WSMC Classic Series: Tigert Takes Formula 1 Nailbiter Over Lowry Jeff Tigert used every bit of his considerable skill to run down Karl Lowry and then hang on barely to win the Willow Springs Motorcycle Club’s headlining Toyota Cup Unlimited Formula 1 race on Sunday, for the third month in a row. Tigert, fourth at the end of the first lap on his American Honda-backed, Dunlop-shod CBR1000RR, erased a lead of more than three seconds built up by Lowry on his Graves Motorsports, Dunlop-shod Yamaha YZF-R1. Tigert led across the stripe on lap 12 and appeared to be headed for a dominant win. But Lowry dug deep and clawed his way back onto Tigert’s tailsection, closing visibly in Willow’s high-speed sweepers and narrowing the gap to within two bike lengths on lap 18. The two ran within five bike lengths the last few laps, with Tigert getting the better drive onto the back straight on the last lap and holding the lead to the end. At the line, Lowry was just 0.302-second back of Tigert, with West Coast GP Cycles-sponsored Brant Wiwi on his Pirelli-shod YZF-R1 30 seconds back in third. “I knew going into the Formula 1 race that it wasn’t going to be easy,” Tigert said from atop the podium. “Once again, I kind of lost my mojo, the gas light was on for the last three laps, and I’m just happy to get the win here today.” Lowry started strongly, but lost ground to Tigert in the middle section of the 50-miler as he struggled with arm pump. “I was trying to build what I could, because I knew he (Tigert) was coming,” Lowry said. “We had a chance to take it to him, but we couldn’t quite get there.” Wiwi was emotional after taking the final podium spot. “I know it’s third place, but you don’t know what this means to me,” Wiwi said. “And this proves the fact that the Pirellis work here they clearly do.” Lowry dominated the rest of his races, winning in Open Superbike, Open Superstock, 600cc Modified Production, 600cc Superstock and 650cc Superbike (where he beat Tigert). WSMC at Rosamond, California August 16-17, 2008 RESULTS (in chronological order): SOLO GT-LIGHT: 1. Andrew Price (Suz SV650) 2. Charles Fathy (Suz SV650) 3. Charles Burnett (Hon Hawk 650) 4. Amy Hronek (Hon CBR400RR) 5. Jack Gillett (Yam FZR400) SOLO GT-GP: 1. Jamie Lenore (Hon RS250) 2. Theis Corneliussen (Hon RS250) SOLO GTU: 1. Shane McGoey (Kaw ZX-6R) 2. Matthew Bergen (Suz GSX-R600) 3. Frank Gray (Suz GSX-R600) 4. Sean Uryu SOLO GTO: 1. Mitchell Wissner (Suz GSX-R1000) 2. Michael Bishop (Kaw ZX-10R) VP RACING FUELS OPEN SUPERBIKE: 1. Karl Lowry (Yam YZF-R1) 2. Brant Wiwi (Yam YZF-R1) 3. Chris Duran (Yam YZF-R1) 4. Matt Quigley (Kaw ZX-10R) 5. Mitchell Wissner (Suz GSX-R1000) 6. Mike Scherer (Suz GSX-R1000) CALIPHOTOGRAPHY.COM 750cc SUPERSTOCK: 1. Jeff Stern (Suz GSX-R750) 2. Ken Kramer (Suz