Copyright 2004, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. By Beth Wyse Larry Denning set a new track record and Tray Batey took three wins during the WERA National Challenge Series races at Nelson Ledges, round eight of the 2004 series. Denning, riding a Suzuki GSX-R750, worked his way past Mark Junge and Fritz Kling to take the lead and set a new track record of 1:06.568 en route to the Open Superstock win. Junge, riding his Vesrah Suzuki GSX-R750, and Kling, riding a Yamaha YZF-R1, also turned times under the old lap record. Denning crashed out of the 600cc Superstock race, causing a red flag. After the restart, Junge took the lead and pulled away to the win on a GSX-R600, leaving Shawn Conrad to hold off John Jacobi, Tim Bemisderfer and Bradley Champion for second. Batey took his usual convincing victory in Heavyweight Twins, winning by 13.712 seconds on the Vesrah Suzuki SV1000. Bell’s Suzuki riders Roger and Myron Bell finished second and third, respectively. Riding his GSX-R750, Batey pulled away from his teammate Jacobi (second) and Conrad (third) to also win in 750cc Superstock. Bo Morgan took the lead on the second lap of Lightweight Twins, pulling ahead to win on his Suzuki SV650. Novices Daniel Parkerson and Ross Ryals finished second and third overall, respectively, also on Suzuki SV650s. Brent Bennett won the 600cc Superbike race on a Yamaha YZF-R6 over Shenandoah Honda’s Bemisderfer. Kendrick Morrison took the Formula Two win on a Honda RS250, pulling away from Morgan and Bruce Stanford on their Suzuki SV650s. Keith Reed won the 750cc Superbike race on his Suzuki GSX-R750. Batey’s third win of the day was in Formula One, again on his Suzuki GSX-R750. Conrad was able to close in on his Kawasaki ZX-10R, but he never got close enough to make a pass for the lead.