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Attack Suzuki’s Josh Hayes won the second-annual Toyota 200 at Willow Springs International Raceway Sunday, earning $50,000.

Attack Suzuki’s Vincent Haskovec finished second and won $30,000. Third-place Chuck Graves won $10,000 on his Graves Yamaha YZF-R1 and fourth-place Rich Oliver rode his Team Oliver Yamaha TZ250 to fourth, winning $5000.

The race paid a $150,000 purse with 40th place earning $1000.

Hayes, who started on pole and got the holeshot, battled early with teammate-for-the-weekend Vincent Haskovec, who replaced out-with-injuries Jason Pridmore. Graves Yamaha YZF-R1-mounted Chuck Graves and Team Moto Liberty Honda CBR954RR rider Doug Polen closely followed the Attack Suzukis of Hayes and Haskovec early, but Polen was black-flagged on lap four with an oil leak and retired, and Graves slowly fell back after lap 10.

Hayes and Haskovec swapped the lead several times, setting a blistering pace in the mid-1:20 range for the first 23 laps. But on lap 24 Haskovec mistakenly pitted early, catching his team off guard and the result was a 25-second first pit stop. A 13-second stop for Hayes put him out in front of Haskovec by over 10 seconds and Hayes never looked back.

Hayes continued to click off laps in the 1:21 and 1:22 range for the remainder of the race to take the win by over 20 seconds. Despite the slow first pit stop, and still recovering from the flu, Haskovec brought home that heroic second. Graves rode a consistent race, turning laps in the 1:22 and 1:23 range the whole race, but lost over 10 seconds on each of his 20-seconds-plus stops and finished third.

Iron man Rich Oliver, who had already won the 20-lap Roadracingworld.com 250/50 earlier in the day, used the same Yamaha TZ250 to take fourth in the 200, one lap down on the leaders. Oliver battled with Jack Pfiefer, Adam “Crusty” Fergusson and Jeff Tiget, all on Suzuki GSX-R1000s, early-on.

Fergusson, on the Lion Racing GSX-R1000, fought through handling and electrical problems but called it a day just after the halfway mark. Tigert was able to hold onto fifth, two laps down on the lead trio. Pfiefer, on a Team Pro Motion GSX-R1000, rode a steady race and had relatively fast pit stops, around 20 seconds each, and took sixth.

Finishing in seventh, on the same lap as Pfiefer, three behind the leaders, was Robbie Dowie on another Suzuki. Mike Montoya, who, like Oliver, rode his Yamaha TZ250 in both races, finished eighth, 18 seconds behind Dowie. (Montoya took second in the Roadracingworld.com 250/50.)

In the closest finish of the race, Scott Jensen held off Stoney Landers by 0.5-second to take ninth. Both riders were on Suzuki GSX-R1000s.

Complete results will be posted when they are available, which, according to WSMC officials, will be on Monday morning.