GSX-R750) 3. Bryan Kovarick (Suz GSX-R750) 4. Matthew Bergen (Suz GSX-R750) 5. Sahar Svik 6. Matthew Cardenas (Hon CBR600RR) 2-STROKE PRODUCTION: 1. Rick Stitley (Apr) 2. Craig Beecher (Yam RZ350) 3. Thomas Breuer FORMULA SINGLES: 1. James Provencher (MZ) 2. Brad Gitchell (Hon Ascot) 3. Cody Burton (MZ) 4. Warren Spradlin, Jr. (Kaw 250R) HYPERCYCLE TRACK DAYS NOVICE LIGHTWEIGHT: 1. Brian Herzfeldt (Hon RVF400) 2. David Moore (Kaw 250R) MCPRODESIGN.COM OPEN MODIFIED PRODUCTION: 1. Chris Duran (Yam YZF-R1) 2. Mike Scherer (Suz GSX-R1000) 3. Mitchell Wissner (Suz GSX-R1000) 4. Matt Cusumano (Suz GSX-R1000) 5. Matt Quigley (Kaw ZX-10R) 6. Armen Manougian (Suz GSX-R1000) MOTOSPORT.COM 750cc SUPERBIKE: 1. Bryan Kovarick (Suz GSX-R750) 2. Ken Kramer (Suz GSX-R750) 3. Brad Gitchell (Suz GSX-R750) 4. Andrew Kenefick (Suz GSX-R750) L&L MOTORSPORTS 600cc MODIFIED PRODUCTION: 1. Karl Lowry (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Fabrice Vilder (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Shane McGoey (Kaw ZX-6R) 4. Jason Turner (Kaw ZX-6R) 5. Bengt Brakstad (Suz GSX-R600) 6. Ryan Drumm (Kaw ZX-6R) KAL-GARD LUBRICANTS HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS: 1: Matt Cusumano (Duc) 2. Eric Nolan (Duc) 3. Rick May (Duc) 4. Bob Setbacken (Duc) 5. Richard Downer (Duc) LITTLE, BIG RACING SERVICES 550cc SUPERBIKE: 1. Chris Speights (Suz SV650) 2. Andrew Price (Suz SV650) 3. Joey Toth (Suz SV650) 4. Nick Deinhard (Suz SV650) 5. Andy Palmer (Suz SV650) 6. Michael Gougis (Suz SV500) RACER’S EDGE OPEN SUPERSTOCK: 1. Karl Lowry (Yam YZF-R1) 2. Brant Wiwi (Yam YZF-R1) 3. Chris Duran (Yam YZF-R1) 4. Corey Sarros 5. Mitchell Wissner (Suz GSX-R1000) 6. Mike Scherer (Suz GSX-R1000) CATALYST REACTION SUSPENSION TUNING 750cc MODIFIED PRODUCTION: 1. Jeff Stern (Suz GSX-R750) 2. Bryan Kovarick (Suz GSX-R750) 3. Ken Kramer (Suz GSX-R750) 4. Frank Gray (Suz GSX-R750) 5. Brad Gitchell (Suz GSX-R750) 6. Andrew Kenefick (Suz GSX-R750) GOLDEN WEST TRAILERS FORMULA 2: 1. Fabrice Vilder (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Jason Turner (Kaw ZX-6R) 3. Sean Uryu (Suz GSX-R600) 4. Ryan Drumm (Kaw ZX-6R) 5. Matther Cardenas (Hon CBR600RR) 6. David Christensen (Yam YZF-R6) WEST COAST GP CYCLES FORMULA TWINS LIGHTWEIGHT: 1. Chris Speights (Suz SV650) 2. Andrew Price (Suz SV650) 3. Joey Toth (Suz SV650) 4. Andy Palmer (Suz SV650) 5. Nick Deinhard (Suz SV650) 6. Brian Bartlow (Kaw 650R) 125cc GRAND PRIX: 1. Joel Manes (Hon RS125) 2. John Fabijanic (Hon RS125) 3. Brian Heess (Hon RS125) VINTAGE HEAVYWEIGHT: 1. Jim Dobson 2. Craig Beecher (Yam FJ600) LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS: 1. Nick Tanabe (Suz GS500) 2. Cody Burton (MZ) 3. Michael Gougis (Suz SV500) ADVANCED KAWASAKI/RACEBIKERENTALS.COM NINJA CUP (All riders on