For my money Billy Eisenacher was one of those rare riders who could have easily made it in the pro ranks (he scored an eighth-place finish in the Road Atlanta 750 Supersport National in 1994 in one of his few AMA national appearances), but the problem was Billy was making too much money chasing contingency dollars in the club ranks to bother with the AMA Pro events. This photo is Eisenacher racing a WERA event at Putnam Park in west central Indiana. As I recall Billy cleaned house in the Yamaha contingency races that day.

Billy Eisenacher, who quietly became one of the leading factory contingency winners in club racing during the 1990s, leans into a turn with his Yamaha at Putnam Park Road Course in May of 1995. (Larry Lawrence photo)