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Mark Junge, Brian Kcraget, Robert Jensen, John Dugan and Greg Moore won sprint races Saturday during the 27th annual WERA Grand National Finals at Road Atlanta.

Vesrah Suzuki’s Junge won the final Open Superstock race of the 10-round WERA National Challenge series. Junge passed Scott Carpenter on the opening lap and was building a comfortable lead when the eight-lap race was stopped just past the halfway point for a crashed bike lying on the track. Carpenter held on for second in front of Byron Barbour, John Jacobi and Moore.

Junge had already won the 2003 Open Superstock Championship prior to the Road Atlanta finale.

Brian Kcraget ranaway with the WERA 125cc Grand Prix National on his NESBA.com-sponsored, Phil Dodd-tuned Honda. The 2003 Championship was Kcraget’s second consecutive title in the class. Kcraget’s toughest competition, Ryan Andrews, had problems getting off the grid, fought back to second but could not catch Kcraget. Glen Pison finished a lonely third.

Butler Machinery’s Robert Jensen won the 600cc Superstock National class on a Yamaha YZF-R6 borrowed from his mechanic. Jensen took the lead on the first lap but had to fight off a challenge from Lee Acree to take the win. Junge, who finished third, had already earned the 2003 600cc Superstock National Championship.

EDR Racing’s John Dugan rode a Dunlop-slick-equipped Suzuki GSX-R1000 to a strong win in the Sportsman Formula One race. Carpenter finished alone is second, and Chris Greer took third in front of Chuck Ivey and Doug Duane.

Greg Moore took his fourth race win of the weekend in the 750cc Superstock National sprint, beating Tray Batey by 1.5 seconds. Batey, however, won the 2003 Championship in the class. Reuben Frankenfield finished third in the race.

In Saturday’s winner-take-all WERA Sportsman Novice National Championship runoffs, Team Extreme’s George Gentle won both the B Superstock and B Superbike races and titles, Chris Kessler tasted victory in C Superstock, Matt Lynn topped the C Superbike field and Jeffrey Agnes came out on top in Formula One.