Ninja 250s): 1. Wes Totsubo 2. Joel Hermoso 3. Richard Barnett 4. Rickey Herd 5. Jim Dobson 6. Jack Baker HD BUELL OF GLENDALE FORMULA TWINS HEAVYWEIGHT: 1. Matt Cusumano (Duc) 2. Jeff Dixon (Buell) 3. Eric Nolan (Duc) 4. Rick May (Duc) 5. Bob Setbacken (Duc) 6. David Ortiz 500cc MODIFIED PRODUCTION: 1. Nick Tanabe (Suz GSX-R400) 2. Jack Gillett (Yam FZR400) 3. Amy Hronek (Hon CBR400RR) TRACK DAZ 650cc SUPERBIKE: 1. Karl Lowry (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Jeffrey Tigert (Hon CBR600RR) 3. Brant Wiwi (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Shane McGoey (Kaw ZX-6R) 5. Jason Turner (Kaw ZX-6R) 6. Sam Carnibucci (Yam YZF-R6) ROADRACINGWORLD.COM 250cc GRAND PRIX: 1. Tom Sera (Yam TZ250) 2. John Fabijanic (Hon RS125) TOYOTA CUP UNLIMITED FORMULA 1: 1. Jeffrey Tigert (Hon CBR1000RR) 2. Karl Lowry (Yam YZF-R1) 3. Brant Wiwi (Yam YZF-R1) 4. Jeff Stern (Suz GSX-R1000) 5. Corey Sarros (Suz GSX-R1000) 6. Chris Duran (Yam YZF-R1) 7. Mark Simon (Suz GSX-R1000) 8. Mitchell Wissner (Suz GSX-R1000) 9. Mike Scherer (Suz GSX-R1000) 10. Ken Kramer (Suz GSX-R750) HYPERCYCLE TRACK DAYS HEAVYWEIGHT NOVICE: 1. Chris Grabau 2. Garrett Metzler 3. Michael Pond 4. Andrew Liao 5. Tyler Purcell 6. Frank Laster (Hon) CT RACING MIDDLEWEIGHT TWINS: 1. Andy Palmer (Duc 749) 2. Andrew Price (Suz SV650) 3. David Ortiz 4. Dean Wallace 5. Pancho Spain (Suz SV650) 6. Nick Deinhard (Suz SV650) VINTAGE LIGHTWEIGHT: 1. Craig Beecher (Yam RZ350) 2. Brad Gitchell (Hon Ascot) 500cc SUPERSTOCK: 1. Jack Gillett (Yam FZR400) 2. Nick Tanabe (Suz GSX-R400) 3. Rick Stitely (Apr) 4. Amy Hronek (Hon CBR400RR) 5. Thomas Breuer (Apr) 6. Warren Spradlin Jr. (Kaw 250R) 660cc SINGLES: 1. James Provencher (MZ) 2. Cody Burton (MZ) 500c SINGLES: 1. Terence Geoghegan PEAK PERFORMANCE MOTORCYCLES FORMULA 40 HEAVYWEIGHT: 1. Jeff Stern (Suz GSX-R1000) 2. Mitchell Wissner (Suz GSX-R1000) 3. Jim Small (Yam YZF-R1) 4. Phillip Davidson 5. Jaime Mantel (Kaw) 6. Jeff Rheaume GOLDEN CANTINA FORMULA 40 LIGHTWEIGHT: 1. Sam Carnibucci (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Bengt Brakstad (Suz GSX-R600) TRACK RIDERS TAX SERVICE FORMULA 50: 1. Travis Westermeyer (Suz GSX-R1000) 2. Rick May (Duc) 3. Pancho Spain (Suz SV650) 4. Bob Setbacken (Duc) 5. Debra Westermeyer HYPERCYCLE TRACK DAYS MIDDLEWEIGHT NOVICE: 1. Spencer Birchfield 2. Ben Daz 3. Jeremy Simmons (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Gianluca Salvatori (Yam YZF-R6) 5. Andrew Liao (Yam YZF-R6) 6. Jess Garcia SPORT TIRE SERVICES 600cc SUPERSTOCK: 1. Karl Lowry (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Brant Wiwi (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Shane McGoey (Kaw ZX-6R) 4. Matthew Bergen (Suz GSX-R600) 5. Sam Carnibucci (Yam YZF-R6) 6. Fabrice Vilder (Yam YZF-R6)