After three straight defeats to Formula One competitor Jeremy Toye, Jeffrey Tigert turned the tables and seized a dramatic last-lap victory in the Toyota Gold Cup headline race in Willow Springs Motorcycle Club competition August 16 at Willow Springs International Raceway.

Tigert and Toye have won all of the Formula One races this year, and this one also turned into a duel between the two fastest men at Willow Springs on any given day. Tigert started the season four-for-four in Formula One races, but coming into the August round, Toye had seized the momentum, winning three races in a row.

On his American Honda-backed, Dunlop-shod Honda CBR1000RR, Tigert served notice early on race day that he was on his game, chasing Toye and his Lee’s Cycles-tuned, Dunlop-shod CBR1000RR hard across the line in the Open Superbike race that started the day’s events. Tigert came up 0.039 second short at the line, but set a new lap record of 1:20.546 for the class.

In the 12-lap Formula One race, Tigert started slowly, completing the first lap in sixth place, but steadily moved forward until he got past defending WSMC overall champion Karl Lowry and into second on lap nine. From there, Tigert passed Toye on the final lap, throwing down the race’s only sub-1:21 lap, and pulled away to a 0.235-second margin of victory.

Toye, Tigert and Lowry split the eight-lap big-bore sprint race wins on Sunday, with Toye taking Open Superbike, Tigert winning Open Modified Production and Lowry taking the Open Superstock win.

Tigert also took the 550cc Superbike win aboard a Cyclemall Race Tire Services-built Kawasaki Ninja 650R, while Lowry added wins in the 650cc Superbike and 600cc Superstock classes aboard his Graves Motorsports-backed, Dunlop-shod Yamaha YZF-R6.

And in the Formula 50 class for riders age 50 and over, Rick May set a new lap record for the class, turning a 1:24.880 aboard his Dunlop-shod, GP Moto-backed Ducati.

WSMC Classic Series Aug. 15-16, 2009 Willow Springs International Raceway Rosamond, California Results As Provided By WSMC Listed In Chronological Order

SOLO GTO: 1. Mitchell Wissner (Suz GSX-R1000) 2. Michael Boardman (Suz GSX-R1000) 3. Richard Sadler (Suz GSX-R1000) 4. Troy Siahaan (Hon CBR1000RR) 5. Michael Pond

SOLO GTU: 1. Sean Black (Suz GSX-R600) 2. J.C. Gibbs (Suz GSX-R600) 3. Christopher Boileau (Suz GSX-R600) 4. Amy Hronek (Yam YZF-R6)

SOLO GT-LIGHT: 1. Andy Palmer (Suz SV650) 2. Chris Speights (Kaw 650R) 3. Edward Johnson (Suz SV650) 4. Michael Gougis (Suz SV500) 5. Charles Fathy (Suz SV650) 6. Ben Mauceri (Suz SV650)

SOLO GT-GP: 1. Barrett Meeker (Hon RS125) 2. John Fabijanic (Hon RS125) 3. Andy Edwards (Aprilia RSV250)

CYCLEMALL RACE TIRE SERVICES OPEN SUPERBIKE: 1. Jeremy Toye (Hon CBR1000RR) 2. Jeffrey Tigert (Hon CBR1000RR) 3. Karl Lowry (Yam YZF-R1) 4. Reno Karimian (Suz GSX-R1000) 5. Mitchell Wissner (Suz GSX-R1000) 6. Matt Quigley (Kaw ZX-10R)

CATALYST REACTION SUSPENSION TUNING 750cc SUPERSTOCK: 1. Ken Kramer (Suz GSX-R750) 2. Frank Gray (Suz GSX-R750) 3. Ryan Gagliano (Suz GSX-R750) 4. J.C. Gibbs (Suz GSX-R600) 5. Alan Llenado (Suz GSX-750) 6. Amy Hronek (Yam YZF-R6)

VINTAGE HEAVYWEIGHT: 1. Charles Burnett (Hon Hawk) 2. Lloyd Johnson (Duc) 3. Rick Carmody (Duc) 4. Russ Stranger (Hon Hawk) 5. Warren Spradlin Jr. (Yam RZ350)

125cc GRAND PRIX: 1. Barrett Meeker (Hon RS125) 2. Joel Manes (Yam TZ125) 3. John Fabijanic (Hon RS125)

LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS: 1. Michael Gougis (Suz SV500) 2. Josh Fogle (Kaw 250R) 3. Cody Burton (Mz) 4. Lisa Fisher (Kaw 250R)

FORMULA 40 HEAVYWEIGHT: 1. Mitchell Wissner (Suz GSX-R1000) 2. Michael Boardman (Suz GSX-R1000) 3. Jaime Mantel (Hon CBR1000RR) 4. Richard Sadler (Suz GSX-R1000) 5. Frank Laster (Suz GSX-R1000) 6. Andrew Kenefick (Suz GSX-R1000)

TRACK RIDERS TAX SERVICE FORMULA 50: 1. Rick May (Duc) 2. Chris Grabau (Suz) 3. Rocky Caceres (Suz) 4. David Molitor (Suz) 5. Chris Christensen (Suz)

FORMULA 40 LIGHTWEIGHT: 1. Stephen Hewitt (Hon CBR600RR) 2. Alex White (Yam TZ250) 3. Mark Hill (Kaw ZX-6R) 4. Tania Davidson (Yam YZF-R6) 5. Richard Stampp (Kaw ZX-6R) 6. Andrew Harnett

TRACK DAZ 650cc SUPERBIKE: 1. Karl Lowry (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Chris Duran (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Jeremy Toye (Kaw ZX-6R) 4. Brant Wiwi (Kaw ZX-6R) 5. Loren Black (Yam YZF-R6) 6. Sean Black (Suz GSX-R600)

FORMULA TWINS HEAVYWEIGHT: 1. Eric Nolan (Duc) 2. Rick May (Duc) 3. Tyler Purcell (Duc) 4. Jim Chaconas (Bue) 5. Alex Eisner (Duc) 6. Deal Wallace (Duc)

550cc SUPERBIKE: 1. Jeffrey Tigert (Kaw 650R) 2. Andy Palmer (Suz SV650) 3. Chris Speights (Kaw 650R) 4. Joey Calanni (Suz SV650) 5. Charles Fathy (Suz SV650) 6. Russ Stranger (Hon Hawk)

RACER’S EDGE/PRECEPTS MOTORSPORTS OPEN SUPERSTOCK: 1. Karl Lowry (Yam YZF-R1) 2. Chris Duran (Yam YZF-R1) 3. Brant Wiwi (Suz GSX-R1000) 4. Matt Quigley (Kaw ZX-10R) 5. Terry Heard (Kaw ZX-10R) 6. Jaime Mantel (Hon CBR1000RR)

PRIVATEER’S GARAGE 750cc MODIFIED PRODUCTION: 1. Ken Kramer (Suz GSX-R750) 2. Frank Gray (Suz GSX-R750) 3. Ryan Gagliano (Suz GSX-R750) 4. J.C. Gibbs (Suz GSX-R600) 5. Steven Higgins (Suz GSX-R750) 6. Rick Erickson (Suz GSX-R750)

L&L MOTORSPORTS 600cc MODIFIED PRODUCTION: 1. Chris Duran (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Brian Schiff (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Billy Dalu 4. Sean Black (Suz GSX-R600) 5. Jeremy Simmons (Yam YZF-R6) 6. Stephen Hewitt (Hon CBR600RR)

ROADRACINGWORLD.COM 250cc GRAND PRIX: 1. Alex White (Yam TZ250) 2. Andy Edwards (Aprilia RSV250) 3. Jamie Lenore (Hon RS250) 4. Theis Corneliussen (Hon RS250) 5. Barrett Meeker (Hon RS125) 6. John Fabijanic (Hon RS125)

2-STROKE PRODUCTION: 1. Richard Barnett (Aprilia RS250) 2. Brian Herzfeldt (Hon NSR250) 3. Warren Spradlin Jr. (Yam RZ350)

660cc SINGLES: 1. James Provencher (Mz) 2. Brad Gitchell (Hon Ascot) 3. Cody Burton (Mz)

VINTAGE LIGHTWEIGHT: 1. Rick Carmody (Duc) 2. Russ Stranger (Hon Hawk) 3. Terence Geoghegan (Yam FZR400)

MIDDLEWEIGHT TWINS: 1. Tyler Purcell (Duc) 2. Jim Chaconas (Bue) 3. Chris Speights (Kaw 650R) 4. David Ortiz (Duc) 5. Dean Wallace (Duc) 6. Charles Fathy (Suz SV650)

