha YZF-R1.

Bo Morgan and Derek Keyes gave Dixie Mafia the Lightweight Superbike class win on a Suzuki SV650. The team finished sixth overall and 10 laps ahead of the next Lightweight Superbike team.

Neighbor of the Beast finished a lap down from Dixie Mafia in seventh overall, but the finish gave Melissa Berkoff, Scott Fisher and Chris Pyles the Mediumweight Superstock class win on a Yamaha YZF-R6. The team finished just 41 seconds ahead of second-in-class CherokeeChallenge.net.

At the start of the race, Frankenfield took the lead, but Batey passed him on the second lap and began to pull away. Frankenfield was initially second, and AOD’s Walters trailed in third.

Team Velocity Racing’s lead over AOD lasted until the third hour, when AOD moved ahead and went on to finish one lap ahead.

There were no red flags during the race, despite a nearly full grid of 42 bikes.

OVERALL RESULTS
1. Vesrah Suzuki (Tray Batey/John Jacobi), Heavyweight Superbike, Suz GSX-R1000, 229 laps.
2. Army of Darkness (Sam Fleming/Scott Brown/Ben Walters), Mediumweight Superbike, Suz GSX-R600, 225 laps.
3. Team Velocity Racing (Chuck Ivey/Steven Breckenridge/Reuben Frankenfield/Bradley Champion), Heavyweight Superstock, Yam YZF-R1, 224 laps.
4. Canton Racing II (Sean Dillon/Rob Palmieri), Mediumweight Superbike, Suz GSX-R600, 222 laps.
5. Velocity Crew Racing (Kevin Perkins/Paul Youngman), Mediumweight Superbike, Suz GSX-R600, 222 laps.
6. Dixie Mafia (Bo Morgan/Derek Keyes), Lightweight Superbike, Suz SV650, 221 laps.
7. Neighbor of the Beast (Melissa Berkoff/Scott Fisher/Chris Pyles), Mediumweight Superstock, Yam YZF-R6, 220 laps.
8. CherokeeChallenge.net (Scotty VanScoik/Steve Steinman/George Gentle), Mediumweight Superstock, Yam YZF-R6, 220 laps.
9. Arnchu Racing (Randy Sherman/Rick Knuckles), Mediumweight Superbike, Suz GSX-R600, 219 laps.
10. Team Xtreme/Maxxis (Billy Etheridge/Mark Edwards/Jeff Walker), Heavyweight Superstock, Suz GSX-R1000, 219 laps.