Toye Beats Smrz To Win Second Straight WSMC Toyota 200 At Willow Springs

Toye Beats Smrz To Win Second Straight WSMC Toyota 200 At Willow Springs

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Jeremy Toye took his second straight win in the $150,000 WSMC Toyota 200 race at Willow Springs International Raceway Sunday, easing to an 18-second win over World Superbike regular Jakub “Kuba” Smrz, with Willow Springs Motorcycle Club regular competitor Jason Curtis third. Toye, on a DSR Suzuki GSX-R1000 tuned by Lee’s Cycles, led comfortably after former AMA Superbike rider Jason Pridmore, running for the first time since last season, broke while leading. But after a red flag caused by a burning motorcycle on the track interrupted the event, Toye and Smrz, racing a Suzuki GSX-R1000 for Vincent Haskovec’s Czecker Hypercycle, wound up dicing for the lead. Tires would determine the outcome of the event. After another red flag, Smrz had no more race tires and was forced to try a different rear tire and adjust the suspension to compensate. The changes did not work, with Smrz running into handling difficulties, and Toye pulled away to his second straight win in the Toyota 200. Toye won $50,000. Smrz, on his first visit to Willow Springs, took home $30,000 for his second-place finish, while Curtis also got caught out by tire issues and nursed his bike home to third and $10,000. Rich Oliver, who was attempting to complete both the Roadracing World 250/50 and the Toyota 200, suffered an engine failure and completed only 25 laps of the Toyota 200. Willow Springs regular Jeff Stern was the only other finisher on the lead lap, finishing more than a minute back from Toye. Unofficial results (as provided by Willow Springs International Raceway): 1. Jeremy Toye (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 2. Jakub Smrz (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 3. Jason Curtis (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 4. Jeff Stern (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 5. Drazdak Silhanek (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 6. Karl Lowry (Yamaha YZF-R1) 7. Corey Sarros (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 8. Chris Duran (Yamaha YZF-R1) 9. Mike Sullivan (Yamaha YZR-R1) 10. Cesar Meza (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 11. Jack Pfeifer (Kawasaki ZX-10) 12. Stuart Smith (Kawasaki ZX-10) 13. Alex Weathersby (Yamaha) 14. Marcel Graeber (Suzuki) 15. Eric Nolan (Ducati) 16. Terry Heard (Kawasaki) 17. Ken Kramer (Suzuki) 18. K.C. Clarke (Kawasaki) 19. Joseph Shelton (Yamaha) 20. Alec Dare (Yamaha) 21. Mitchell Wissner (Suzuki) 22. Harley Barnes (Suzuki) 23. John Ryan (Yamaha) 24. Travis Westermeyer (Suzuki) 25. Eddie Barajas (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 26. Jason Perez (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 27. James Henrikson (Yamaha) 28. Mark Simon (Suzuki) 29. Tim Knutson (Suzuki) 30. Robbie Dowie (Kawasaki ZX-10) 31. Pawel Szkopek (Kawasaki) 32. Ryan Regalado (Honda) 33. Lloyd Magruder (Suzuki) 34. Rich Oliver (Yamaha TZ250) 35. Broz Jiri (Kawasaki) 36. Jason Pridmore (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 37. Mauro Deviasio (Ducati) 38. Mike Reitz (Suzuki) DQ: Dale Kieffer (Suzuki) DQ: Fabrice Vilder (Yamaha YZF-R6)

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