PEAK PERFORMANCE MOTORCYCLES OPEN MODIFIED PRODUCTION: 1. Jeffrey Tigert (Hon CBR1000RR) 2. Mitchell Wissner (Suz GSX-R1000) 3. Matt Quigley (Kaw ZX-10R) 4. Scott Tillery (Suz GSX-R1000) 5. Eric Nolan (Duc) 6. Jaime Mantel (Hon CBR1000RR)

VP RACING FUELS 750cc SUPERBIKE: 1. Ken Kramer (Suz GSX-R750) 2. Frank Gray (Suz GSX-R750) 3. Ryan Gagliano (Suz GSX-R750) 4. J.C. Gibbs (Suz GSX-R600) 5. Steven Higgins (Suz GSX-R750) 6. Alan Llenado (Suz GSX-R750)

FORMULA TWO: 1. Sean Black (Suz GSX-R600) 2. Frank Gray (Suz GSX-R600) 3. Terry Heard (Kaw ZX-6R) 4. David Christensen (Yam YZF-R6) 5. Christopher Boileau (Suz GSX-R600) 6. Tyler Purcell (Duc)

FORMULA TWINS LIGHTWEIGHT: 1. Curtis Adams (Kaw 650R) 2. Chris Speights (Kaw 650R) 3. Joey Calanni (Suz SV650) 4. Charles Fathy (Suz SV650) 5. Stephen Ludwig (Suz SV650) 6. Michael Quinn (Kaw 650R)

500cc SUPERSTOCK: 1. Brian Herzfeldt (Yam FZR400) 2. Lisa Fisher (Kaw 250R)

HYPERCYCLE TRACK DAYS NOVICE MIDDLEWEIGHT: 1. Golan Benishay 2. Hendy Clancy (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Derek Eshleman (Kaw ZX-6R) 4. Ian Reimers 5. William Pena 6. Garrett Johnson (Yam YZF-R6)

TOYOTA GOLD CUP UNLIMITED FORMULA ONE: 1. Jeffrey Tigert (Hon CBR1000RR) 2. Jeremy Toye (Hon CBR1000RR) 3. Karl Lowry (Yam YZF-R1) 4. Reno Karimian (Suz GSX-R1000) 5. Chris Duran (Yam YZF-R1) 6. Brant Wiwi (Suz GSX-R1000) 7. Mitchell Wissner (Suz GSX-R1000) 8. Scott Tillery (Suz GSX-R1000) 9. Eric Nolan (Duc) 10. Michael Boardman (Suz GSX-R1000)

HYPERCYCLE TRACK DAYS NOVICE HEAVYWEIGHT: 1. Michael Nagy 2. Pete Curtis (Suz GSX-R1000) 3. Steve Zoumaras 4. Michael Reed (Suz GSX-R1000) 5. Matthew Piagari 6. Paul Raphael (Kaw ZX-10R)

SPORT TIRE SERVICES 600cc SUPERSTOCK: 1. Karl Lowry (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Chris Duran (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Brian Schiff (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Brant Wiwi (Kaw ZX-6R) 5. Jeremy Simmons (Yam YZF-R6) 6. Sean Black (Suz GSX-R600)

HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS: 1. Eric Nolan (Duc) 2. Rick May (Duc) 3. Tyler Purcell (Duc)

500cc MODIFIED PRODUCTION: 1. Richard Barnett (Apr 250) 2. Josh Fogle (Kaw 250R) 3. Terence Geoghegan (Yam FZR400) 4. Lisa Fisher (Kaw 250R)

RACEBIKERENTALS.COM NINJA CUP (all on Kawasaki Ninja 250R): 1. Wesley Totsubo 2. Rickey Herd 3. Richard Barnett 4. Josh Fogle 5. Lisa Fisher

FORMULA SINGLES: 1. Terence Geoghegan (Yam FZR400) 2. Cody Burton (MuZ)

ANTELOPE VALLEY HARLEY DAVIDSON 500cc SINGLES: 1. Brad Gitchell (Hon Ascot) 2. Jim Chaconas (Buell) 3. Ernest Snair (Buell) 4. David Ortiz (Buell) 5. James Provencher (Buell)

HYPERCYCLES TRACK DAYS NOVICE LIGHTWEIGHT: 1. Mike Blankenship 2. Mark Duncan 3. Lee Corey (Yam) 4. Mike DeJohn 5. Wendy Newton (Kaw 250R) 6. Matt Davies (Kaw 250R)