Throwback Thursday: Team Suzuki Endurance Victorious in Portland
Larry Lawrence | February 14, 2019
Throwback Thursday: Team Suzuki Endurance Victorious in Portland
In this week’s Throwback we go back 25 years ago to August of 1994 and the Sunoco/Performance Machine WERA National Endurance Series 4-Hour at Portland International Raceway. In ’94 the WERA Endurance Series was a major road racing championship well supported by the manufacturers and aftermarket companies. The hours of riding in varying conditions experienced by the competitors helped groom many future road racing champs.
At Portland that year it was the dominant squad of the series, Team Suzuki Endurance, riding the team’s Suzuki GSX-R1100 to victory behind the fast and steady riding of Michael Martin and Tray Batey. That’s Martin and Batey at the center of the photo holding up the trophy and celebrating their win.
Finishing second overall in the race was Team Pearls Suzuki aboard a Suzuki GSX-R750. Team Pearls riders that day were Darryl Saylor and Frank Wilson on the right of the photo. It was an all-Suzuki rostrum. Rounding out the podium finishers were R.A. Racing’s Tim Ruhl and Ian McKinstray, pictured on the left. They also raced a Suzuki GSX-R1100.
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